Month: August 2024

A new Marquette Law School Poll national survey shows Vice President Kamala Harris leading former president Donald Trump.   The latest poll finds Harris is the choice of 52 percent of registered voters compared to 48 percent for Trump.  Among likely voters Harris receives 53 percent to 47 percent for Trump within the margin of error.  Poll director Charles Franklin says the poll found that enthusiasm to vote among Democrats has risen substantially since […]

Pioneer Road – Martin Avenue to CTH V Schedule: April 24 through September 28, 2024 Description: The WI Dept of Transportation, along with Fond du Lac County, and the City of Fond du Lac awarded this project to Vinton Construction. Construction includes common excavation, sanitary sewer, watermain, storm sewer, concrete sidewalk and curb & gutter, an asphalt pedestrian path and roadway, traffic signals & roadway lighting. August 12 to August […]

MADISON – The Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) Board today announced the next leader of Wisconsin’s largest higher education System.  Layla Merrifield has been named the next president of Wisconsin’s largest higher education system. Layla has been the executive director of the Wisconsin Technical College District Boards Association, an organization representing the trustees of the 16 Wisconsin technical colleges’ district boards, since 2015. Prior to that she served as a fiscal […]

SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital was recently honored as a “Top Recommended Hospital” by Becker’s Hospital Review, based on patients’ likelihood to recommend. This is the second consecutive year that Waupun Memorial Hospital was included.   Becker’s compiled the “Top Hospital” list by utilizing Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) data. The rating is based on survey data collected from October 2022 - September 2023.   The recommended hospital […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Milwaukee rookie Jackson Chourio hit two two-run home runs, part of a six-homer, 20-hit barrage by the Brewers as they swept the Atlanta Braves with a 16-7 victory Thursday.  This was just the fourth sweep of the Braves for the NL Central-leading Brewers and second in Atlanta. The other was in 2016. The Braves, who gave up 36 hits over the past two games and were outscored 34-12 […]

WAUPACA, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man has been convicted in a wrong-way drunken driving crash that killed four siblings last year.   Forty eight-year-old Scott Farmer of Neenah pleaded no contest Wednesday to four counts of homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle and one count of operating while intoxicated in the Dec. 16 crash. A judge set Farmer’s sentencing for Nov. 22. Police said Farmer was driving the […]

A consultant is gathering public input as the city outlines a strategy for future housing investment and development in the city of Fond du Lac.   A public information meeting was held Wednesday evening on the city's Housing Study and Action Plan.   Community Development director Dyann Benson says it's clear that there are housing gaps in Fond du Lac at all ends of the spectrum and in all types of housing.   Benson […]

The American Red Cross is experiencing an emergency blood shortage as the nation faces dangerous levels of heat and people head out for final summer travel plans.  Red  Cross spokesperson Laura McGuire says since July 1, the Red Cross national blood supply has fallen by more than 25%, and blood donors of all types,  especially those with type O blood, are urged to give as soon as possible to help patients receive […]

The warm, soggy summer across much of the Midwest has produced a bumper crop of wild mushrooms and a surge in calls to poison control centers.  At the Minnesota Regional Poison Center, calls from April through July more than tripled over the same period last year.   Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller.says wild mushrooms can be hard for untrained people to identify.  Some deadly species grow in the area.  They […]