Month: August 2024

Photo caption: Julia Bell, RN, with SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital’s 5 West medical/surgical floor, was recently recognized with a DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. She was joined by (left to right) Lori Cardinal, Megan Krupp, Julia Bell (award recipient), Toni Schlieve, and Sara Komosa.. Julia Bell, RN, 5 West, has been named a DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses winner at SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital.  The DAISY Award for Extraordinary […]

A missing toddler was found safe after he wandered into a cornfield behind his home in Fond du Lac County. Shortly before 9pm Sunday the Sheriff’s Office received a report of the missing three year old boy on Marshview Road. Alto firefighters, sheriff’s deputies and Fond du Lac police officers began searching the cornfield. About 45 minutes later, with the assistance of a drone, the child was located in the […]

Nobody was injured in an attic fire in Fond du Lac County. Firefighters from eight departments were called to the scene on Double D Road shortly before 11:30 pm Sunday. Items in the attic were destroyed with water and smoke damage throughout the house. The cause of the fire remains under investigation but is not considered suspicious.

Fond du Lac-Washington-Waukesha-Including the cities of Muskego, Hartford, New Berlin, Fond DuLac, West Bend, Waukesha, Brookfield, Germantown, and MenomoneeFalls ..HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY..... EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGHTUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...For the Heat Advisory, heat index values up to 102  expected. For the Excessive Heat Watch, dangerously hot conditions  with heat index values up to 106 possible. […]

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Grande Cheese Company, a Wisconsin-based manufacturer of fine Italian Cheeses and specialty whey and lactose products, announced a new partnership with the Farmers for Sustainable Food Climate-Smart Program today. Collaborating with these leading agricultural entities brings a farmer-led approach to environmental sustainability that generates industry data, information and on-farm best practice recommendations.   The FSF Climate-Smart Program was made possible by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Partnerships […]

Recent layoffs at Mercury Marine and Spectrum Charter Communications are reflected in the latest local unemployment rate.  The July unemployment rate in the city of Fond du Lac nearly doubled from 3.6 percent in June to 6.9 percent in July, the highest jobless rate in the state.   The Fond du Lac County rate jumped from three percent to 4.7 percent last month.    The Dodge County unemployment rate held steady at 2.8 percent.

(Charlottesville, VA) - The University of Virginia Partnership for Leaders in Education (UVA-PLE), a prominent national education leadership development provider, today announced its new cohort of school and district leadership teams. A joint initiative of the Darden School of Business and the School of Education and Human Development, UVA- PLE is a multi-year engagement with superintendents, principals, and other leaders that combines world-class executive education and thought partnership grounded in research. The […]

Milwaukee, Wis. – Data breaches are scary; they expose customers’ personal information and leave them vulnerable to fraud. With many recent data breach announcements from all types of industries, it's become clear how common data breaches are these days. BBB has tips for consumers to protect personal information and reduce identity theft risks. This is important whether you’re a customer of the affected companies or not. What is a data breach? Companies […]

SSM Health Dale Michels Heart & Vascular Care at St. Agnes Hospital has achieved a 4-stars rating in the American College of Cardiology and the National Cardiovascular Data Registry’s Cath Lab PCI registry. The ratings are publicly available in Cardio Smart’s Find Your Heart - a tool available online at CardioSmart.org/FindAHospital. “This honor affirms our commitment and efforts to provide the best possible care for patients who are experiencing a […]