Month: September 2023

Damian Lillard is being traded by Portland to play alongside Giannis Antetokounmpo in Milwaukee, a person with knowledge of the agreement said Wednesday, a deal that ends his 11-year run with the Trail Blazers and a three-month saga surrounding his wish to be moved elsewhere in hopes of winning an NBA title.  The seven-time All-Star — a player so elite that he was selected to the NBA's 75th anniversary team — […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former House Speaker Paul Ryan says that Republicans will lose the presidential election if Donald Trump is the nominee and that he expects hard-right followers of Trump to force a government shutdown within days. Ryan spoke Tuesday at an event on the University of Wisconsin campus. He left office in 2019 after 20 years representing a southeastern Wisconsin district in Congress. Ryan says he hopes that […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin System leaders have chosen a Minnesota State University, Mankato official who specializes in student success as the next chancellor at UW-Parkside. The regents tapped Lynn Akey on Tuesday to serve as the seventh chancellor at Parkside, located in Kenosha. She replaces Debbie Ford, who left the school earlier this year to serve as chancellor at Indiana University Southeast. Akey is set to assume […]

All this month LifeVac is donating one free LifeVac to every school in the United States.   The company announced the unprecedented plan at the beginning of the new school year when millions of children headed back to the classroom.  Fond du Lac Fire and Rescue firefighter/paramedic Matt Simon says LifeVac helps prevent people from choking to death.   Simon says Fond du Lac Fire and Rescue is distributing LifeVac devices to schools […]

With the flu season approaching, the SSM Health Greater Fond du Lac Regional Clinic is offering several seasonal flu vaccination clinics for adults and children. Here is a complete listing: Lobby Concourse, 420 E. Division Street, Fond du Lac: October 3, 4 & 5; 25, 26 & 27, 7 am - 6 pm. For individuals nine and older only. Appointments encouraged. Walk-ins welcome. Call 920-907-3970 for an appointment. Fond du […]

For the 21st consecutive year, Ahern was featured on Deloitte’s Wisconsin 75, a ranking that salutes the 75 largest private companies in Wisconsin based on sales revenue. This year, Ahern was ranked 54 on the list.  To be eligible for recognition, Companies must have a majority ownership by an individual(s), family, employee stock ownership plan, or private equity firm. Additionally, contenders must have annual sales revenue of at least $50,000. The […]

The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office and Fond du Lac Police are notifying the public that a convicted violent child sex offender is being released from custody.  Fifty nine year old Joseph Prellwitz is scheduled to be placed on supervised release this Friday.  He will be living at 1830 South Hickory Street...near the county Highway Garage.  In 1985 Prellwitz was convicted of sexually assaulting an 11 year old girl.  Seven years later he was […]

Wisconsin Republican Congressman Glenn Grothman  is leading the Wisconsin Congressional delegation on on a bipartisan bill to designate the U.S. Post Office in Kiel as the  “Trooper Trevor J. Casper Post Office Building”. “Trooper Casper’s life was tragically cut short in 2015 as he became the youngest police officer to be killed in the line of duty in our state’s history,” said Grothman. “Renaming this post office in his honor serves as a […]

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say three northern Illinois sheriff’s deputies injured while disposing of dynamite in neighboring Wisconsin remain hospitalized with burns. A spokesperson for the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office said Monday the deputies are being treated for burns described as non-life-threatening. The sheriff's office says the deputies were called out Saturday morning to help the Rock County Sheriff’s Office in Wisconsin on a report of dynamite in a […]