Month: February 2024

Gov. Tony Evers signed legislation last week that will allow high schoolers to gain direct admission into the Universities of Wisconsin if they place highly in their graduating class.   Under the bill, seniors who place in the top 10% of their high school’s graduating class could gain admission to the UW system school of their choice, except for UW-Madison, where those in the top 5% would be guaranteed admission.   Fond du […]

A bill that would legalize medical marijuana is dead for this legislative session.  The proposal, backed by Republican Assembly speaker Robin Vos, was not supported by Senate Republicans.   Republican state representative Mark Born of Beaver Dam says he is disappointed.  "It came to the point where both Houses had different ways they wanted to approach it and there just doesn't seem to be much interest in negotiating on it and I'm certainly […]

For a third   year in a row Holy Family Catholic Community is working with Fond du Lac area restaurants to shelter the homeless and feed the hungry.  Area restaurants donate gallons of soup, with the proceeds from the sale of the soup, going to  the Holyland Food Pantry and Holy Family Warming Shelter.  Last year the event raised more than $2,500.   The Soup du Jour event will be held starting at […]

TWO RIVERS, Wis. (AP) — The FBI has offered a reward of up to $15,000 in the case of a 3-year-old Wisconsin boy who vanished last week, a police chief said Tuesday.  Elijah Vue was last seen Feb. 20 at a residence in Two Rivers, where prosecutors said his mother had sent him to stay with a man now charged with child neglect. Searches by police and residents have so far not […]

MADISON – A March 4 meeting of the Governor's Task Force on Workforce and Artificial Intelligence will be held in Oshkosh with presentations from Anupam Khare, senior vice president and chief information officer of Oshkosh Corp., and Amanda Ballantyne, executive director of the AFL-CIO Technology Institute. A hybrid meeting option also will be available. Register for both the in-person and online event here. The registration deadline for the in-person option is […]

FOND DU LAC, WI – Daily Specials have been a popular part of Dock Spiders games since the team’s arrival for the 2017 season. For the eighth-straight year, many fan favorites are back – and some new additions join the mix! The popular ‘Bang For Your Buck’ nights return for Tuesday nights and each Friday home game will once again conclude with our popular fireworks show. $5 Ticket nights, Old […]

ELKHART LAKE, Wis., Feb. 28, 2024 – INDYCAR is excited to announce its partnership with XPEL, the industry leader in paint protection film, ceramic coatings, window tint films, and more, as the title sponsor of the annual NTT INDYCAR SERIES event at historic Road America.  The XPEL Grand Prix at Road America will take place on Sunday, June 9, on the famed 4.048-mile layout located in Wisconsin’s scenic Kettle Moraine, offering […]

A longtime Fond du Lac School District principal is stepping down.  Woodworth Middle School principal Timothy Schipper is retiring at the end of the school year after 28 years in the school district.   Superintendent Dr. Jeff Fleig says Schipper started in the District as a science teacher at Woodworth Middle School and was also a coach for multiple sports at both the middle and high school level.  Dr. Fleig says Schipper […]

A private lander last week made the first U.S. moon landing in more than 50 years when Intuitive Machine's lander touched down.  The lander was expected to stop working Tuesday, its mission cut short after landing sideways  near the south pole of the moon.    Experimental Aircraft Association's Dick Knapinski says it shows how hard making a soft landing on the moon is.  "Everybody thinks why can't you just replicate the technology you had for […]