Month: October 2023

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has found $170 million in federal aid to keep a pandemic-era child care subsidy program afloat for another year and a half. Evers' administration announced Monday that it will use pandemic response dollars from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to keep the Child Care Counts program going through June 2025. Launched in 2020, the program provides aid to child care providers. It […]

SUAMICO, Wis. (AP) — A grassroots pro-democracy group led by a Republican former state senator is trying to build trust in elections by hosting forums in small towns throughout Wisconsin. The Keep Our Republic group is working with local officials to organize community events meant to teach residents about the election process and combat election conspiracy theories in the perennial presidential swing state. But at one recent town hall in […]

Nobody was injured following a high speed chase involving a stolen vehicle in Winnebago and Fond du Lac Counties.  Shortly after 10am Monday  Fond du Lac County Sheriff's deputies observed a vehicle matching the description of the stolen vehicle.   The vehicle was traveling westbound on East Johnson Street near Highway 151 and turned into the Festival Foods parking lot where the driver and passengers were arrested at gunpoint.    The suspects were turned […]

The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office is is asking for the public's help in locating a huber inmate walkaway.   Jorge Casares failed  to report back to jail after leaving his authorized place of employment in Juneau and now has an active arrest warrant.   His last known residence is in the city of Juneau.  An initial investigation shows  he may be traveling in a 1992 brown Ford F150 pickup and he may also frequent an address […]

The city of Fond du Lac has unveiled a new music garden at a near downtown park.  The new education and recreation space is located at Hamilton Park and is the result of a girl scout project by Natalie Johnson in partnership with the city and Boys and Girls Club of Fond du Lac.  Johnson, is a  Fond du Lac High School graduate and freshman at the University of Nebraska studying elementary and early education […]

SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital will be consolidating its dialysis center facilities in Beaver Dam and Waupun into one newly remodeled facility at N8131 Kellom Road in Beaver Dam, conveniently located off Highway 151.   SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital has been offering outpatient dialysis services for patients who live with end-stage renal disease for more than 50 years. Dialysis is the process of removing excess water and toxins from the […]

A Fond du Lac man is dead following a shooting incident Saturday morning.   Police were called to  a report of a domestic incident at a residence in the 500 block of Drury Place just off Western Avenue where a woman  said she was being held at gunpoint.  According to the Wisconsin Department of Justice  law enforcement responded and upon arrival encountered a man inside a vehicle.   Gunfire  was exchanged between a sheriff’s deputy and […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Brandon Woodruff could miss the 2024 season after surgery Friday to repair the anterior capsule in his throwing shoulder.  The Brewers said Woodruff is expected to sit out most, if not all, of next season. The injury caused the two-time All-Star to miss the Brewers’ NL Wild Card Series loss to Arizona.  “Brandon is not only one of the best pitchers in our franchise’s history, […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Leshon Williams scored the game’s lone touchdown on an 82-yard breakaway and finished with 174 yards rushing Saturday to lead Iowa to a 15-6 victory over Wisconsin. The Badgers lost quarterback Tanner Mordecai to a hand injury. Iowa has beaten Wisconsin in consecutive seasons for the first time since 2008-09 and gets to maintain possession of the Heartland Trophy, Williams' 82-yard touchdown in the second quarter […]