The DNR’s chief conservation warden says a bill that would allow hunting applicants to retain preference points for more than three years makes sense. Right now if a hunter doesn’t apply for a license for three years, any accumulated preference points are lost. But DNR chief warden Todd Schaller says because of improved computer technology there is no longer a need for a time limit. "Really the technological capacity we […]
A Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s captain says changes need to be made to prevent people convicted of drunken driving from skirting around the state’s ignition interlock law. The law requires all repeat OWI offenders, first time offenders with an alcohol concentration of .15 percent or higher and drivers who refuse a breath test during a traffic stop to install an ignition interlock device. But Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s […]
A Fond du Lac woman has been convicted in connection with an online prostitution ring in Oshkosh. Twenty three year old Michelle J. Wescher pleaded no contest in Winnebago County Circuit Court to one misdemeanor count of prostitution. The judge ordered a withheld sentenced and placed Wescher on probation for a year. According to the criminal complaint, Wescher and 20 year old Bailey Feustel of Fond du lac met an Oshkosh […]
Earlier this summer, the City of Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue (FDLFR) along with IAFF Local 400 kicked off a statewide campaign to bring Child ID Kits to all children K-12. FDLFR has had incredible success raising funds locally and Sunday our firefighters will travel to the Packer game to help the statewide effort. “I know our firefighters know how important this program is for our community and our state, said […]
Commonwealth Companies of Fond du Lac plans to purchase two catholic school buildings and convert the buildings into apartments. A press release from Holy Family Catholic Community says Holy Family and Commonwealth have reached an agreement on an offer to purchase St. Joseph School on East Second Street and St. Mary School on E. Merrill Avenue. Both schools will be vacated at the end of this school year when students […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Assembly Republicans have unveiled a bill that would dramatically reform the state elections board. The GOP has been talking for months about overhauling the Government Accountability Board, which oversees state elections and administers ethics laws. Republicans are upset with the board over how it handled recall elections in 2011 and 2012 and ballot designs. They're especially angry over the board's role in helping Milwaukee prosecutors investigate […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two Republican legislators are proposing a law that would bar transgender students from using the locker room or bathroom assigned to the gender with which they identify. Rep. Jesse Kremer and Sen. Steve Nass want to require school boards to designate bathrooms and locker rooms as exclusive to one gender. They also want the state Department of Justice to defend school districts in lawsuits that challenge […]
The State of Wisconsin Building Commission approved several key projects across the state including, but not limited to: * Releasing funds for the construction of a science laboratory at Carroll University; * Renovation of the Clinical Skills Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Veterinary Medicine; * Design and construction of a new Infirmary at the Taycheedah Correctional Institution; and * Various maintenance and repair projects around the state. […]
The militarization of local policing will be one of the principal topics at the Midwest Conference on 21st Century Policing, to be held October 7th at UW-Platteville. A number of nationally-known policing experts will lead discussions on topics including how policing has changed since the terror attacks 14 years ago. The moderator of the conference, UW-Platteville lecturer Nino Amato, says since the attacks, police have been losing the trust of […]