BROWN DEER, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill into law that creates a temporary teaching license based on experience for vocational education teachers. The law creates a licensing process based on experience in noncore subjects, including agriculture, child services, food services and marketing education. Vocational teachers hired by a school district are issued a three-year teaching license by the Department of Public Instruction.
Fond du Lac city staff is recommending against a roundabout at a downtown Fond du Lac intersection. Public Works director Jordan Skiff says DOT staff has determined that a roundabout at the intersection of North Main Street and Merrill Avenue would not be the best option. "There are quite a few complications to adding a roundabout to that intersection," Skiff told WFDL news. "Roundabouts tend to take significantly more right of way to […]
State health officials say they expect the number of cases of a rare bacterial bloodstream infection to grow. A team of federal, state and local investigators are looking for the source of the infection that has infected 44 people and is linked to 18 deaths in Wisconsin. Director of the state Bureau of Communicable Diseases, Stephanie Smiley says the bacteria has infected more than 40 people in 11 southeast Wisconsin counties including Fond du Lac […]
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office has received two state grants for traffic enforcement on Highway 23 east of Fond du lac and seatbelt compliance. Sheriff’s captain Rick Olig says a $40,000 grant will provide additional deputies to concentrate on Highway 23 from the 151 Bypass to the Sheboygan County line. Olig says the enforcement effort will continue through September. Meanwhile, a $36,000 grant will be used for seatbelt enforcement throughout the county.
A Fond du Lac judge has agreed to allow other acts evidence during the trial of an over the road trucker from Kenosha charged in a cold case murder. Dennis Brantner is charged with first degree murder in the July 1990 murder of Berit Beck. The Sturdevant teenager was abducted in the Fond du lac Forest Mall parking lot where she had stopped enroute to a work seminar in Appleton. Her body was found […]
A Ripon man arrested in connection with a drug-related armed robbery has been bound over for trial. Joseph Hunt waived his preliminary hearing on a charge of armed robbery. Authorities say Hunt robbed a Ripon man at knifepoint during a heroin buy. Hunt is being held in the Fond du lac County Jail on $5000 cash bail.
The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office has identified the victim who was killed in a one vehicle crash in Dodge County over the weekend. The Sheriff’s office says 23 year old Alan James Heider from New Berlin was pronounced dead at the scene on County Highway DW at Idaho Road in the town of Herman. Sheriff Dale Schmidt says Heider failed to stop for the stop sign at the intersection, struck a tree and the vehicle caught fire. […]
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (AP) — The number of babies born addicted to heroin and other opiates is growing at an alarming rate in Wisconsin. Over 500 addicted infants are born a year, a number that has more than doubled since 2009. Those births have been occurring throughout Wisconsin, including in relatively small, rural counties. Data from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and Department of Children and Families shows that […]
The Annual Town of Byron Veterans Memorial Dinner will be held on Thursday, March 17, 2016, at the American Legion Hall in Lomira from 3:30 to 7:00 p.m. The traditional corned beef and cabbage dinner, sponsored by the Town of Byron Veteran’s Memorial Committee, is open to the public. The event also includes a photographic display of local veterans and a raffle for cash prizes. The Town of Byron Veterans […]