Travis Shaw’s second stint with the Milwaukee Brewers is off to an encouraging start. Shaw is now part of the Brewers' 40-man roster and among the leading candidates for playing time at third base. Shaw had signed a minor league deal with the Brewers last month. Shaw had two productive seasons before tailing off dramatically in 2019. The Brewers made room for Shaw on the 40-man roster by placing utilityman […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Critics of Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson are calling him racist after he said that he wasn’t worried about the supporters of former President Donald Trump who stormed the U.S. Capitol in January, but might have been concerned if they had been Black Lives Matter protesters. Speaking on Thursday, Johnson said he knew the Trump supporters were people who love the country and respect law enforcement. State […]
An Oshkosh man has been charged in connection with a rash of storage unit burglaries in Fond du Lac County. Thirty four year old Kevin Brown faces 31 counts including conspiracy to commit burglary, and receiving stolen property. According to a criminal complaint, Brown and other accomplices broke into storage units in Dodge, Fond du lac and Winnebago counties. According to the complaint some of the items were sold for cash, and other items […]
Less than a month before the spring election, the Fond du lac police chief and fire chief are making their closing arguments for a public safety referendum. Voters are being asked for permission to spend more than a million dollars annually to add six new firefighter/paramedics and six police officers. The first of two Zoom information meetings was held Monday afternoon. Police Chief Bill Lamb says the extra officers are needed because of […]
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office is warning ice anglers about deteriorating ice conditions on Lake Winnebago and other area bodies of water. Sheriff’s captain Bill Tadych says most ice shanties have been pulled off area lakes. He says people venturing out on the ice are urged to use caution.
MOUNT PLEASANT, Wis. (AP) — Foxconn Technology Group says it has signed a deal with a California startup to build electric cars, conceivably at Foxconn’s facilities in Wisconsin. Details of the agreement with electric car company Fisker are expected in the coming months. However, Fisker chairman and chief executive Henrik Fisker tells the Wall Street Journal that Foxconn’s property in Wisconsin would be an “obvious” choice for producing the vehicles. […]
The president of Envision Greater Fond du Lac says resilient is probably the best way to describe Fond du Lac County businesses and industry in 2020. Envision held it’s annual meeting last week to share the successes of last year and to look to the future. Parafiniuk says during the pandemic the organization’s membership retention rate was 90-percent, compared to an average rate of 92-94 percent. Looking to the future, with […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is asking Democratic Gov. Tony Evers to lower the U.S. and Wisconsin flags on state buildings in honor of conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh, who died Wednesday after a battle with cancer. Limbaugh has been lauded as a towering figure in conservatism and and media and has been inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame and the National […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A 33-year-old Milwaukee Bucks executive and son of a billionaire is running for the U.S. Senate in 2022 for the seat currently held by Republican Ron Johnson. Democrat Alex Lasry announced his Senate bid Wednesday in a YouTube video. Lasry joins Democratic Outagamie County Executive Tom Nelson as the only two announced candidates in the race. Johnson has not said yet whether he will seek a […]