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School officials in Mayville and Horicon are exploring the possibility of consolidating school districts and building one new high school.   Mayville superintendent Dr. Pat Antony says the idea came out of a focus group that was formed after a school building referendum failed last spring.  Horicon superintendent Gary Berger says his initial reaction is that it could be positive for both districts.  Both Berger and Antony say perhaps the […]

The North Fond du Lac school superintendent says a recent drug sweep at Horace Mann High School and Bessie Allen Middle school found no illegal drugs or alcohol.  Superintendent Aaron Sadoff says the search was conducted as a cooperative effort between the schools, and police from Fond du Lac, North Fond du Lac and Ripon.   Sadoff says the district will continue to be vigilant to provide a safe, drug-free […]

The cost of a traditional Thanksgiving dinner will be down slightly from last year according to the Wisconsin Farm Bureau’s annual look at the price of a Thanksgiving dinner for 10 people. The informal survey found the cost of traditional items like turkey, cubed stuffing, cranberries and pumpkin pie was $50 or 1.5 percent less than last year.  Farm Bureau spokesman Casey Langan says the average price of turkey in […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Deer hunters got the snow they wanted in southern Wisconsin on opening day of the state's nine-day gun season. The National Weather Service reports 10 to 20 inches of snow had fallen in Janesville as of Saturday's opener.  Snow typically makes deer stand out and makes them easier to track. The Wisconsin Department of Natura l Resources says the number of licenses sold for the gun […]

Nobody  was injured in a fire  that caused significant damage to a home in Waupun.  Firefighters were called to the Arif  Topalovski home  at 201 Fond du lac Street Saturday to find   flames  shooting out of the roof on the back side of the home.  Firefighters made entry but were pushed back as conditions in the home deteriorated.  It took firefighters a couple of hours to extinguish the fire.  They […]

Authorities say a hunter with a history of heart problems has died after helping drag a deer to a vehicle on opening day of Wisconsin's gun deer season.  The Green Lake County Sheriff's Office says it happened shortly after 8 a.m. Saturday in the Grand River Marsh Public Wildlife Area in the Town of Kingston.  Paramedics tried to help the hunter, but the hunter died later at a hospital.  The […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A University of Wisconsin-Madison student has been selected as a Rhodes Scholar.  The university announced late Saturday evening that Colin Higgins of Middleton has been picked to receive the Rhodes Scholarship, which funds study at England's Oxford University.  Higgins completed his undergraduate studies at UW-Madison in May after triple majoring with honors in environmental studies, geography and history. He's currently a graduate student in the university's […]

                                                                                                            Christopher R. Hensler                             […]

VILLAGE OF KOHLER, Wis. (AP) — Striking union workers at the Kohler Company have greeted holiday shoppers in Wisconsin with pickets.  At least 1,000 striking Kohler workers and their supporters were outside Saturday along the street that separates the company's huge kitchen and bath ware factory from its upscale hotel, The American Club.   Members of United Auto Workers Local 833 held the rally to marshal support for their week-old […]