MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A bipartisan proposal creates an exemption to Wisconsin's sex offender registry for teenagers ages 15 to 18 who are convicted after having consensual sex. State law makes it a crime for two people under the age of 18 to have sexual contact, regardless of consent. Republican Rep. Joel Kleefisch and Democratic Rep. Fred Kessler have written legislation that creates a new crime of "underage sexual activity" […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Syrian family who reunited after suing President Donald Trump over his travel bans is now settling into life in Wisconsin. The woman who escaped Aleppo with her 3-year-old daughter to join her husband in Madison tells The Associated Press that she feels like she's dreaming "because an impossible thing became possible." The couple's daughter is enjoying trips to Chuck E. Cheese's, going on walks without […]
Two people were injured, one seriously, in a head on collision east of Fond du Lac. Sheriff’s captain Ryan Waldschmidt says the crash happened shortly before 6am on Highway 23 near Highway UU. Waldschmidt says the crash happened shortly before 6am when the driver of a westbound vehicle, an 18 year old Sheboygan man, attempted to pass a semi, colliding head on with an eastbound vehicle. The driver of the […]
A vehicle that had been stolen nearly a year ago was recovered in a pond in Fond du Lac County over the weekend. On Saturday afternoon the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office was called to the area of Ledgetop Drive and Lac Vue Court, in the town of Empire, for a report of a possible vehicle fully submerged in a private pond. A search of the vehicle and pond […]
CABLE, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker kicked off the 52st annual Governor's Fishing Opener by catching two walleye. Walker was in Cable on Saturday for the event on Lake Namekagon. Walker says fishing is a time-honored tradition and tourism attraction in Wisconsin that draws hundreds of thousands of anglers from outside the state every year.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says he doesn't support Assembly Republicans' proposal to cut the gas tax but apply the sales tax to fuel. He says it will result in drivers paying millions of dollars more for gas. The Republican governor and Assembly Republicans are grappling with how to pay for the state's roads. Walker has proposed delaying projects and borrowing $500 million. He's opposed any increase in […]
A Leadership Fond du Lac Team has set out to raise awareness of the Emerald Ash Borer infestation in Fond du Lac. Several years ago the city launched an aggressive effort to combat the problem by removing ash trees on city terraces before the first EAB case in the City of Fond du Lac was confirmed in April 2015. Leadership Fond du Lac raised money to replace one of the […]
Nearly 80 lemonade stands were open for business across Fond du Lac and Dodge counties Saturday as part of Lemonade Day. Nearly 280 students set up shop in Fond du Lac, North Fond du Lac, Oakfield, Lomira, Campbellsport, Eden, Ripon and Waupun. Lemonade Day is a fun, experiential program that teaches kids in 4th through 6th grade how to start, own and operate their very own business: a lemonade stand.
CTH VV (PIONEER RD) from Hickory Street to Rogersville Road Schedule: April 2017 thru November 2017 Description of work: This project will include the reconstruction of CTH VV (Pioneer Road) from Hickory Street to Rogersville Road. The signalized intersection at Pioneer Road and Military Road will be converted to a roundabout. Work will include grading, water main, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, base aggregate, concrete pavement, curb and gutter, and sidewalk, […]