Month: September 2014

Fond du Lac police are investigating a report of a home invasion on the southside of town.  Assistant police chief Steve Klein says a couple on Meadowlane said they had posted an ad on Craigslist and a man and woman apparently responding to the ad forced their way into their home.  Nobody was hurt.  The suspects later fled and was last seen driving south on Martin Avenue in a silver […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama is returning to Madison next week to campaign for the second time in eight days with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke.  Burke's campaign announced Tuesday that Obama would be appearing with Burke in Madison on Oct. 7. No details were announced.  Obama appeared with Burke for the first time on Monday at a rally in Milwaukee. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie campaigned […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats are blasting Republican Gov. Scott Walker for allowing his top state aides to attend a Republican Governors Association retreat where corporate leaders could speak to them if they donated to the association.  State Democratic Party Chairman Mike Tate told reporters during a conference call Tuesday that the move was "an affront to democracy" and Walker doesn't understand the line between state work and campaigning.  Walker […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Republicans are questioning a decision to play a song by pop star Chris Brown at a rally for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke.  Burke appeared Monday at Milwaukee's Wisconsin Center with first lady Michelle Obama.  Brown's song "Forever" was played while people waited for the two to speak. Republican Party Communications Director Lauren Clark said in a statement Tuesday that the song choice shows a "cavalier attitude […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative think tank is calling on Wisconsin policy makers to make more goods and services subject to the state sales tax, along with lowering income and property taxes.  The report by the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute released Tuesday injects a new wrinkle in the final weeks of the governor's race, where taxes and tax policy have been issues.  Gov. Scott Walker touts the roughly $2 […]

Victory Media, the premier media entity for military personnel transitioning into civilian life, has named Marian University to the coveted Military Friendly Schools® list for the fifth year in a row.  The Military Friendly Schools® list honors the top 20 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools in the country that are doing the most to embrace America’s military service members, veterans, and spouses as students and ensure their success […]

This year’s annual “Light Up the Night Against Domestic Violence” program has been scheduled at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 8 at the Goodrich Little Theatre.   Light Up the Night is held as part of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, which is October.   Tiffany Wiese, Agnesian HealthCare Domestic Violence Program coordinator, and Maggie McCullough, Solutions Center Shelter & Support Services executive director, will lead a brief program. The […]

Moraine Park Technical College is pleased to welcome Katie Koestner, a leader in the movement to end sexual violence, as a guest speaker at Moraine Park’s Fond du Lac campus on Monday, Oct. 6, at 2:00 p.m. The event will be held in Room A-112 and is free to the public.  Koestner, a national expert on student safety and wellness issues, was the first survivor of date rape to speak […]

The North Fond du Lac High School Homecoming parade is Friday, October 3, 2014 at 4:00 PM. The route is the same as years past. The entire route will be closed to traffic during the parade. Motorists are encouraged to use alternate travel routes during this time.  The parade will line up in the High School parking lot.  From there, the parade will travel east on McKinley Street to Minnesota […]