Two men charged in connection with the alleged thrill-killing of 15 deer in Green Lake County have pleaded not guilty. Nineteen year old Grant Boese, of Ripon and 18 year old Steven L. Steger, of Princeton, are charged with more than 120 counts, including discharging a firearm from or across a highway and hunting after revocation. The poaching incidents allegedly occurred Nov. 22 and 28 in the towns of St. […]
Time is running out on a lease between the Fond du Lac School District and Fond du lac Baseball Inc. involving ownership of the Woodworth Baseball complex. The 15 year lease created in 1985, renewed in 2000 and expires this month. A two year contract proposed by the Fond du lac School District would transfer property ownership to the District and the youth baseball program would be run through the […]
The Fond du Lac School superintendent says the governor’s proposed budget could leave the Fond du Lac School district with more than $1 million less in state aid. Superintendent Dr. Jim Sebert says as he reads the budget the Fond du Lac school district would get about $135 less per student over the biennium under the governor’s proposal. "I thought it was about $150 (per pupil) in the first year […]
The Fond du Lac fire chief says a new smartphone app that can help a person in cardiac arrest is at least worth exploring locally. The Madison Fire Department and Dane County EMS are teaming up with Meriter Health to launch the Pulsepoint smartphone app in the Madison area. Fond du Lac Fire Chief Pete O’Leary says its an app that could shave critical moments off the time it takes […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Secretary of State's office could see its staff and budget shrink by half under Gov. Scott Walker's budget. Walker's proposal would cut the office's annual budget by 48 percent over the next two years and would eliminate two of the office's four full-time positions. The state could save more than $500,000. Secretary of State Doug La Follette said the loss could be devastating for the […]
The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin says a proposed state budget would muzzle watchdogs and dismantle institutions of society. League director Andrea Kaminski says she is particularily concerned about provisions in the budget that she was would weaken the checks and balances to protect citizens from special interests and government gone awry. Kaminski says an example is a proposal in the budget to place the Wisconsin Judicial Commission under […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Leaders of Wisconsin's public broadcasting system say budget cuts proposed by Gov. Scott Walker could put some shows on the chopping block. Walker's 2015 to 2017 spending plan includes a $2.5 million cut in state funding each year for the Educational Communications Board. The ECB spends about $19 million a year, and buys national programming for some stations and operates infrastructure for most stations outside […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is in London for a trade mission that comes on the heels of a similar trip last week by another potential Republican presidential candidate, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Walker's trip runs Monday through Friday. It's his third overseas trade-related trip as governor and comes as he's tries to bolster his foreign policy credentials. The trip will be highlighted by a Wednesday […]
Two men, from Oakfield and Berlin were injured in separate snowmobile crashes on Lake Winnebago over the weekend. The Van Dyne Fire Department transported a 29 year old Oakfield man to shore after his snowmobile hit an ice shove about a half mile northeast of Wendt’s on the Lake Saturday afternoon. He was transported to the hospital with a serious leg injury. A 54 year old Berlin man was seriously […]