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FOND DU LAC, Wis. (April 19, 2023) — Mercury Marine, a division of Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC), has been recognized with four International Forum Design (iF) awards for its Avator™ 7.5e electric outboard motor, its V10 Verado® outboard and its V12 Verado® outboard. All three outboards were recognized in the Automotive/Vehicles category, and Avator was also honored in the Product Interfaces category for its integrated and remote display.  For all three products, Mercury partnered with Designworks, a BMW Group […]

There is something for everyone at the first Fair Food Festival of the year – with a diverse music lineup and an assortment of fair food offerings. The Dodge County Fairgrounds will host this year’s first event this Saturday, April 22 from 11:00 am until 7:00 pm. Local food trucks and vendors on the grounds will offer delicious fair food and refreshments.   With the event starting at 11 am, get an […]

A Glendale man was arrested following a high speed chase in Fond  du Lac County.  The chase started shortly before 2:30am Friday when a sheriff's deputy attempted to stop a vehicle for several  traffic violations on County Highway TC at Dehring Road.   The vehicle continued  westbound on County Highway TC at varying speeds,  ending  when the suspect vehicle pulled over west  of state Highway 26.   Deputies were able to locate suspected contraband tossed […]

The Little White Schoolhouse in Ripon is still listed as a national landmark.   Thursday afternoon a Department of the Interior official confirmed that the famed  “Birthplace of the Republican Party" remains on the National Landmark list of the nation’s historic sites worthy of preservation.   The information comes from Sherry Frear, the Chief and Deputy Keeper, National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program.  “The National Register of Historic Places and […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — After years of opposition to any form of marijuana legalization in Wisconsin, Republican lawmakers are now working privately to build support for a medical marijuana program that could win bipartisan backing and be enacted into law later this year. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos told The Associated Press on Thursday that for now the group of lawmakers are working only among Assembly Republicans to build enough support. […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former Attorney General Eric Holder is set to give the spring commencement speech at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The university has announced Wednesday that Holder will give the address during the spring commencement ceremony at Camp Randall Stadium on May 13. Holder served as attorney general from February 2009 to April 2015. He was the first Black person to hold the office. Holder was the keynote […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The former chair of the Wisconsin Parole Commission who until this week was also an alderman in Racine has been charged with a felony, accused of using his capacity as a public official for private interests.  John Tate II was charged Tuesday with one count of “private interest in a public contract while working in a public capacity” in Racine County. According to the complaint, Tate unlawfully […]

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has denied a motion to move the trial of a woman accused of killing and dismembering a man in Green Bay. Twenty-five-year-old Taylor Schabusiness is charged with first-degree intentional homicide, mutilating a corpse and third-degree sexual assault in the killing of 25-year-old Shad Thyrion in February 2022. Attorney Christopher Froelich represents Schabusiness. He had argued that "substantial pre-trial publicity and other factors” […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Green Bay police officer has been charged with felony misconduct in office after he he struck a man with his squad car in 2021 following a traffic stop. The Brown County district attorney’s office on Wednesday also charged Green Bay officer Matthew Knutson with negligent operation of a vehicle, a misdemeanor, stemming from the incident. According to the complaint, Knutson said in his initial report […]