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The state Department of Workforce Development secretary is recognizing Fond du Lac County’s largest employer.   On Monday DWD secretary Reggie Newson held a roundtable discussion at Moraine Park Technical College before visiting Mercury Marine to help the company celebrate its 75th anniversary.  "Founded in Cedarburg, Mercury Marine's a great Wisconsin story, and this global manufacturer now based in Fond du Lac is a good example of why the world looks to us for […]

Bail has been set at $20,000 cash each for two Fond du lac County men accused of trying to disarm a sheriff’s deputy.  Twenty two year old Colton Obrien of Eden and 19 year old Tanner Gremminger of rural Campbellsport made their initial Fond du Lac court appearances Monday.  Preliminary hearings for both men are scheduled for July 24th.   Obrien is accused of punching the sheriff’s deputy and trying to grab his service revolver during […]

Eleven registered sex offenders face possible charges in Dodge county following a recent compliance check conducted by the sheriff’s office and U.S. Marshals Services.  Sheriff Pat Ninmann says in person compliance checks of 149 sex offenders within Dodge County began July 7th.  Ninmann says 138 were located and found to be in compliance.  Offenders are required to provide current, up-to-date, personal information to include an accurate address and place of employment.  Failing to comply with […]

The Fond du Lac animal shelter manager says an incident involving an abandoned puppy near Oshkosh brings back memories of an incident in Fond du lac earlier this year.  Oshkosh police say surveillance cameras captured images of a man leaving a Highway 41 truck stop where an injured two-week-old pup was found in a plastic bag last  week.  The Oshkosh Area Humane Society is caring for the animal, which needs surgery.  Fond du Lac […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — In a plaza outside the Milwaukee Brewers' ballpark stands a 12-foot statue. Not one that honors a baseball hero, but one that is dedicated to the workers who built Miller Park, including the three who lost their lives when a huge crane collapsed during construction on this day 15 years ago.  Jeffrey Wischer, William DeGrave and Jerome Starr were killed on July 14, 1999 when their man […]

RACINE, Wis. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan has set a new personal record for fundraising.   Ryan raised $1.6 million in the quarter that ended June 30. It is the most the Republican congressman has ever raised in a quarter.  Ryan was first elected to Congress in 1998. He ran for vice president in 2012 and is frequently mentioned as a possible presidential contender in 2016.  This year has seen […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A moratorium on a historic tax credit program in Wisconsin announced three weeks ago over concerns about how expensive it had become is being partially lifted.  The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation placed a moratorium on the program after costs for the tax credits grew from the original estimate of $4 million to more than $35 million.  WEDC spokesman Mark Maley said Monday that the moratorium will […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal appeals court in Chicago will hear arguments in challenges of gay marriage bans in Wisconsin and Indiana's on Aug. 13.  Federal judges in both states have struck down the bans as unconstitutional. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals consolidated the Wisconsin and Indiana cases on Friday and put them on the fast track.  The court separately rejected a request by Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. […]