Margaret Pieper was selected as Marian University’s July Veteran of the Month. Pieper served in the U.S. Army as a mechanic and human resources clerk both in the United States and overseas. Pieper graduated this past May from Marian University with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. The Veteran of the Month contest, presented by Marian University and Sunny 97.7/96.1 WTCX, highlights one area veteran each month. Each veteran chosen […]
The Waupun service club of The Lions Club International recently donated funds to help support the purchase of music CDs for the Comfort Carts at Waupun Memorial Hospital. John Bett, with the Waupun Lions Club, gave the donation to Karen Gross, Waupun Memorial Hospital volunteer coordinator. The Comfort Cart is intended to give patients and visitors the tools they need to reduce anxiety and provide relaxation. The cart features the […]
North Fond du Lac Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, dancers of all ages. The 56th Wisconsin Square and Round Dance Convention invites you to join the fun “Under the Big Top”. Among the swishing, swirling and twirling of skirts and petticoat you will find Ron and Janelle Mueller of Sheboygan, they will be our Ring Masters for the convention at Horace Mann High School in North Fond du Lac. […]
Fond du Lac police say an Illinois woman has been arrested in the death of a 14-month-old child. Authorities say the 23-year-old woman from Calumet City is in custody of Fond du Lac police Thursday on possible charges of child neglect causing death. The child died at an apartment in Fond du Lac July 7. Police say additional arrests are expected, but provided no other details.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court has handed Republican presidential hopeful Scott Walker a major victory by ending an investigation into whether the governor's 2012 recall campaign coordinated illegally with conservative groups. No one had been charged in the investigation, but questions about the probe have dogged Walker for months. The court's action eliminates a legal headache for Walker, who is in his first week campaigning since declaring […]
BEAVER DAM, Wis. (AP) — Authorities have arrested two teenagers in connection with a shooting at the Fleet Farm store in Beaver Dam. Police say an assistant manager at the store was shot in the parking lot Wednesday evening as he helped another employee detain a 17-year-old suspected of shoplifting some ammunition. The teen is accused of pulling out a handgun and shooting the 31-year-old assistant manager in the shoulder […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin state Senate has approved a public financing deal for a new Milwaukee Bucks arena. Republicans crafted a bill that would devote $250 million in public dollars to the project. GOP leaders controls the Senate 19-14 but didn't have enough support to get to 17 votes, forcing them to ask minority Democrats to join them. The parties brokered a deal Wednesday afternoon that includes a […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says federal law bars the drug testing of food stamp recipients that Wisconsin plans. Vilsack responded Wednesday to a lawsuit filed by Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel asking a federal judge to declare that state budget provisions requiring food stamp recipients to undergo drug testing are legal. In a statement, Vilsack says Congress has "repeatedly rejected the expensive, intrusive practice of […]
Five people were injured one seriously in a three vehicle crash on Highway 23 east of Fond du Lac. At 1106am on Wednesday, the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office along with the Wisconsin State Patrol responded to a report that a Semi tractor trailer unit had collided head-on with 2 vehicles on Hwy 23 east of Tower Rd in the Town of Empire. Evidence at the scene indicated the […]