Day: January 16, 2018

Fond du Lac High School head football coach Mike Gnewuch is leaving.   Athletic director Dave Michalkiewicz says Gnewuch is resigining his position as head football coach and social studies teacher at the end of the school year to accept a position at Mukwonago High School.  The two time conference coach of the year  is leaving after six years in the Fond du Lac School district.  Michalkiewicz says the search for […]

The city of Fond du Lac’s water payment portal  is back on line,  about a month after a local credit union  notified the city that the system had been hacked.  On December 12 the credit union said about 25 customers that used the portal had reported fraud on their credit cards.  City officials say as of January 15, the city’s credit card processor had not received any reports of compromise […]

Who’s at fault when a driverless car crashes and injures people?  That’s one of many unanswered questions with the transition from our current system to one dominated by fully autonomous vehicles.   Wisconsin Association for Justice attorney Scott Thompson says self-driving cars are no longer a cartoon dream of the far off future.  Manufacturers like Audi, Volvo, Ford and BMW promise  fully autonomous vehicles by 2020.  But Thompson says just because […]

Waupun police have recognized several officers for their outstanding service.  Three officers have received commendation awards.   Deputy Chief Jeremy Rasch says officer Jason Hraban was recognized for his work as a school liason officer and work to prepare for active shooter incidents.  Officer Mike Navis is credited for helping save the life of an elderly woman who had fallen in her home.  Officer Robert Williams helped a young woman who […]

The African-American pastors of a Fond du lac church say president Donald Trump needs to be held accountable for his comments on racial issues that at the very least have seemed insensitive.  Bread of Life Pastor Herbert Haywood says Trump has certainly made some outrageous statements during his first year in office.  "Does he say some absolutely mind-boggling, absolutely stupid things?  Yes he does.  But I also believe he's a […]

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered in Chippewa Falls to remember a Wisconsin native and former Minnesota resident who died in a charter plane crash in Costa Rica. Thirty-three-year-old Amanda Geissler was one of 10 Americans killed in the Dec. 31 crash. Two crew members also died. She was working as a guide for the California-based adventure travel company Backroads.   A memorial service was held for Geissler […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin farmers produced smaller corn and soybean crops last year than in 2016, while potato production was up slightly.  The Agriculture Department reports that the state's soybean production was down 6 percent and grain corn production was down 11 percent. Alfalfa hay production was down 19 percent.  Potato production was up 5 percent, corn for silage production was up slightly and other hay production was up 24 […]