On Sunday, December 07, 2014, at approximately 11:29 am, the Fond du Lac County Communications Center received a call for help from 5 ice fishermen who were stranded on Lake Winnebago approximately one-half mile out from the Village of Pipe in Fond du Lac County. The subjects, who ranged from 16 years of age to 20 years of age, advised they became stranded when the wind switched and opened up […]
BELOIT, Wis. (AP) — The Beloit College community is grappling with news that a 2008 graduate was slain in Yemen. Luke Somers was killed Saturday as U.S. forces tried to rescue him from al-Qaida captors. He had been working as a freelance photographer in Yemen when he was kidnapped in September 2013. Beloit College released a statement Saturday offering condolences to Somers' family, classmates and friends, and "to the people […]
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — At least 24 residents of assisted living homes in Wisconsin's 15 largest counties have died after mistakes or mistreatment by caregivers in a two-year period. A review of data from 2012 and 2013 also found that 94 residents were hospitalized or treated in emergency rooms for broken bones, debilitating bed sores and other injuries. Assisted living providers say accidental deaths and injuries are rare, […]
FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. (AP) — Police say a food elevator at a Fountain City restaurant where a college student was found dead was functioning properly. Fountain City Police Chief Jason Mork says in a news release that the elevator system at WingDam Saloon and Grill was not damaged in Monday's incident that left Brooke Baures dead. Mork says he and state elevator inspectors tested the food elevator's speed, electrical system […]
The Fond du Lac County board will consider a request to give the Fond du Lac County Fair more time to pay a $50,000 no-interest loan from the County. The board will consider the request at their December 16th meeting. A resolution states that the Fond du Lac County Agricultural Society would pay $10,000 of the $50,000 that is due by Dec. 31, 2014, and pay the remaining $40,000 by […]
Mercury Marine has earned “Green Master” designation from the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council for the fourth consecutive year, keeping the Fond du Lac manufacturer in the top 20 percent of the 175 participating companies. Mercury learned of the achievement Wednesday during the 2015 Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council annual conference in Milwaukee. The Green Masters Program measures and ranks companies on a broad range of sustainability issues, and Mercury ranked exceptionally […]
Republican state senator Rick Gudex of Fond du Lac has been named chair of the Senate Economic Development and Commerce Committee. Gudex has also been appointed vice chair of the Workforce Development, Public Works and Military Affairs Committee. He will also serve on the Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges and Joint Legislative Council and is on the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation board. The committee assignments were annouonced this week. […]
Military Advanced Education (MAE) has awarded Marian University the designation of a Top School in its 2015 MAE Guide to Colleges & Universities, measuring best practices in military and veteran education. The Guide will be released in the December issue of MAE, and will be available online at www.mae-kmi.com. The Guide presents results of a questionnaire of the military-supportive policies enacted at more than 600 institutions including private, public, for-profit, […]
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a series of daytime residential burglaries where thieves are looking for medications. Sheriff’s detective Pete Vergos says four burglaries of unoccupied homes have been reported in the last few weeks in the towns of Eldorado and Ripon. Vergos says the thieves are looking for medications and have also taken cash and jewelry. Anyone with information should call the Sheriff’s Office Tip […]