The Fond du Lac County Board has approved a 2016 budget. County executive Al Buechel says the tax rate is down a penny from his orginal budget due in part to savings in health insurance. "We are going to continue with programs, services and we are not having across the board layoffs of people," Buechel said. Buechel says the budget reflects a lot of pressure the county is realizing in […]
The Fond du Lac County Board has approved a modest increase in per diem for certain committee assignments. County executive Al Buechel says board members are getting a ten dollar increase for serving on appointed boards and commissions. "If they take extra appointments from me, because the county executive makes other appointments, they are paid a per diem and its been $35 for nearly two decades," Buechel said. "...they […]
A school crossing guard in Ripon was transported the hospital after being hit by a car. The incident happened Tuesday morning at the intersection of Highway 44 and West Sullivan Drive. Ripon police say the crossing guard was struck by a car driven by a 17 year old Ripon resident. The crossing guard was transported to Ripon Medical Center and later transferred to Theda Clark Regional Medical Center in Neenah. […]
The Dodge County Emergency Management director says two train derailments in Wisconsin over the weekend are perfect examples of why its important for first responders to train for these types of situations. More than 18,000 gallons of ethanol spilled in a derailment in western Wisconsin Saturday and hundreds of gallons of crude oil spilled in a derailment Sunday afternoon in Watertown. Emergency Management director Amy Nehls says ironically a […]
The Fond du Lac city council will consider a new contract for the firefighters union at their meeting Wednesday night. 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 (Wisconsin Retirement System) beginning in 2018 and modifies employee premium contributions to health insurance to match […]
The Fond du Lac city council is considering abolishing two boards that city officials say are rarely used. At their meeting Wednesday night the council will consider resolutions to abolish the Equal Opportunities Commission and the Ethics Board with the city attorney will handing the duties instead. City Attorney Deb Hoffman says the city will continue to prohibit discrimination through its ordinance and enforce the discrimination law. Hoffman says the […]
Bail was set at $25,000 cash for a Fond du Lac man accused of sexually assaulting a young girl. Thirty two year old Christian Dassow made his initial Fond du lac court appearance Tuesday on two counts of first-degree sexual assault of a child and eight counts of exposing genitals to a child. Dassow is accused of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl and exposing himself multiple times to the 10-year-old and two other […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin prison guards who sued the state over a pay issue have dropped their lawsuit. The attorney for the 14 correction officers, Sally Stix, says it would have been too costly for the individuals to sue separately. A Dane County judge had previously rejected the officers' request for class action status, which could have benefited about 3,000 officers across the state. Guards claimed they should be […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A legislative committee is set to hold a public hearing on a bill that would require the state to permanently revoke repeat drunken drivers' licenses. The bipartisan measure would require the Department of Transportation to permanently revoke the license of anyone who has committed five or more operating while intoxicated offenses. The DOT also would have to permanently revoke the license of anyone with three or […]