Month: November 2014

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Official results show that turnout in last month's election in Wisconsin was just shy of 55 percent of the voting-age population. The final numbers show that just over 2.4 million people voted in the governor's race in which Scott Walker won a second term over Democratic challenger Mary Burke. That is the highest turnout for a midterm governor's election since at least 1950.

Fond du Lac auto dealership Holiday FORD is in the midst of a major remodeling and expansion project. The refurbishing of the interior and exterior “is about serving our customers better, by offering them more choices, greater convenience and more customer friendly amenities,” stated Holiday Ford General Sales Manager Gary Deitte. “Ford is funding half the cost of the facility upgrade as part of the Ford Trustmark design program.”   […]

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay city officials say tales of water use surging dramatically during halftime of Packer games as hundreds of thousands of fans rush to the bathroom are bogus.  The Green Bay Water Utility checked water consumption for two home games, Oct. 2 against the Minnesota Vikings and Nov. 8 against the Chicago Bears, and water usage was unremarkable.  Brian Vander Loop is the field service […]

The North Fond du Lac Police Department/North Fond du Lac Police Benevolent Association is gearing up for their annual 'Food for Families' program.  The Police Benevolent Association adopts a number of area families for the Christmas holiday and provides them with gifts and groceries.  Event organizers say  they are no longer accepting donations of food items / canned goods and instead are asking donors to contribute money and/or gift cards. […]

The local unemployment rate is down slightly in the latest reporting period.  The state Department of Workforce Development says the City of Fond du lac jobless rate fell two tenths of a percent to five percent in October.  The unemployment rate for Fond du Lac County stands at 4.3 percent…down from 4.4 percent in September.  In Dodge County the unemployment rate slipped from five percent to 4.9 percent.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against two Oregon-based publishing groups alleging they ran a subscription scam targeting the elderly.  The DOJ filed the lawsuit Tuesday in Madison. It alleges Liberty Publishers Service and Orbital Publishing Group sent invoices to nursing home residents and the elderly warning them to renew their subscriptions to periodicals such as the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel but charged far […]

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — A group of brewers in the Sheboygan area is posing mostly nude for a calendar aimed at raising money for charity.  Unsurprisingly, the idea came about when they were enjoying a few beers. Kurt Jensen, owner of 8th Street Ale Haus, says after talking to some of his brewing buddies about doing charity work, they eventually came up with something similar to a swimsuit calendar.  The […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) €” Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has chosen the Assembly Republicans who will serve on the Legislature's powerful Joint Finance Committee.  Vos announced Wednesday that Rep. John Nygren will return as co-chairman. Reps. Dale Kooyenga and Dean Knudson also will return to the panel. Reps. Amy Loudenbeck, Michael Schraa and Mary Czaja  will replace three GOP committee members who decided to retire from the Legislature.  Twelve members […]

Kyle Miller from Omro shot this 18-pt buck on Sunday morning south of Mount Horeb. He's been hunting for 20 years and the largest deer he'd harvested previously was an 8-pt. Excitement was high throughout the state Saturday and Sunday, and 90,281 deer were registered in Wisconsin during the opening weekend of the nine-day deer season. This number is based on preliminary call-in numbers collected from registration stations by Wisconsin […]