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MADISON – A March 4 meeting of the Governor's Task Force on Workforce and Artificial Intelligence will be held in Oshkosh with presentations from Anupam Khare, senior vice president and chief information officer of Oshkosh Corp., and Amanda Ballantyne, executive director of the AFL-CIO Technology Institute. A hybrid meeting option also will be available. Register for both the in-person and online event here. The registration deadline for the in-person option is […]

FOND DU LAC, WI – Daily Specials have been a popular part of Dock Spiders games since the team’s arrival for the 2017 season. For the eighth-straight year, many fan favorites are back – and some new additions join the mix! The popular ‘Bang For Your Buck’ nights return for Tuesday nights and each Friday home game will once again conclude with our popular fireworks show. $5 Ticket nights, Old […]

ELKHART LAKE, Wis., Feb. 28, 2024 – INDYCAR is excited to announce its partnership with XPEL, the industry leader in paint protection film, ceramic coatings, window tint films, and more, as the title sponsor of the annual NTT INDYCAR SERIES event at historic Road America.  The XPEL Grand Prix at Road America will take place on Sunday, June 9, on the famed 4.048-mile layout located in Wisconsin’s scenic Kettle Moraine, offering […]

A longtime Fond du Lac School District principal is stepping down.  Woodworth Middle School principal Timothy Schipper is retiring at the end of the school year after 28 years in the school district.   Superintendent Dr. Jeff Fleig says Schipper started in the District as a science teacher at Woodworth Middle School and was also a coach for multiple sports at both the middle and high school level.  Dr. Fleig says Schipper […]

A private lander last week made the first U.S. moon landing in more than 50 years when Intuitive Machine's lander touched down.  The lander was expected to stop working Tuesday, its mission cut short after landing sideways  near the south pole of the moon.    Experimental Aircraft Association's Dick Knapinski says it shows how hard making a soft landing on the moon is.  "Everybody thinks why can't you just replicate the technology you had for […]

Fond du Lac- Now that the dust has settled and 2023 ACT 94 was signed into law creating new Senate districts, State Senator Dan Feyen has officially kicked off his 2024 election campaign for the new 20th State Senate district.  “I’m excited to officially kick off the 2024 campaign.  I have spent the last 8 years traveling around the 18th State Senate District, meeting as many constituents as possible and literally knocking […]

Oshkosh, Wis. (Feb. 27, 2024) - Registration is now open for the Mercury Racing Bago Big Bet poker run, set to be the biggest powerboat bash of the summer in Oshkosh, Wis. The inaugural event will take place June 20 - 23, 2024. A fun-filled weekend of activities will include a boat show, a powerboat street parade in downtown Oshkosh, a concert at the Leach Amphitheater and a day-long performance […]

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today announced that the Evers Administration’s Office of Sustainability and Clean Energy (OSCE) has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to move onto the award negotiation stage for the federal department’s Energy Improvement in Rural or Remote Areas program. President Joe Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law included $1 billion in funding for this program aimed at modernizing electric generation facilities, addressing high electricity costs in rural areas, and bolstering […]

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) Bureau of Weights and Measures has an essential role in protecting the fairness of commercial transactions in the state. In 2023, Weights and Measures staff conducted 226,832 inspections at 5,595 business locations statewide to monitor the accuracy of motor vehicle fuel pumps, commercial scales, price scanners, milk tanks, package weights, and other measuring instruments. Wisconsin gas pumps […]