Month: November 2021

The local unemployment rate continues to fall.  The Fond du Lac County unemployment rate in October stands at 1.9 percent, down from 2.2 percent in September.  The city of Fond du Lac  jobless rate dropped four tenths of a percent to 2.3 percent.  In Dodge County the unemployment rate fell from 2.1 to 1.8 percent.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Johnny Davis scored 20 points, Tyler Wahl added 18 and a key block, and Wisconsin outlasted Saint Mary’s 61-55 to win the Maui Invitational. The Badgers had reached the Maui title game once in four previous tries, losing to North Carolina in 2016. They had a fight on their hands against the Gaels, battling through a physical second half filled with collisions and tumbling players. Wisconsin […]

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers says his toe injury is a fracture but added that he doesn’t expect the situation to cause him to miss any games. Rodgers has been playing with the toe injury each of the past two games after missing a 13-7 loss at Kansas City because of a positive COVID-19 test. The reigning MVP said the injury occurred while working […]

A 21 year old Kenosha man is in custody following a high speed chase in Fond du Lac County.  The chase started Wednesday morning on Highway 45 in the town of Eden and continued on County Highways W and V near Campbellsport.  The suspect eluded authorities on more than one occasion driving  onto private property and through several yards in the village of Eden.  At one point the vehicle travelled into a ditch and was […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Friends and families of the roughly 60 people hit by an SUV that sped through a Christmas parade in a suburban Milwaukee downtown say some suffered life-threatening injuries. Many of those injured were children, one of whom died Tuesday. An account for 8-year-old Jackson Sparks says he had suffered a brain injury. His 12-year-old brother was hospitalized with head injuries. The boys were marching with their […]

An 8-year-old boy is the sixth person to die as a result of a man driving his SUV into a suburban Milwaukee Christmas parade. A criminal complaint filed Tuesday alleges that the driver steered side-to-side with the intent of striking marchers and spectators in Waukesha. Darrell Brooks Jr., 39, was charged with five counts of first-degree intentional homicide, a charge that carries a mandatory life sentence if convicted. The complaint […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Mark Afable is stepping down next month. Gov. Tony Evers appointed Afable to the post in December 2018. Afable had previously worked for American Family Insurance and served as the company’s chief legal officer before joining the Evers administration. Evers says Afable has protected the state's competitive insurance marketplace while advocating for consumers. Deputy Insurance Commissioner Nathan Houdek will serve as interim commissioner […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin wildlife officials say deer hunters bagged fewer deer on the opening weekend of the gun season than they did a year ago. The state Department of Natural Resources says hunters shot more than 85,800 deer, about 14,000 fewer than the traditional opener last year. That’s a decrease of 14% overall. Hunters shot 7% fewer bucks than a year ago. The State Journal reports that the […]