Month: November 2023

OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — An Oshkosh-based company and a Dutch firm have been awarded a $342 million contract to produce equipment trailers for the U.S. Army. Oshkosh Defense announced Monday that it will partner with Broshuis, B.V., to produce an estimated 557 Medium Equipment Trailers. The six-axle trailer and its tractor can transport military equipment weighing up to 60 tons. The Army awarded Oshkosh Defense a $263.2 million contract last […]

Fond du Lac's Mercury Marine and Alliant Energy's renewable partnership has received  regulatory approval.  The five megawatt Ledgeview Solar project will advance after the utility received approval from the state Public Service Commission.   According to a press release the 32 acre project in eastern Fond du Lac County will further Mercury Marine's sustainability initiatives and the region's growing commitment to renewable energy.   The project is expected to be operational next spring.  It will include […]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) announced that his staff will be available for mobile office hours at the times and locations listed below. These office hours give constituents the opportunity to meet with Sen. Johnson’s staff to request assistance with a federal agency or other federal matters. Outagamie County Office Hours Wednesday, December 6 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Kimberly Public Library 515 W. Kimberly Ave., Kimberly, WI 54136 […]

The Fond du Lac Cardinals Athletic Department is excited to share that Kyle Jefferson will begin the 2023-24 school year as our head track and field coach.  Coach Jefferson, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin in 2012, will oversee both the boys' and girls' track programs. During his time at Wisconsin, he excelled in both track and field and football. He was a letter winner from 2008 to 2012 and […]

The Agnesian HealthCare Foundation has received 3,000 Bombas socks to share with individuals served by the SSM Health Samaritan Clinic, emergency rooms, and long-term care facilities. Bombas is a comfort-focused, basics apparel brand with a mission to help those in need. The company was originally founded in 2013 because socks are the #1 most requested clothing item at homeless shelters. Underwear and T-shirts are #2 and #3 respectively.   While the […]

Bail has been set at $1 million cash for a Ripon man accused of stabbing another man following a fight.  Forty five year old Carlos Mendez Villegas is charged with Attempted First Degree Intentional Homicide with use of a dangerous weapon and Aggravated Battery with use of a dangerous weapon.  Mendez is accused of  stabbing and beating a 35 year old man in the head with a pipe following an […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has been using an alternative state email account under the name of a late Hall of Fame baseball player as a security measure, his spokesperson said Monday.  Evers, a Democrat, used a taxpayer-funded email account with the name “warren.spahn@wisconsin.gov" to discuss public business with top-level Cabinet appointees and others, the conservative outlet Wisconsin Right Now first reported on Sunday. Warren Spahn is a Hall […]

Inflation has reached its lowest point in two and a half years.  The unemployment rate has stayed below four percent for the longest stretch since the 1960s.  And the U.S. economy has repeatedly defied predictions of a coming recession.  Yet according to a raft of polls and surveys, most Americans hold a glum view of the economy.   Retired Ripon College economist Paul Schoofs says many factors lie behind the disconnect,  including politics.  […]

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (Nov. 22, 2023) – In 2023, intensifying extreme disasters took a devastating toll on people in the U.S. who turned to the American Red Cross for help coping with a record number of billion-dollar disasters.   So far this year, an all-time high of 25 billion-dollar disasters ravaged communities across the country. In addition, families sweltered in the nation’s hottest summer on record, including in communities that rarely experience […]