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MADISON, Wis. – As the state’s primary consumer protection agency, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) responded to 11,374 written consumer complaints in 2024. The resulting mediations, enforcement actions, and settlements returned over $23 million to Wisconsin consumers through refunds and restitutions directly returned to consumers, and civil forfeitures deposited into the state’s common school fund for the benefit of public education.  “The Consumer Protection team […]

Expand your world with Mango Languages, now available through the Fond du Lac Public Library.  Mango Languages is an award-winning language learning platform offering an engaging and intuitive way to learn more than 70 languages, including ESL courses tailored for speakers of 20+ native languages.   With bite-sized lessons, practical conversation practice, and culturally immersive content, Mango is designed to help learners of all levels build real-world communication skills.  Accessible online […]

FOND DU LAC, WI – The Fond du Lac Dock Spiders and third-year field manager Douglas Coe are pleased to announce the coaching staff for the 2025 season. Pitching coach Sam Fonder will return for his second season while hitting coach Mark Nofri and assistant coach Ian Yunker join the staff.   Nofri will begin his first season as the Dock Spiders Hitting Coach in 2025. The New England native graduates […]

MADISON, Wis. -- An All or Nothing $100,000 top prize winning ticket, matching 11 of 11 numbers drawn, was sold at Piggly Wiggly on 525 E. Murdock in Oshkosh for the Wednesday, February 5 Midday drawing. The winning numbers were 1-2-7-8-11-12-14-15-18-21-22.   This is the first $100,000 All or Nothing winning ticket sold in 2025. During the last three years, a winning All or Nothing $100,000 ticket has been sold 17 times in 2022, 19 times in 2023, […]

Lake-Fond du Lac-Sheboygan-Washington-Ozaukee- Including the cities of Grafton, West Bend, Mequon, Oostburg, Sheboygan Falls, Plymouth, Hartford, Cedarburg, Princeton, Markesan, Fond Du Lac, Germantown, Berlin, and Howards Grove ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 MPH with gusts 45 to 50 MPH expected. * WHERE...Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Green Lake, Ozaukee, and   Washington Counties. * WHEN...From 9 AM this […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are trading NBA champion and Olympic gold medalist Khris Middleton to the Washington Wizards and getting Kyle Kuzma back in the deal, a person with knowledge of the agreement told The Associated Press on Wednesday.   Also involved in the trade: A.J. Johnson goes from the Bucks to the Wizards and Patrick Baldwin goes from the Wizards to the Bucks, along with a future pick swap and some […]

Fond du Lac’s ADVOCAP says the Opportunity Center was opened last fall as a new tool to help break the cycle of poverty.   ADVOCAP special initiatives manager Brenda Hull says in the two months since opening the center, ADVOCAP has assisted over 100 individuals.  Hull says the center is an innovative, safe space for low income Fond du Lac residents to get individualized support on their path to long-term self-sufficiency.  "I think […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduced the Dairy Business Innovation Act of 2025, bipartisan legislation that Baldwin says will strengthen the Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives (DBII) to help more American dairy farmers and processors add value to their businesses, including creating new products, expanding their markets, and modernizing their production facilities. To date, the Baldwin-backed program has supported over 250 dairy farmers and processors […]

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), today announced an investment of $100 million for 55 projects to assist with fixing and upgrading aging local roads that support Wisconsin’s farmers and producers, as well as statewide agricultural and forestry industries in 36 counties across the state. Projects receiving funding are focused on improving rural roads and culverts that are critical to moving and transporting agricultural and forestry products efficiently and effectively across the state. Wisconsin’s agricultural […]