The North Fond du Lac School district is accepting applications for a vacancy on the school board. Superintendent Aaron Sadoff says the vacancy was created when board member Ryan Pelot stepped down because he moved out of the district. Sadoff says applications are being accepted now through June first. The applications are available on the school district website. The school board will hold a special meeting June 8th to interview […]
The American Lung Association’s State of the Air report shows Wisconsin’s air quality is improving, with several communities reporting their lowest level of pollutants in the report’s 16 year history. American Lung Association of Wisconsin’s Donna Wininsky says five counties, Ashland, Eau Claire, LaCrosse, Taylor and Vilas counties received As for both ozone and short-term particle pollution. Fond du Lac county slipped in the latest report card…receiving only a D […]
The leader of the state Assembly's new public benefits reform committee says he hopes to have bills that would require food stamp users to buy healthy foods and establish drug screening for public benefit recipients ready for a floor vote by mid-May. Rep. Mark Born, a Beaver Dam Republican, said during a news conference Thursday that he wants the bills ready by May 13. "Its trying to focus on some […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — U.S. Senator Ron Johnson says he has subpoenaed the Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of the Inspector General for information on an embattled medical center in Tomah. Johnson said in a statement Thursday he sent for the documents on behalf of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee as it investigates reports of opiate overprescribing and retaliatory behavior at the hospital. The facility is at the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin district attorney says the Department of Veterans Affairs has moved too slowly in its investigation of interstate drug distribution. Sheboygan County District Attorney Joe DeCecco in a letter Thursday said a California VA facility lagged in its probe of a veteran who dealt VA-prescribed opiates through the U.S. Postal Service. DeCecco said the Wisconsin Department of Justice and the Division of Criminal investigation launched […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Newly released emails show Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Patience Roggensack cast the deciding vote for herself to replace longtime Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson. The emails exchanged between the justices were released Thursday to The Associated Press by Justice Ann Walsh Bradley in response to an open records request. They show that Justice Michael Gableman made the motion to make Roggensack chief justice during a closed meeting […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans are moving a bill through the Wisconsin Legislature that would prohibit drivers from using cellphones in construction zones. The measure would ban drivers from using phones that require the use of their hands in construction zones when workers are present. Violators would face forfeitures ranging from $20 to $40 for a first offense and $50 to $100 for a second or subsequent offense within a […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Senate's transportation committee has approved a bill that would clear the way for a 70 mph speed limit. Under the bill, the state Department of Transportation would decide where to raise the limit from 65 mph to 70 mph. Republicans amended the measure this week to prohibit the agency from raising the limit on four-lane roads with at-grade access. The committee approved the proposal […]
Wisconsin Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch and Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt visited Fond du Lac’s STEM Academy and STEM Institute charter schools, Wednesday, to learn about the schools’ student-lead education initiatives. After a tour of the Mercury Marine facility, the pair traveled to the STEM Charter Schools, located at 401 S. Military Road, to get a first-hand look at how Mercury Marine’s investment in the schools is impacting students and the community. […]