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The Dodge County Sheriff says an inmate who attacked a correctional Officer at the Waupun prison last Friday has been transferred to another correctional institution.  WFDL news was first to report Saturday that the officer was severely beaten by an inmate.  The incident was reported Friday afternoon during second shift.  Sources told  WFDL news the female officer was dragged into a secluded area and physically assaulted.  She was transported to the […]

The Fond du Lac County planner says a dispute between property owners and non-metallic mining companies is not something new.  A group of residents in a town of Auburn subdivision has filed a lawsuit in attempt to stop a proposed sand mine across the road in the town of Ashford.  Fond du lac County planner Sam Tobias there are six or seven lots that abut the property.  Tobias says he […]

The Fond du Lac Fire Chief says his initial reaction is that a proposal requiring Wisconsin schools to provide CPR training in health classes for 7th and 8th graders is a good thing.  The bill would require schools to offer CPR and defibrillator training in any health classes offered to grades seven through 12.   Fire chief Pete O’Leary says the bill makes sense.  "It does.  Anytime we can teach […]

SUSSEX, Wis. (AP) — Quad/Graphics Inc. says its plans to begin closing plants and taking others steps to cut $100 million in costs after the Wisconsin-based printing company posted disappointing financial results.  Chief executive Joel Quadracci said Tuesday that Quad's third quarter financial performance was "challenging and below our expectations."  Quadracci says the Sussex-based company is taking "swift and decisive action," and announcing a $100 million cost reduction program to […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Proposals that would wipe out Wisconsin's nonpartisan elections board and overhaul campaign finance law are set to be considered by the Senate later this week in an extraordinary session. The state Assembly passed the bills last month but the measures have bogged down in the Senate. Now action is scheduled for Friday.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says newly elected House Speaker Paul Ryan's call for bipartisanship has prompted him to reach out to Wisconsin Democrats on a higher education student loan bill. Vos said in the spirit of "wiping the slate clean" he will allow the bill to be referred to the budget committee where it could be examined more closely. But Vos says the measure as […]

Democratic congresswoman Gwen Moore says newly elected House speaker Paul Ryan is a man of integrity.   Moore considers Ryan a friend even though the two don’t see eye to eye politically on most issues.  "I think the benefit of my relationship has been that if you can get an agreement out of Paul Ryan he will keep his word,"  Moore told AM 1170 WFDL's Between the Lines program.  "He has […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) —Hall of Fame Green Bay Packers quarterback Bart Starr wasn't in attendance today when the Wisconsin Assembly passed a resolution in his honor. The 81-year-old most valuable player in the first Super Bowl is recovering from a life-threatening lung infection about a year after a heart attack and multiple strokes debilitated him.

Recent national statistics show that more than 1.6 million people receive hospice services each year, and that number is expected to climb as Baby Boomers continue to age and begin to face the end of their lifetimes.    Agnesian HealthCare’s Hospice Hope is already seeing this upswing, and is taking action thanks to the Agnesian HealthCare Foundation and community support to expand its Hospice Home of Hope residential facility, located […]