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APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — A sentencing date has now been set in Outagamie County Circuit Court for a man convicted of fatally shooting his grandparents in 2019. Sentencing had been put on hold after attorneys for 20-year-old

Scientists estimate that nearly 20 million lives were saved worldwide by COVID-19 vaccines during their first year.  In a study published last week, they say even more deaths could have been prevented if global targets for vaccines had been

A federal court has put a temporary hold on the government’s order for Juul to stop selling its electronic cigarettes. Juul filed the emergency motion so it can appeal the sales ban from the Food and Drug

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is seeking to reassure the public that the Fed will raise interest rates high and fast enough to quell inflation without tightening credit so much as to throttle the economy and cause a recession.  

Fond du Lac Police are investigating two  early morning hour incidents. At 1:06 a.m. Monday  police responded to a 9-1-1 call in the 300 block of Forest Avenue for a report of an individual shot multiple times inside a

Strong winds and lack of motorcycle experience are believed to be factors in a motorcycle crash that seriously injured a Waupun man.   The crash happened Sunday afternoon on Highway M near Amity Road.  An initial investigation shows that a motorcycle

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has signed an executive order meant to protect the state’s abortion services from laws in neighboring states, following the U.S. Supreme Court decision ending constitutional protections for the procedure. Walz

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Democratic Gov. Tony Evers hopes to translate anger over the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade into votes this fall as he vows to fight a 173-year-old state abortion ban

[Fond du Lac, WI…] Fond Du Lac District Attorney Eric Toney, Law Enforcement’s Choice for Attorney General, issued the following statement in response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade: “Today’s decision is a win for life

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin issued the following statement today in response to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. “An activist majority of the Supreme Court has overturned Roe and nearly 50 years of