Fremont News

NEW LONDON - This spring, the medical staff at New London Family Medical Center awarded $1,000 scholarships to 16 area high school graduates planning to pursue healthcare careers.

Officials say high temperatures and humidity caused several areas of U.S. 10 to heave Tuesday.

Monday's heat is causing several problems on the road in Waupaca County. The highway department says its working to fix three blowouts on Highway 10.

Caroline Adams of Iola loves to see members of the Weyauwega-Fremont Service Club at work.

FREMONT - A woman believed to be from Weyauwega and two or three children escaped largely unharmed after their camper erupted into flames on U.S. 10 near here Sunday.

Kaukauna's Jordan Giordana hit a three-point basket to open the scoring in the fourth quarter, putting the North squad up 72-71 and giving it the lead for good in a win over the South in the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association all-star games in Madison on Saturday.

The air was hot and moist, tailor-made for a wind-swept summer ride when the first wave of thousands of Harley-Davidsons roared into town.

The health benefits of berries are reason enough to head to area fields as summertime picking begins.

That which precipitated 'the event,' as Zach Reid referred at his trial to what happened that night, bears a neat label that belies the whole mess: Exhibit J. Read more Zach Reid figured he'd walk into the Neenah Police Department, hand over his dad's driver's license and spend a few hours - maybe even a few days - in jail while officers sorted ...

OMRO - Move over, "Public Enemies"- it's Omro's turn in the spotlight. Movie lights and cameras are shining on Omro, where a movie being filmed takes a whimsical look at Ed Gein, the rural Plainfield handyman who was one of Wisconsin's most notorious murderers and grave robbers.

Jill Downs wasn't exactly thrilled when she heard the latest forecast for gas prices: $3 per gallon is on the way again.

Now is the time of year when legions of high school seniors bid farewell to principals, teachers and classmates at local commencement ceremonies attended by proud families and friends.

WEYAUWEGA - The plaintiff in a successful open meetings suit against the Weyauwega-Fremont Board of Education wants the board members to pay his legal bills out of their own pockets.

No. 3-seeded Winneconne upset No. 2 Weyauwega-Fremont, 8-0, in WIAA Division 2 regional baseball action on Tuesday, jumping out in front of the Indians' scoring six runs in the first two innings.

Fox Valley Lutheran and St. Mary Central have been awarded top seeds for the WIAA Baseball Tournament that opens next Friday, May 29.

Ronnie E. Johnson, age 61, of Fremont, died unexpectedly on Monday, May 11, 2009, at Wisconsin Heart Hospital in Wauwatosa, WI.

Friday, May 8 - Outagamie County Home and Community Education office will hold a brat fry from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Piggly Wiggly in New London.

WAUPACA - The Waupaca County 4-H Leader Association's new 4-H year is under way.

The Iola-Scandinavia at Amherst softball and baseball games for today have been canceled and re-scheduled for Friday, April 24.

Michael D. Hildebrand, age 50, of Fremont, went to his heavenly home on Thursday, April 16, after a courageous battle with cancer.