Month: October 2015

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The chief of staff of the troubled Tomah Veterans Affairs Medical Center has been fired. David Houlihan was placed on leave in January while the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs investigated allegations of over-prescribing of pain medication and retaliatory behavior. The VA said that based on results of its investigation Houlihan was notified Friday that he would be fired effective November 9th. The center's director, Mario […]

The American Red Cross is helping a family of nine people after a fire Friday afternoon on Monroe Street in Berlin. The Red Cross is providing financial assistance for items such as emergency food, shelter and clothing.  No injuries were reported.  The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

The UW Colleges and Extension Chancellor has named 13 Regional Deans for UW Colleges as part of a new administrative model announced in July.  Bethany Rusch has been named Associate Dean for Administration and Finance and Campus Administrator at UW Fond du Lac.  Rusch is currently the assistant campus dean in Fond du Lac.  As campus administrator, she  will be responsible for overseeing daily internal operations and managing  day-to-day administrative […]

Governor Scott Walker has approved a nearly 167 thousand dollar improvement project to design reconstruction of a runway at Dodge County Airport near Juneau. Paula Groom, airport development engineer with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation noted that the project will improve safety and pavement conditions at the airport.  The Federal Aviation Administration will provide 150 thousand dollars in funding, with the difference being split evenly by the State and Dodge […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — With a new speaker in the House and a major budget-and-debt deal completed, lawmakers hope they are entering a welcome period of calm on Capitol Hill.  But some things haven't changed.  The three dozen or so conservative hard-liners in the House who pushed out former Speaker John Boehner haven't gone anywhere. Most of them ended up supporting newly elected Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, but will be […]

A Fond du Lac man has been convicted of setting fire to his home.   Twenty nine year old Colin Habram pleaded no contest to arson and a sentencing hearing is scheduled for December 30th.  Habram was accused of setting  fire to a residence at 410 Ellis Street April 14th to collect insurance money to buy heroin.

The Waupun Fire Department will be conducting fire training thanks to the generosity of Agnesian HealthCare and Waupun Memorial Hospital.  On Monday, November 2, from 5:30-8:30pm, the former Waupun Area Clinic, located  at 14 Beaver Dam Street (adjacent to Waupun Memorial Hospital), will be filled with simulated smoke in an  effort to create certain conditions firefighters would expect to encounter when arriving at the scene of a structure fire. There […]

The Fond du Lac AAA office is teaming up with the Toys for Tots program to collect toys for the 2015 holiday season. AAA recognizes that collecting for the Toys for Tots program is a service we could offer in the community. Fond du Lac’s AAA office is encouraging everyone to drop off new and unwrapped toys that will be distributed during the week leading up until Christmas. Anyone who […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Three dozen convicts are being freed in Wisconsin because of a change to federal prison sentence calculations for drug crimes.  The 36 inmates are among thousands nationwide who  re having their prison sentences reduced as a result of the change to drug sentencing guideline calculations made last year by the U.S. Sentencing Commission.  Mike Klug is chief U.S. probation officer for the Eastern District in Wisconsin. He […]