Month: December 2023

Fond du Lac, Wis. (December 5, 2023) – Envision Greater Fond du Lac hosted a ribbon cutting at member organization, Red Cabin at Green Acres, to commemorate the new ownership.  Red Cabin at Green Acres is a family-owned American restaurant serving butcher-fresh burgers, draft brews, and classic supper club fare. After more than a decade of ownership by Dave Schuh, the restaurant recently changed hands and is now owned and operated by Hailey Rohlfs […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge on Tuesday reaffirmed her ruling from earlier this year that state law permits consensual medical abortions, opening up appellate options for conservatives.  The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the court's landmark 1973 decision legalizing abortion, in June 2022 reactivated an 1849 Wisconsin law that conservatives interpreted as banning abortion. Abortion providers ceased operations in the state out of fear of […]

Madison, WI – Today, Senator Dan Feyen (R-Fond du Lac), released the following statement after Governor Evers signed a pair of bills into law that will provide funding for maintenance, rehabilitation, and upkeep of the 22 year old Brewers stadium. “Major League baseball will played right here in Wisconsin until at least 2050. This is incredible news and I could not be happier that we were able to get this bill across […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — After months of backroom wrangling, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed a bill Tuesday that spends half-a-billion dollars in taxpayer money over the next three decades to help the Milwaukee Brewers repair their baseball stadium.  The governor signed the bipartisan package at American Family Field, calling the legislation a compromise agreement between the team and the public.  "All in all, this plan ensures the Milwaukee Brewers will continue to call […]

An historic downtown Fond du Lac brick building that housed a doctor's office that was later converted to a carriage house for horse-drawn funeral carriages before the turn of the 19th century has moved to a new home.  The 1860's brick building was moved from it's current location on South Marr Street to 127 North Main Street...across the street from the Fond du Lac Police station.   State Farm insurance agent Sam Meyer says […]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Wildlife officials have captured hundreds of invasive carp from the Mississippi River near Trempealeau, Wisconsin. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced Friday that officials caught 296 silver carp, 23 grass carp and four bighead carp Nov. 30. The agency calls it the largest single capture of invasive carp in Minnesota to date. Agency officials say the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources tracked six tagged […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Before taking a single swing in the major leagues, Jackson Chourio landed the type of contract players spend years dreaming about.   “I’m definitely going to meet the expectations,” the 19-year-old outfielder said Monday after the Milwaukee Brewers finalized an $82 million, eight-year deal, the most money guaranteed to a player with no big league experience.  “There’s definitely a little bit of pressure on this, but I’m just […]

Fond du Lac, Wisc.: Moraine Park announced Dr. Alan Patterson, founder and president of Mentoré, as the Keynote Speaker at the College's 2023 Winter Commencement Ceremony on Dec. 15.  Dr. Patterson has more than four decades of experience as a leadership development expert and executive coach. Some of his clients have included Anheuser-Busch, Federal Reserve Bank, Johnson & Johnson, Hewlett-Packard, Major League Baseball, Sea World and the United States Navy.   Dr. Patterson […]

Jackie Whitenack, RN, 4 South, has been named a DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses winner at SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital.   The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses® is part of The DAISY Foundation’s mission to recognize the extraordinary, compassionate nursing care they provide patients and families every day.   The DAISY Foundation is a not-for-profit organization, established in memory of J. Patrick Barnes by members of his family. Patrick died at […]