LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture says corn and soybean harvests are behind schedule, and this week's wet weather is keeping Wisconsin farmers from catching up. Crop progress data released by the department Tuesday show both corn and soybeans fall short of the five year averages. The report found that Wisconsin corn is in worse shape, with two-thirds of crops at maturity, behind an 80 percent […]
Gas prices continue to plummet in Wisconsin…as demand drops in the fall. State AAA spokesperson Nick Jarmuscz says the price for a gallon of regular unleaded has fallen more than 20 cents in the last month. "Today we're looking at a statewide average of about $3.22 per gallon (unleaded regular) and that's down about eight cents from last week," jarmuscz told AM 1170 WFDL's Between the Lines program. "Over the last […]
A Fond du Lac area man involved in an armed domestic standoff has been charged. Thirty one year old James Walsh made his initial Fond du lac court appearance Tuesday afternoon on charges of first degree recklessly endangering safety, possession of a firearm while intoxicated, misdemeanor battery-domestic abuse and disorderly conduct-domestic abuse. Bail was set at $60,000 cash. Nobody was injured in the incident . The Fond du Lac […]
Fond du Lac county officials are exploring ways to make sure all county buildings are as safe as they can be from a security standpoint. The public is not allowed to carry concealed weapons in county owned buildings and there is an armed sheriff’s deputy on the second floor of the city-county government center where the courts are located. But County executive Al Buechel says questions have also been raised […]
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has plans in place to respond in the event a case of Ebola virus appears in the state. There is currently an Ebola outbreak in West Africa; however, no one has contracted the Ebola virus in Wisconsin. Tom Haupt with the state Department of Health Services tells WFDL news DHS is in contact […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke says if elected, she will not raise taxes. outlined her priorities in the race against Republican Gov. Scott Walker. The Nov. 4 election is just three weeks away. Burke says the key is growing the economy to allow for room to reduce taxes on working and middle class families. Walker has promised to lower the state's overall tax burden in a […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Gov. Scott Walker says that why he doesn't support increasing the minimum wage, he also doesn't support repealing it altogether. Walker's comments about the minimum wage during Friday's debate with Democratic challenger Mary Burke raised questions about whether he supported doing away with it. But Walker says he wants to keep the minimum wage. He says his goal is to raise wages for everyone. Burke supports […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Gov. Scott Walker says he won't push to make Wisconsin a right to work state or expand the Act 10 collective bargaining law if elected to a second term. Walker says proposing Wisconsin be a right to work state would "bring back the whole firestorm again," referring to the 2011 protests over the Act 10 law that effectively ended collective bargaining for most public workers. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker continues to downplay talk that he may be running for president in 2016. Walker said Tuesday that "anybody who wants to be president has to be a little crazy, so I don't know if I want to be characterized as crazy." He also strongly suggested that he would not run for president if fellow Wisconsin Republican Paul Ryan gets into the race. […]