The Fond du Lac city council has voted to lift parking restrictions on 15th Street between Main Street and Park Avenue. The restrictions were in place during street reconstruction last year and allow parking on just one side of the street. City Engineer Paul De Vries said the street was widened to the standard width of 32 feet — wide enough to support parking on both sides of the street. […]
The Dodge County sheriff says agreements are in place with area agencies for a multi-jurisdictional SWAT team. Sheriff Dale Schmidt says Beaver Dam and Watertown police have joined Mayville police on the SWAT team. Schmidt says the expansion includes individuals trained in the area of Tactical Emergency Medical Support. Schmidt say a multi-jurisdictional SWAT team increases the safety of law enforcement and the general public, while sharing costs, increasing agency […]
A new study ranks Fond du Lac number one in what is referred to as Economic Integration. Fond du Lac County Economic Development Corporation president, Steve Jenkins says the Martin Prosperity Institute study recognized Fond du Lac County with the least overall levels of income segregation in the nation. Jenkins says the study examined two factors…the extent to which the poor live in neighborhoods where the majority of residents are […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The mother of a 19-year-old biracial man shot and killed by a white Madison police officer has heard from Governor Scott Walker expressing his condolences for her loss. A spokeswoman for the governor says Walker called Andrea Irwin Wednesday afternoon. Irwin is the mother of Tony Robinson, who died Friday night after what police say was an assault of an officer.
The January unemployment rate is up locally. The city of Fond du Lac’s unemployment rate increased from 4.2 percent in December to five percent in January. Fond du Lac county’s jobless rate is up from 4.2 to 4.9 percent. The Dodge county rate jumped from 5.0 to 5.6 percent in January. The statewide unemployment rate is five percent.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Assembly Republicans are once again delaying action on a bill imposing sanctions on failing public schools in the hopes of reaching a compromise with the state Senate. The bill that could lead to converting public schools into charter schools and firing teachers was scheduled for a committee vote Thursday with the full Assembly taking it up next week. But Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke said Wednesday […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats and their allies are pushing back against a Republican bill that would constrain so-called John Doe investigations. John Does are similar to grand jury probes in which information is gathered in secret. The bill would prohibit using John Does to investigate political wrongdoing, limit probes to six months — although a majority of the state's chief judges could grant extensions — and allow witnesses to […]
Fond du Lac Festivals, Inc. has announced Terry Davis as the new junior co-chair for Walleye Weekend 2015. Davis will be working alongside senior co-chair Kelly Twohig. Davis, president of Radio Plus Multi Media Center and Record Entertainment DJ Service, holds an abundance of experience with community events. Davis, alongside his wife Jennifer, has chaired for community events like the Heritage Festival of the Arts and St. Mary’s Springs Annual […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin state AFL-CIO and two local unions have filed a lawsuit seeking to at least temporarily stop implementation of Wisconsin's new right-to-work law. The lawsuit arguing that the law is unconstitutional was filed Tuesday in Dane County Circuit Court comes one day after Republican Gov. Scott Walker signed it into law. Walker spokeswoman Laurel Patrick and Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel both say they are […]