Month: October 2014

The Fond du lac Board has voted to ban e-cigarettes in county buildings.   The board voted on the issue at their meeting Tuesday night.  County executive Al Buechel says while e-cigarettes are not a tobacco product there are still unanswered questions about its safety and the second hand vapor.  "No one has established whether they are healthy or unhealthy,"  Buechel told WFDL news.  Buechel says allowing e-cigarettes in county buildings […]

The Fond du Lac County executive has officially unveiled a proposed 2015 budget.  Al Buechel says the budget includes a slight increase in the tax rate because of a 1.39 percent increase in new construction.  Buechel says there are no cuts planned in staff or services.  Buechel says the county’s equalized value is up for the first time in four years.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — President Barack Obama says he had the opportunity to succeed because his country invested in his education and wellbeing. He's urging voters to back Democrats who support such investments.  Obama is speaking Tuesday at a rally for Democrat Mary Burke. She's trying to oust Republican Gov. Scott Walker in next week's election.  Obama says Republicans love the U.S. but have bad ideas. He says they're like a […]

The Fond du Lac County Board is remembering the county’s first county executive.  Anita Anderegg died last Monday at the age of  92.  Tuesday night the county supervisors observed  a moment of silence prior to the board meeting.  Anderegg served as county executive from 1981 to 1993.  Prior to that she served 12 years as a county board supervisor.  County executive Al Buechel says Anderegg was instrumental in creating the […]

Several Fond du Lac area businesses and individuals are being recognized for their outstanding contributions to the community.  The 33rd annual Marian University Business & Industry awards dinner was held Tuesday night at Marian's Stayer Center.  Alliance Laundry Systems, LLC, of Ripon received the Business of the Year  award. Established in 1908, Alliance Laundry Systems, LLC, is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of commercial laundry equipment used in laundromats, […]

Wisconsin residents are receiving confusing messages by phone and mail about the election.  Just last week some people received a Wisconsin voter registration form in the mail with their name and address already filled in.  They were told to mail the form to their municipal clerk, even though it was already too late for mailed registrations to be processed.  Other people have reported receiving robocalls telling them to bring a […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin state elections board has decided not to change its policy about when a voter turns 18 and is eligible to vote.  The Government Accountability Board was asked by Grafton High School student Zachary Ziolkowski to vote in the Nov. 4 election, arguing that he is eligible because his 18th birthday is on Nov. 5. His father Tim Ziolkowski, an attorney, argued Tuesday that he […]

LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — Two University of Wisconsin-La Crosse employees have filed complaints against the school alleging discrimination and retaliation.  A recent complaint filed by Sandra Sieber, assistant director of the school's Office of International Education, with the state Department of Workforce Development Equal Rights Division. It alleges the university retaliated with "extraordinary scrutiny and criticism" when she raised concerns over the February hiring of the department's new associate […]