MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's bear hunting season is set to begin next week. The season is slated to begin on Sept. 9 and run through Oct. 13. State Department of Natural Resources officials say they've issued a record 10,690 permits. The old record was 10,340 permits, set last year. DNR Large Carnivore Specialist Dave McFarland says that the hunter success rate is typically about 44 percent, which should equate […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — About $7.5 million in federal funding for Planned Parenthood in Wisconsin would be cut off under a pair of Republican-backed bills being considered by a state Assembly Committee. The Assembly's Health Committee held a hearing Wednesday on the measures. Supporters defend the proposals as reasonable steps to take to prevent taxpayer money going toward a group that provides abortions. But opponents say cutting off the federal […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago says the value of Wisconsin farmland in its district fell about 2 percent from April through June. The survey also showed the value of "good" farmland dropped 2 percent for the second quarter of 2015 from a year earlier. That's the first such decline in nine quarters. The bank's Seventh District includes most of Wisconsin. The newspaper says […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Supreme Court will hear arguments this month on whether police can redact information gleaned from driver data from reports released to the public. A federal appeals court ruled in 2012 that the village of Palatine, Illinois violated the federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act by leaving a parking ticket on a resident's car listing his personal information.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two UW-Madison alumni will give $10 million to the university to fund scholarships and attract faculty. The university says the gift from Tom and Karen Falk, who graduated in 1980, will pay for two scholarships and two endowed faculty chairs in the schools of education and business. Tom Falk is CEO of Kimberly-Clark Corp. As the oldest of nine children, he was able to attend the […]
Sgt. Ryan Croft, a Legislative Assistant in Congressman Glenn Grothman’s office (R-Glenbeulah), will deploy to the Middle East this month. Croft is taking a leave of absence to serve his country as a Sgt. in the Virginia Army National Guard 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. “Ryan is an essential part of our team, and we are sad to see him leave our office for a […]
The Fond du Lac County Employees’ United Way Committee is sponsoring a Vendor Fair and Cookout on Tuesday, September 22nd at the City/County Government Center. The Vendor Fair is scheduled from 10:00 am until 2:30 pm and will feature 12 vendors: Celebrating Home, Handmade greeting cards, It Works, Mary Kay, Norwex, Pampered Chef, Paparazzi jewelry, Perfectly Posh, Scentsy, Tastefully Simple, Thirty-one and Tupperware. The cookout is scheduled from 11:00 am […]
A proposed Fond du Lac city budget includes a slight increase in the tax rate. The budget released Tuesday includes a 2.5 percent increase in the tax rate. The property tax levy is up 4.6 percent from $22.8 million to $23.9 million. City manager Joe Moore says the increase is driven primarily by an increasing debt payment and a nearly 1.5% increase in net new construction. The budget also includes […]
Fond du Lac Baseball Inc. says it will leave the Youth Baseball Complex intact and hopes FDL Youth Baseball will use the 4th Street diamonds next summer. Earlier this year the Fond du Lac School Board voted not to renew the District’s lease with Baseball Inc. regarding use of the diamonds. Baseball Inc. says August 25th was the date by which Baseball Inc. was to remove all personal property from […]