Construction is expected to begin any day now on Grande Cheese Company’s new Fond du lac headquarters. Company president and CEO Wayne Matzke says the 87,000 square foot facility will be located on Camelot Drive off the Highway 151 Bypass in Fond du Lac. Plans to relocate headquarters from Lomira to Fond du lac were first announced a little more than three years ago. "In earnest we've worked on plans […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says the fight over gay marriage in Wisconsin is over. And his Democratic opponent Mary Burke says Walker was on the wrong side of history for supporting the ban. The Supreme Court on Monday rejected appeals from five states seeking to prohibit same-sex marriages, paving the way for marriages to start in Wisconsin, Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah and Virginia. Walker voted for the 2006 […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — One couple who sued to overturn Wisconsin's ban on gay marriage is planning to get married next month on their 30th anniversary together. Garth Wangemann and Roy Badger, of Milwaukee, have been together since Election Day in 1984. Wangemann spoke earlier this year about his dream of marrying by their 30th anniversary, but he said then that he realized it probably wouldn't happen and he was prepared […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A gay Wisconsin congressman is praising a U.S. Supreme Court move that essentially legalizes gay marriage in five states. Mark Pocan, a Madison Democrat, says equality is here to stay in Wisconsin. He says the court's move ends a dark chapter in the state's history in which people were treated as second-class citizens based on who they choose to love.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The leader of a conservative group that pushed for Wisconsin's gay marriage ban says she's disappointed the U.S. Supreme Court has refused to consider gay marriage appeals from five states. The justices didn't comment in rejecting appeals from Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin. The court's decision immediately ends delays on marriages in those states. Julaine Appling runs Wisconsin Family Action says sgay marriage completely undoes […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has turned away appeals from five states seeking to prohibit same-sex marriages, paving the way for an immediate expansion of gay and lesbian unions. The justices on Monday did not comment in rejecting appeals from Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin. The court's order immediately ends delays on marriage in those states. Couples in six other states should be able to get married in […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin says the U.S. Supreme Court's decision not to hear Wisconsin's gay marriage appeal is a "watershed moment" for same-sex couples and the nation. The Supreme Court on Monday rejected appeals from five states seeking to prohibit same-sex marriages, paving the way for ceremonies to start in Wisconsin, Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah and Virginia. ACLU legal director Larry […]
The Fond du Lac High School marching band performed in two statewide competitions over the weekend, placing fourth in the Greendale High School Marching Band Invitational Saturday and third at a competition in Wauwatosa on Sunday.
Six months after receiving a life-saving heart transplant and a little more than a month after her first birthday…a Fond du Lac girl is continuing her brave recovery. Brianna Rodgers is the daughter of Jason and Jessica Rodgers. Born August 19th, 2013, Brianna was diagnosed with Hypoplastic Right Ventricle Syndrome. On March 22nd doctors at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin performed a heart transplant. Brianna’s grandmother, Evelyn Rodgers, says Brianna is […]