A number of Fond du Lac area residents may have been startled Wednesday night to see a low-flying helicopter. The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office says it was a military helicopter, apparently from West Bend, that made a pass over a portion of the city of Fond du Lac about 7:30pm Wednesday before flying west. The law enforcement dispatch center reports receiving a number of calls from residents […]
AAA forecasts nearly 47 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the Thanksgiving holiday. That’s a o.6 percent increase nationwide compared to last year. In Wisconsin AAA projects a 1.4 percent jump in holiday travel. AAA spokesman Nick Jarmuscz says one holiday gift has come early this year in the form of low gas prices. Gas prices yesterday dropped to below two dollars a gallon in […]
Republican lawmakers say the Government Accountability Board was a failed experiment, supporters of the GAB say dissolving the board opens the state to political corruption. The state Assembly this week passed a bill to replace the GAB with two new commissions with partisan appointees. The assembly also passed a bill doubling campaign contribution limits and allowing candidates to coordinate with special interest groups. Oshkosh Republican state representative Michael Schraa says […]
A Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s captain says a plea deal involving a fatal car vs. motorcycle crash last summer appears to be a fair resolution. In exchange for dismissal of a felony negligient homicide charge, Travis Hartman of Ripon was instead was convicted of two misdemeanors and issued a traffic citation. Hartman was placed on probation with 60 days in jail and ordered to pay fines and restitution. Sheriff’s […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican lawmaker is trying again to legalize raw milk. Representative Dave Murphy of Greenville introduced a bill Wednesday that would allow dairy farmers to sell raw milk and raw milk products such as butter and cheese directly to consumers on the farm where they're produced. The farmers wouldn't need state milk producer licenses or permits.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Researchers have grown human vocal cords in the laboratory that appear capable of producing sound — in hopes of one day treating voice-robbing disorders. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison bioengineered tissue that looks like the tiny folds nestled in a human voice box. But do they vibrate the right way to make sound? To tell, the researchers glued the new tissue into a voice box that […]
KOHLER, Wis. (AP) — A court injunction keeps union members on strike against the Kohler Co. from interfering with traffic around the plant. The company filed a complaint in Sheboygan County Circuit Court alleging the hundreds of union picketers that have gathered outside Kohler gates are causing traffic jams and harassing people trying to enter the property. An injunction was issued Tuesday by Judge James Bolgert. United Auto Workers Local […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's gun deer season begins Saturday, but slow license sales and buck-only restrictions could translate to another down year. According to Department of Natural Resources data, 609,779 hunters bought licenses for the 2014 hunt, the fewest hunters since 1976. They killed 222,588 deer, the fewest kills since 1983. As of Tuesday, hunters had purchased 392,138 licenses, about 2,000 more than at the same point last year. […]
Today, members of the State Legislature, including Sen. Rick Gudex (R-Fond du Lac), sent another letter to Judge Lynn Adelman demanding that a determination is made allowing the Highway 23 project to continue. On March 17, 2014 Judge Adelman rendered a decision to vacate a court’s decision on the 1000 Friends of Wisconsin’s lawsuit against the project. Gudex says that decision has delayed safety improvements and contributed to the loss […]