Almost 900 Wisconsin high school juniors are spending the week learning how their state-and-local governments operate. The state American Legion is holding its 74th Badger Boys State program in Ripon. The boys are setting up their own local-and-state offices and governing bodies that do everything from passing ordinances, to balancing a budget, to amending the Boys' State constitution. They've elected 27 mayors, including Ian Smith of Hudson -- who represents […]
A Fond du Lac mountaineer who survived deadly earthquake on Mount Everest will share his story during a presentation this week. Andy Land will make a slideshow presentation at 7pm Thursday at the Marian University Stayer Center. There will be a five dollar charge and Land says the proceeds will go to the Sherpa Fund to help earthquake victims. Land’s climbing team was rescued by helicopter after the earthquake struck. […]
A Fond du Lac man has been arrested following a fight and residential burglary. Hughie Roby faces multiple charges including armed burglary and criminal damage to property. Bail was set at $15,000 cash. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says the initial call came in June 7th for a report of a fight in the 100 block of East 1st Street with reports of possible gunshots fired. A 62 year […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's private-sector job growth ranked 38th in the country last year, trailing the national average. Data released Wednesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows private sector jobs grew in Wisconsin by 1.51 percent last year. That lagged the national average of 2.6 percent growth over the year. Gov. Scott Walker promised to create 250,000 private-sector jobs over his first term in office. But […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Legislature's budget committee won't meet this week as lawmakers continue wrestling over which roads projects would be affected by an $800 million cut in funding. Joint Finance Committee co-chair Sen. Alberta Darling told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the panel will not meet this week. Darling says she hopes it will meet next week. Darling says the ongoing negotiations between Republicans in the […]
The Fond du Lac Fire Department says a miscommunication over a dinner order at a local restaurant got blown out of proportion thanks to social media. Division Chief of Fire prevention Troy Haase says an incident like this never would have been an issue before Facebook and says only the handful of people involved know the real story. "People like to hear a little bit of controversy and I hope […]
An open house and dedication for the new Fond du Lac County Campbellsport Highway Garage will be held later this month. The garage is a 17,500 square foot facility with a solar panel that powers the facility along with a 3,900 ton salt shed. The open house will be held Saturday June 27th from 10am to 12:30pm. The garage is located at 284 Industrial Parkway in Campbellsport. Meanwhile county executive […]
Law Enforcement Agencies within Fond du Lac County have combined to form a Traffic Enforcement Task Force. Funded by a grant from the Wisconsin DOT’s Bureau of Transportation Safety (BOTS), the enforcement initiative involves the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office, Fond du Lac, Ripon and the North Fond du Lac Police Departments. Sheriff’s captain Rick Olig says the task force will be working I-41, USH 151 and STH 23/Johnson […]
The executive director of the Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts in Fond du lac Kevin Miller has been named chairman of the Wisconsin Arts Board. Miller and the other new officers began their service at the quarterly meeting of the Arts Board in May. “I am very honored to serve our state by chairing the Wisconsin Arts Board,” Miller said. “I have enjoyed serving with the other arts […]