The public gets a chance to comment on the proposed budget. A public hearing is being held at Wednesday night’s Fond du Lac city council meeting. Following a workshop session last month Fond du lac city council president LeeAnn Lorrigan said she doesn’t anticipate the council making any changes in the budget. The budget includes a 2.5 percent increase in the tax rate with a 4.6 percent levy increase.
Students at St. Mary’s Springs Academy in Fond du Lac are participating in a program to encourage safe driving. The SMSA Student Council is encouraging students to take part in what’s called the 2N2 Initiative, two eyes on the road and two hands on the wheel. In partnership with State Farm insurance and Celebrate My Drive, the program was launched two years ago encouraging teens to celebrate getting their driver’s […]
Fond du Lac school officials hope to be able to expand the STEM Institute to the high school next year. Superintendent Dr. Jim Sebert says changes to the Charter School contract would allow for adding the 9th grade starting next school year with an additional grade level at a time over the subsequent three years. "We had a lot of querstions from parents about would there be a high school […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two Republican state legislators have introduced a bill that would allow concealed carry gun owners to bring weapons into public university and college buildings in Wisconsin. The proposed legislation from Rep. Jesse Kremer and Sen. Devin LeMahieu comes less than two weeks after a gunman killed nine people at a community college in Oregon. Under current law, license holders can carry guns on the grounds of […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The head of Wisconsin's elections board says a question posed to him during a public hearing by a Republican state senator was "right out of the McCarthy era." Kevin Kennedy was asked during a public hearing on Tuesday about his relationship with former IRS director Lois Lerner. Kennedy fired back to Republican Sen. Chris Kapenga: "Seriously, do you have no decency? I owe you no explanation […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The authors of a bill that would re-work Wisconsin's high-capacity well rules are telling a legislative committee the proposal balances regulatory certainty and science. Sen. Rob Cowles and Rep. Scott Krug's bill would allow the Department of Natural Resources to generally impose conditions on well permits only to ensure the well won't cause a significant adverse impact on navigable waters. If agency officials believe wells could […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans calling for dissolving the nonpartisan board that oversees elections and government ethics laws in Wisconsin say it is a unique experiment that failed. The bill heard at a joint Senate and Assembly hearing Tuesday would replace the Government Accountability Board with a pair of commissions headed by partisan appointees. One would oversee ethics laws, the other would deal with elections. Bill co-sponsor Rep. Dean Knudson, […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) —The fall harvest of Wisconsin's official state fruit is in full swing. Cranberries are the state's number one fruit crop and are grown on 21,000 acres in 20 counties in central and northern Wisconsin. This year federal agricultural officials expect Wisconsin's cranberry industry to produce five million barrels of fruit. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says eight million barrels of cranberries are expected to be harvested across the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says whether applicants for state jobs should be required to check a box indicating whether they've been convicted of a crime is a negotiable issue. Whether to include the provision is holding up a bill that would overhaul the Wisconsin's civil service system to make it easier to hire and fire state workers. The proposal would do away with the requirement that applicants […]