MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill that bans microbeads, the plastic exfoliant in soap, toothpaste and other personal care products. Scientists recently discovered that microbeads are flowing by the billions from wastewater plants into the Great Lakes and other water bodies. Manufacturers have already started substituting microbeads with natural substances including ground-up fruit pits, oatmeal and sea salt. The bill would ban making personal care […]
The 4th annual Celebrate Waupun festival gets underway this afternoon. Waupun mayor Kyle Clark says Celebrate Waupun runs July 2nd through the fourth at Tanner Park. Clark says a number of events are on tap including music, a carnival and all-american lumberjack show. The event culminates with a Fourth of July fireworks show.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new report says the state's unemployment benefits fund finished the 2013-14 fiscal year in the black for the first time in years. The Legislative Audit Bureau released a report Wednesday that showed the fund grew from a negative $208.4 million as of June 30, 2013, to $329.4 million as of June 30, 2014, the first positive balance since the end of fiscal year 2007-08. Auditors […]
Despite a somewhat soggy summer to date, a free fishing trip for veterans that was organized by the Mercury Marine Military Veterans Network and the Fond du Lac chapter of Fishing Has No Boundaries was held Saturday under sunny skies and on smooth water. The event provided free meals, fishing and souvenirs for 21 veterans in the Fond du Lac area, many of whom have combat-related disabilities or wounds. Veterans […]
A former assistant special education teacher at Horace Mann High School in North Fond du Lac has been convicted of sexually assaulting a special education student. As part of a plea agreement 45 year old Dominic Carmona pleaded no contest to one count of sexual assault of a student by school staff and one count of child enticement. He was initially charged with 14 counts. A sentencing hearing is scheduled […]
The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal ATV crash. It happened Tuesday night on private property on County Highway AY in the town of Herman. Investigators say the male ATV operator was traveling north along a hillside when he struck an object causing a rollover. The operator was not wearing a helmet and was pronounced dead at the scene.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican legislative leaders have reached a deal on a new state budget that removes the Milwaukee Bucks and prevailing wage changes to be taken up later as separate bills. Joint Finance Committee co-chair Rep. John Nygren tells The Associated Press on Tuesday that the deal also includes agreement on how to distribute cuts in road funding. He says the cut will be less than the $800 […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Legislature may vote on a financing deal for a Milwaukee Bucks arena and changes to the prevailing wage law in a special session. That's what the co-chair of the Legislature's budget committee said Tuesday. Sen. Alberta Darling tells The Associated Press that neither contentious issue will be put into the state budget when the Joint Finance Committee meets Thursday to complete its work. Republicans in […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats and public education advocates say they want to remove budget provisions that would provide special education vouchers and additional private school vouchers. Dozens of people gathered at the Capitol Tuesday to blast education funding plans approved in a late-night budget committee meeting last month. School board members, parents and lawmakers said Republicans should reconsider the provisions they added to the state's budget. Democrats from both […]