An elderly Campbellsport woman was killed and an elderly man was critically injured in a car vs. tree crash in Campbellsport. The crash happened Tuesday morning at the intersection of Helena Street and East Main Street in the village of Campbellsport. A preliminary investigation indicates the vehicle was northbound on Helena Street at a high rate of speed when it travelled off the roadway for unknown reasons and struck […]
The Fond du lac County Clerk is projecting a slightly higher turnout locally, compared to statewide. Clerk Lisa Freiberg is predicting a 26 percent voter turnout in Fond du Lac County Tuesday. Statewide turnout is projected at 18 percent. Freiberg says there are more than two dozen contested races on the ballot. Freiberg says she senses that many residents are suffering from voter fatigue. "We've had six elections in […]
Voters are going to the polls Tuesday to decide several local races, a handful of referendums and a statewide school superintendent race. In addition to several town and village board races, there is a contested race for Fond du Lac School Board. Incumbent Mark Strand is running for re-election along with challengers Greg Freiherr. Dan Sitter, and Monica Walk. For Fond du Lac city council incumbents, Greg Giles, Brian […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Incumbent Tony Evers faces challenger Lowell Holtz in the race to become Wisconsin's next state superintendent of schools. The contest is the only statewide race on the ballot in Tuesday's spring election. There are a myriad of local races, as well as 65 referendums to raise local property taxes to pay for school construction projects and other needs. Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at […]
Construction is scheduled to begin next week on a major road reconstruction project in Fond du lac. The project will include the reconstruction of Pioneer Road from west of Hickory Street to north of Rogersville Road. Highway commissioner Tom Janke says access will be maintained for businesses on that stretch of road. Janke says the intersection in front of the employee entrance at Mercury Marine will be signalized and timed […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new report shows the University of Wisconsin System's net worth dropped in the last fiscal year for the first time since 2002. The system released a financial report Monday for the year that ended June 30, 2016. The report showed the system's net worth fell $110.2 million, from roughly $6.7 billion in fiscal year 2015 to about $6.6 billion. The report noted a $220 million […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorney General Brad Schimel has appointed a new administrator to lead the state Justice Department's Division of Criminal Investigation. Schimel announced Monday that Brian O'Keefe is the new DCI head. O'Keefe has been with the Justice Department since 2011, when Schimel's predecessor, J.B. Van Hollen, hired him as Division of Law Enforcement Services administrator. O'Keefe began his law enforcement career as a Milwaukee Police aide in […]
PLATTEVILLE, Wis. (AP) — Opponents of raising the gas tax to pay for roads and supporters of increasing funding for public schools are making their cases to Wisconsin state lawmakers. The Legislature's budget-writing Joint Finance Committee held the first of six public hearings in Platteville on Monday on the two-year, $76 billion spending plan. Education issues were among the hottest topics at the first hearing. Sixty-five-year-old retire state worker Tom […]
Darren Thompson, a Native American flute player, educator and journalist from the Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe Reservation in Northern Wisconsin, will give a presentation at 12:30 p.m. and present a concert at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Apr. 12 in the UW-Fond du Lac Prairie Theater, 400 University Drive, Fond du Lac. Both events are free and open to the community. No reservations required. Thompson has spent most of his adult […]