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Photo caption: Jayne Harmsen (right), REACH Waupun executive director, accepts a $5,000 donation from Nicole Gill (left), vice president, clinical administrator, and DeAnn Thurmer, president, SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital/SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital, for its Get Active! program. SSM Health is giving $5,000 to REACH Waupun to support its Get Active! program, which is designed to help improve the health and well-being of youth in the Waupun community.     […]

(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-WI) has introduced the Biodiversity Oversight Scaled-back And Fully Erased (BIOSAFE) Act, co-led by Congressman Tom Tiffany (R-WI). This bill will prevent the Biden Administration from forcing state and local wildlife conservationists to forego final authority on conservation decisions resulting in the prioritization of Washington’s one-size-fits-all initiatives over decades of local conservation efforts.  The Biden Administration is currently promulgating a rule through the Department of Interior’s […]

Kim Graff, RN, with SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Medical/Surgical, has been awarded The DAISY Lifetime Achievement Award. The award recognizes nurses who have devoted their life's work to the compassionate care of others.  Award recipients are nominated for their dedication to nursing through active mentoring, role modeling, advocating for their patients and promoting the positive image of nursing. They serve as a beacon of inspiration to those at all stages […]

FOND DU LAC, Wis., (June 7, 2024) – Mercury Marine, a division of Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC), today introduced 8 and 9.9hp EFI FourStroke and 9.9hp EFI ProKicker™ outboard engines. These new outboards feature an advanced Mercury electronic fuel injection system designed to provide boaters, fishing enthusiasts and pro anglers with easy starts and efficient performance.  “In recent years, Mercury Marine has pushed the envelope at the top of the outboard performance […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — With a “Shawshank Redemption”-style stone exterior and high castle-like guard towers, Wisconsin's oldest prison, built in the 1850s, has long been a target for closure amid concerns about deterioration, extended lockdowns and staffing shortfalls.   The charges brought Wednesday against the warden and eight of his staffers in the deaths of  inmates there in the past year are only fueling calls for action.  “That place is a disaster,” […]

With  the UWO-Fond du Lac campus closing this month, Fond du Lac County officials are exploring what to do with the buildings and property.   The county finance committee this week considered resolutions to create a campus event and recreation budget, and hiring a part-time manager for the campus gymnasium and Prairie Theater.  Finance committee chair Tom Dornbrook says the county is also conduting a feasibility study and discussing what to do with […]

The president of Fond du Lac County's economic development agency says she hopes Fond du Lac County and the Fox Valley can benefit from a new fund designed to help start-up companies and entrepreneurs.  Governor Tony Evers and Wisconsin's economic development agency have announced the launch of a new public-private $100 million fund...the largest of it's kind in state history.  Envision Greater Fond du Lac president Sadie Howell says the Wisconsin Investment Fund is […]

The Department of Public Works would like inform the motoring public of the 2-day closure of North Marr Street at Merrill Avenue. The closure will be in place Thursday, June 6 and remain closed until the end of day Friday, June 7.  The closure will be in place to allow the utility contractor to install storm sewer in combination with the Marquette Street reconstruction project.  The traffic detour is westbound […]

(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-WI) has introduced the Biodiversity Oversight Scaled-back And Fully Erased (BIOSAFE) Act, co-led by Congressman Tom Tiffany (R-WI). This bill will prevent the Biden Administration from forcing state and local wildlife conservationists to forego final authority on conservation decisions resulting in the prioritization of Washington’s one-size-fits-all initiatives over decades of local conservation efforts.  The Biden Administration is currently promulgating a rule through the Department of Interior’s […]