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The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office and Fond du Lac Police are notifying the public that a convicted violent child sex offender is being released from custody.  Fifty nine year old Joseph Prellwitz is scheduled to be placed on supervised release this Friday.  He will be living at 1830 South Hickory Street...near the county Highway Garage.  In 1985 Prellwitz was convicted of sexually assaulting an 11 year old girl.  Seven years later he was […]

Wisconsin Republican Congressman Glenn Grothman  is leading the Wisconsin Congressional delegation on on a bipartisan bill to designate the U.S. Post Office in Kiel as the  “Trooper Trevor J. Casper Post Office Building”. “Trooper Casper’s life was tragically cut short in 2015 as he became the youngest police officer to be killed in the line of duty in our state’s history,” said Grothman. “Renaming this post office in his honor serves as a […]

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say three northern Illinois sheriff’s deputies injured while disposing of dynamite in neighboring Wisconsin remain hospitalized with burns. A spokesperson for the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office said Monday the deputies are being treated for burns described as non-life-threatening. The sheriff's office says the deputies were called out Saturday morning to help the Rock County Sheriff’s Office in Wisconsin on a report of dynamite in a […]

Groundbreaking ceremonies were held Tuesday afternoon for a new Waupun Senior Center/Community Center.  Several city dignitaries were on hand for the ceremony.  Mayor Rohn Bishop says  Mike Harmsen of Werner-Harmsen Funeral Home and Werner Harmsen Furniture has donated more than $100,000 toward the project.  Earlier this year the secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Administration announced a $5 million Neighborhood Investment Fund grant for the project.  The project is scheduled […]

A $27 million renovation of the education building at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh’s Clow Academic Complex is complete and providing the latest in teaching and learning. A ribbon-cutting and rededication of the Clow building at 845 Algoma Blvd., is planned Thursday, Sept. 28, with UWO leaders, students, faculty and staff joined by regional and state dignitaries as well as UW System President Jay Rothman.  Renovation of the portion of […]

The Rosendale-Brandon School Board recently recognized Bluemke’s Food Mart for its support of the District’s schools.  The company was honored as part of the Wisconsin Association of School Board’s 2023 Business Honor Roll program. The program recognizes local school district business partners that support their local schools by providing resources or additional learning opportunities for students and staff.  School Board member Beth Redeker nominated Bluemke’s Food Mart for the WASB […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A liberal watchdog group is suing a secret panel investigating the criteria for impeaching a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice. American Oversight says that the group of former Supreme Court justices assembled by the Republican leader of the state Assembly is subject to the state's open meetings law. They asked a judge on Monday to force the panel to meet in public. The panel was established to […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin state Senate leaders say their chief clerk has resigned in the face of an undisclosed allegation. Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu announced Monday that Senate Chief Clerk Michael Queensland has resigned. LeMahieu said in a statement that Queensland quit following a “credible allegation" and an ensuing independent investigation. The statement didn't elaborate. LeMahieu spokesperson Brian Radday didn't immediately respond to an email from The Associated […]

South Park Avenue at East 9th Street - The Department of Public Works would like to inform the motoring public the closure of the northbound lane of traffic on South Park Avenue at the intersection of Ninth Street. The closure will begin Tuesday, September 26, and reopen Saturday, September 30, weather pending. The closure will be in place to allow the water utility to make emergency repairs to the water valve. East 1st Street between […]