A Fond du Lac firefighter is in Florida to help with relief efforts. Fire Chief Pete O’Leary says firefighter/paramedic Brett Hefty has been deployed to Florida with the Wisconsin Army National Guard. O’Leary says the fire department and city support Hefty and others who answer the call. Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s deputy Tom Van Buren has also been deployed to Florida with the Army National Guard.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Foxconn Technology Group says it looks forward to making Wisconsin a "center of worldwide high-tech manufacturing." The Taiwan-based company praised the passage Thursday of a $3 billion incentive package for the electronics giant. Foxconn plans to build a massive display-screen factory in southeast Wisconsin. It would be the first of its kind outside of Asia. Foxconn says in an unsigned statement that it is thankful for […]
The Fond du Lac Salvation Army is teaming up with Fives Giddings and Lewis to collect items for hurricane disaster relief. Salvation Army’s Ron Jacobson says starting Thursday September 21st through Sunday September 24th, residents can donate items at the G and L parking lot at the corner of Macy and Johnson Streets from 6am to 7pm Thursday and Friday and 8am to 4pm Saturday and Sunday. Jacobson says the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — It doesn't look like any of the four senators holding out support for the state budget are backing down. The Assembly passed the budget on Wednesday. The Senate is scheduled to take up the document Friday but Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald doesn't have the 17 votes he needs to pass it. Four GOP senators — Steve Nass, Duey Stroebel, Chris Kapenga and Dave Craig — have […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Four Democrats and two Republicans broke with the majorities of their parties in the Wisconsin Assembly vote over a $3 billion incentive package for Foxconn Technology Group. The Assembly passed the bill Thursday on a 64-31 vote, sending it to Gov. Scott Walker. The bill was passed to entice Foxconn to build a massive flat-screen display factory in southeast Wisconsin. Three Democrats from that region voted […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Unemployment in Wisconsin rose to 3.4 percent in August. The state Department of Workforce Development reported Thursday that the rate increased from 3.2 percent in July. It remains a full point below the national unemployment rate of 4.4 percent. The state lost 5,200 private sector jobs between July and August.
Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s deputies made nearly two dozen owi arrests during the recent Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign. Sheriff’s captain Ryan Waldschmidt says officers made 22 drunken driving arrests between August 18th and September 4th. Waldschmidt says there were 14 seat belt violations, 257 speeding tickets, 70 operating after revocation or suspension violations, two misdemeanor arrests and two warrant arrests.
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — It was a brief taste of freedom for Joey the kangaroo who kicked his way out of a pen at a southeast Wisconsin pumpkin farm, only to be rounded up by sheriff's deputies. The Kenosha County Sheriff's Department received a call around 7 a.m. Thursday from someone who reported seeing an animal on Highway L in Somers, and that it looked kind of like a kangaroo. […]
A $3 billion incentive package for Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group is headed to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker for his approval. The Wisconsin Assembly passed the bill Thursday on a bipartisan 64-31 vote. It cleared the Senate earlier in the week and will become law once the Republican governor signs it. Walker says he looks forward to signing it quickly. Walker negotiated the deal with Foxconn for it to build a […]