Month: June 2024

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The warden of a maximum-security Wisconsin prison and eight members of his staff have been charged following investigations into the deaths of four inmates at the troubled facility over the past year.  Waupun Correctional Institution’s warden, Randall Hepp, is charged with misconduct in public office, Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt, who led the investigations into the deaths, said at a news conference. The remaining staff face felony […]

Dodge County, WI – Representative Michael Schraa (R-Oshkosh), Chair of the Assembly Committee on Corrections, and Representative Mark Born (R-Beaver Dam), Co-Chair of the state’s budget-writing committee, responded Wednesday to the findings of Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt’s investigations into four deaths at Waupun Correctional Institution. Following the Sheriff’s press conference releasing the findings, Representatives Born and Schraa made this statement: “The conclusions released from this investigation are incredibly troubling. These […]

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today announced the Evers Administration is requesting the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office does not close its investigation into Waupun Correctional Institution (WCI) and instead is requesting the investigation remain open as the Wisconsin Department of Corrections’ (DOC) internal investigation and federal law enforcement investigations continue.  The governor is further directing the DOC to continue its ongoing, internal investigations into deaths of individuals in the department’s care […]

Madison, Wis. – The department has been in regular communication and collaboration with the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office throughout this process. We have cooperated fully with Dodge County’s investigation, and we will continue to do so as we also continue to fully cooperate with the ongoing federal law enforcement investigation initiated at our request in June 2023 into potential criminal activities occurring at WCI.   Maintaining the safety of people in […]

Wisconsin has taken another step forward to help people with mental health and substance use emergencies with the opening of five crisis stabilization centers for adults. Crisis stabilization facilities support people who can't stay in their community safely, but don't need to be hospitalized. Funded by the Department of Health Services (DHS), the centers provide a dedicated location for this level of care for most counties.  "Whether it's been declaring 2023 […]

SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital leaders, as well as Beaver Dam community partners, celebrated construction now underway at 2100 Kellom Road in Beaver Dam, conveniently located off Highway 151.   The June 4 gathering at the new location featured brief remarks from SSM Health leaders and physicians, as well as a tree planting symbolizing the coming together of the two dialysis facilities with the combined soils and water from existing Beaver […]

To help cancer survivors reclaim their total health, the Fond du Lac Family YMCA offers a free, 12-week small group program that engages adult cancer survivors through an approach that focuses on the whole person. SSM Health supports “LIVESTRONG” through its community benefit program.  Called “LIVESTRONG” at the YMCA, participants of this evidence-based program work with YMCA staff to build muscle strength and endurance, increase flexibility, improve energy levels, reduce the […]

Fond du Lac, Wisc.: Moraine Park Technical College celebrates its 2023-24 Welding Boot Camp graduates. In total, 20 students earned their certification this year– nine were recognized at the spring completion ceremony on Thursday, May 30 at the Fond du Lac Campus Conference Center.   The boot camp programs aim to address the skilled worker shortage through short-term skill development training. These boot camps are free for participants and focus on teaching skills […]

Photo caption: Kristy Hilt (second from left), RN, an SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital Home Infusion lead, has been awarded The DAISY Lifetime Achievement Award. She was recently joined by Nicole Gill, Emily Hoepfner, and Annette Kottke. Kristy Hilt, RN, an SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital Home Infusion lead, has been awarded The DAISY Lifetime Achievement Award. The award recognizes nurses who have devoted their life's work to the compassionate […]