MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Assembly has passed a Republican bill that would require the University of Wisconsin System to complete a report tracking the origin high schools of students taking remedial courses. The measure would require the system to determine the high schools with more than six students who must take remedial English and math courses at a UW school. The system would have to submit a report […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Justice is urging a judge to let the state's right-to-work law stand. The Wisconsin state AFL-CIO and two local labor unions filed a lawsuit in Dane County last week challenging the law. They argue the law is an unconstitutional taking of their property because under its provisions they must extend benefits to workers who don't pay union dues. Judge William Foust has […]
Agnesian HealthCare welcomes hospitalist Benjie Chong, MD, to St. Agnes Hospital, 430 E. Division Street. A hospitalist is a physician that specializes in caring for patients while they are hospitalized. Hospitalists communicate with the patient’s primary care providers, as well as any other specialists that may be working with that patient. Patients see hospitalists regularly throughout their inpatient stay. They are available all day or night to care for patients. […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The largest cheese, butter and yogurt competition in the nation has started in Milwaukee — and it's bigger than ever. The United States Championship Cheese Contest kicked off Tuesday with a record 1,885 entries from 28 states. Judges will taste, sniff and inspect entries with the final round Thursday night. Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association executive director John Umhoefer says the number of entries reflects a 10 percent […]
Businesses in one of the 36 Wisconsin Main Street communities, including Fond du Lac, have a chance to get a whole new look by entering the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation’s first Main Street Makeover contest. The contest asks Main Street business owners to provide details on how their establishment could benefit from a makeover from WEDC Main Street staff. Errin Welty with the Wisconsin Main Street program says the winning […]
The Fond du Lac County Board has approved the hiring of a part-time property and evidence control specialist in the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Mick Fink says advances in technology have added to the number of potential pieces of digital and electronic evidence that law enforcement collect and save. "The more I looked into this and saw what goes through the evidence room, the physical pieces of […]
The state Assembly has approved a bill that would green light increasing the state speed limit to 70 mph on some highways and freeways. Rep. Paul Tittl, a Manitowoc Republican, says the bill allows the Department of Transportation to increase speed limits to 70 miles per hour in approved areas. The top speed limit in the state is currently 65 miles per hour. "We're in a different world today than […]
Fire crews have already responded to more than 30 wildfires that have burned more than 150 acres in Wisconsin…and its not even spring. DNR Forest Protection Director Trent Marty says the widespread risk of high to very high fire danger across the state is unusual this early. The Department of Natural Resources suspended burning permits in 22 counties this Week and Marty says the fire danger in Fond du Lac […]
Firefighters from seven area departments helped battle a fire fueled by strong winds that destroyed a vacant building in the town of Lomira Tuesday. Firefighters were called to a vacant structure behind ProBuild, a building materials business on Highway 49. Fire investigators say it appears the fire was started by high winds that stoked embers from a controlled burn on the property a day before.