Month: May 2024

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge overseeing a challenge brought by unions trying to undo Wisconsin’s law that bans nearly all collective bargaining for public workers appears to have signed a petition in 2011 to recall then-Gov. Scott Walker from office because of anger over that law. Dane County Circuit Judge Jacob Frost’s name and signature appears on the petition matching an address he lived at during that time, according […]

MADISON, Wis., (AP) — Two groups of investigative journalists have filed a lawsuit in the hopes of forcing the Wisconsin Department of Justice to divulge names, birth dates and disciplinary records of every police officer in the state. The Badger Project and the Invisible Institute filed the lawsuit last Thursday in Dane County. They filed an open records request with the Justice Department in November seeking the full name, posting, […]

WISCONSIN (May XX, 2024) – Kwik Trip is continuing to help prevent and alleviate human suffering in the face of emergencies by raising funds to support the lifesaving mission of the American Red Cross. As part of a three-year partnership with the Red Cross, Kwik Trip will host a coin canister campaign throughout the month of June at all store locations across the Midwest. Proceeds from this fundraising initiative will […]

Photo caption: Sue Koenigs (right), an SSM Health Fond du Lac Regional Clinic patient access representative at the Mt. Calvary clinic, receives a BEE Award from Ripon Community Hospital colleagues and leaders, including Dr. Elizabeth Strittmatter. Sue Koenigs, an SSM Health Fond du Lac Regional Clinic patient access representative, has been named the newest recipient of the BEE (Be Exceptional Everyday) Award. She serves patients in Mt. Calvary Family Medicine.  Koenigs […]

Two individuals arrested for child human trafficking in Fond du Lac County have made their initial court appearances.   Juan Carlos Rocha Mejia  is charged with First Degree Child Sexual Assault, False Imprisonment, Child Enticement and Strangulation Suffocation.   The child's mother,  Elia Antonio, is charged with Child Trafficking and Failure to Protect a Child.   Bail was set at $1 million cash for both and they will be back in court June 7 for a preliminary hearing.  Rocha […]

Fond du Lac teachers and custodians have a new contract.  The Fond du Lac School Board has approved a new contract for this school year  for the teacher's union and  custodian and maintenance union.  Superintendent Dr. Jeff Fleig says the deal includes a base wage increase of 4.1 percent.  Fleig says the wage increase comes at a time when Wisconsin public schools are dealing with an ongoing teacher retention problem.  According to […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative University of Wisconsin regent says he won't step down when his term ends this month. Then-Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican, appointed Robert Atwell to the Board of Regents in May 2017. His seven-year term ends this month. He sent an email to Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman, regents President Karen Walsh and regents Executive Director Megan Wasley on Monday saying he won't step […]

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced an update that Wisconsin ranked number one throughout the country for the most prescription medications collected during the spring 2024 Drug Take Back. A correction to the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) data shows Wisconsin collected the most unwanted medications throughout the country this spring totaling 55,122 lbs. We previously reported Wisconsin ranked number two in the United States.  “Because […]

Luanna Hoefler, RN, 5 West, 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 the […]