MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Minority Democrats in the state Assembly have unveiled an agenda for the upcoming session that includes raising the minimum wage and bolstering tax credits and grants. Minority Leader Peter Barca, a Kenosha Democrat, says the plan is designed to jumpstart personal income growth in the state. The agenda includes bills that would raise the minimum wage to $10.10; create grants for businesses with paid internships; expand […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker is open to giving the University of Wisconsin System more freedoms sooner than he originally proposed to help it deal with a $300 million budget cut. Walker's spokeswoman Jocelyn Webster told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the governor would be willing to move up when those flexibilities would take effect if that would be helpful. Under Walker's proposal, the university would become […]
MADISON, Wisconsin (AP) — Likely 2016 presidential candidate Scott Walker is refusing to say whether he believes in the theory of evolution, dodging a question posed after a speech in London. Wisconsin's Republican governor said Wednesday he was going to "punt" on the question. He says he doesn't believe politicians should be involved in that issue "one way or the other." Walker was asked about evolution following his speech at […]
U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Campbellsport) announced today a series of town hall meetings throughout the 6th Congressional District in February. All residents of the area are encouraged to come to the meetings to bring their concerns directly to Rep. Grothman and to hear from him about the issues he is working on in Congress. Town Hall Schedule Monday, February 16: Waupun Public Library 123 S Forest St, Waupun, WI 53963 […]
Madison –Today, Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt (R-Fond du Lac) announced he will be holding two in-district State Budget Town Hall meetings. Rep. Thiesfeldt will begin with a brief presentation on the 2015-2017 State Budget Proposal and conclude with a Q&A session to hear constituent concerns. Tuesday, March 10, 2015 4:00 p.m. Oakfield Village Hall/Public Library 130 N. Main St. Oakfield, WI 53065 6:00 p.m. Legislative Chambers City/County Government Center […]
The Dodge County Law Enforcement Explorer Post attended the Wisconsin State Law Enforcement Exploring Conference in Wisconsin Dells from January 29 – February 1, 2015. The Explorers competed against 33 teams from across the state in events such as Arrest and Search, Shoot/Don’t Shoot, Traffic Stop, Crime Scene Investigation, Burglary in Progress, Crime Prevention, and a constitutional law test following a presentation by Wisconsin Assistant Attorney General David Perlman. The […]
This February, Fond du Lac High School is producing another musical where there would have typically been a winter comedy. This production, Into the Woods, which will run on February 12, 13 and 14 at 7:00 p.m. required a great deal of commitment from the performers, given the fact that they auditioned last May and many put on another show, White Christmas, in between. According to Steve Wilson, the director, […]
No serious injuries were reported in three accidents on Highway 41 in Fond du Lac. On February 10th at 8:52 pm the Fond du Lac Communication Center received a call of a one vehicle roll over on USH 41 north bound, south of Main St. The driver of the vehicle lost control of his vehicle and overturned in the east ditch. The driver and his passenger were transported to St. […]
The Rosendale-Brandon School administrator says year round school for younger students could start as early as this summer. Gary Hansen says the school board will discuss results of the latest parent survey gauging support of year round school for grades K-5 at their meeting next week and could take action at the meeting. Hansen says under year round school students would be attending the same number of days…but it would […]