Four children and a pregnant woman escaped serious injury in a two vehicle crash in Fond du Lac County. The crash happened Friday afternoon on Highway 26 near County Highway TC. A preliminary investigation shows a vehicle failed to yield at a stop sign and collided with a vehicle traveling on Highway 26.
The EAA Aviation Museum in Oshkosh will be full of holiday spirit as EAA hosts their annual Christmas in the Air open house from 10 a.m.–3 p.m. on Saturday, December 2. This community event is free for guests of all ages and will feature performances from local music, choral, and dance groups. Santa Claus will arrive by helicopter (weather permitting) at noon followed by a tree lighting ceremony and photos. Children […]
The Ripon tradition continues! Join us for the 33rd Annual Dickens of a Christmas weekend! This event returns to downtown Ripon, December 1st through the 3rd and you won’t want to miss the fun; presented by Alliance Laundry Systems, Century 21, Horicon Bank and SSM Health. Throughout the weekend there will be plenty of Christmas festivities to enjoy! On Friday, vote for your favorite doll at the Ripon Public Library, […]
For the 13th consecutive year, Mercury Marine, a division of Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC), has earned a Green Masters designation from the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council (WSBC), placing the company among an elite group of organizations to have earned the honor in the state. The Green Masters Program is highly competitive, with only 20% of the top companies across the state selected for the program, and this year’s process was even […]
All are welcome to the annual Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service on Sunday, November 19, 3:30 pm at Covenant United Methodist Church, 20 N Marr St., Fond du Lac. Local pastors will preside, and an Ecumenical choir will lead the singing. Fr. Kevin Tanel from Holy Family Catholic Church will preach. A monetary collection will be taken up in support of the new warming shelter; hygiene and cleaning supplies will be collected […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's annual nine-day gun deer-hunting season starts this weekend. The season kicks off at sunrise on Saturday and closes on the evening of Sunday, Nov. 26. Hunters killed 203,295 deer during the 2022 season, up 14% from 2021. The higher kill numbers came despite fewer hunters in the woods; license sales were down 1.6% last year. Officials with the state Department of Natural Resources say the outlook for this […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ administration and Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos are taking the same side in a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s taxpayer-funded voucher school system. They both told the Wisconsin Supreme Court in filings this week that it should not take the case. Vos and Department of Administration Secretary Kathy Blumenfeld, who was appointed by Evers, told the court in separate filings this week that the […]
Wisconsin's unemployment rate was up slightly last month. The state Department of Workforce Development Thursday released the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data showing Wisconsin's unemployment rate was 3.2% last month. That's up slightly from 3.1% in September and below the national rate of 3.9% in October. The state's total labor force participation rate held steady at 65.8%, 3.1% higher than the national labor force participation rate of 62.7%. Wisconsin's total non-farm jobs remained at a […]
Wisconsin Republican congressman Glenn Grothman voted in the majority this week when the House voted overwhelmingly to prevent a government shutdown. The U.S. Senate followed suit Wednesday night. New Republican speaker Mike Johnson's proposal to temporarily fund the government into the new year passed with 93 Republicans voting against it. "We're not supposed to talk about what happened when we're behind closed doors but I'll say this, there were at least […]