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MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) is reminding farmers and manure applicators to check the runoff risk advisory forecast before spreading manure on fields. This tool helps determine the potential for manure runoff from a field depending on weather conditions and soil temperature.  The runoff risk advisory forecast ​includes maps showing short-term runoff risk for manure application. The maps account for soil saturation, temperature, and precipitation […]

Fond du Lac, Wisc.: Moraine Park Technical College is proud to announce 50 construction and industrial trade apprentices received the 2024 Tools of the Trade scholarships from Ascendium. Each apprentice received $2,000 to use toward the purchase of equipment, tools and clothing, tuition and more.    Apprenticeships are training programs that provide learners with on-the-job experience and classroom instruction– they pair on-the-job training with classroom instruction, allowing individuals to earn while they […]

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Heavy wet snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 4 to  8 inches. Winds gusting 25 to 35 mph. * WHERE...Marquette, Green Lake, Fond du Lac and Columbia   Counties. * WHEN...From 1 PM this afternoon to 10 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Plan on hazardous slushy road conditions and low   visibility that will impact the […]

Two people were injured, one seriously, in a one vehicle crash in Dodge County.  The crash happened Monday afternoon on state Highway 16/60 east of Columbus.  A preliminary investigation shows a pickup was eastbound on Highway 60 when the driver failed to negotiate a curve, overcorrected, and lost control of the vehicle before it overturned.  The driver, a 20 year old rural Randolph man, was transported to a hospital with serious injuries.  […]

The polls open at 7am Tuesday across the state as voters cast ballots for local offices, a couple of statewide referendums and the now anti-climatic presidential primary.  In Fond du Lac County there are contested races for Fond du Lac city council and two contested county board races, plus a handful of school board races.   There are two constitutional amendments that would change how elections are administered, and the presidential primary, […]

Five area school districts have contested school board races in Tuesday's spring election.  There are contested school board races in Lomira, New Holstein, Ripon, Rosendale-Brandon and Waupun.   There are two contested races for Waupun School Board.  Former Waupun School Board member Stephen Chene is running against Karen Gibbs for an at-large seat on the board.  Incumbent Jodi Schultz faces a challenge from Rebecca Droessler Mersch for the seat representing the towns of Fox Lake, […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's presidential primary Tuesday clears the way for a general election campaign that Democrats see as an opportunity unlike any in recent state history.  New legislative districts adopted last month erase Republican advantages that gave the GOP dominance of the Wisconsin Assembly even as Democrats won 14 of the past 17 statewide elections. Democrats think they can now compete for a majority, but also that invigorated legislative campaigns […]

Work has resumed on a bridge connecting Fond du Lac's Lakeside Park with Lakeside Park West.    Large cranes lifted the bridge and placed the structure on the bridge abutment Monday morning.  Fond du Lac Advisory Park Board member John Papenheim says the bridge will make it easier for residents to access Lakeside Park West.  "I am really excited about it,"  Papenheim told WFDL news.  "Lakeside Park West is so underused […]

A homecoming celebration is planned for the national champion UW-Oshkosh gymnastics team.  Titan gymnastics won the 50th national championship in school history and the third straight for the team on March 23. They collected 10 All-America medals and four individual titles at the NCGA Championship and broke the Division III scoring record. The team recorded new highs on the vault and floor exercise and individual gymnasts set new vault and all-around scoring records.   The celebration […]