Walleye Weekend returns to Fond du Lac this weekend centering around the Merc National Walleye Fishing Tournament. Fond du Lac Festivals Executive director Pete Wilke says the event is held this Friday through Sunday at Lakeside Park. Wilke says all of the money raised over the weekend goes to area nonprofit organizations. In addition to the fishing tournament there are plenty of activities for kids and adults including the Walleye Run/Walk, […]
Art on the Town in downtown Beaver Dam is celebrating winning the state’s Main Street Makeover contest resulting in a reality television style 24-hour makeover of the interior of the business. Secretary and CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, the state’s lead economic development organization, is making a stop in Beaver Dam Monday evening to celebrate the businesses' reopening. Last fall Art on the Town was announced as one of three winners in […]
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans still reeling from an April election that saw conservatives lose majority control of the state Supreme Court for the first time in 15 years hope to use their upcoming state convention to unify and refocus on the 2024 presidential race in which Wisconsin will once again be a battleground. Democrats, recognizing that four of the past six presidential elections in the state have been decided by less than a […]
Two people have been arrested in connection with a shooting incident outside a Fond du Lac gas station last month. A 16 year old Fond du Lac boy, and 19 year old man are being held in the Fond du Lac County Jail facing a charge of Party to a Crime of Attempted First Degree Intentional Homicide. The arrests were made following the execution of a search warrant at a South Marr Street residence. The […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit to try to force a northern Wisconsin town to pay for failing to renew access easements on tribal land. U.S. Attorney Timothy O'Shea filed the action in Madison on Wednesday. The lawsuit opens another front in a dispute between the town of Lac Du Flambeau and the Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. The town […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers have rejected funding for the University of Wisconsin’s top priority, the proposed replacement of an engineering building on the Madison campus. The GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee voted Thursday to fund about 60% of the state government and UW projects that Gov. Tony Evers wanted. The committee voted to fund about $2.4 billion in building projects, down from the $3.8 billion the Democrat Evers had […]
WHAT: Art on the Town in downtown Beaver Dam is one of three winners of the state’s Main Street Makeover contest, resulting in a reality television style 24-hour makeover of the interior of the business. Missy Hughes, Secretary and CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), the state’s lead economic development organization, will be visiting the business to celebrates its reopening. WHEN: 5:00 p.m. Monday, June 5 WHERE: Sidewalk […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A school bus in Milwaukee was engulfed in flames moments after the pregnant driver safely evacuated 37 students. The bus was just blocks from its destination at the Milwaukee Academy of Science and had kindergarteners to high schoolers on board when Imunek Williams smelled something burning. She said on Thursday that she stopped and got all the students off when the smoke started to get thicker. Then […]