MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State borrowing for road building would continue to rise under Governor Scott Walker's latest budget proposal, a trend that has industry leaders wondering if some transportation projects will be scrapped in order to hold down debt. Nearly 20 cents of every state dollar in Wisconsin's road fund will be used to pay off highway loans this year. That number would climb even higher if Walker's $1.3 […]
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (AP) — As Wisconsin schools prepare to give new standardized tests this spring, teachers and administrators say the time, effort and money they're putting into the exams may be pointless. That's because Gov. Scott Walker has called for scrapping the new tests next year before school officials can analyze the results. The Smarter Balanced test, also known as The Badger Exam, is linked to the Common Core State […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Several hundred University of Wisconsin-Madison students, faculty and staffers braved subzero temperatures to protest Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to cut $300 million over the next two years from the UW system. They rallied on campus Saturday on the fourth anniversary of the beginning of large-scale demonstrations against a Walker plan that eliminated collective bargaining rights for most of Wisconsin's public employees. Protester Yogesh Chawla says the […]
The Fond du Lac School Board has scheduled a special meeting Monday evening and will meet behind closed doors to discuss a lease with Fond du lac Baseball Inc. The 15 year lease involving ownership of the Woodworth Baseball Complex expires at the end of the month. A two year contract proposed by the school district would transfer property ownership to the District and youth baseball would be run through […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — If you're an aspiring presidential candidate like Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, now is a good time — at least according to one professional crisis manager — "to take a pratfall because it's so far away from anything major." That's a good thing because so many of the candidates' feet have been sliding out from under them. The first six weeks of 2015 have featured mangled messages, snappishness, […]
St. Mary’s Springs Academy President Kevin Shaw is leaving for the same post at Green Bay’s Notre Dame Academy. Shaw is leaving at the end of the school year and will replace Robert Pauly who has been the president at Notre Dame Academy since 2010. Shaw is a Fond du lac native. Notre Dame Academy board chair, Kelly Gigot, said Shaw will be a great fit and Notre Dame will […]
A former Mayville man has been convicted of stalking a Beaver Dam woman and threatening to kill her. Fifty four year old, Leroy Stalker, of Watertown pleaded no contest plea to stalking this week in Dodge County Circuit Court. Judge Steve Bauer withheld a prison sentence and placed Stalker on three years probation with orders to have no contact with the woman or her children and to undergo counseling. According […]
Green Lake County authorities continue to look for the individuals responsible for damaging multiple headstones in a Berlin cemetery, and have increased the award for information. Chief Deputy Mark Putzke says the reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction has been raised from $500 to $1,000. The incidents happened during the weekend of December 28th and 29th, when at least six grave markers were tipped over or […]
A Mayville woman has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement after entering a no contest plea to charges related to taking more than 15 thousand dollars from a Mayville store where she was an employee. 42 year old Kathy Dankert entered the Alford plea to charges of theft in a business setting and theft of moveable property in Dodge County Circuit Court. She was accused of stealing the money when she worked […]