8-21-20 drive sober or get pulled over

The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office is joining law enforcement agencies from across Wisconsin during the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign. The stepped up enforcement effort to get drunken drivers off the road starts Friday and

8-21-20 uw budget

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents has unanimously approved a two-year state budget request that would increase spending 3.5%, create a new program to cover the tuition of lower-income families and borrow

8-21-20 kanye west off wisconsin ballot

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin elections officials have decided to keep rapper Kanye West off the battleground states’ presidential ballot in November because he turned his nomination papers in minutes late. The state Elections Commission voted 5-1

8-21-20 evers requests funding for new statue

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is requesting $150,000 in federal grant money to pay for a new statue on the Capitol grounds of the state’s first Black secretary of state and to restore two

8-21-20 covid cases continue to climb in fdl county

The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer says the percentage of positive COVID-19 tests this week will determine if the county takes a step backward in it’s Safer reopening plan.   Kim Mueller says her office will review the

8-21-20 coronavirus cases at green bay prison

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — State officials say 57 people have tested positive for the coronavirus at the Green Bay Correctional Institution. The Wisconsin Department of Corrections says all of the prisoners who have tested positive are

8-21-20 fdl man charged in death of child

A Fond du Lac man has been charged in connection with the death of a child who died six years after he allegedly struck her  in the head.  Twenty nine year old Thomas Abitz Junior is scheduled to make

8-21-20 mobile home fire-beaver dam

Nobody was injured in a fire that destroyed a mobile home in Beaver Dam.  Firefighters from several departments battled the blaze on Forest Road.  Two residents who were inside when the fire started were able to escape through

8-21-20 baldwin says wisconsin residents need to vote

Democratic U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin says Wisconsin residents need to get out and vote in November in order to oust president Donald Trump.  Baldwin says Democrats are focused on making sure Wisconsin voters turn out and not get

8-21-20 pelosi says “its all riding on wisconsin”

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former Attorney General Eric Holder are delivering a stark message to Wisconsin Democrats about what role the key battleground state will have in the presidential election. Pelosi told