MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The push to overhaul Wisconsin's beleaguered economic development agency is growing. Democrats on Thursday proposed making it a felony for companies that receive state tax breaks and commit fraud. And Republican lawmakers are saying they are open to working with Democrats on changes to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. The agency, known as WEDC, has been beset with problems since Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican […]
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Two Republican U.S. senators are renewing efforts to drop gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region and Wyoming from the federal endangered species list. Sens. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and John Barrasso of Wyoming introduced legislation this week that would order the Interior Department to renew previous orders lifting protections for the wolves in Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Federal judges threw out both […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Democratic legislator is trying to convince the Assembly's judiciary committee to approve his bill requiring state officials to revoke repeat drunken drivers' licenses for at least a decade. Rep. Eric Genrich told the committee during a hearing Thursday that the bill isn't a cure-all for drunken driving but still represents attempt to address habitual offenders. Under the bill, the Department of Transportation would be required […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton is coming to Madison next week to raise money for his wife's presidential campaign. The former president is scheduled to host a noontime fundraiser for Hillary Rodham Clinton at the Madison Club on Wednesday. The invitation asks for donations of at least $300. Hillary Clinton was last in Wisconsin in September for a campaign stop in Milwaukee.
KOHLER, Wis. (AP) — The union representing 2,100 Kohler Co. employees in Sheboygan County says the two sides are far apart on a new labor contract as a deadline approaches. United Auto Workers Local 833 president Tim Tayloe says the economy has changed since union members accepted a concessionary contract five years ago that froze wages and raised health care costs. Tayloe says Kohler is doing better, the factories are […]
A morning of cake doughnut sales at Bob & Bonnie’s Donuts and Cakes, located at 54A Halbach Court in Fond du Lac, have led to a donation that will help patients and their families who benefit from Agnesian Cancer Care services. As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Dan and Jessica Fishelson, Bob & Bonnie’s owners/operators, donated proceeds from a two-hour doughnut sale to the Agnesian HealthCare Foundation to help […]
The Fond du Lac city council has adopted a 2016 budget at their meeting Wednesday night. Fond du Lac city manager Joe Moore says the budget significantly reduces the city’s debt and operating expenses are nearly flat. The budget includes a 2.5 percent increase in the tax rate with a 4.6 percent levy increase. Moore says budget highlights include a new position in the police department to sift through […]
The Fond du Lac city council has approved a new contract for the firefighters union. The three year contract through 2018 includes a three percent wage increase the first two years and a 3.25 percent increase in 2018. The deal also includes a three percent employee contribution to WRS beginning in 2018 and modifies employee premium contributions to health insurance to match the premium contributions of general city employees. City […]
The Fond du Lac city council has voted against a staff recommendation to abolish the ethics board. City staff made the recommendation noting the board rarely meet, that the city would still have an ethics code and access to legal and ethical advice from the city attorney. The council voted unanimously against the recommendation at their meeting Wednesday night. Councilmember, Brian Kolstad, says the ethics board is independent and […]