MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A state Senate committee has overwhelmingly approved bills that would grant people who overdose on opioids legal immunity and lay out money for more state drug agents. The first measure would ensure heroin users who overdose would be immune from prosecution for drug possession and ensure their probation, parole or extended supervision could be revoked for possession. The second bill would allocate $840,000 over the next […]
Two people were injured, one critically in a two vehicle crash in Dodge County. The crash happened shortly after 8:30am Thursday on State Highway 33 near Fairfield Road, in the town of Oak Grove. A preliminary investigation shows that a 19 year old woman lost control of her car on snow covered Sth 33 near the intersection with Fairfield Road, crossed the center line and was struck by a car […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers want to give regulators a chance to review some We Energies contracts in a move they say could bring down electricity costs for Wisconsin manufacturers. Sen. Duey Stroebel, a Republican from Cedarburg, and other lawmakers introduced a bill Wednesday that would let the Public Service Commission, the state's utilities regulator, change or end contracts for public utilities to lease electricity generating facilities from their […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic state lawmakers want to cut taxes for Wisconsin's middle class. Rep. Chris Taylor of Madison and others introduced a bill at a news conference Thursday that would cut taxes for a family of four earning $70,000 a year would by about $350. The plan would also raise taxes on those earning more than $1 million. The proposal faces long odds in the Legislature, which is controlled […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin lawmakers have taken their first votes on a bill to address conditions at the state's troubled youth prison since problems at the facility came to light more than a year ago. The bipartisan bill would make guards at the prison outside Irma mandatory child abuse reporters. The Senate judiciary committee approved the bill 5-0 on Thursday, sending it on to the full Senate. The FBI […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Assembly Republicans have introduced an identical companion bill to a Senate measure that would loosen high-capacity well regulations, a sign the GOP has reconciled its differences on the issue. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald last month introduced a bill exempting well repairs and ownership transfers from Department of Natural Resources oversight and calling for groundwater studies. The Assembly passed the bill last session but included a […]
March 18, 2017 5K Run/Walk 7:30 am * Registration 9:00 am * Start 5K Run/Walk 10:15 am * Kids Fun Run Marian University Sadoff Gymnasium 45 S. National Avenue Fond du Lac WI 54935
The City of Fond du Lac Police Department and the Department of Public Works is taking this opportunity to remind the members of the community that the WINTER PARKING RESTRICTIONS end on Wednesday, March 15.
Two people were injured, one critically in a two vehicle crash in Dodge County. The crash happened shortly after 8:30am Thursday on State Highway 33 near Fairfield Road, in the town of Oak Grove. A preliminary investigation shows that a 19 year old woman lost control of her car on snow covered Sth 33 near the intersection with Fairfield Road, crossed the center line and was struck by a car […]