Day: June 15, 2017

Construction of the Vue Campus student housing facility on the UW-Fond du Lac campus is running ahead of schedule and is expected to be complete before the end of July.  Students will be moving into the apartment-style suites in late August, just prior to the start of fall semester classes.  Director of pre-construction services for Tri North Builders, Steve Harms,  contractors have been working on interior finishing.  Exterior landscaping will […]

According to the Men’s Health Network, there is a silent health crisis in America: on average, American men are sicker and die younger than American women.   June is Men’s Health Month, and Dr. Patrick Remington of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health says there are some fairly simple things men could do, to improve their  health. While he acknowledges women do live longer than men, he says […]

ERIN, Wis. (AP) — A woman who witnessed the crash of a small blimp near the Wisconsin golf course where the U.S. Open is underway says she saw flames as the aircraft deflated and floated to the ground. Mary Ruediger was visiting her parents who live near Erin Hills golf course when the blimp went down nearby Thursday. Ruediger says she saw the blimp disappear behind the tree line, drove […]

Gov. Scott Walker's proposed switch to a self-insurance plan for state workers has been rejected in a rare bipartisan vote by the Wisconsin Legislature's budget-writing committee.  The vote Thursday is a defeat for Walker after heavy lobbying by him to make the change.  The Joint Finance Committee voted 16-0 to reject proposed self-insurance contracts in its first meeting in two weeks as budget talks have stalled amid disagreements over K-12 […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Domestic partners of state and local Wisconsin government workers would no longer have state health coverage and other benefits under a vote by the Legislature's budget-writing committee.  Gov. Scott Walker's administration has said it was making the change since all couples, including same-sex, can now legally marry.  There are nearly 4,400 partnerships in the registry. The nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau reports that 78 percent of them […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A spokesman for Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman says it's his "understanding" that he will finish his term and not leave early.  Gableman spokesman Nathan Conrad made the comment Thursday after Gableman announced he would not be seeking re-election next year. If Gableman resigns before the April election, that would allow Republican Gov. Scott Walker to name a replacement who could then run as the […]

A woman who witnessed the crash of a small blimp near the Wisconsin golf course where the U.S. Open is underway says she saw flames as the aircraft deflated and floated to the ground.  Mary Ruediger was visiting her parents who live near Erin Hills golf course when the blimp went down nearby Thursday. Ruediger says she saw the blimp disappear behind the tree line, drove to another vantage point […]

A mini van versus tree crash in Fond du Lac sent two people to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries.   Fire chief Pete O’Leary says rescue personnel were called to the intersection of  Arndt and Seymour Streets shortly after 6:30am Thursday.  O'Leary says an adult and child were transported to St. Agnes Hospital for treatment of lacerations.  The crash remains under investigation.