Fond du Lac police are notifying residents that two convicted child sex offenders are moving to new locations in the city. Police say Michael Miller is now living at 502 East Merrill Avenue. Miller spent time in prison for sexually assaulting a 13 year old girl and is on the sex offender registry for life. He is no longer on parole. John Provo is now living at 142 East Johnson […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new report says the rate of heroin overdose deaths grew more than 800 percent in Wisconsin over the last decade. Findings the Department of Health Services released Friday show the rate of overdose deaths involving heroin grew 880 percent between 2006 and 2015, from 0.5 deaths per 100,000 residents to 4.9 deaths per 100,000. The rate of opioid overdose deaths, meanwhile, nearly doubled over the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Historic preservationists are preparing for another fight with Gov. Scott Walker over a wildly popular tax credit program used to restore and maintain historic properties. Walker proposed in his state budget released this week to cap the Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit program to no more than $10 million a year. He called the same limit two years ago, but was brushed back by the Legislature. The […]
The second annual Sturgeon Spectacular continues this weekend in Fond du Lac. The event is tied in with the sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago featuring a variety of family-friendly activities. New this year is “Guys on Ice”…a broadway-style musical about ice fishing. Ten teams will compete in the Wisconsin Snow Sculpting competition. Other events include ice-skating, the 28th annual Sturgeon Stampede, a chili crawl in downtown Fond […]
Families in the Waupun area are invited to test their well water with Rock River Intermediate School and the UW Fond du Lac extension office. All area residents with private drinking water wells are welcome to participate, regardless of the county or township of residence. Registration details are online at fonddulac.uwex.edu. The public is invited to learn more about the sampling program and well water during Literacy Night at Rock […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers are looking to make the summer sun set earlier. Reps. Samantha Kerkman and Michael Schraa introduced a bill Friday that would eliminate daylight saving time in Wisconsin. The move would mean state residents would no longer have to move their clocks ahead an hour in the spring. That would mean the sun would appear to rise earlier in the morning and set earlier on […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says lifting enrollment caps on private schools in the statewide voucher program is not dead even though Gov. Scott Walker didn't propose it in his budget. Fitzgerald said Thursday at a luncheon sponsored by Wispolitics.com that lifting the caps will "absolutely" be a part of the discussion as the Legislature works on rewriting the governor's budget. Fitzgerald says he doesn't […]
The second annual Sturgeon Spectacular gets underway Friday evening in Fond du Lac. The event is tied in with the sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago featuring a variety of family-friendly activities. Fond du Lac convention and visitors bureau director Craig Molitor says a kick-off party will be held from 5-8pm Friday evening at the THELMA Sadoff Center for the arts and a new after-party at the Lakeside Park pavilion. New […]
Reaction to the governor’s proposed state budget is generally mixed along party lines with Republicans praising the plan and Democrats having a more skeptical view. Republican state senator Dan Feyen of Fond du lac says he liked what he heard. Feyen says initially he can't think of anything he disagrees with in the governor's proposal. "We're doing a deep dive into the budget to make sure we know all the […]