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The president of business operations for the Milwaukee Brewers says he is confident the team can compete for the Division title this season despite losing some top players and manager from last year.   President of Business Operations Rick Schlesinger says he's excited about the upcoming season.   "I've been doing this for 21 years and it never gets old," Schlesinger told AM 1170s Between the Lines program.  "The novelty is still […]

FOND DU LAC – What do you get when you mix together generous local restaurants, delicious soups, a supportive community, and a great cause? A successful Soup du Jour fundraiser!  In its fourth year, Holy Family Catholic Community’s Soup du Jour raised $5,500 for the Holyland Food Pantry and Holy Family Warming Shelter.  Soup du Jour, Holy Family’s annual fundraiser, sells soup donated by Fond du Lac area restaurants and […]

MADISON, WI – On March 5, 2024, Senate Bill 568--relating to: creating a task force on missing and murdered African American women and girls was removed from the Senate Committee on Government Operations and was re-referred to the Senate Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, where it was promptly scheduled for a public hearing. After testifying in support of SB 568, Representative Shelia Stubbs (D-Madison) released […]

More than 40 million aging American men experience Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), a condition in which the prostate enlarges as men get older. Over 40 percent of men in their 50s and over 70 percent of men in their 60s have BPH.   While BPH is a benign condition and unrelated to prostate cancer, it can greatly affect a man’s quality of life. As the prostate enlarges, it presses on and blocks […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A medical examiner is shedding more light on how two Wisconsin prison inmates died last year. Thirty-year-old Tyshun Lemons was found dead at Waupun Correctional Institution on Oct. 2. Twenty-four-year-old Cameron Williams was found dead at the facility on Oct. 30. Dodge County Medical Examiner PJ Schoebel said in a telephone interview Wednesday that Lemons overdosed on acetyl fentanyl, a potent opioid painkiller. Williams died of […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A state appeals court says environmental regulators can't force landowners to clean up pollution from so-called forever chemicals without first implementing specific limits on contamination. The 2nd District Court of Appeals' 2-1 ruling Wednesday all but eliminates the Department of Natural Resources' authority to unilaterally mandate reporting PFAS contamination in groundwater and force responsible parties to clean it up. The case revolves around the DNR's decision […]

A new review of 45 meta-analysis on almost 10 million people shows that eating ultraprocessed foods raises the risk of developing or dying from dozens of adverse health conditions.   Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says a higher intake was considered about one serving, or 10 percent more ultraprocessed foods per day.   "It's not what people want to hear because it's probably the majority of what a lot of […]

The executive director of the Wisconsin Council on Problem Gambling is joining the Wisconsin lottery this month  to raise awareness about problem gambling.  March is Problem Gambling Awareness Month.  Rose Blozinski says help is available via phone, online chat, or text messaging.   Blozinski says problem gambling is defined as all gambling behavior patterns that compromise, disrupt, or damage personal, family, or vocational pursuits.  Approximately two million U.S adults are estimated to […]

Bail has been set at $2 million cash for a Fond du Lac woman in connection with the death of a West Bend woman.   Twenty year old Annaka Trudell is charged with First Degree Intentional Homicide with use of a dangerous weapon, and party to a crime of armed robbery in the death of 33 year old Ashley Calo of West Bend.  Calo was found slumped over the steering wheel […]