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A Madison man accused of firing a gun from his vehicle at another vehicle in Fox Lake has pleaded not guilty to charges against him.  21 year old Anthony McCaskill Jr. entered the plea this week in Dodge County Circuit Court.  He's charged with discharging a firearm towards a person, endangering safety/reckless use of a firearm, and carrying a concealed weapon. The incident allegedly unfolded September 13th after McCaskill and […]

Big Sugar and Big Corn face off in court this week in a bitter, multibillion-dollar battle of sweetners that boils down to a mix of science, semantics and marketing.  Jurors in the case between sugar processors and corn manufacturers will take up one of nutrition’s most vexing debates and confront a choice common among consumers: sugar or high fructose corn syrup.  The federal court trial grew out of efforts by […]

Republican state senator Rick Gudex of Fond du Lac says he supports a compromise bill that would keep two retired judges on a new ethics commission.  Republicans met privately Tuesday to reach a compromise on the bill doing away with the nonpartisan Government Accountability Board, which is currently comprised of retired judges.  Senator Gudex says he supports including two retired judges on the ethics commission.  Gudex says he also supports […]

TOWN OF SPRINGFIELD, Wis. (AP) — A nonprofit organization is aiming to open Wisconsin's first monkey sanctuary in Marquette County in another year or two.  Primates Incorporated received a recent $50,000 donation to help open a home for retired research monkeys near Westfield. The organization owns 17 acres in the Town of Springfield where the monkeys would live in indoor-outdoor structures.  The Portage Daily Register says Amy Kerwin founded Primates […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker is not commenting on news that a police death he called an "assassination" in a column bashing President Barack Obama and anti-police rhetoric was actually a suicide.  Walker wrote the column in September, a day after the death of Fox Lake, Illinois, police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz. Police originally said they were looking for three shooting suspects, but on Wednesday said the officer […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker is telling a new commission on efficiency that taxpayers expect government to be accountable and effective.  Walker spoke Thursday at the first meeting of the commission he created on government reform, efficiency and performance.  He says the government needs to operate in a balanced way so it provides needed services in an efficient way that protects taxpayers" money.  Walker says the commission will […]

More customers with low-to-moderate household incomes will be eligible to receive heating assistance this year, thanks to a change in federal guidelines.  Funding from the Energy Assistance program can help pay heating bills or weatherize your home. To find out if you are eligible: In Wisconsin: Call 1-866-432-8947 or visit gov  Alliant encourages customers to apply now because funds for this heating season are limited. Eligibility for Energy Assistance is not affected by utility account or home ownership […]

A soup lunch/bake sale/raffle drawing will be held on Thursday, November 19th from 11:00 am until 1:00 pm at the City/County Government Center located at 160 S. Macy Street in Fond du Lac.  Soup choices will be Chicken Noodle which will be prepared by MPTC culinary students; Chili or Tuscan.  The cost is $4.00 which includes soup and bread.  Bake sale items will be 50¢ each.  Raffle tickets are $5.00 […]

Comprehensive Services Integration (CSI), Fond du Lac Boys and Girls Club, Marian University and the Fond du Lac School District are hosting a screening of Paper Tigers, a film that captures the pain, danger, beauty and hopes of struggling teens—and the teachers armed with new science and fresh approaches that are changing lives for the better. The documentary film will be screened on Monday, November 16 from 6:30-9:00 p.m. at […]