The 11th annual Celebrate Waupun is being held this weekend at Tanner Park. The festival kicks off at 4pm Friday featuring carnival rides, food, and music. Saturday, June 24th the Festival opens at noon and runs through 11pm. Festival-goers can take a “City of Sculpture” trolley ride and learn about Waupun’s history and outdoor sculptures. Sunday is Family Day with a car show starting at 8am, bingo, a kiddie pedal pull and an […]
Fond du Lac, Wis. (June 12, 2023) – Envision Greater Fond du Lac hosted a ribbon cutting with member organization, ASTOP. ASTOP is a sexual assault service provider offering treatment, outreach, prevention, and advocacy, emphasizing hope and connection to self and others. ASTOP values its commitment to stewardship very seriously. It is estimated one in four women and one in six men are sexually abused before their eighteenth birthday; the average age of abuse […]
LITTLE CANADA, Minn. (AP) — Pigs ran loose on a metro highway after a semitrailer truck that was carrying them overturned. It caused an hours-long shutdown Friday morning in Minnesota on Interstate 694. State troopers tried to corral several loose pigs that cameras showed running through traffic. Department of Transportation cameras showed the truck tipping over around 7:35 a.m. and causing morning rush hour traffic to back up for more […]
Holy Family Catholic Community and the Salvation Army of Fond du Lac County are partnering this summer to help feed children and families as the Brown Bag Lunch program celebrates 30 years. Holy Family Catholic Community's Sarah Razner says every week during the summer volunteers pack a total of 600 lunches on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Razner says according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, food prices have risen nearly eight percent […]
Nobody was injured and a Fond du Lac man is in custody following a high speed chase. It started shortly after 1am Sunday when a sheriff's deputy attempted to stop a vehicle for following another vehicle too closely on Highway 151 at Brookhaven Beach Road in the town of Taycheeda. Shortly after the pursuit started the suspect vehicle had a flat tire, and continued to drive with three wheels. The vehicle ran over […]
MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul Friday announced the final approval of $17.3 billion in opioid agreements with drug makers Teva and Allergan and pharmacies CVS and Walgreens. Following successful state sign-on and subdivision sign-on periods, the defendants have committed to the deal and will start releasing funds to a national administrator later this summer. Wisconsin is set to receive nearly $277 million over 15 years. Money is expected […]
The Fond du Lac County Clerk says subpoenas from MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell for voting records from the 2020 presidential election in several Wisconsin counties including Fond du Lac have been dropped. Clerk Lisa Freiberg says she learned the news on the Friday before Memorial Day. "We've been dealing with this since last September and we finally got good news that My Pillow has decided not to pursue the subpoenas," […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former Republican candidate for Wisconsin governor Tim Michels is suing a conservative organizer who says the Michels campaign never paid him for hosting rallies and reaching out to voters on their behalf in the 2022 midterm. Bob Dohnal, publisher of the Wisconsin Conservative Digest, filed a complaint with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission on May 2 claiming that Michels’ campaign staff verbally agreed to pay him $100,000 […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher won’t run for U.S. Senate in 2024 against Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, leaving an open GOP field with no declared candidates in the battleground state. Gallagher was the highest profile Republican said to be considering a run against Baldwin, who is seeking a third term after an 11-point win in 2018. Democrats, including Baldwin, are defending 23 seats in […]