A Fond du Lac man was seriously injured in a two vehicle crash in Fond du Lac County. Sherifff’s Sergeant Ryan Zitlow says the crash between a garbage truck and mini-van happened early Wednesday morning on Highway D near Highway 151. Zitlow says the cause of the crash remains under investigation. Zitlow says a preliminary investigation shows no evidence that the minivan driver hit the brakes before impact. The driver […]
Tom Dornbrook says the Campbellsport police department will have an open door policy when he takes over full time. Dornbrook will officially begin his duties September 5th after the village board approved the hiring last week. Dornbrook has been serving as interim chief since chief Jay Zautner and sergeant Jen Vodak resigned in May. "I know that there was some petitions and Facebook comments that the board was micro-managing, but […]
The unemployment rate is down slightly locally in the latest reporting period. The unemployment rate in the city of Fond du Lac dropped from 3.4 percent in June to 3.3 percent in July. In both Fond du Lac and Dodge counties the jobless rate for July stands at three percent, down a tenth of a percent from June. Statewide the July unemployment rate decreased or remained the same in 67 […]
After a two month break, the legislature’s budget-writing Joint Finance committee plans to resume its work on the state’s spending plan Thursday. The panel will meet to vote on some of the remaining issues in the budget. The agenda does not call for the committee to vote on transportation funding, the biggest unresolved issue. State representative Gordon Hintz of Oshkosh is on the committee. "We're starting to see some real […]
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) — A Sept. 16 gathering in Eau Claire being planned by a neo-Nazi organization has been canceled. Spokesman Cory Klicko says the event was called off because of controversy surrounding it and because of threats against him and people close to him. He says he has withdrawn his affiliation with the National Socialist Movement. Tensions have surrounded many such gatherings around the country in the wake […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin state Superintendent Tony Evers says his years of experience leading schools in the state makes him the best Democratic candidate to challenge Republican Gov. Scott Walker for re-election next year. Evers officially launched his candidacy on Wednesday. He says in an interview that his three statewide victories as state superintendent show he can gather the support needed to defeat Walker. Evers has served as state […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker is asking President Donald Trump for a federal disaster declaration for 11 flood-ravaged counties in western Wisconsin. Walker made the request to Trump on Wednesday. The declaration would allow local governments in Buffalo, Crawford, Grant, Iowa, Jackson, La Crosse, Lafayette, Monroe, Richland, Trempealeau and Vernon counties to recover up to 75 percent of their clean-up costs through the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Public […]
Cindy Sarkady has been selected as the new University of Wisconsin-Extension Area Extension Director for Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Ozaukee and Washington County. Sarkady started her new position on July 1, 2017 along with 22 additional new area directors. The area director position is new to Extension. In the past, there were regional directors and educators in each of the 72 counties that had a partial appointment of Department Heads. […]
A retired Ripon College political science professor says the personnel shake-up in the White House is unprecedented. Strategist Steve Bannon last week became the latest top White House official to be shown the door. In seven months in office President Donald Trump has dismissed a national security adviser, chief of staff, two communications directors and a press secretary, among others. Political scientist Marty Farrell says it remains to be […]