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Lakeside Park Pedestrian Bridge Replacement – Oven to Fountain Island Schedule: September 16 through November 15, 2024 Description: Construction includes removal of the existing wood bridge structure, pouring new concrete abutments and setting a new steel truss bridge.  Site grading, restoration and asphalt pedestrian path will be replaced. October 7 to October 11: The second concrete pour for the east and west abutments will be completed early in the week.  […]

October 4, 2024 Dear Editor: This year, Wisconsinites have faced five constitutional amendments, each more confusing than the last. Just as we did in August at the primary election, I am asking you to vote no on the November 5 constitutional amendment question, and I urge other members of the Ripon area community to do the same.  The latest would change the language of our state constitution to restrict our […]

RIPON, Wisc. (AP) — Liz Cheney, one of Donald Trump’s fiercest Republican antagonists, rallied with Kamala Harris on Thursday at the site in Wisconsin where the modern Republican Party was born, as the Democratic vice president aimed to win over moderate voters and rattle the former president.  The daughter of former Republican Vice President Dick Cheney, former Rep. Liz Cheney was the top GOP lawmaker on the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, […]

A recent four week-long exercise focusing on the disaster recovery process is being described as the first of its kind in the nation.   Wisconsin Emergency  Management spokesperson Katie Rousonelos says the exercise, called Bright Horizon, included more than 250 participants over four weeks in August and September focusing on recovery efforts after a simulated flooding scenario.  She says it's the first of its kind in the nation for focus solely on the disaster recovery […]

US suicides last year remained at about the highest level in the nation's history.  Preliminary data shows that a little over 49,300 suicide deaths were reported in 2023.   Just under 49,500 were reported in 2022.   Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says there were 15 suicide deaths in Fond du Lac County in 2023, and seven so far this year.  Mueller says locally the highest suicide rate is […]

The Fond du Lac city manager says Fond du Lac's homeless population that doesn't have a permanent shelter is less than 30 people, and all but two are from Fond du Lac.  The Fond du Lac city council last month approved an ordinance that prohibits camping on public property.   City manager Joe Moore says the ordinance focuses primarily on individuals who have been camping on public property in downtown Fond […]

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has announced the final schedule for the Global Dairy Summit at World Dairy Expo in Madison, WI on Friday, October 4, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. The Global Dairy Summit will include remarks by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. The Global Dairy Summit will begin with presentations by national dairy industry leaders including: Krysta Harden, […]

The American Red Cross of Wisconsin is issuing an urgent appeal for volunteers who are willing to travel this fall to support emergency shelters for major national disaster relief efforts.   Interested volunteers are urged to sign up today at redcross.org/volunteer. All candidates must complete the necessary training and be able to commit to a two-week deployment. Applicants who don’t have disaster experience, but have supervision, management or organization skills; a strong desire […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Liz Cheney, one of Donald Trump’s fiercest Republican antagonists, will join Democrat Kamala Harris at a campaign event in Wisconsin on Thursday aimed at reaching out to moderate voters and rattling the former president.  Cheney was the top Republican on the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, earning Trump’s disdain and effectively exiling herself from her own party.  Cheney lost her Wyoming seat to a Trump-endorsed candidate two years ago […]