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The Department of Workforce Development says preliminary employment estimates for the month of April showed Wisconsin's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to a record low of 2.4%.  The total number of unemployed people dropped by 3,700 over the month of April and 13,300 over the year to a new record low of 72,900.   In addition, total seasonally adjusted nonfarm jobs increased 3,800 over the month of April and 51,500 year-over-year to hit a new […]

A Fond du Lac woman arrested in connection with a fatal car crash in Fond du Lac County that killed two  teenagers in January has been charged.   Twenty seven year old Sanju Paudel made her initial Fond du Lac Court appearance Thursday on a charge of providing alcohol to a minor  resulting in death.  District Attorney Eric Toney says  Paudel is accused of selling two 30 packs of beer and a bottle of […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says that Republicans are “done negotiating” on a bill that would increase state aid to local governments, unveiling a new proposal that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and the GOP-controlled Senate have yet to agree to. The Assembly passed the latest version on Wednesday hours after Evers expressed optimism that a bipartisan agreement could be reached. But Evers was not included in […]

The president of Moraine Park Technical College says the first of four referendum projects is designed to address a worker shortage in the manufacturing sector.   Groundbreaking ceremonies were held Wednesday afternoon on the first phase of  a two-phase project updating  the Fond du lac Advanced Manufacturing and Trades area on the Fond du Lac campus, with  the addition of the Automation, Innovation and Robotics Center.   MPTC president Bonnie Baerwald says part of the […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin and her Democratic and Republican colleagues introduced the AM for Every Vehicle Act, bicameral legislation that would direct federal regulators to require automakers to maintain AM broadcast radio in their new vehicles at no additional charge. The legislation comes as many major automakers are removing AM radio from their new vehicles.   “Wisconsinites, particularly those living in our rural and farming communities, rely on AM radio […]

Appleton, Wis. -- J. F. Ahern Co. is proud to host a signing day event where eight youth apprentices will transition to full-time pre-apprentice employees. The soon-to-be high school graduates, their families, school counselors, shop teachers and supervisors will all be present for the signing – which is similar to a collegiate signing day. There will be two separate signing events on Thursday, May 18: 9 a.m. in Fond du Lac: Five youth […]

The USA Patriots Amputee Softball Team inspires communities nationwide through competitive softball games. They bring their unique brand of courage and determination to the field as they compete against able-bodied opponents. The team is comprised of athletic veterans that have sustained traumatic limb loss in both combat and noncombat related situations. These individuals push the limits of modern prosthetics to inspire, motivate and offer a place of camaraderie on and […]

A woman arrested in connection with a fatal car crash in Fond du Lac County that killed two  teenagers in January could make her initial court appearance Thursday.   The woman was arrested late Tuesday afternoon and is being held in the Fond du Lac County Jail on a charge of providing alcohol to a minor  resulting in death.  Two 16 year old boys died and a teenage girl was injured when their car left Golf […]

The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office says it's likely an Eden woman died from a medical condition before her car crashed into a tree.   Sheriff's captain Bill Tadych says 50 year old Tracy Alm of Eden was pronounced dead at the scene Tuesday morning on Highway B near  the village of Eden.   Tadych says witnesses reported seeing the driver slumped over the steering wheel as her car drifted across […]