Month: October 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Liz Cheney, one of Donald Trump’s fiercest Republican antagonists, will join Democrat Kamala Harris at a campaign event in Wisconsin on Thursday aimed at reaching out to moderate voters and rattling the former president.  Cheney was the top Republican on the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, earning Trump’s disdain and effectively exiling herself from her own party.  Cheney lost her Wyoming seat to a Trump-endorsed candidate two years ago […]

A Chicago man was arrested following a drug bust during a routine traffic stop in Fond du Lac County. Shortly before 6:30pm Tuesday a sheriff’s deputy pulled a vehicle over on Interstate 41 near Lost Arrow Road for a registration violation. A police K9 alerted drugs in the vehicle and a search located more than three pounds of methamphetamine. The driver was arrested and transported to the Fond du Lac County […]

Wednesday morning the Trump Campaign announced that the Campaign is planning a rally at the Dodge County Airport, N6491 State Highway 26, just north of Juneau. The rally will be held on Sunday, October 6, 2024,  beginning at 2:00 pm. The gates will open for entry beginning at 10:00 am. All information regarding free tickets to the event is available on the Trump Campaign website.  The public has been inquiring […]

Fond du Lac Fire and Rescue is assisting with search and rescue operations in North Carolina in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.  Fire Chief Erick Gerritson says Fire Lieutenant Shawn Kneeland was dispatched to North Carolina Friday as part of Wisconsin's Urban Search and Rescue Task Force known as Wisconsin Task Force 1.   In addition to Fond du Lac, members were deployed from fire departments in Oshkosh, Appleton, Green Bay, Janesville, Neenah/Menasha, and Superior.  […]

When the season began, on paper, the Milwaukee Brewers weren't supposed to get this far.  This week the Brewers were hoping to make a push toward the World Series starting with  the Wild Card series with the New York Mets.  Brewers' Chief Operating Officer Marti Wronski admits the team surprised a lot of pundits this season.  "This is a team that people weren't sure what to think,"  Wronski told AM 1170's […]

WAUNAKEE, Wis. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump spent more than an hour ahead of Tuesday night's vice presidential debate campaigning in a Democratic county that is crucial to Kamala Harris ' hopes for winning the key battleground state of Wisconsin.  Republican Trump appeared at a manufacturing facility in Waunakee, a suburb of Wisconsin's capital city of Madison in the Democratic stronghold of Dane County. Trump had never campaigned in Dane County nor visited as president.  In an event […]

MADISON – The Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation Board of Directors has endorsed Senator Tammy Baldwin for U.S. Senate, along with Representatives Derrick Van Orden and Thomas Tiffany for Congress.  “Senator Baldwin, Representative Van Orden and Representative Tiffany support Wisconsin agriculture through engaging directly with the farming community in their districts,” said WFBF President Brad Olson.  Sen. Baldwin, first elected to the Senate in 2013, has been a steadfast advocate for Wisconsin agriculture. […]

Photo caption: Jesse Schulz, PT, (center), an SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital physical therapist, receives a BEE Award from Barb Schmitt PT, DPT, Therapy Services supervisor (left) and Zach Pitz, Musculoskeletal & Rehab Services director. Jesse Schulz, PT, DPT, an SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital physical therapist, has been named the newest recipient of the BEE (Be Exceptional Everyday) Award. Schulz was recognized by a patient who shared her recent […]

MADISON - Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) – the combined state chamber and manufacturers’ association – celebrates each October as Manufacturing Month and the first Friday of the month as Manufacturing Day.  Throughout October, WMC, its members and partners, and communities throughout the state will recognize the importance of manufacturing to Wisconsin’s economy. Manufacturing is the state's top industry, contributing over $71 billion to the economy. The state’s over 9,000 manufacturers […]