Month: April 2019

The Fond du  Lac County Dairy and Livestock extension agent says its  great to see more women producers on Wisconsin farms.  The latest Census of Agriculture shows the number of female producers on Wisconsin farms increased by 16 percent between 2012 and 2017.  Dairy and Livestock agent Tina Coleman says the figures incorporate new data about demographics and the role of producers in making decisions on farms.  About 56 percent […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans open to a possible compromise with Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Medicaid expansion are looking at ways to accept the federal funding while not appearing to cave in on the issue, even as GOP leaders remain steadfastly opposed. Evers is also publicly refusing to bend from his full expansion proposal, despite its near-certain demise in the Republican-controlled Legislature. But chatter about finding a compromise […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is laying bare what he sees as the differences between Democrats and Republicans. Ignoring the White House Correspondents' dinner, Trump told a rally Saturday in Green Bay, Wisconsin, that Democrats should change their party's name to "the Radical Left Democrat Party." He called the GOP "the party of all Americans." Meanwhile, Historian Ron Chernow told the correspondents' dinner that relations between the press and […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A statewide victims organization says 20% of Wisconsin teens have experienced some form of violence in romantic relationships. Cody Warner is the LGBTQ and youth program director at End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin. Warner says that dating violence and abuse is more prevalent than many realize. The group says 30 teens in Wisconsin have been the victim of intimate partner homicide since 2000.

Marquette-Green Lake-Dodge-Washington-Ozaukee-Including the cities of Montello, Westfield, Oxford, Neshkoro, Endeavor, Berlin, Princeton, Markesan, Beaver Dam, Waupun, Mayville, West Bend, Germantown, Hartford, Mequon, Cedarburg, and Grafton ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM CDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 2 to 5  inches expected. * WHERE...Marquette, Green Lake, Dodge, Washington and Ozaukee  Counties. * WHEN...From 10 AM to 10 PM CDT Saturday. * ADDITIONAL […]

Fond du Lac county’s annual Clean Sweep event will be held from 9am to noon Saturday at  the County Highway Garage on Dixie Street.  A $5 fee is charged for households and farms.  Items that will NOT be collected include electronics, latex paint, explosives, ammunition, smoke detectors, fire extinguishers, propane tanks, light bulbs and needles.   Meanwhile, the city of Fond du Lac is planning a special electronic waste recycling program […]

The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation recognized the best downtown revitalization projects of 2018 at the 28th Wisconsin Main Street Awards ceremony held Friday at the Heyde Center in Chippewa Falls.  Mark R. Hogan, secretary and CEO of WEDC, and other WEDC leaders were on hand to recognize the efforts by Main Street volunteers and staff for the historic preservation and downtown economic development efforts in Wisconsin communities.   “All across the […]

Fond du Lac police are investigating reports of shots being fired in two separate locations in the city of Fond du Lac Thursday night and early Friday morning. Shortly before 10:30pm Thursday police were called to a report of possible gun shots heard in the 100 block of East Second Street.  While recanvassing the area Friday officers found a shell casing in the area of 159 East Second Street.  Police […]

UW-Oshkosh officials say they are investigating after racist messages and hateful images involving UW-Oshkosh students surfaced overnight on social media.  Officials  are investigating a sign in an off-campus home that said liberals, Jews, Muslims, gays and Hmong people aren't wanted.  A university spokeswoman said officials became aware of a photo of the sign Thursday circulating on social media. A Twitter user who posted that photo posted another of a swastika […]