A Fond du Lac woman and a Marshall man have split the $179,000 jackpot from the Badger 5 drawing on Saturday, January 14. Both players matched the winning numbers of 2, 4, 14, 17 and 29. Mary Arenz of Fond du Lac purchased her ticket at Speedway on West Johnson Street in Fond du Lac. Benjamin Wipf of Marshall purchased his ticket in Madison.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A manufacturing tax credit touted by Republicans is projected to cost the state more than $650 million over the next two years. Democratic state Rep. Gordon Hintz, of Oshkosh, on Tuesday released the latest estimates from the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau. It shows that the program will have reduced state tax collections by about $1.4 billion by mid-2019. The tax credit has been phased in since […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker will deliver his budget address to the state Legislature on Feb. 8. Walker alerted lawmakers on Tuesday that he will unveil his two-year spending plan that day. The speech will be at 4 p.m., breaking with the tradition of nighttime addresses. The budget comes as Walker is expected to mount a re-election bid for a third term in 2018. Walker has promised […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin state Assembly Republicans want Congress to get rid of unnecessary federal mandates. The group sent a letter Tuesday to U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, urging him to examine burdensome federal requirements and return power to the states. Wisconsin Republicans say requiring the state to regulate emissions and air quality and manage Medicaid programs on behalf of the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Government entities would no longer have to publish meeting minutes in local newspapers under a bipartisan bill being circulated in the Wisconsin Legislature. A bipartisan group of lawmakers announced Tuesday that they were circulating the measure for co-sponsors. It would allow municipalities, school districts, counties and technical colleges to publish meeting minutes on a website. Current law requires the minutes to be printed in the local […]
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (AP) — The retired head of the Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co. is joining President Donald Trump's administration as an adviser on veterans issues. Jake Leinenkugel has accepted a position as a senior White House adviser to the Office of Veterans Affairs. The White House would not confirm the appointment Tuesday and it had not been publicly announced by the Trump administration. Dick Leinenkugel says that his […]
Kim Miller, President and CEO of Beaver Dam Community Hospitals, Inc., has been named President of the Moraine Park Foundation Board of Directors. She previously served as its Vice President and has been on the board since 2008. “Investing in people and helping them obtain an education to achieve their dreams is something which drives me and my efforts. It’s vital to mentor individuals and support them in pursuing training,” […]
Fond du Lac based Lakeland Care has won a bid to administer the Family Care program in nine additional counties – Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Oneida, Portage, Vilas, and Wood – beginning in July. Family Care services are currently available in five of those counties but will be new for people living in Florence, Forest, Oneida and Vilas counties. Family Care is a Medicaid Managed Care program designed to […]
The Center for Enterprise Development, the fiscal agent of IGNITE! Business Success, an entrepreneurial resource provider network has been awarded a $40,000 grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to create a milestone-based certification and grant program for Fond du Lac County entrepreneurs completing key business development steps. IGNITE! became a recipient of the grant as part of the 11 Wisconsin organizations to receive grants under WEDC’s new Entrepreneurship Support […]