This February, Fond du Lac High School is producing another musical where there would have typically been a winter comedy. This production, Into the Woods, which will run on February 12, 13 and 14 at 7:00 p.m. required a great deal of commitment from the performers, given the fact that they auditioned last May and many put on another show, White Christmas, in between. According to Steve Wilson, the director, […]
No serious injuries were reported in three accidents on Highway 41 in Fond du Lac. On February 10th at 8:52 pm the Fond du Lac Communication Center received a call of a one vehicle roll over on USH 41 north bound, south of Main St. The driver of the vehicle lost control of his vehicle and overturned in the east ditch. The driver and his passenger were transported to St. […]
The Rosendale-Brandon School administrator says year round school for younger students could start as early as this summer. Gary Hansen says the school board will discuss results of the latest parent survey gauging support of year round school for grades K-5 at their meeting next week and could take action at the meeting. Hansen says under year round school students would be attending the same number of days…but it would […]
Many Wisconsinites report they regularly engage in unsafe driving behaviors despite acknowledging the threats they pose and revealing more than one in three have a loved one who has been seriously injured or killed in a crash. That according to the AAA Foundation’s recently released Traffic Safety Culture Index. State AAA spokesman Nick Jarmuscz says the survey revealed many unsafe driving behaviors are widespread in the Badger State including excessive […]
A Fond du Lac teenager convicted of sexually assaulting an 8th grade girl has admitted to having sexual contact with nearly 30 underage girls when he was a student at Fond du Lac High School. Fond du Lac judge Peter Grimm sentenced 18 year old Keenan Robinson to four and a half years in prison and five years extended supervision. Robinson was convicted of third degree sexual assault. The judge […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin grocery shoppers may soon be able to sample mini-shots of hard liquor in an aisle near them. The Assembly's government operations committee unanimously approved a bipartisan bill that would allow retailers with liquor licenses to provide small shots of booze to their customers. The measure would allow shoppers to sample one half-ounce of hard alcohol, the equivalent of one-third a shot.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A liberal group has filed a complaint alleging that a new tax-exempt group created by Gov. Scott Walker is acting in violation of federal election law because it is actually a presidential exploratory committee. The American Democracy Legal Fund filed the complaint Tuesday with the Federal Elections Commission. It alleges that Walker's 527 group Our American Revival is raising and spending money in violation of federal […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Powerball jackpot has climbed to $485 million, making Wednesday night's drawing the fifth largest prize in U.S. history. It's been more than two months since someone won the Powerball jackpot, so the prize has been gradually growing from its $40 million starting point. The last time Powerball grew nearly so large was February 2014. Because of strong sales, lottery officials Tuesday raised the estimated […]
U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Campbellsport) introduced legislation Tuesday to award Fond du Lac native James “Maggie” Megellas the Medal of Honor. The bill, H.R. 808, authorizes and requests President Barack Obama to award Megellas with the United States’ highest military honor for his courageous actions during the Battle of the Bulge. It is Grothman’s first piece of legislation in Congress. “The heroism displayed by Maggie more than 70 years ago deserves […]