7-16-20 wisconsin teams to wear university crest logo with black ‘w’
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin plans to have its sports teams wear a university crest logo with a black “W” to show solidarity with Black and other underrepresented communities on campus. School officials say the change would
7-16-20 contact tracing
What is contact tracing, and how does it work with COVID-19? Environmental Health Supervisor with the Fond du Lac Health Department, Danielle Vollendorf, says the goal of contact tracing is to alert people who may have been exposed to
7-16-20 racial injustice-wisconsin statues
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two Wisconsin legislators are introducing a bill that would make defacing or destroying statues a felony. Republican Rep. Rob Hutton and Democratic Sen. Tim Carpenter — who was physically attacked by protesters last
7-16-20 director for center for suicide awareness says fdl hate crime case raises questions about mental health system
The director of the Wisconsin Center for Suicide Awareness says the horrific case of a Fond du Lac man charged with a hate crime raises questions about our mental health system. Authorities say Daniel Navarro intentionally crashed his pickup
7-16-20 united for diversity board president asks residents to wait until all the facts come out in deadly pick-up vs. motorcycle crash
The president of the Fond du Lac United for Diversity Board says it’s too early to know all of the factors behind a deadly crash in Fond du Lac that has been charged as a hate crime. Law enforcement
7-16-20 shortened fdl county fair starts thursday
A shortened Fond du Lac County Fair gets underway Thursday with restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic. Fair board secretary Matt Immel says the Fair Board discussed it’s options for several weeks to see if they could make
7-16-20 popular upper peninusla music festival cancelled
HERMANSVILLE, Mich. (AP) — A popular four-day music festival in the Upper Peninsula has been canceled due to the coronavirus. The Woodtick Music Festival in Hermansville, west of Escanaba, had planned to have 30 bands on two
7-16-20 wisconsin virus outbreak-unemployment
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new audit says an unknown number of unemployed people in Wisconsin received too much, or not enough, in benefits from the state Department of Workforce in late April. The errors came as
7-16-20 vice president mike pence to visit ripon
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence plans to speak at Ripon College on Friday before touring a dairy farm near La Crosse. President Donald Trump’s campaign announced the planned visit on Wednesday. Pence was last