The Ripon tradition continues! Join us for the 33rd Annual Dickens of a Christmas weekend! This event returns to downtown Ripon, December 1st through the 3rd and you won’t want to miss the fun; presented by Alliance Laundry Systems, Century 21, Horicon Bank and SSM Health. Throughout the weekend there will be plenty of Christmas festivities to enjoy! On Friday, vote for your favorite doll at the Ripon Public Library, […]
For the 13th consecutive year, Mercury Marine, a division of Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC), has earned a Green Masters designation from the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council (WSBC), placing the company among an elite group of organizations to have earned the honor in the state. The Green Masters Program is highly competitive, with only 20% of the top companies across the state selected for the program, and this year’s process was even […]
All are welcome to the annual Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service on Sunday, November 19, 3:30 pm at Covenant United Methodist Church, 20 N Marr St., Fond du Lac. Local pastors will preside, and an Ecumenical choir will lead the singing. Fr. Kevin Tanel from Holy Family Catholic Church will preach. A monetary collection will be taken up in support of the new warming shelter; hygiene and cleaning supplies will be collected […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's annual nine-day gun deer-hunting season starts this weekend. The season kicks off at sunrise on Saturday and closes on the evening of Sunday, Nov. 26. Hunters killed 203,295 deer during the 2022 season, up 14% from 2021. The higher kill numbers came despite fewer hunters in the woods; license sales were down 1.6% last year. Officials with the state Department of Natural Resources say the outlook for this […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ administration and Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos are taking the same side in a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s taxpayer-funded voucher school system. They both told the Wisconsin Supreme Court in filings this week that it should not take the case. Vos and Department of Administration Secretary Kathy Blumenfeld, who was appointed by Evers, told the court in separate filings this week that the […]
Wisconsin's unemployment rate was up slightly last month. The state Department of Workforce Development Thursday released the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data showing Wisconsin's unemployment rate was 3.2% last month. That's up slightly from 3.1% in September and below the national rate of 3.9% in October. The state's total labor force participation rate held steady at 65.8%, 3.1% higher than the national labor force participation rate of 62.7%. Wisconsin's total non-farm jobs remained at a […]
Wisconsin Republican congressman Glenn Grothman voted in the majority this week when the House voted overwhelmingly to prevent a government shutdown. The U.S. Senate followed suit Wednesday night. New Republican speaker Mike Johnson's proposal to temporarily fund the government into the new year passed with 93 Republicans voting against it. "We're not supposed to talk about what happened when we're behind closed doors but I'll say this, there were at least […]
METTAWA, Ill. (Nov 15, 2023) — Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC), today announced its Mercury Marine division was named a 2024 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Innovation Award honoree in the Sustainability, Eco-Design & Smart Energy category for the Avator 20e and 35e electric outboards. This is the third CES Innovation Award for Mercury. In 2022, Mercury’s V12 600hp Verado outboard engine won the award in the Vehicle & Transportation category, and in 2021, Mercury’s 1st […]
AAA expects to rescue over 360,000 stranded motorists nationwide over Thanksgiving weekend. The three most common reasons expected for service calls are flat tires, dead batteries, and lockouts. AAA expects more than 960,000 Wisconsinites to take a Thanksgiving road trip. The Auto Club Group urges them to have their vehicle inspected before leaving home, in effort to prevent roadside issues before they happen. “Don’t let car trouble be the reason you don’t make it […]