Month: July 2023

The opportunity of a lifetime. That’s the kind of day that Emily Hoepfner, MSN, RN, SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital, lived recently as she was among several employers of Wisconsin National Guard airmen who participated in the Wisconsin Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and The 128th Air Refueling Wing “Boss Lift” in Milwaukee.     Hoepfner oversees several patient care departments at SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital including Wound […]

The Moraine Park District Board has three new members.  Mike Schwab of Jackson,  Diane Guerrero of Beaver Dam and Melissa Kescenovitz of West Bend were sworn into office at the July 10th meeting.   They will serve three-year terms ending in June 2026.  Kescenovitz and Guerrero will serve as additional members, and Schwab will serve as an elected official member.  The board officers for the 2023-24 year are: Chairperson - Tom Hopp of West Bend […]

Division Street Bridge (over DeNeveu Creek) and Concrete Rehabilitation West of Reid Terrace to East of SSM Hospital Intersection Description: The project includes replacing the deteriorated Division Street Bridge deck overlay, bridge approaches and sidewalk repairs. City crews will be replacing deteriorated concrete pavement east of the bridge in conjunction with the bridge work. July 24 to July 28: The crew will complete final bridge maintenance items and cleanup the […]

Fond du Lac police are investigating the death of an inmate at the Taycheeda Women's Prison as a homicide.  The Wisconsin Department of Corrections says guards found 68-year-old Cindy Schulz-Juedes unresponsive Wednesday in her cell at the Taycheedah  Correctional Institution. Efforts to revive her were unsuccessful.  Sources told WFDL news that her cellmate beat and kicked her to death.  Schulz-Juedes was sentenced last year to life in prison without parole after being convicted in […]

Investigators say a North Fond du  Lac man involved in a domestic incident over the weekend was due back in court this week and faced significant jail time in a separate case.   The man barricaded himself inside a residence for several hours,  locking a woman out of the home,  Saturday afternoon following a domestic incident.  North Fond du Lac Police Lieutenant Pete Vergos says when the suspect left the home several hours later he […]

Most Wisconsin companies have a pessimistic view of the economy, but fewer think a recession is likely than did six months ago.  Even fewer say they plan to hire additional employees in the next six months.  That according to a new survey by Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce.   That doesn't surprise the president of Envision Greater Fond du Lac Sadie Vander Velde.   Vander Velde says that seems to be the general sentiment of companies in […]

Wisconsin's unemployment rate was up slightly last month, but total jobs reached a record of more than three million.    Preliminary employment estimates showed Wisconsin's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 2.5% in June, up from the record low 2.4 % in April and May, and below the national unemployment rate of 3.6%.  The total labor force grew by 14,000 and employment increased by 10,700 over the month of June.

ANTIOCH, Ill. (AP) — Northern Illinois police have seized a carnival ride as they continue investigating a Sunday incident in which a 10-year-old boy was seriously injured when he was thrown from his seat. Officials in the village of Antioch say the ride was towed Wednesday from Chicago’s south suburbs about 65 miles back to Antioch. That came after a judge approved a search warrant allowing police to seize the […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Corbin Burnes continued his torrid July, allowing two hits while striking out 10 in eight innings Thursday as the Milwaukee Brewers concluded their six-game road trip with a 4-0 shutout of the Philadelphia Phillies. After struggling through June with a 1-1 record and a 4.99 ERA in five starts, Burnes has reverted to the form that saw him win the 2021 National League Cy Young Award. Burnes […]