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The first of nine staff members at the Waupun Correctional Institution charged in connection with the deaths of inmates at the prison has been convicted of a misdemeanor.  As part of a plea agreement,  36 year old Sarah Anne Ransbottom pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor of violating the law of a state or county institution.  She originally faced a felony charge of misconduct in public office.  Dodge County Circuit judge Martin De Vries ordered […]

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. September 30 to October 4: Pile driving was completed for both the east and west abutments. Crews will tie steel and form […]

MADISON — As previously announced, on Sat., Sept. 28, 2024, and Sat., Oct. 12, 2024, the flags of the United States and the state of Wisconsin will be flown at half-staff coinciding with the Final Alarm Ceremony and Silent Procession at the Wisconsin Fire & EMS Memorial Park in Wisconsin Rapids, which is hosted by the Wisconsin Fire & EMS Memorial, and in honor of Wisconsin Firefighters Memorial Day.  In May, Gov. […]

Tracey Reinders, RN, SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital Home Care, has been named a DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses winner.  The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses® is part of The DAISY Foundation’s mission to recognize the extraordinary, compassionate nursing care they provide patients and families every day.   The DAISY Foundation is a not-for-profit organization, established in memory of J. Patrick Barnes by members of his family. Patrick died at the age […]

A ribbon cutting ceremony will be held next week celebrating an expanded sculpture collection in Waupun.  City administrator Kathy Schlieve says under the leadership of local business owner and Waupun Area School District art teacher, Jeni Maly, five new sculptures, with an historical connection to Waupun have been erected in the downtown this past summer.  Maly's non-profit is focused on expanding sculpture exhibits in Waupun through an affiliation with the Eau Claire Sculpture […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin district attorney said Thursday that her office is pursuing an investigation into the removal of an absentee ballot drop box by the mayor of Wausau. Mayor Doug Diny removed the drop box, located outside of City Hall, on Sunday and distributed a picture of himself doing it while wearing worker’s gloves and a hard hat. Diny is a conservative opponent to drop boxes. The […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The mailing of about 2,200 duplicate absentee ballots in Wisconsin’s heavily Democratic capital city of Madison has led a Republican member of Congress to falsely suggest that the clerk was lying about the presence of barcodes on the ballots themselves. An initial statement on Monday from Madison Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl did not specify that it was the envelopes, not the ballots, that contain the barcodes. The […]

FOND DU LAC – Sandi Paws Rescue, a state-wide all-volunteer animal rescue organization based in Fond du Lac, has been selected to participate in a live fundraising challenge by the Florida-based organization Jordan’s Way.  Jordan’s Way founder Kris Rotonda will be in Fond du Lac 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, to help Sandi Paws raise money to aid its efforts to serve the needs of countless rescue dogs and […]

Photo caption: Gretchen Hofman (center), an SSM Health Fond du Lac Regional Clinic Cardiology certified medical assistant, receives recognition as the newest recipient of the BEE (Be Exceptional Everyday) Award by leaders Mark Decker (left), Maria Feucht, and Shane Smith. Gretchen Hofman, an SSM Health Fond du Lac Regional Clinic Cardiology certified medical assistant, has been named the newest recipient of the BEE (Be Exceptional Everyday) Award.  Hofman was recognized by […]