On Wednesday, February 11, the Fond du Lac High School staff is hosting a Freshmen Orientation Night and Activity Fair. Information regarding academic opportunities and extra-curricular activities at Fond du Lac High School will be provided to incoming Freshmen and their parents/guardians. Fond du Lac School District 8th grade students are urged to attend as well. Registration materials will be available and counselors will be on hand to answer […]
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (AP) — A 37-year-old Marshfield man is charged with 15 counts of theft after authorities say he took more than $46,000 from 15 Wood County residents in a Green Bay Packers ticket scam. Patrick Blachut was charged Friday. The criminal complaint says Blachut approached 15 people in September and offered to sell them Packers tickets. Several paid more than $6,000 each for what they thought would be […]
A pedestrian was injured when she was struck by a vehicle Thursday evening in Dodge County. The incident happened at 6 p.m. on County Highway M near County Trunk JM in the Town of Emmett. The Dodge County Sheriff’s Department says a car driven by 37 year old Joseph Jennaro of Janesville was driving on Highway M when his vehicle collided with a pedestrian in the roadway, identified as […]
The group Disability Rights Wisconsin is criticizing the governor’s proposed budget. Public Policy director Lisa Pugh says the budget proposes a huge change in the way Family Care is administered that would affect thousands of people. Pugh says the program would be basically transformed to operate as an insurance entity. "Changes that are being proposed in the governor's budget would really turn Family Care into more of an insurance program," […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats are slamming Republican Gov. Scott Walker over him saying it was a mistake for his budget to propose eliminating the guiding principle of the University of Wisconsin. Walker proposed removing the Wisconsin Idea from UW's mission statement, then backtracked and said Thursday that it was a simple mistake that's being blown out of proportion. Walker also said he was unaware of the proposed change until […]
WATERTOWN, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says his plan to require SeniorCare participants to first sign up for Medicare Part D isn't about changing benefits, it's about getting the federal government to pay for part of the costs. Walker resurrected the plan in his budget released this week. The Legislature rejected the idea in 2011 under bipartisan opposition. Walker said Thursday that his plan would keep the structure of […]
WATERTOWN, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says he's open to adding more money for public schools, the University of Wisconsin and roads as long as property taxes are still cut. Walker told reporters Thursday that he suspects those are the three areas that the Legislature will want to add more money from what he proposed in the state budget. He says how much gets added will depend on how […]
Republican state senator Rick Gudex of Fond du Lac says in general he supports the budget unveiled this week by Republican governor Scott Walker. "My overall reaction is that the governor put forward a budget that takes into account the pressures of a tight budget," Gudex told AM 1170 WFDL's Between the Lines program. "There's some things in there that certainly I agree with there are some things that maybe […]
The Fond du Lac City Council has given the city manager a favorable review. City Council president Sam Meyer says the council rated city manager Joe Moore’s performace 4.81 on a scale from one to five to measure 15 different elements of performance and leadership. Meyer says the Council found the City Manager's community relations, communication skills, cooperation, dependability, professional attitude and professional conduct to be outstanding.