A Wisconsin utility company says there are steps residents can take to lower winter heating bills. Alliant Energy spokesperson Ann Marie Newman says like other utilities heating costs should drop significantly this winter if temperatures are more closer to normal. Newman says residents can lower their heating bills by taking a few simple steps. "Calking and sealing the cracks in the house. Even a crack in a window that's 1/16th […]
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Oshkosh Corp. says it plans to cut more than 300 jobs in its defense division. The defense contractor says the layoffs include 250 to 300 hourly positions and 70 salaried positions in Oshkosh. Executive Vice President John Urias cites "significantly lower U.S. defense spending and dramatic reductions in military vehicle production." Urias says in a statement that Oshkosh Corp. has gone to "great lengths" to reduce […]
MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) — A second round of layoffs at a Manitowoc-based company that specializes in ice products is expected to affect about 60 employees. The upcoming Manitowoc Ice layoffs will happen in early December. A state Department of Workforce Development official says 50 workers were laid off in August and 50 more are expected to face layoffs next March. Manitowoc Ice officials announced in March its popular line of […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's elections board has launched a $400,000 education campaign about the new photo identification requirement for voting on Nov. 4. The Government Accountability Board announced Thursday that it had launched the "Bring it to the Ballot" campaign after leaders of the Legislature's budget committee told the agency it could spend the money to proceed. GAB director Kevin Kennedy says the message of the campaign is that […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin System's regents have approved a new report detailing system campuses' reserves and balances. The regents approved the report unanimously during a meeting Thursday at UW-Stevens Point. It goes next to the Legislature's finance and audit committees. The report shows the system's four-year and two-year schools, UW-Extension and system administration finished the 2013-14 fiscal year with a total of $973.3 million left over. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin state parks and properties will host nearly 20 Halloween events over the next few weeks. The festivities will get underway Saturday with a candlelight hike, pumpkin-carving and campfire entertainment at Kohler-Andrae State Park in Sheboygan. The rest of the agenda includes hikes, story-telling, campfires, haunted hay rides and more pumpkin-carving spread across a number of state properties on the remaining weekends in October. Participating properties […]
A 73 year old Brownsville area man was killed and another person received minor injuries in a two-vehicle crash in Fond du Lac County. Sheriff’s Chief deputy Mark Strand says the accident happened shortly before 7:30am at County Highways K and F in the town of Eden. The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office says the victim was pinned inside the overturned vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene. Strand […]
The director of a Fond du lac domestic abuse shelter says domestic violence awareness has never been greater than it is today. Solutions Center director Maggie McCollough says Wednesday night’s Light Up the Night Against Domestic Violence rally in Fond du Lac brings even greater awareness to an issue that is typically hidden. "This is really a watershed for awareness," McCollough told WFDL news. "What happened in the NFL […]
With less than a month to go before the election Governor Scott Walker was on the campaign trail in Fond du Lac County Wednesday afternoon. Walker made a stop at the John and Karen Ruedinger farm in Van Dyne touting his initiatives to help agriculture including tax breaks. Walker says he is pleased with the latest Marquette Law School poll showing him up by five points over Democrat Mary Burke. […]