Month: March 2024

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's Democratic Gov. Tony Evers vetoed 41 bills passed by the Republican-led Legislature on Friday — rejecting a $3 billion Republican tax cut, political loyalty pledges for higher education employees, and a plan setting how many wolves can be hunted each year.  Evers signed a bipartisan bill to provide $400,000 supporting Holocaust education in Wisconsin schools. A 2021 law requires teaching about the Holocaust in grades 5 […]

The Winnebago County District Attorney has determined that no criminal charges will be filed against a North Fond du Lac police officer involved in a deadly shooting incident following a traffic stop earlier this year.   The decision follows an investigation by the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation.  On February 2nd North Fond du Lac police officer Bryce LaLuzerne initiated a traffic stop in the  village of North Fond du Lac.   The vehicle […]

Envision Greater Fond du Lac will be recognizing businesses and individuals at their annual meeting next month.  BCI Burke is the Business of the Year.  The Eden-Schneider Award goes to Moraine Park Technical College and the SSM Health Treffert Studios.  David Neumann is the Volunteer of the Year, the Allen J. Buechel Lifetime Achievement Award winner is Rick Parks and  Kim Bresser is the Young Professional of the Year.  The […]

The Fond du Lac School District superintendent says he is willing to reevaluate the future of the citywide spelling bee.  Following the recent competition, the District announced it would no longer be holding the spelling bee in the future.  Superintendent Dr. Jeff  Fleig says it became an issue of time and resources.  "We had an administrator who this would take them away from their daily work of running the school,"  Dr. Fleig […]

A Fond du Lac man facing multiple counts of possession of child pornography has been bound over for trial.  Probable cause was found at a preliminary hearing Thursday for Andrew Enea on 10 counts of possession of child pornography.  According to a criminal complaint detectives searched  Enea's home on Woodland Avenue, and Stone Oak Coffee Haus on Winnebago Drive, which is owned by Enea.  Both addresses were obtained through Internet Crimes Against Children peer to […]

MADISON — In addition to vetoing Senate Bill 335 this morning, Gov. Tony Evers also took action on an additional 57 bills Friday.  Gov. Evers today signed Senate Bill 833, now Wisconsin Act 248, which allocates $400,000 for the Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center (HERC) to support Holocaust education in Wisconsin schools as required by 2021 Wisconsin Act 30, a bill previously enacted by Gov. Evers.   “The Holocaust Education Resource Center does critically important work […]

FOND DU LAC, WI – Former Fond du Lac Dock Spider Victor Scott made his Major League debut for the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday, March 28 at Dodger Stadium. Scott became the 342nd former Northwoods League player to reach the Major League level and the second former Dock Spider, joining Nick Fortes of the Miami Marlins.  Scott, who played collegiately at West Virginia University, played for the Dock Spiders in […]

Margene Post, RN, an administrative supervisor, has been named a DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses winner at SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital.  The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses® is part of The DAISY Foundation’s mission to recognize the extraordinary, compassionate nursing care they provide patients and families every day.  The DAISY Foundation is a not-for-profit organization, established in memory of J. Patrick Barnes by members of his family. Patrick died at […]

Fond du Lac, Wisc.: Moraine Park Technical College has been named the top Wisconsin public sector employer, earning the state Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) Pro Patria Award, from the Secretary of Defense. The College was recognized at the March 23 banquet and in addition to the ESGR Pro Patria Award, the College also received the Seven Seals and Patriot awards.    The ESGR Freedom Award is the […]