Month: March 2015

BARABOO, Wis. (AP) — Circus World, with its roots in the Ringling Bros., says it's committed to keeping elephants in its shows in Baraboo.  The parent company of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus plans to eliminate elephants from its circus performances by 2018.  Feld Entertainment says some cities and counties have passed "anti-circus" and "anti-elephant" ordinances, making touring difficult with changing regulations.  Baraboo was home to the Ringling […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin state Assembly has passed a right-to-work bill on a straight party line vote.  The bill passed Friday on a 62-35 vote, with all Republicans in support and all Democrats against. The Senate passed it last week.  It now heads to Gov. Scott Walker, who plans to sign it Monday. Democrats hoped to convince 14 Republicans to join with them in rejecting the bill. Ultimately, […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Flight experts are calling actor Harrison Ford's plane crash a "beautifully executed" forced landing by an "unbelievably well-trained pilot." The 72-year-old "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" actor crashed his World War II plane onto a golf course yesterday after reporting engine failure 20 minutes after leaving California's Santa Monica Municipal Airport. Ford's spokeswoman says his injuries are not life-threatening and he's expected to make a full […]

Fond du Lac police are investigating a possible child enticement incident.  Assistant police chief Steve Klein says a Parkside Elementary School student told her mother she was walking home from school Wednesday on North Seymour Street just south of Scott Street when a car pulled over on the shoulder and the male driver told her to get in the car.  The vehicle was described as an older, long car, brown […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Regents and chancellors in the University of Wisconsin System are vowing to fight back against Gov. Scott Walker's proposed budget cuts.  The regents spent hours Thursday discussing how to respond to state lawmakers about Walker's proposal to cut the system's funding by $300 million in the next two years. The Republican governor also is proposing giving the system more autonomy — something its leaders have been […]

Work on a new north entrance at the Fond du Lac city-county government center could begin this month. County executive Al Buechel says the new entrance will make the north entrance handicap accessible and will include an elevator.  "What we don't have is a good access for people with disabilities,"  Buechel told WFDL news.  "Whether they are wheel chair bound or if they have issues with climbing stairs, its very […]

A Chicago man has been convicted of dealing cocaine in Fond du Lac.  At a hearing in Fond du Lac County Circuit Court LaTroy Allen Jr. pleaded no contest to one count of manufacture-delivery of cocaine.  Thirteen other counts were dismissed and read into the record.  Allen will be sentenced May 27th.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's unemployment rate has dropped to 5 percent, its lowest point since before the recession.  The state Department of Workforce Development reported Thursday that the unemployment rate dropped from 5.2 percent in December to 5 percent in January.  Private-sector job creation was basically flat over the period, with just 300 new jobs created.  The numbers fluctuate greatly month-to-month because they are based on a survey of […]

If you want to see the spectacular ice caves on Lake Superior near the Apostle Islands you may want to make plans to visit them soon.  Julie Van Stappen with the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore says its all dependant on the weather and spring is not far off.  Van Stappen says thousands of people visited the caves last weekend and thousands more are expected this weekend.  Van Stappen says the […]