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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s second-oldest prison, built in the 1800s and long targeted for closure, would finally be shuttered under a new plan from Gov. Tony Evers that proposes sweeping changes to the state’s troubled correctional system without building a new facility, as some lawmakers have long called for.  Evers presented his plan as the best and only option to address the state’s aging facilities, which have been beset with deaths […]

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 The WASD School Board would like to inform  the public to learn more about our upcoming referendum. School District superintendent Steve Hill says the operations referendum question asks voters for permission to exceed the revenue limit by $900,000 a year for three years. Drop-in Sessions: Monday, February 17 - 11:15am-12:15pm (Waupun Community Center, 520 McKinley St. Waupun) Thursday, March 6 - 11:15am-12:15pm (Waupun Community Center, 520 McKinley St. Waupun) Thursday, March […]

A man who was high on drugs and huffing aerosol when his car plowed into a Verizon phone store in Fond du Lac has been placed on probation. Benjamin Ayer was convicted of eight counts including intoxicated use of marijuana, reckless endangering safety and operating while intoxicated causing injury. Fond du Lac judge Andrew Christianson placed Ayer on probation for 11 years with a year of conditional jail time.   The District Attorney had recommended at […]

United for Diversity held their 16th annual Celebrate Community over the weekend at the Fond du Lac County Fairgrounds.   United for Diversity's Kristel Lougher says the event featured art, culture, food, and music.     Celebrate Community was held Saturday at the Fairgrounds Expo building.

(Fond du Lac, Wis.) – Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-Glenbeulah) will be holding four town hall meetings in Waushara and Winnebago County on Monday, February 17 and Friday, February 21. Town hall meeting times and locations are as follows: Monday, February 17 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Anna Follett Memorial Center 155 N Front St Coloma, WI 54930 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Redgranite Municipal Building 161 Dearborn St Redgranite, WI […]

The Fond du Lac School District superintendent says the district is being recognized nationally for academic recovery and growth following the pandemic.   A recent report by the Education Recovery Scorecard, a national project comparing learning loss and recovery across the country since 2022, shows the district has not only returned to pre-pandemic levels in math, but it has exceeded them. In reading, Fond du Lac has shown more growth than […]