There was one local race on Tuesday’s primary ballot for Fond du lac County Board. Sam Kaufman and Jon Venhuizen will advance to the April election for the District 7 supervisory seat. That seat represents the Waupun area. Kaufman received 220 votes and Venhuizen received 151 votes. Incumbent Richard Wetzel is not running for re-election. Jay Graff finished third with 128 votes. There will be seven contested Fond du Lac county […]
Fond du Lac’s Agnesian HealthCare says its expanding its autism services. At a press conference Tuesday afternoon Agnesian announced plans for a first of its kind Savant Institute in Fond du lac. Plans call for the Treffert Center to open this spring at 371 E. 1st Street in Fond du lac. The Center is named after Fond du Lac psychiatrist Dr. Darold Treffert, a world-renowned autism and savant syndrome expert. "For me it […]
A Fond du Lac man arrested following an armed standoff over the weekend has been charged. Anthony Miotke made his initial Fond du Lac court appearance Tuesday on charges of battery, disorderly conduct and bail jumping. Bail was set at $15,000 cash. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for February 26th. Police say Miotke got into an argument with a woman at a North Marr Street residence Saturday evening, armed himself with a knife and barricaded himself in […]
A DNR fisheries biologist says variable ice conditions and poor water clarity hampered the start to the sturgeon spearing season. Koenigs says while it appears the harvest cap will be met this week on the upriver lakes, the season will probably go the full 16 days on Lake Winnebago. "Overall the opening weekend to the 2016 spearing season was pretty slow on Lake Winnebago and spearers had better success on the upriver lakes," […]
A Ripon College political science professor says the late U.S. Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia had a major impact during his time on the court. Scalia was the longest serving justice before his death this past weekend. Professor Marty Farrell says Scalia wielded great influence during his 30 years on the court. "He gave respectability to the notion of originalism, whether all of us agree with that, he definately gave it currency […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Senate has passed a bill that would stall Milwaukee's efforts to provide local photo IDs to the homeless, immigrants in the country illegally and others who have difficulty obtaining state IDs. The Republican bill would prohibit towns and counties from spending money on or issuing photo IDs. It would also prohibit using city or village ID cards to vote or obtain public benefits, like […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Senate has passed a bill that would require state agencies to give the governor plans for cutting spending or maintaining it at current levels along with their biennial budget requests. Right now, agencies submit budget requests for the next two years by Sept. 15 of every even-numbered year. Under the Republican bill, agencies would have to include proposals to cut their operations budget by […]
The Fond du Lac High School Senior Prom is scheduled for Saturday, May 21, 2016. The parent-volunteer Post-Prom Committee is working to provide a fun, memorable, and, most importantly, SAFE Post Prom for the 500+ senior students and their guests following the Prom dance. In the past, more than 80 percent of all students who attended the Prom also attended the Post-Prom party. The Post-Prom committee is seeking prize contributions […]
WEST BEND, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say an 18-year-old man putting gasoline in his disabled vehicle was struck and killed by another vehicle in West Bend. The Washington County Sheriff's Office says the crash occurred Monday afternoon on U.S. Highway 45. The sheriff's office says the man was alongside his vehicle outside the lane of traffic when he was struck. Investigators are trying to determine why the second vehicle left […]