SSM Health Greater Fond du Lac is giving $5,000 to the New Beginnings Pregnancy Care Center, Inc. to assist with the expenses incurred in providing a home to pregnant and parenting women and their babies. New Beginnings is a residential facility that is solely based on protecting pregnant women in crisis situations to promote the safety and well-being of women and their unborn babies. “Now more than ever, advocating […]
The City’s Historic Preservation Commission, with the support pf the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders, is hosting representatives from the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Thursday. Join us for a conversation with executives from the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum! President Josh Rawitch and Director of Development and Sponsorship Jason Schiellack will join us at Herr-Baker Field, home of the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders, to talk […]
Fond du Lac, Wis. (June 6, 2023) - Envision Greater Fond du Lac has hired Michelle Muche as the Executive Assistant and Office Manager. “We’re excited to have Michelle join the team,” Sadie Vander Velde, President/CEO, said. “She brings with her decades of customer service and relationship building. She is a great fit for this role.” In this role, Muche is responsible for supporting Envision’s leadership team and the Board of Directors, as well […]
Nobody was injured in a dumpster fire in Waupun. Shortly after 5am Tuesday Waupun firefighters were called to W7080 Fox Lake Road in the Town of Chester for a dumpster fire burning in close proximity to a home. Upon arrival, a 30-yard dumpster was found to be fully engulfed in fire. First arriving crews confirmed the home was empty and were able to quickly knock down the fire before it spread to the nearby […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has declined to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to ensure that no records are deleted from a now-closed state office created to investigate former President Donald Trump’s loss in 2020. The ruling Monday comes in one of several lawsuits filed by liberal watchdog group American Oversight against former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman and the office of special counsel he led. Gableman was […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A bipartisan group including former Republican Gov. Tommy Thompson dedicated to building trust and confidence in elections has launched in Wisconsin, a state that was at the center of false claims of election fraud in 2020. Keep Our Republic was formed in 2020 and operates in the battleground states of Pennsylvania and Michigan. Those states, along with Wisconsin and a handful of others, were at the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin are proposing a new plan to address pollution from PFAS chemicals. The state Senate's natural resources plan held a public hearing Monday on a bill from Sen. Robert Cowles and Rep. Eric Wimberger that would create grant programs; curtail regulations on the chemicals; mandate studying options for treating contaminated water; streamline permitting for upgrades to public water utilities to address the chemicals; […]
Two people escaped serious injury in a pickup versus semi trailer crash in Dodge County. The crash happened shortly before 9am Monday on Highway 151 at Jackson Road in the town of Calamus. A preliminary investigation shows a northbound pickup driven by 25 year old Austin Krause of Reeseville collided with a semi truck and trailer driven by 56 year old Robert Krieg of Juneau. Krause was flown by helicopter to a hospital with non […]
Retired Ripon College economist Paul Schoofs says passage of a debt ceiling bill by congress to avoid default is good news. Schoofs says the U.S. was facing a potentially disastrous default if congress failed to act. With just two days to spare, President Joe Biden signed legislation that lifts the nation’s debt ceiling. Suspending the nation's debt limit until 2025 after the next presidential election ensures the Treasury can borrow to […]