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10-13-15 agnesian healthcare places 4th in pink glove dance

The 2015 Pink Glove Dance Video results are in, and Agnesian HealthCare and the Fond du Lac Family YMCA had another record year.  This year’s entry, featuring the song “Safe and Sound” by the Capital Cities, was named the fourth place winner (top five percent) in the national Medline Pink Glove Dance video competition. The entry - submitted by Agnesian HealthCare and the Fond du Lac Family YMCA – showcased […]

todayOctober 12, 2015

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10-13-15 motorcycle fatality victim identified

A Greenfield Wisconsin man who died when his motorcycle crashed into a tree in Fond du lac County has been identified.  Sheriff’s Sergeant Jeff Bonack says 71 year old Clark Boerschinger  died when his motorcycle failed to negotiate a curve on Highway G south of Highway 67, entered the ditch and struck a tree.  The crash happened shortly after 10:30am Saturday .  Speed and alcohol were not factors. The operator […]

todayOctober 12, 2015

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10-13-15 school bus safety month

National School Bus Safety Week is an active and evolving public education program designed to promote school bus safety.  For many years, school districts throughout the country have been observing a School Bus Safety Week.  Unfortunately, these efforts have not historically been coordinated to any great degree.  School Bus Safety Week has often been observed at various times from early fall through spring.  In the 1990's, the National Association for […]

todayOctober 11, 2015

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10-12-15 historic designation pursued for two fdl catholic school buildings

The Fond du Lac Holy Family Catholic Community hopes the sale of two school buildings will be finalized next summer.  Holy Family announced last week it had reached an offer to purchase the buildings with Commonwealth Companies.  Commonwealth plans to convert both buildings into apartments.  Father Ryan Preuss says he’s pleased that the buildings will be preserved because they hold value to a lot of people. Father Ryan says there […]

todayOctober 11, 2015

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10-12-15 campus shootings-wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's public university and technical college systems say each system has emergency plans that include how to respond to a campus shooting.   University of Wisconsin System officials say each campus has an all-hazards plan with responses for emergencies including an active shooter. They say the campuses share the plans with faculty and students several ways including posting the plans online, presenting them during student orientations […]

todayOctober 11, 2015

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10-12-15 wi gun shop-lawsuit

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The trial over a civil lawsuit brought by a pair of seriously wounded police officers against a Wisconsin gun shop that they say has sold hundreds of weapons used in crimes will end in the coming days.  The potentially precedent-setting case hinges on whether the gun shop owners should be financially responsible for a crime committed with a weapon purchased at their store.  The issue recently surfaced […]

todayOctober 11, 2015

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10-12-15 scout camp closures

WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) — A Cub Scout camp in northern Illinois and two boy scout camps in Wisconsin are expected to close because of declining attendance and financial losses.  The (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald reports that the Chicago-area Scout council board adopted a resolution this week to close the camps. The Boy Scouts of America's Central Region is expected to approve the plan by the end of the month.  Under […]

todayOctober 11, 2015

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10-12-15 fdl county flu shot clinics

The CDC recommends that everyone 6 months and older receive influenza (flu) vaccine every year.  The Fond du Lac County Health Department will be conducting flu clinics throughout the community, cost is $30.00 a dose.   The Health Department can bill Medicare Part B, Medicare Advantage plans, and Medicaid if accurate information is provided, please bring your cards with you.  Receipts for cash will be issued upon request.  If you […]

todayOctober 10, 2015

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10-12-15 johnson says poll numbers are “meaningless”

Republican Senator Ron Johnson is bringing his re-election campaign to Dodge County Monday.  Johnson will be attending Horicon  Bank’s annual employee meeting  at Old Hickory Golf Club in Beaver Dam.  Meanwhile, Johnson says polls showing him trailing Democrat Russ Feingold are “completely meaningless.”   Johnson made the comments at a luncheon Friday hosted by Wispolitics.com.  A Marquette Law School poll released last month showed Feingold leading Johnson by 14 points.

todayOctober 10, 2015