Month: February 2017

Cameron Britton, a graphic arts student at Fond du Lac High School, displays the MAC logo he designed for the project. In creating the design he incorporated strength and motion with the concept of MAC at the core keeping the design clean and simple so that it is easily recognizable.       The Fond du lac School District has received a major grant to help students be more active […]

The "Motor City Madman"  is coming to the Fond du Lac County Fair.  The Fond du Lac County Fairboard announced on its Facebook page that Ted Nugent will be performing at the Fair on Saturday July 22nd.   Tickets go on sale in April.  General admission is $20 and VIP $25 before July 1st, and General admission is $30 and $35 for VIP seats after July 1st.  The Fair Board […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel has made a deal with the manufacturer of a drug used to reverse overdoses to make it more readily available at a lower cost. Schimel on Thursday announced the partnership with Adapt Pharma for the drug Naloxone. Known as Narcan, it is used in emergencies to treat people who have overdosed from heroin, fentanyl and prescription opioids.  The one-year deal gives […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee woman held up at gunpoint by two men rebuffed their attempt to rob her and got an apology before they fled.  Kristy Welch was returning home Monday following a ceramics class when the two men approached her while she was still in her car. Welch told them she just had surgery and didn't have any money. That's when the two men apologized and said "God […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel has filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court challenging a ruling striking down GOP-drawn legislative boundaries as unconstitutional.  Schimel filed the appeal with the nation's highest court on Friday. Schimel had said he would appeal since a panel of judges last month struck down the maps and ordered the Republican-controlled Legislature to draw new boundaries.  The judges ordered new maps […]

HAYWARD, Wis. (AP) — Organizers of the American Birkebeiner ski race have canceled this year's event in northern Wisconsin.  A snow storm that's dumped more than 10 inches of snow in parts of Wisconsin since Thursday missed the Hayward and Cable area where the annual cross-country race is held. Officials say record high temperatures and rain recently have left the Birkie course unsafe for a race on Saturday.  The accompanying […]

The Fond du Lac police department has received new equipment to curb alcohol abuse, thanks to a generous donation.  Drunk Busters of America Founder and Owner Curt Kindschuh, recently donated four different drug and alcohol goggles to the City of Fond du Lac Police Department valued at nearly $1700.  The goggles simulate alcohol and drug impairment  and are a tool used to educate people of all ages about the consequences […]

Winter weather is back.  Several days of record breaking high temperatures are being replaced with sleet, freezing rain and snow.  A blizzard warning is posted in southeastern Minnesota with a winter storm warning in western Wisconsin. Accumulating snow and strong winds are creating low visibility and dangerous travel conditions.  In the Fond du Lac and Dodge county area  National Weather Service meteorologist Sarah Marquardt says  more snow is forecast for […]