MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker is touring the state's technical colleges rather than speak at a meeting of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents. Walker planned to visit five technical colleges on Thursday starting with the Milwaukee Area Technical College in Oak Creek and ending with Madison College. The tour comes just two days after Walker won re-election to a second term. On Wednesday, one of the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources has reversed course and released nearly all the names of employees who were disciplined last year. An Associated Press review of DNR discipline records obtained through an open records request in March found the agency sent 26 letters reprimanding, suspending or terminating employees in 2013. The agency redacted all the employees' names, saying they weren't needed to satisfy the public's […]
A Ripon man is being honored for risking his life to save another. Twenty five year old Robert Knoll has been chosen to receive the prestigious Carnegie Medal. Knoll was honored for risking his life to save an Oshkosh man from being run over by a train in Oshkosh in July of last year. Knoll grabbed an unconscious man and dragged him off the tracks moments before the freight train […]
Nobody was injured in a fire that significantly damaged a Town of Trenton home. A man inside the home on Highway 68 was able to escape before Waupun firefighters arrived on the scene. The fire caused damage to the kitchen and second floor bedroom. The Red Cross is helping the resident find a place to stay.
The Fond du Lac Salvation Army is asking residents attending the Fond du Lac High School musical this weekend to help Fill the Sleigh. Salvation Army’s Ron Jacobson says people attending the musical White Christmas at the High School Performing Arts Center are asked to bring a donation for the Salvation Army Food pantry. "We're asking people who come to the show to bring a non-perishable food item to help […]
The Fond du lac Convention and Visitors Bureau has received a major grant from the state to help market tourism. Wisconsin Tourism Secretary Stephanie Klett will present the Bureau on November 19th with a $40,000 grant. Fond du Lac Area Convention and Visitors Bureau chief Craig Molitor says the money will be used to promote winter activities. According to a tourism press release in 2013, the tourism economy in Wisconsin […]
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy says he’s hopeful a former Rosendale man will not be a danger to society as long as he stays on his medication. Keith Vandeberg was released from the Mendota Mental Health facility last Saturday nearly 17 years after he shot and killed his wife. Mark Strand was a sheriff’s lieutenant and one of the first officers on the scene of the evening […]
A public hearing will be held Thursday night on a proposed 2015 Fond du Lac County budget. County executive Al Buechel says the budget includes a slight increase in the tax rate because of an increase in new construction. Buechel says there are no cuts planned in staff or services. He says the county’s equalized value is up for the first time in four years. The proposed 2105 Budget would include […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Governor Scott Walker tells his cabinet in their first meeting since his re-election victory that they are going to be "even more aggressive now" in pushing their agenda because of strong Republican support in the Legislature. Walker told his cabinet Wednesday that he wants to work closely with Republican legislative leaders to quickly pass a budget in 2015.