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Fond du Lac, Wisc.: Moraine Park is celebrating the exceptional efforts of the College’s surgical technology program and its recent graduates who earned a 100% pass rate on the national certification exam.  Surgical technologists are allied health professionals who prepare operating rooms, arrange equipment, prepare sterile instruments and supplies, and assist doctors during surgeries.    There were nine graduates this May. The program can accept a maximum of 10 students for each cohort.  […]

The Hazel L. Stephenson Scholarship Committee has selected 9 Fond du Lac County  young adults to receive scholarships for the upcoming school year. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the fund. The Stephenson Scholarship Fund was established in 1974 by the will of the late Hazel L. Stephenson of Fond du Lac. Its purpose is to assist students from the county in attaining or completing an education at a […]

Nobody was injured in a fire that significantly damaged a new concession stand restroom at Fond du Lac High School. Firefighters found smoke coming from the maintenance room and men's restroom when they arrived shortly after 3:30pm Wednesday and quickly extinguished the fire.  Fire personnel ventilated the structure. The building sustained significant soot and smoke damage from the incident. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

A Winneconne man was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash in Fond du Lac County.  The crash happened shortly after noon Wednesday on southbound Interstate 41 just  south of Townline Road.  A preliminary investigation shows a motorcycle veered off onto the gravel shoulder, struck the cable barrier and slid across both lanes of southbound 41 into the ditch.  The motorcycle operator, a 56 year old Winneconne man,  was not wearing a helmet and was flown […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The warden of a maximum-security Wisconsin prison and eight members of his staff have been charged following investigations into the deaths of four inmates at the troubled facility over the past year.  Waupun Correctional Institution’s warden, Randall Hepp, is charged with misconduct in public office, Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt, who led the investigations into the deaths, said at a news conference. The remaining staff face felony […]

Dodge County, WI – Representative Michael Schraa (R-Oshkosh), Chair of the Assembly Committee on Corrections, and Representative Mark Born (R-Beaver Dam), Co-Chair of the state’s budget-writing committee, responded Wednesday to the findings of Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt’s investigations into four deaths at Waupun Correctional Institution. Following the Sheriff’s press conference releasing the findings, Representatives Born and Schraa made this statement: “The conclusions released from this investigation are incredibly troubling. These […]

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today announced the Evers Administration is requesting the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office does not close its investigation into Waupun Correctional Institution (WCI) and instead is requesting the investigation remain open as the Wisconsin Department of Corrections’ (DOC) internal investigation and federal law enforcement investigations continue.  The governor is further directing the DOC to continue its ongoing, internal investigations into deaths of individuals in the department’s care […]

Madison, Wis. – The department has been in regular communication and collaboration with the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office throughout this process. We have cooperated fully with Dodge County’s investigation, and we will continue to do so as we also continue to fully cooperate with the ongoing federal law enforcement investigation initiated at our request in June 2023 into potential criminal activities occurring at WCI.   Maintaining the safety of people in […]

Wisconsin has taken another step forward to help people with mental health and substance use emergencies with the opening of five crisis stabilization centers for adults. Crisis stabilization facilities support people who can't stay in their community safely, but don't need to be hospitalized. Funded by the Department of Health Services (DHS), the centers provide a dedicated location for this level of care for most counties.  "Whether it's been declaring 2023 […]