More than 40 million aging American men experience Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), a condition in which the prostate enlarges as men get older. Over 40 percent of men in their 50s and over 70 percent of men in their 60s have BPH. While BPH is a benign condition and unrelated to prostate cancer, it can greatly affect a man’s quality of life. As the prostate enlarges, it presses on and blocks […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A medical examiner is shedding more light on how two Wisconsin prison inmates died last year. Thirty-year-old Tyshun Lemons was found dead at Waupun Correctional Institution on Oct. 2. Twenty-four-year-old Cameron Williams was found dead at the facility on Oct. 30. Dodge County Medical Examiner PJ Schoebel said in a telephone interview Wednesday that Lemons overdosed on acetyl fentanyl, a potent opioid painkiller. Williams died of […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A state appeals court says environmental regulators can't force landowners to clean up pollution from so-called forever chemicals without first implementing specific limits on contamination. The 2nd District Court of Appeals' 2-1 ruling Wednesday all but eliminates the Department of Natural Resources' authority to unilaterally mandate reporting PFAS contamination in groundwater and force responsible parties to clean it up. The case revolves around the DNR's decision […]
A new review of 45 meta-analysis on almost 10 million people shows that eating ultraprocessed foods raises the risk of developing or dying from dozens of adverse health conditions. Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says a higher intake was considered about one serving, or 10 percent more ultraprocessed foods per day. "It's not what people want to hear because it's probably the majority of what a lot of […]
The executive director of the Wisconsin Council on Problem Gambling is joining the Wisconsin lottery this month to raise awareness about problem gambling. March is Problem Gambling Awareness Month. Rose Blozinski says help is available via phone, online chat, or text messaging. Blozinski says problem gambling is defined as all gambling behavior patterns that compromise, disrupt, or damage personal, family, or vocational pursuits. Approximately two million U.S adults are estimated to […]
Bail has been set at $2 million cash for a Fond du Lac woman in connection with the death of a West Bend woman. Twenty year old Annaka Trudell is charged with First Degree Intentional Homicide with use of a dangerous weapon, and party to a crime of armed robbery in the death of 33 year old Ashley Calo of West Bend. Calo was found slumped over the steering wheel […]
A psychiatrist and licensed nurse from Fond du Lac has been convicted of illegally distributing controlled substances. Seventy seven year old John Whelan faces up to four years in prison and three years extended supervision after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and lying to federal agents. The U.S. Attorney's Eastern District of Wisconsin office says Whelan and another nurse prescribed controlled substances outside their professional practice from a home in Fond […]
by Vaughn R. Larson On Jan. 17, 1838, the 1st Wisconsin Territorial Assembly approved legislation requiring free, able-bodied men between the ages of 18 and 45 to serve in the territorial militia. But 10 months earlier, territorial governor Henry Dodge commissioned Morgan L. Martin as a captain and commander of the Green Bay Rangers. That date — March 5, 1837 — is considered the birth of the Wisconsin National Guard. […]
MADISON - Representative Jerry O’Connor (R- Fond du Lac) released the following statement on the April and November 2024 statewide referendums. “The legislature has approved five referendum questions where Wisconsin voters can make their voices known on the issues they have overwhelmingly told us matter to them. The decision to go directly to the voters with these referendums follows the Governor’s repeated vetoes of bills passed by the legislature. With […]