The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office is issuing this release as information to use caution on a particular area of Beaver Dam Lake following three snowmobiles going through the ice in a 24-hour period. An area of the lake generally north/northeast of Evergreen Island near the south end of the lake has been identified as particularly dangerous since the recent snowfall. Residents in the area informed our deputies that this area […]
Green Lake, Wis. (February 17, 2025) – Eats for the Arts Restaurant Days, an initiative from the Thrasher Opera House, will kick off on Thursday, April 03, and continue through Sunday, April 13. The event will feature participating restaurants around the Green Lake area with a portion of proceeds benefiting the Thrasher Opera House, so every bite you take helps to enrich our local arts scene! Eats for the Arts: Restaurant Days aims to celebrate the […]
Hello Waupun! Being mayor is a most unique job! On a school visit early in my first term a kid asked me what the most surprising part of the job was. After stumbling around for a good answer, I realized what it was. The most surprising part of this job is that the things the mayor worries about and works on at City Hall, are almost totally different than what […]
The annual Fox Cities Employment Fair will be held 10 am - 2 pm on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, at the Fox Cities Exposition Center, 355 W. Lawrence Ave., Appleton. The annual region- wide hiring event is sponsored by the Fox Valley Workforce Development Board (FVWDB), a local not-for-profit with a focus on upskilling and growing our local workforce. “Anecdotally, hiring seemed to be a little sluggish in the fall as we […]
William Byron won the 67th annual Daytona 500 on Sunday, claiming victory in NASCAR’s most famous race for the second year in a row. Severe downpours triggered an extended red flag after 11 laps, with the race delayed for roughly three hours before NASCAR called its drivers to return to their cars at 5:25 p.m. ET. President Trump attended the race, arriving just before the green flag dropped on the […]
Five people have been arrested and charged in New York in connection with the disappearance and death of a 24-year-old Minnesota transgender man who was reported missing last week. PER CNN, New York State Police launched a missing persons investigation for Sam Nordquist, 24, on February 9, following a welfare check request from his family. On Thursday, February 13 , investigators discovered human remains, believed to be those of Nordquist, […]
At least eight people, including a child, have been killed due to catastrophic and historic flooding across portions of four states over the weekend. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said during a news conference Sunday that at least eight deaths have been connected to the devastating flooding. Fatalities have been reported in Clay, Hart, Nelson, Pike and Washington counties. Beshear added in a post on X: “We need Kentuckians to remain […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s second-oldest prison, built in the 1800s and long targeted for closure, would finally be shuttered under a new plan from Gov. Tony Evers that proposes sweeping changes to the state’s troubled correctional system without building a new facility, as some lawmakers have long called for. Evers presented his plan as the best and only option to address the state’s aging facilities, which have been beset with deaths […]
Seven additional women have come forward with accusations against Baltimore Raven’s kicker Justin Tucker. The women, all massage therapists, told the news publication The Baltimore Banner in an interview about alleged experiences they’ve had with Tucker. As of Sunday, 16 massage therapists have now gone public with accusations of Tucker’s sexual behavior during massage sessions. The Banner first reported on Tucker’s alleged misconduct at the end of January, with the […]
