Wine Around the World, a benefit presented by Fond du Lac Morning Rotary, will take place Saturday, January 30, 2016 at Holiday Inn’s Winnebago Conference Center, 625 W. Rolling Meadows Drive. This 23rd annual community event, Morning Rotary’s largest fundraiser, combines wines and socializing, this year to benefit its Birthday Books program, providing every child in grades K-5 in all Fond du Lac schools a reading level-appropriate gift book on […]
The director of the Fond du Lac Downtown Partnership says she hopes a new study will provide greater detail about what people want to see downtown. Executive director, Amy Hansen, says the partnership is currently working on the initial phases of a new market analysis. "We will be surveying the residents of downtown, the workforce of the whole community, and we will be talking to all of the downtown business owners," Hansen […]
Former UW Fond du Lac Dean John Short has landed a job on the east coast. Short has been hired as the new president of the University of Maine at Fort Kent. Short will start his new job April 1. His salary will be $170,000. Short had applied but was not selected for the new UW Colleges northeastern regional dean position. A new administrative model groups the UW colleges into four regions.
OCONTO, Wis. (AP) — A woman is charged in Oconto County with dragging a dog behind her car, killing the animal. Twenty-eight-year-old Jordan McDonald is charged with a felony for mistreating the dog, causing its death and misdemeanor disorderly conduct. The criminal complaint says McDonald got into an argument Sunday night and left a residence with the dog tied to her vehicle. Police were called, pulled McDonald over about three […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — It could be another tough year for Wisconsin's dairy farmers because milk prices remain low. Wisconsin Dairy Business Association executive director Tim Trotter says the industry is definitely in a "soft market" right now. Milk used to make cheese is $14.44 per hundred pounds, down 19 percent from a year ago and 41 percent from a September 2014 peak. The cautious forecast for 2016 is because […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrat Russ Feingold has raised another $2.7 million in Wisconsin's highly watched U.S. Senate race against incumbent Republican Sen. Ron Johnson. Feingold reported Thursday that he raised that much in the last three months of 2015, besting the previous quarter by $300,000. Feingold's campaign says he has $4.8 million in the bank. Johnson has yet to file his latest report, which is due at the end […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A legislative committee has approved a bill that would overhaul Wisconsin's managed forest land program. The Senate's forestry committee approved the bill 3-2 on Thursday. The vote clears the way for a full vote on the Senate floor. Landowners who enroll in the managed forest program get huge property tax breaks if they keep their land open to the public for recreation and abide by a […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A bill allowing people with concealed weapon permits to carry guns on school grounds is likely going nowhere in the Wisconsin Assembly. Senate President Mary Lazich and Representatives Robert Brooks and Jesse Kremer began circulating the bill for co-sponsors on Wednesday. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Thursday it's unlikely the bill will get a floor vote.
The founder of a grassroots activist organization says a bill that would overhaul the state’s civil service system is a bad idea. The state Assembly passed the measure last fall and the state Senate is expected to vote on the bill this month. The bill’s Assembly author, Republican state representative Jim Steinicke says the measure woulddo away with the civil service exam and speed up the hiring process. But Blue Jean Nation founder Mike McCabe […]