Fond du Lac School District Board members, administrators, and colleagues recently recognized District staff members who have been employed in the school district for 25 years. The 25-year award recipients shared some of their favorite memories which were read by Superintendent Dr. James Sebert at the May 2 banquet. Pictured here are the individuals who were inducted into this 25-year club for the 2016 school year: seated (L-R) Alan Kraus […]
The City of Fond du Lac Police Department has a new K9 officer. Officer Kyle Hoefer will introduce his new K9 partner “Brüx” next week. The pair completed their four week intensive training program on Friday. Their first regular patrol shift together as a K9 team will be Tuesday, May 10th. K9 “Brüx” is a 19 month old German Shepard and is trained as a Dual Purpose Patrol Dog; trained in […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The head of Wisconsin's prisons plans to hand out millions of dollars in raises in hopes of boosting recruiting and retention. Department of Corrections Secretary Jon Litscher announced Thursday that beginning June 26 correctional officers, sergeants and youth counselors will receive 80 cents more an hour. Correctional officers and sergeants at maximum security prisons in Waupun, Green Bay and Portage as well as counselors at the […]
An inmate has been charged with attempted homicide for allegedly attacking a correctional officer at a Waupun prison last fall. Forty-six year old Bobby Kimble made his initial Dodge County Circuit Court appearance Wednesday. He’s charged with attempted first degree intentional homicide, false imprisonment, and battery by prisoners-all as a repeat offender. A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for June 23rd. Kimble is accused of attacking the 26 year old […]
A Ripon College political science professor says Hilary Clinton can not underestimate Donald Trump if she expects to win in November. Professor Marty Farrell made the comments after Trump’s victory this week in Indiana and the decision by Ted Cruz and John Kasich to drop out of the race. Farrell says Trump would be the first presidential nominee without government or military experience. "That would be unprecedented," Farrell told WFDL news. "...part of […]
BURLINGTON, Wis. (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan is campaigning for Sen. Ron Johnson in southern Wisconsin, but is also avoiding expanding on his announcement that he could not support presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump "at this point." Ryan refused to take questions from reporters following the event Thursday, where he did not refer to Trump. Johnson, who also did not mention Trump, followed Ryan's lead in refusing the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrat Russ Feingold has launched an attack ad against Republican Sen. Ron Johnson related to problems at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs facility in Tomah. The spot released Thursday comes after a conservative outside group began a $2 million ad buy targeting Feingold on the same issue. Feingold's spot criticizes Johnson for saying "job interviews and stuff" prevented his office from quickly responding to the […]
Four peregrine falcon chicks have hatched this week in a nesting box on the UW Oshkosh campus. UW Oshkosh geology professor Maureen Muldoon says the nest is located on top of the Guenhagen Conference Center on campus. Muldoon says the falcons have been nesting at that location for the past several years. You can follow the chicks by logging onto the UW-Oshkosh webpage and viewing the webcam.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A prominent sportsmen's group wants Gov. Scott Walker to crack down on deer farms as he revises the state's chronic wasting disease tactics. The Wisconsin Wildlife Federation sent the governor a letter Thursday asking him to require the farms to double-fence, install warning devices to detect open gates and kill their herds within a month if CWD is detected on their farm and it's not double-fenced. […]