Month: August 2024

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A tribal leader and conservationists urged state officials to reject plans to relocate part of an aging northern Wisconsin pipeline, warning that the threat of a catastrophic spill would still exist along the new route. The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa sued in 2019 to force Enbridge to remove 12 miles of pipeline that crosses their reservation. Enbridge wants to reroute the pipeline around […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The National League Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers will have to continue their playoff push without Christian Yelich.  Yelich is undergoing season-ending back surgery Friday, putting an end to the 2018 NL MVP’s resurgent season. Yelich was leading the NL in batting average (.315) and on-base percentage (.406) when he went on the injured list in late July.  But, he hasn’t played since getting removed from a game at Chicago’s Wrigley Field on […]

A former candidate for Fond du Lac city council and state assembly accused of using his business partners' identities to make charges on credit cards he set up in their names has been bound over for trial.    Lawrence Foster is charged with four counts of misappropriating ID information to obtain money and one count of identity theft.  Probable cause was found at a preliminary hearing Thursday.  Foster's attorney told the judge it was a business […]

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 19 to August […]

KENOSHA — Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) and the Office of Sustainability and Clean Energy (OSCE), during a visit to Gateway Technical College’s Center for Sustainable Living today, highlighted the release of the second Clean Energy Plan Progress Report. In accordance with Gov. Evers’ Executive Order #38, which created the OSCE, the state’s first-ever Clean Energy Plan was released in 2022, providing a roadmap for the state to lower […]

Ripon, WI – Wisconsin Art is excited to announce the upcoming exhibit “Pow-litical Comics: From Ripon to the RNC,” set to open on September 5th at 6:30 PM at the Caestecker Gallery, located in the Rodman building of Ripon College. This powerful and thought-provoking exhibition will run through October 4th, closing at 5:00 PM.  The exhibit will delve into Wisconsin’s deep-rooted tradition of political activism, tracing the state’s pivotal role […]

The majority of people, 98%, wish to arrange their affairs to live well in their later years, and ensure that their end-of-life plans follow their wishes. Still, it is something that many people find challenging. Only 23% follow through with documenting and sharing those plans with their loved ones to carry out those wishes. Planning AHEAD is a course from UW-Madison Division of Extension, that takes a comprehensive approach to […]

All are invited to attend a wonderful Welsh Weekend at the historic  Peniel Welsh Chapel on Sat & Sun Aug 24 & 25. Here is the lineup- On Sat. at 1pm explore your welsh history, 3pm is Welsh dancing.   At 4:30pm enjoy a Welsh American meal.* At 6pm on Saturday listen to a beautiful bell concert by the Covenant Bell Choir along with the Peniel Men’s Quartet. On Sunday at […]

LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — A man has been convicted in the fatal 2021 shootings of three men whose bodies were found outside a Wisconsin quarry.  A La Crosse County jury found Nya Thao, 37, of Onalaska guilty Tuesday of three counts of intentional first-degree homicide and one count of felon in possession of a firearm.   It was Thao's second trial in the killings; his first ended in a hung jury last […]