SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital, through its Mission Action Team, is sponsoring a free community rummage for individuals and families within the Waupun community. The sale is scheduled from 8 am - 4 pm on Wednesday, August 23, and from 8 am – 2 pm on Thursday, August 24 in the hospital’s Marsh Conference Room (lower level), 620 W. Brown Street in Waupun. It will feature gently-used clothing for all […]
E Johnson Street Bridge – Over DeNeveu Creek Description: The project includes bridge restoration. Work includes repainting the bridge railing, staining the concrete parapets, curb and gutter, clearing trees and slope restoration. Crews will also install an epoxy overlay on the deck and sidewalk. August 21 to August 25: Contractor completed the concrete staining and restoration work. Weather pending the epoxy overlay crew will be installing the overlay on Mon. […]
A Fond du Lac jury has found a man considered to be the ringleader in a drug conspiracy guilty. Lateef Strong was convicted of conspiracy to deliver cocaine, punishable by up to 65 years in prison. Strong was the last of over 15 defendants charged to have their case resolved. The conspiracy spanned from Fond du Lac County to Milwaukee and Chicago. District Attorney Eric Toney says the cocaine distributgion ring was responsible for delivering more […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Justice Department's crime labs processed DNA test results faster in 2022 despite receiving hundreds more cases, according a report released Thursday. The department's annual crime lab performance report shows the labs received 4,347 cases involving DNA analysis last year. The labs completed the analysis in 3,715 cases, with testing taking an average of 84 days. That's an improvement over 2021. The labs took on 3,612 […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Elections Commission has declined to vote on whether the top elections official should appear before a state Senate hearing on her reappointment. It's the latest in an ongoing fight over who will lead elections in the critical battleground state ahead of the 2024 presidential race. Meagan Wolfe will decide whether she will testify in front of Republicans who are trying to force a vote […]
A $50,000 Powerball winning ticket was sold at Pick N Save on 6760 W. National Ave. in West Allis for the Wednesday, August 16 drawing. The winning ticket matched four of five numbers (9-11-17-19-55) plus the Powerball (1). The West Allis Powerball win is the third big Powerball prize won in August so far. On August 9, a 100,000 Powerball winning ticket was sold at Kwik Trip in Luxemburg and on August 7, a $50,000 Powerball winning ticket was purchased at […]
Before Justin Vernon burrowed in the woods to make the music that became the Grammy-winning Bon Iver, he had an indie folk band with his childhood buddies that changed their lives forever. DeYarmond Edison, a moniker taken from Vernon's actual middle names, lasted a mere two years. It evolved from the high school act Vernon played with brothers Brad Cook and Phil Cook in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The split came suddenly in 2006 in Raleigh, […]
Wisconsin governor Tony Evers visited the Fond du Lac School District this week to help with the Fondy CARES (Community Access Responding and Empowering Students) School-Based Mental Health Kick Off event. The governor spoke at the Goodrich Little Theater, on his theme of “what's best for our kids is what's best for our state—that includes supporting student and youth mental health.” In the 2022-23 school year alone, the Fondy CARES program provided 7,312 […]
Advisory for PM2.5 & Ozone (Orange/Red) Start Date/Time: Thursday, August 17 - 6:00 am CDT End Date/Time: Monday, August 21 - 6:00 am CDT Counties: Statewide Comments: Smoke originating from wildfires in Canada will move into the state from the northwest Thursday morning and travel south southeast throughout the day. The PM2.5 air quality index (AQI) is expected to range from the UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS (USG) level to the […]