Safety First is back! The community is invited to this fun and free family event on Saturday, May 18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Marshfield Medical Center-Beaver Dam to cap off National Hospital Week. See a MedFlight helicopter land on the MMC-BD Emergency Department’s Helipad, inspect ambulance and fire trucks up close and meet local EMTs, firefighters and police officers. DNR safety specialists will also be on hand […]
Dodge County Treasurer, Kris Keith, wants property owners selling or buying agricultural land to be aware of the potential for an Ag Use Conversion Charge if they take that land out of agricultural use. Keith says, “A common example of this is when a parcel is split off a larger one that was farmed, and it’s sold to someone who builds a house.” Keith explains that “an agriculture assessment is […]
Green Lake, Wis. (May 13, 2024) – Singer, songwriter, guitarist, storyteller, sailor, and road warrior are all words that aptly describe Scott Kirby. Kirby will play on Thursday, June 27, at the Havey’s Lakeside Lot (475 Lake Street, Green Lake) at 7:00 p.m., Writing songs for a new CD, performing 150 live shows a year throughout the US and Canada, and holding down the stage at his club—Key West’s Smokin’ […]
One person was killed and another received life-threatening injuries in a motorcycle crash in Dodge County. The crash happened Saturday morning on state Highway 33 near Thompson Road when a group of motorcycles began slowing possibly for a car turning into a driveway. One motorcycle lost control and both occupants were ejected. The operator, a 42 year old Beaver Dam man, was flow by helicopter to a hospital with life-threatening […]
STURGEON BAY, Wis. (AP) — A man convicted of starting a fire that killed two people when it destroyed a Wisconsin building housing a bar and rented rooms has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Sixty-year-old Anthony Gonzalez was also sentenced Friday to 15 years of extended supervision for the fire at Butch’s Bar and the building’s upstairs apartments. The February 2022 fire killed two tenants who lived above […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Mike Budenholzer has agreed to coach the Phoenix Suns, according to a person familiar with the decision, as the franchise turns to the man who beat them in the 2021 NBA Finals. The 54-year-old Budenholzer replaces Frank Vogel, who was fired Thursday after one season. ESPN and The Athletic both reported that Budenholzer’s deal was for five years. Budenholzer — from Holbrook, Arizona — was coach of […]
A former candidate for Fond du Lac city council and state assembly is accused of identity theft and credit card fraud. Lawrence Foster is charged with five counts of identity theft for financial gain, accused of using his business partners' identities to make charges on credit cards he set up in their names. According to a criminal complaint cash advances were made to several suspicious locations, totaling $10,000 all associated with Foster, on an […]
A Fond du Lac man faces charges following a crash and subsequent chase. According to police a car struck a light pole and street sign on North Peters Avenue near Security Drive Wednesday and when officers arrived smoke was coming from the vehicle and the driver refused to exit the vehicle. At one point an officer broke out a window on the vehicle to extricate the driver if the vehicle started on fire. The driver […]
Fond du Lac residents are helping feed the hungry. The annual Fond du Lac Letter Carrier Food Drive was held Saturday. Residents placed non-perishable donation in a bag by their mailbox and letter carriers delivered it to a local food bank. In the nearly 30 years the food drive has been in existence 769,000 pounds of food has been collected in Fond du Lac including more than 30,000 pounds last year.