The Ripon Medical Center Foundation Board will decide soon how it plans to use one of the largest donations in the history of the Foundation. The gift of more than $246,000 comes from the estate of the late Ruth Birge who passed away last year at the age of 94. Ripon Medical Center Director Kathryn Vergos says the board will decide at their next meeting how the money will be used. "If we're […]
Nobody was seriously injured in a one vehicle rollover crash in Fond du Lac. Rescue personnel were called to the scene on southbound Interstate 41 shortly before 6am Tuesday. The car had rolled over on its top on 41..just north of Johnson Street.
A Kenosha man charged in a cold case murder in Fond du Lac County goes on trial this week on drug charges after a judge denied his motion to postpone the trial. Dennis Brantner is charged with bail jumping and drug possession after the drugs were found hidden in his boot when he was booked into the Fond du Lac County Jail last spring. At a hearing Monday judge Peter Grimm denied a motion by […]
Wisconsin transportation officials say traffic deaths increased by 13 percent in 2015. The state ended the year with 556 fatalities, up from 494 in 2014. There were 12 fatalities each in Fond du Lac and Dodge counties. Department of Transportation officials said in a news release Monday that warm spring weather, cheap gas and an improving economy likely contributed to more vehicles on the road and miles traveled. Agency […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two Republican lawmakers are trying again to increase penalties for repeat drunken driving. Rep. Jim Ott and Sen. Alberta Darling have introduced a bill that would make a fourth offense a felony punishable by up to three years in prison. Right now a fourth offense is a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail. Darling and Ott introduced a similar bill last session.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An anti-abortion group has started airing a television commercial calling on Assembly Speaker Robin Vos to hold a vote on a bill that would prohibit research using tissue taken from aborted fetuses. Wisconsin Family Action President Julaine Appling said in a news release using fetal tissue in research is unnecessary and horrific. Researchers have countered that banning experiments using such tissue could chill work on potentially […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin employers notified the state of more than 10,000 layoffs in 2015 — the most in since 2010. The Department of Workforce Development says 37 percent of the 10,104 layoff notices came from the Milwaukee area. South central Wisconsin accounted for about 9 percent while the southwest region had a statistical notification rate of zero. The 2015 total doesn't include two of the more high profile […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Federal officials have closed a long-running investigation into whether Milwaukee's voucher school program discriminates against disabled student. The American Civil Liberties Union and Disability Rights Wisconsin filed a complaint with the U.S. Justice Department in 2011 alleging disabled students are deterred from participating in the Milwaukee voucher program, denied admission when they do apply and expelled or forced to leave as a result of policies that […]
A man wanted for questioning in the theft of a van from a Safe Ride Program driver in Dodge County last week has been arrested. Sheriff Dale Schmidt says Brian Krieger was apprehended over the weekend in Waukesha. Schmidt says the Safe Ride driver, Ronald Gaffner, let Krieger sleep on his couch during last week’s snowstorm. The next morning Krieger was gone and so was Gaffner’s flat screen television and mini van. Schmidt says another […]