Month: September 2021

No cash, no card, no contact is the slogan for the Fond du Lac Area Transit’s new Token Transit App.  Beginning October first  riders can purchase their pass or tokens online and use their smart phone to board the bus.  Transit manager Lynn Gillis says all  you have to do is download the Token Transit App in your Google Play Store or in the  Apple Store,  click on Fond du Lac Area […]

The American Red Cross is experiencing an emergency blood and platelet shortage.  American Red Cross Wisconsin spokesman Justin Kern says a sharp drop in blood donor turnout has contributed to the lowest post-summer blood inventory level in six years.    Kern says donors of all blood types, but especially type O and platelet donors are needed in the weeks ahead to help meet the needs of patients this fall.  Kern says […]

Two people were killed in a two vehicle crash in Sheboygan County.  The crash happened Thursday morning on Highway 23 and County Highway TT near Sheboygan Falls.  A preliminary investigation shows that an eastbound 2006 Dodge Grand Caravan struck the trailer of a northbound tractor trailer. The driver and passenger of the Dodge sustained fatal injuries. The driver of the tractor trailer unit was not injured.  The Wisconsin State Patrol is continuing the crash […]

A single vehicle crash in Fond du Lac County Wednesday night sent one person to the hospital.  The crash happened shortly after 11pm Wednesday on County Highway K near Drumlin Drive.  A vehicle left the road and struck a tree. The State Patrol is investigating.

A Columbus man is going to prison for delivery of methamphetamine.  Dodge County Circuit judge Brian Pfitzinger sentenced 36 year old Joshua S Rennock  to seven years in prison followed by five years of extended supervision.   Rennock was convicted of selling  more than 14 grams of meth to undercover drug officers while he was on probation.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and Milwaukee Ald. Chantia Lewis pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor theft by fraud charge. That is one of five charges she faces for allegedly taking more than $20,000 in campaign funds and false travel reimbursements from the city. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for Oct. 18. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that the remaining four counts are felonies and will be […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The CEO of New Glarus Brewing Co. has filed a defamation lawsuit against the law firm representing three shareholders who have gone to court and accused her of cutting them out of profits from the popular craft beer maker. The lawsuit filed by Deb Carey in Dane County Circuit Court also includes 50 unnamed individuals, including media outlets, that she says helped promulgate false statements about […]

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers and Pittsburgh’s Ben Roethlisberger haven’t faced off as starting quarterbacks since the Packers defeated the Steelers in the Super Bowl a decade ago. That finally changes Sunday when the Packers host the Steelers in just the third overall matchup between the two potential Hall of Famers. Rodgers didn't play in either of the Packers' past two meetings with the Steelers because […]

The World Dairy Expo is underway in Madison this week, but there is a different flavor to this year's event with fewer international visitors roaming the vast grounds of the Alliant Energy Center.   COVID-19 canceled last year's event.  This year, international travel restrictions and company policies are preventing many from outside the U.S. from traveling to Wisconsin.  Fond du Lac County Dairy and Livestock extension agent Tina Kohlman says World Dairy Expo features […]