BARABOO, Wis. (AP) — State park officials are trying a different approach at Devil's Lake State Park to fight the emerald ash borer. Managers of state parks infested with the destructive beetle have felled thousands of ash trees in the last three years to help reduce the danger of weakened trees toppling. In Baraboo, Devil's Lake State Park supervisor Steve Schmelzer says they purchased equipment to inject about 75 tree […]
More than 400 area residents have completed a survey about well water and more are needed. “I’m proud to say we have amazed the researchers helping us in River Falls with the tremendous participation of area residents so far,” says Diana Hammer Tscheschlok, Community, Natural Resource, and Economic Development Educator with the University of Wisconsin-Extension, Fond du Lac County, noting they are half-way to their goal of completed surveys needed. […]
The public is invited to attend the reopening of the North Entrance of the City/County Government Center on Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 6:15pm. Since March 2015, the North Entrance has been closed during renovation to create a vestibule area and install an elevator in order to create a more handicapped accessible entrance. “Both City and County officials determined it was time to create a safe and easily accessible entrance […]
MAUSTON, Wis. (AP) — Two people are dead after a house fire in Juneau County. The Juneau County Sheriff's Office say authorities were called to the fire shortly before 10 a.m. on Friday. The caller told authorities that one person had made it out, but two people were still inside the residence. After the fire was put out, two people were found dead inside. Their names are not being released […]
TOMAH, Wis. (AP) — An investigation by the inspector general at the Department of Veterans Affairs has found that deficiencies in care at the Tomah VA contributed to the death of a 35-year-old Marine. Jason Simcakoski died last August from mixed drug toxicity. A report released Thursday by the inspector general's office found that the two psychiatrists who prescribed medication to Simcakoski didn't discuss the risks of the drugs with […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican legislators have scheduled a public hearing on a bill that would outlaw selling, donating and experimenting with fetal body parts in Wisconsin. The Assembly's criminal justice committee has set the hearing for Tuesday in the state Capitol. Such hearings are typically a precursor to a committee vote clearing the way for a full vote on the Assembly floor. The bill's authors, Representatives Andre Jacque and […]
A Hispanic immigrant worker is facing charges in Washington County after allegedly stabbing another man. Authorities were called to a residence on County Trunk H in the Town of Farmington in the early morning hours of August 1st. The Washington County Sheriff’s Department says 37 year old Roberto Castillo-Noyola, allegedly grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed another resident of the house where the farm workers reside multiple times. The investigation […]
A 22 year-old registered sex offender was taken into custody for violating his release rules as a result of a suspicious vehicle investigation that revealed he had unsupervised contact with a 17 year-old City of West Bend girl. Last Friday, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a suspicious vehicle parked in the 4400 block of State Highway 60 in the Town of Polk. This property is located […]
Business Facilities magazine ranks Fond du Lac County ninth in the nation for advanced manufacturing specialization. No other Wisconsin metro was ranked in the top 10. FCEDC president Steve Jenkins says this was a new category for the 11th annual ranking by Business Facilities because of the growing importance of advanced manufacturing to the national economy. The data source was the Brookings Institute and reflects the presence of advanced manufacturing processes, workforce, […]