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MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, chair of the Wisconsin State Building Commission, Friday announced the Commission approved a comprehensive budget adjustment for various University of Wisconsin (UW) System projects and authority to construct two important projects.   “While it’s unfortunate that these reallocations to help support UW campuses across our state were unnecessarily delayed, I’m glad they were finally approved today to ensure these critical projects can move forward,” said Gov. […]

MADISON – From a seven-month streak of record high employment levels, a record high number of nonfarm jobs, and continued low unemployment, 2024 saw historic wins for Wisconsin workers, job seekers, employers, and other stakeholders under the leadership of Gov. Tony Evers, who proclaimed 2024 as the Year of the Worker. The 2024 Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) annual report showcases the many achievements by DWD and its partners to efficiently […]

MADISON – Nearly two dozen Wisconsin manufacturers have been selected as finalists for the 36th Annual Manufacturer of the Year (MOTY) Awards.   The MOTY program, sponsored by Baker Tilly, Michael Best & Fredrich LLP, and Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC), recognizes the state’s top manufacturers of all sectors and sizes for innovations, philanthropy, technological advances, commitment to customer satisfaction and the quality jobs they create.  The program highlights manufacturing as the […]

Hello Waupun! The new Hoya Hop Brew Bub opens today (Saturday)  1/11, from noon to 10 pm, and Sunday, 1/12, from noon to 6 pm.  Regular hours will be announced coming out of this weekend. If you get a chance, I’d encourage you to stop in and offer congratulations to Matt and Michelle Brown, Jarrett Mack, and Kaitlyn and Jesse Huizenga, and welcome them to Downtown Waupun! Also happening this Sunday to […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) —A Wisconsin woman who at age 12 stabbed her sixth grade classmate nearly to death to please online horror character Slender Man will be released from a psychiatric hospital, a judge ordered Thursday after a trio of experts testified that she has made considerable progress battling mental illness.   Morgan Geyser has spent nearly seven years at the Winnebago Mental Health Institute. She has petitioned Waukesha County Circuit […]

As the "quit season" gets underway the Wisconsin Department of Health Services says the New Year is a great time to quit smoking.  The Wisconsin Quit Line is a free resource available to everyone in the state over the age of 13.  Fond du Lac County Commercial Tobacco Prevention and Treatment coordinator, Johanna Brotz, says people who call the Quit Line have access to one on one help with trained cessation experts.  Brotz […]

Norovirus outbreaks are on the rise in the United States this winter.  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention there have been more outbreaks reported by state health departments since the beginning of December since 2012.  Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says the norovirus,  a stomach bug, is highly contagious, causing an average of 19 million illnesses, mostly in young children, annually in the country.  How […]

An ad hoc committee is recommending the Fond du Lac County Board consider a Fond du Lac County Justice facility...instead of just a new or expanded county jail.   County executive Sam Kaufman says the committee will make a presentation with the recommendation at the February  county board meeting.  "The county board will have to make a decision.   Do they want a full justice sytsem?  Do they want to start off small with just […]

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers announced today he signed Executive Order #253 declaring an energy emergency in the state of Wisconsin. Due to persistent challenges caused by severe regional winter weather and its impact on the distribution of residential heating fuel, including heating oil and propane, Executive Order #253 will allow for the swift and efficient delivery of these products throughout the state.   “From coast to coast in the U.S., Winter Storm […]