The Department of Public Works in partnership with the WI Department of Transportation has contracted with Sheet Piling Services LLC, Cluster, WI to replace the West Division Street Bridge between Brooke Street and Tallmadge Street. The West Division Street Bridge will be closed to traffic starting Monday, September 11 and remain closed until spring of 2024. The current bridge will be razed and a new bridge constructed. Bridge replacement projects […]
The Agnesian HealthCare Foundation recently hosted the 35th annual Charity Open, celebrating another successful year supporting local hospice patient care. The event raised $490,000 to support SSM Health at Home Hospice services within the greater Fond du Lac area. Proceeds from the event support SSM Health at Home Hospice services, within the greater Fond du Lac area, and help ensure that all patients have access to these vital services regardless […]
Today, the Early Detection Saves Lives Coalition is promoting its efforts to increase critical access to life-saving breast cancer imaging in Wisconsin with Senate Bill 121. The bipartisan bill, backed by over one-third of the state Legislature and leading healthcare organizations across Wisconsin, eliminates patient cost-sharing for those with dense breast tissue and those at increased risk of breast cancer. In Wisconsin, nearly 5,500 women will be diagnosed with breast […]
A panel of local elected and appointed City of Ripon officials will be the featured speakers on Wednesday, September 13, 2023, at 7:00pm join the League of Women Voters of the Ripon Area (LWV). The event will be held in the Council Chambers of the City of Ripon Building 100 Jackson Street, Ripon, WI. The event will also be caried on the Ripon Channel YouTube page. The event is free, […]
The Fond du Lac School Board has approved the hiring of an interim principal at the STEM Academy. Bob Lloyd will serve as interim principal for the 2023-24 school year following the resignation of Tim Scottberg. Last year Lloyd served as an interim assistant principal at Sabish Middle School. He spent 20 years in the Lomira School District, including nine years as superintendent. Before that he was a teacher in the Fond […]
Red Cross volunteers from Wisconsin are in Florida ready to assist residents impacted by Hurricane Idalia. Idalia tore into Florida with 125 mph winds, splitting trees in half, ripping roofs off hotels and turning small cars into boats. Red Cross of Wisconsin spokeswoman Jennifer Warren told WFDL news more than 400 volunteers from Wisconsin are ready to help. State officials, 5,500 National Guardsman and rescue crews were in search-and-recovery […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new audit shows Wisconsin's troubled economic development agency's performance has slipped after making promising improvements. The Legislative Audit Bureau released its biennial review of the quasi-public Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation on Wednesday. The bureau found that the agency's policies still didn't follow state law. The agency awarded $50,000 in grants to ineligible recipients and didn't require eight grant recipients to repay $64,300 that went to […]
For the first time in 22 years playing at Ford Field, the Detroit Lions have sold out of season tickets. The downtown domed stadium that has housed 13 different double-digit-loss Lions teams just might be the most fashionable venue in the NFC North this fall. They're favored to win the division, according to Fanduel Sportsbook odds. Such steep expectations can be a burden, of course, but extra pressure is hardly part of this […]
SSM Health has named seasoned hospital leader DeAnn Thurmer to oversee operations at SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo. Thurmer is president of SSM Health’s Ripon Community and Waupun Memorial Hospitals and will continue to oversee these hospitals. Thurmer was instrumental in leading the mergers of Ripon Medical Center and Waupun Memorial Hospital with Agnesian HealthCare and then overseeing their becoming part of the SSM Health family. A DAISY Lifetime […]