The state Department of Workforce Development says half of the state’s 32 largest municipalities and 61 percent of Wissconsin counties reached historic low unemployment rates during any April. The city of Fond du Lac’s unemployment rate dropped from three percent in March to two-point-six percent in April. Fond du lac county’s unemployment rate fell six-tenths of a percent to 2.4 percent. The April unemployment rate in Dodge County stands at […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The leader of an advocacy group for children says President Donald Trump's proposed cuts to public assistance programs would disproportionately hurt children in Wisconsin's rural areas and non-white children. Ken Taylor, executive director of the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families, said Wednesday that more children in low-income families will become sick, go hungry and struggle in school if Trump's plan passes. It includes significant cuts […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources' board has signed off on a fall deer hunt structure that scales back the number of counties where hunters can shoot only bucks for a fourth straight year. The 2017 season structure designates Ashland, Iron and Vilas counties and the eastern half of Eau Claire County as buck-only. The designation protects does so they can give birth and grow area […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Trappers and outdoorsmen are urging the Assembly's natural resources committee to approve a bill that would let people hunt and trap woodchucks. The Republican-authored measure would remove woodchucks from Wisconsin's protected species list and establish a season on them that would run from July through December with no bag limits. Scott Zimmermann, president of the Wisconsin Trappers Association, told the committee during a public hearing Wednesday, […]
An Arkansas man in Fond du Lac for a construction project faces multiple charges following an alcohol-related crash, but its what happened following the crash that really got him into trouble. In addition to OWI-third offense, Edward Hernandez is charged with resisting, criminal damage to property, carrying a concealed weapon, battery or threats to a witness, spitting on a public safety officer and armed with a firearm while intoxicated. Fond […]
Scenic Ridge condominium owners are asking the Fond du lac city council to follow the recommendation of city staff and reject a rezoning request that would allow a used truck dealership to expand its parking lot. All of the residents in the condominium complex have signed a petition in opposition to Lenz Truck’s rezoning request. Lenz wants the property rezoned from residential to commercial to allow for a parking lot […]
Nearly a year after a proposal to rezone residential property to allow for expansion of a used truck dealership in Fond du lac was withdrawn, the issue is coming back before the city council. Lenz Truck wants property adjacent to a condominium development rezoned to allow for a parking lot and maintenance building. The initial request was met with opposition from residents who say they bought their condo thinking the […]
The Dodge County sheriff says a Juneau man may be alive today if he had been wearing a seatbelt. Twenty eight year old John Armentrout was killed last week when his car was broadsided by a semi truck at the intersection of state Highway 67 and Town Road MM. Armentrout was not wearing a safety belt and was ejected from his car and pronounced dead at the scene. Sheriff Dale […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A 17-year-old boy who was an inmate at Wisconsin's embattled youth prison is suing the facility, alleging he suffered substantial physical and emotional abuse while there. The Wisconsin State Journal reported Tuesday that the boy's lawsuit filed this month alleges he was body slammed, pepper sprayed so much that he has permanent vision damage and kept in solitary confinement for weeks at Lincoln Hills in Irma. […]