Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has created three bipartisan task forces to issue recommendations for law changes in the coming months. The groups will study Alzheimer's and dementia, urban education and youth workforce readiness. The Republican-led committees will begin their work this summer with the goal of completing it by the end of next year.
Wisconsin lottery officials say more than $2 million was left on the table by people who had winning tickets but failed to collect their cash in fiscal year 2015. More than $57 million has gone unclaimed since 1997. Each year, the amount typically fell between $2 million and $4 million. Unclaimed winnings go toward property tax relief in Wisconsin, showing up as a gaming credit on property tax bills.
STAR PRAIRIE, Wis. (AP) — A nearly 15-hour search for an armed 14-year-old boy wanted in Wisconsin has come to an end in eastern Minnesota. The teen is a suspect in the theft of two cars, a home burglary and high-speed chase in western Wisconsin Monday. Authorities say the boy was armed with a handgun when he attempted a burglary at a home in the Woodville area of St. Croix […]
The Fond du Lac Police department says a fugitive wanted in connection to the death of a 14-month baby has been caught. Twenty-nine-year-old Daniel Antwon Griffin was arrested on Tuesday in Dallas, Texas. The Fond du Lac Police Department cooperated with the United States Marshal’s Office to track Griffin down. Griffin had a nationwide warrant out for his arrest for First Degree Reckless Homicide and two counts of Child Abuse […]
Three people have been arrested in connection with the armed robbery of a gas station-convenience store south of Fond du lac. The Highway 151 Mobile station was robbed on Thursday July 23rd. Sheriff’s Lieutenant Cameron McGee says two 31 yearold men and a 23 year old woman were taken into custody Thursday during the execution of a search warrant at a Rose Avenue residence. McGee says investigators are also trying to […]
A Menasha man is charged in connection with an armed robbery in Ripon. Bail was set at $2000 cash for 18 year old Tristan Van Eperen on a charge of party to the crime of armed robbery and receiving stolen property. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for August 6th. According to the criminal complaint on July 22nd Van Eperen and another man robbed a Ripon man at gunpoint using a […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) â A new report has uncovered hundreds of accessibility problems for the disabled at Wisconsin voting sites. The state Government Accountability Board conducted inspections at 808 sites over the past seven elections and found nearly 4,000 accessibility problems. The GAB's report said 42 percent of the violations were serious enough that they could prevent a disabled voter from casting a private and independent ballot.
Business Facilities magazine, has ranked Fond du Lac County ninth in the nation for advanced manufacturing specialization. No other Wisconsin metro was ranked in the top 10. FCEDC president Steve Jenkins says this was a new category for the 11th annual ranking by Business Facilities because of the growing importance of advanced manufacturing to the national economy. The data source was the Brookings Institute and reflects the presence of advanced manufacturing […]
Commonwealth Construction Corporation of Fond du lac has named Rick Nierzwicki as the company’s new Senior Vice President of Construction. Nierzwicki will assume the duties of managing day-to-day construction operations both regionally and nationwide from Brent Schumacher who is being promoted to Executive Vice President of The Commonwealth Companies. With over 30 years of experience in all aspects of construction Nierzwicki started his career at Mortenson Construction where […]