Two people were injured, one seriously, in a two vehicle crash in Dodge County. A 77 year old Beaver Dam woman was flown by helicopter to a hospital with life-threatening injuries following the crash shortly before noon Thursday on Highway 151 at the intersection with county Highway DE a couple miles south of Beaver Dam. A preliminary investigation shows her vehicle was eastbound on DE when it entered the intersection colliding with a […]
Fond du Lac and Dodge County businesses impacted by a lack of snow this winter are encouraged to consider applying for Economic Impact Disaster Loan funds. Joe Venhuizen with Envision Greater Fond du Lac says the funds are available through the Small Business Administration. Venhuizen says the funds typically target businesses that specialize in skiing, snowmobiles, and other winter activities. Businesses in Fond du Lac and Dodge counties have until July 31 […]
The president of business operations for the Milwaukee Brewers says he is confident the team can compete for the Division title this season despite losing some top players and manager from last year. President of Business Operations Rick Schlesinger says he's excited about the upcoming season. "I've been doing this for 21 years and it never gets old," Schlesinger told AM 1170s Between the Lines program. "The novelty is still […]
FOND DU LAC – What do you get when you mix together generous local restaurants, delicious soups, a supportive community, and a great cause? A successful Soup du Jour fundraiser! In its fourth year, Holy Family Catholic Community’s Soup du Jour raised $5,500 for the Holyland Food Pantry and Holy Family Warming Shelter. Soup du Jour, Holy Family’s annual fundraiser, sells soup donated by Fond du Lac area restaurants and […]
MADISON, WI – On March 5, 2024, Senate Bill 568--relating to: creating a task force on missing and murdered African American women and girls was removed from the Senate Committee on Government Operations and was re-referred to the Senate Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, where it was promptly scheduled for a public hearing. After testifying in support of SB 568, Representative Shelia Stubbs (D-Madison) released […]
More than 40 million aging American men experience Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), a condition in which the prostate enlarges as men get older. Over 40 percent of men in their 50s and over 70 percent of men in their 60s have BPH. While BPH is a benign condition and unrelated to prostate cancer, it can greatly affect a man’s quality of life. As the prostate enlarges, it presses on and blocks […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A medical examiner is shedding more light on how two Wisconsin prison inmates died last year. Thirty-year-old Tyshun Lemons was found dead at Waupun Correctional Institution on Oct. 2. Twenty-four-year-old Cameron Williams was found dead at the facility on Oct. 30. Dodge County Medical Examiner PJ Schoebel said in a telephone interview Wednesday that Lemons overdosed on acetyl fentanyl, a potent opioid painkiller. Williams died of […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A state appeals court says environmental regulators can't force landowners to clean up pollution from so-called forever chemicals without first implementing specific limits on contamination. The 2nd District Court of Appeals' 2-1 ruling Wednesday all but eliminates the Department of Natural Resources' authority to unilaterally mandate reporting PFAS contamination in groundwater and force responsible parties to clean it up. The case revolves around the DNR's decision […]
A new review of 45 meta-analysis on almost 10 million people shows that eating ultraprocessed foods raises the risk of developing or dying from dozens of adverse health conditions. Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says a higher intake was considered about one serving, or 10 percent more ultraprocessed foods per day. "It's not what people want to hear because it's probably the majority of what a lot of […]