Month: August 2017

U.S. Senator Ron Johnson says eliminating a law that allows employers to pay subminimum wage to people with disabilities would hurt clients who work for companies like Fond du Lac’s Brooke Industries.    On Tuesday senator Johnson toured the manufacturing and rehabilitation center that employs individuals with a wide array of disabilities.  "There are actually some liberal, progressive organizatons that want to deny individuals with disabilities the ability to socialize […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is questioning whether Wisconsin should bear the full $3 billion in financial incentives being considered to lure electronics giant Foxconn Technology Group to the state.  Johnson raised the question since Illinois workers would also benefit from the plant, which is expected to be built in southeast Wisconsin near the border.  Johnson made the remarks Tuesday to the Rotary Club of Milwaukee, saying the […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin property values have reached a new high.  The Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance analyzed taxable property value data that was finalized Tuesday by the state Department of Revenue. The $526 billion in property value is a new peak and the 4.1 percent increase over 2016 is the biggest jump since 2007.  The previous high was $514 billion reached in 2008, just before the Great Recession hit.  Values […]

Representatives from FEMA and Wisconsin Emergency Management toured flood-stricken counties in western Wisconsin Tuesday as the state seeks federal disaster assistance.  Tod Pritchard with Wisconsin Emergency Management says the assistance would go toward repairing flood damaged public infrascture such as roads and bridges.  Flooding rainfall caused July 19-22 caused significant damage in nine western Wisconsin counties.  Initial damage totals exceeded $15 million.

The Kids from Wisconsin will return to Fond du Lac for their 23rd   annual free appearance at Buttermilk Creek Park on Wednesday, Aug. 16 at 7:15 p.m.  Now in their 49th season, the Kids from Wisconsin tradition dates back to 1969 when they first performed at the Wisconsin State Fair.  With the theme “Head Out on the Highway,” this year’s show will take audiences on a journey celebrating the richness […]

PESHTIGO, Wis. (AP) — The doctor who operated on a Wisconsin man who shot himself with a nail gun says the nail punctured the patient's heart.  Dr. Alexander Roitstein performed the surgery on Doug Bergeson at Aurora BayCare Medical Center in Green Bay in June.  He said Tuesday it was difficult to assess how deeply the nail penetrated, but said it left bruising and a hole.  Roitstein said the nail […]

PESHTIGO, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man came perilously close to death after accidentally shooting a nail into his chest.  Doug Bergeson says he was working on a house he's building near Peshtigo in June when his nail gun accidentally fired, sending a nail into his chest.  Bergeson says "it didn't really hurt," and he thought the nail just nicked him. Then he saw that only about an inch of […]

A Wisconsin state Assembly committee has approved a $3 billion tax incentive package for Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group.  The Republican-controlled Assembly jobs and economy committee voted 8-5 Monday along party lines to send the bill to the full Assembly. The proposal was tweaked to address some concerns raised by critics that the state is giving away too much to land the plant that could employ thousands of people.  But key […]

The North Fond du Lac School superintendent says the district is pushing the re-set button with the high school football program.  Superintendent Aaron Sadoff says the decision was made to cancel the varsity program this fall because there were not enough players.  Sadoff says only 13 upper classmen turned out this summer.  "We've been chasing our tail and trying to get successful, but not only have we not made our […]