As police across Wisconsin step up patrol to crack down on aggressive driving, Fond du lac county issued more speeding tickets per miles driven than any county in the state in the last three years. Statewide speeding citations increased nearly seven percent between 2014 and 1015. Sheriff’s captain Ryan Waldschmidt says most of the offenders are from outside Fond du Lac County. "The trend has been an upward trend, but […]
The author of a bill that would eliminate daylight saving time says she would like to see a regional approach to the issue. State representative Samantha Kerkman says similar bills are being considered in a number of midwest states including Minnesota, Iowa and Michigan. Kerkman says the change would let people get an extra hour of sleep. "Its a variety of different states, its Republican and Democrat. Minnesota its a […]
North Fond du Lac School officials are stepping up the information campaign to get the word out on two building referendum questions that will appear on the April ballot. The school district facility committee met Monday night and several community information sessions are planned in the weeks ahead to answer questions about the nearly $30 million referendum. Superintendent Aaron Sadoff says the first question asks voters for permission to spend […]
The Fond du Lac School superintendent says his initial reaction is favorable toward a proposed bill that would allow school districts to start the school year before Labor Day. Under the proposed bill schools could start as early as September first. Superintendent Dr. Jim Sebert says moving up the school start date would mean that students would get out earlier in the spring. "I recognize the tourism industry...what I […]
CHICAGO (AP) — State attorneys are trying to persuade a panel of federal appellate judges that a Wisconsin inmate featured in the Netflix series "Making a Murderer" was properly convicted. Brendan Dassey was sentenced to life in 2007 in photographer Teresa Halbach's death two years earlier. Dassey told detectives he helped his uncle, Steven Avery, rape and kill Halbach in Manitowoc County. A federal magistrate judge overturned Dassey's conviction in […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers are circulating a bill to expand broadband service in underserved parts of the state. The bill made public Tuesday is sponsored by Rep. Romaine Quinn and Sen. Howard Marklein. It would allocate $15.5 million in grants for rural areas. Almost a quarter of Wisconsinites live in rural areas and around 40 percent do not have broadband, or high-speed internet access, at home. Quinn and […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker is praising legislation Congress is expected to vote on that would open the door for the state to drug test recipients of unemployment benefits. Walker and the governors of Texas, Utah and Mississippi sent a letter last week to House Ways and Means Committee Chair Kevin Brady in support of the measure that would remove limitations put in place under President Barack Obama. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Elections Commission is not predicting what turnout will be for next week's spring primary election. But if history is any guide, it will be low. The Elections Commission broke with tradition Tuesday and did not make a prediction for turnout in the Feb. 21 primary. The only statewide race on the ballot is for state superintendent. There is no Wisconsin Supreme Court race as […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker is defending his proposed switch to a self-insurance model for public workers, even though Republicans who control the Legislature have been cool to the idea. Walker told reporters Tuesday that concerns about the possible loss of jobs by moving to self-insurance "doesn't make sense because we're still going to have employees who are still going to need coverage." Under a self-insurance system, the […]