The Fond du Lac High School Psychology classes are pleased to present Brian Imbus. This is another return performance for Brian who is conducting this show for the fifth year at the FHS Performing Arts Center (PAC) on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 7 p.m. Brian Imbus is an internationally acclaimed Hypnotist who has become one of the most requested entertainers in the United States! Traveling from Las Vegas to Paris, […]
MIDDLETON, Wis. (AP) — A high school basketball player in southern Wisconsin is expected to return to the court soon after she was impaled by a piece of a gym's wood floor. The 14-year-old Wisconsin Heights High School player was running down the court during a basketball tournament Sunday when she fell and slid along the floor at a field house in Middleton. Tournament organizer Perry Hibner says the girl […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin-Madison's vice chancellor for finance is leaving to take a job at the University of Texas. Both schools posted news releases Tuesday saying Darrell Bazzell will leave Wisconsin in March and begin a stint as senior vice president and chief financial officer at the University of Texas at Austin on April 18. The UW-Madison release said officials at that school will appoint an interim […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Senate has passed a bill that would allow people to carry concealed switchblades and knives. The chamber passed the measure Wednesday on a voice vote with no debate. The Assembly passed the bill in November; it now goes to Gov. Scott Walker. His spokeswoman didn't immediately respond to an email inquiring about his support for the measure. Manufacturing, selling, transporting, purchasing or possessing a […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A convicted killer who's the subject of the Netflix series "Making a Murderer" has filed an appeal saying authorities used an illegal warrant and that a juror was out to get him. Steven Avery says evidence found on his property "is clearly 'FRUIT OF THE POISONOUS TREE'" and that a juror improperly influenced others. Avery was convicted of first-degree intentional homicide in the death of photographer Teresa […]
The Fond du Lac Area United Way is making a last minute plea for donations. United Way Executive Director Amber Kilawee says the fund drive is at 90 percent of the goal. Kilawee says a little more than $682,000 has been raised…about $73,000 short of the goal.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A lottery official says the estimated prize for this weekend's Powerball drawing is the largest jackpot of any lottery game in U.S. history. Texas Lottery spokeswoman Kelly Cripe says Saturday's drawing will be worth about $675 million. That's because no one matched the numbers drawn for Wednesday night's estimated $500 million jackpot. Wednesday's numbers were 2, 11, 47, 62 and 63, and the Powerball was […]
A Milwaukee man has been charged in connection with a high speed chase in Fond du Lac County last week. Eighteen year old Corey Nash made his initial Fond du Lac court appearance Wednesday on charges of recklessly endangering safety, driving a stolen vehicle, fleeing an officer and resisting. Bail was set at $30,000 cash. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for January 8th. On December 26th a sheriff’s deputy clocked the suspect vehicle […]
Underappreciated and undertrained is how some people refer to family caregivers, who make personal sacrifices every day for little or no compensation to provide care for a loved one. Helen Marks Dicks of AARP-Wisconsin calls family caregivers an “invisible arm”. Caregivers help with daily tasks such as giving baths, dispensing medications, preparing meals, providing transportation and an array of other activities. Dicks says the number of family caregivers in Wisconsin surprises most people. […]