Month: August 2023

WEST ALLIS, Wis. – August 15, 2023 – The 172nd Wisconsin State Fair, presented byUScellular, closed out on Sunday evening after 11 outstanding days. Wisconsin State Fair officials are delighted to announce 1,043,350 Fairgoers visited the annual event this year located just outside of Milwaukee.   “We’re blown away by the commitment our incredible Fairgoers, exhibitors, vendors, and staff have that continue to make the Wisconsin State Fair a time-honored tradition,” […]

Bergstrom Automotive has reached an agreement to acquire Broadway Automotive, continuing Bergstrom’s growth trajectory and adding to its long-standing position as the largest automotive sales and service company in Wisconsin. Bergstrom and Broadway are both family owned and operated with a strong focus on training, teamwork, and providing outstanding guest service.  Bergstrom Automotive started in Neenah, Wisconsin in 1982, expanded throughout the Fox River Valley, and then into Madison and […]

The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of an elderly man who got caught in some farm equipment over the weekend.  Shortly before 4pm Saturday rescue personnel were called to the scene on Rose-Eld Road for a report of an 85 year old man caught in a tractor-mower with severe injuries.   The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.   Investigators are not sure if the man suffered a medical condition […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to make a visit to Milwaukee on Tuesday, just a week before Republican presidential hopefuls will be in the city for the first debate of the 2024 cycle. The White House announced on Friday that Biden will “deliver remarks on how Bidenomics is Investing in America to grow the economy from the middle out and the bottom up, not the top down.” […]

U.S. health officials are recommending that babies get a recently approved drug to protect them against a respiratory virus.  An infection with RSV is a coldlike nuisance for most healthy people.  But Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says it can be life-threatening for the very young and the elderly.  An expert panel for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed the one-time shot for infants born just before […]

The Fond du Lac School District (FDL-SD) has announced the Fondy CARES (Community Access Responding and Empowering Students) program will be hosting a School-Based Mental Health Kick Off event on Wednesday, August 16, starting at 8am.   The School-Based Mental Health Kick Off event allows FDL-SD to welcome our partnering agencies along with their therapists in addition to community partners and supporters. FDL-SD families are welcome to join us in supporting […]

The Kids from Wisconsin will return to Fond du Lac for their 28th annual free appearance at Buttermilk Creek Park on Wednesday, August 16, at 7:15 p.m.  The Lighthouse Big Band and the Fond du Lac Area Children’s Chorale will entertain prior to the Kids' performance, beginning at 6:00 p.m.    This year the Kids from Wisconsin are rolling out the red carpet with the theme “Starstruck.” The high-powered two-hour Broadway-style production […]

FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be  possible. Rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches are expected, with   locally higher amounts possible. * WHERE...Portions of east central, south central, and southeast   Wisconsin, including the following counties, in east central   Wisconsin, Fond du Lac and Sheboygan. In south central Wisconsin,   Dane and Rock. In southeast […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — If Wisconsin state Rep. Jimmy Anderson wants to visit residents in some of the northern neighborhoods he represents, he first must leave his own district — twice.   From his Fitchburg home in suburban Madison, Anderson must exit his 47th Assembly District, pass through the 77th District, reenter the 47th District, then head north through the 48th District to finally reach a cluster of homes assigned like […]