A Fond du Lac man is in custody after trying to enter a fast food restaurant food storage area and crashing his car on a golf course. Monday afternoon police were called to a physical domestic incident on East Merrill Avenue for a report of a man destroying property and physically assaulting a person in a home. The man’s girlfriend drove him to St. Agnes Hospital where police say he slammed his girlfriend […]
The Fond du Lac School Board has approved the hiring of two elementary school principals. Melanie Steinbarth has been promoted to principal at Chegwin Elementary. Steinbarth is currently the Teacher on Special Assignment at Chegwin. She replaces Nate Groves who was hired as the new District director of Facilities and Safety. Steinbarth began her educational career in 2003 as a second grade teacher in New Holstein. She taught first and second grades […]
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst wouldn’t mind adding a few more picks to the league-leading total his team already is projected to have in this week’s draft. The Packers, Arizona Cardinals and Los Angeles Rams currently have 11 selections each to lead all NFL teams in the draft that begins Thursday. That follows a 2023 draft in which the Packers selected 13 players. “You never have enough ammunition […]
Fond du Lac police are investigating after a number of Fond du Lac residents have complained about finding racist flyers on their property. Roseanne says she was walking her dog near Lakeside Park when she came across one of the flyers on a terrace. Roseanne says the writing on the flyer made her sick to her stomach. "It had rhetoric that included how we are being subjected to people coming from […]
The federal government is for the first time requiring nursing homes to have minimum staffing levels after the COVID-19 pandemic exposed grim realities in poorly staffed facilities. Vice President Kamala Harris announced the final rules Monday before a trip to Wisconsin, where she'll speak with nursing home care workers. It's Harris’ third visit to the battleground state this year and is part of President Joe Biden’s push to earn the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Lake sturgeon don't need Endangered Species Act protections, federal wildlife officials announced Monday, saying that stocking programs have helped the prehistoric fish return to areas where they had vanished. The decision ends the Arizona-based Center of Biological Diversity's petition filed in May 2018 asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list lake sturgeon as endangered or threatened. Such listings would make harvesting the fish illegal, but […]
WAUNAKEE — Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), in celebration of Earth Day today and Forest Appreciation Week this week, announced that the state is increasing its Trillion Trees Pledge planting goal from planting 75 million trees by the end of 2030 to planting 100 million trees by the end of 2030. Gov. Evers and DNR also released the Wisconsin Trillion Trees Pledge 2023 Annual […]
SSM Health to plant trees in the community for Arbor Day In keeping with its Mission, SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital is investing in natural resources on Arbor Day by planting two trees at a local park in Ripon. WHAT As part of its Arbor Day efforts, SSM Health has donated two trees to the City of Ripon at Murray Park. WHEN Friday, April 26, 2024 at 10 am […]
(Fond du Lac, Wis.) – Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-Glenbeulah) will be holding four town hall meetings on April 23 and 25, 2024. Town hall meeting times and locations are as follows: Tuesday, April 23, 2024 Manitowoc County 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Valders Community Center 420 N Liberty Street Valders, WI 54245 Ozaukee County 2:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m. Village of Fredonia 242 Fredonia Ave Fredonia, WI 53021 Thursday, April 25, […]