Campbellsport residents are going to have to dig deeper in their pockets to pay for water. The state Public Service Commission this week authorized a 22 percent water rate increase effective September 22nd. Public Works director Mark Gruber says an average residential customer will see their water bill increase $25 a quarter from $115 to $140. Gruber says the increase will allow the Campbellsport Water Utility to begin repaying $1 […]
Fond du Lac police are looking for thieves who stole 300 gallons of used cooking oil from the KFC restaurant on North Pioneer Road. The overnight theft was discovered earlier this week by employees who called police. Police say there has been an increase in thefts involving used cooking oil from restaurants to be sold on the black market for bio fuels as an alternative fuel for vehicles.
WFDL news has learned a Highway 23 expansion project between Fond du Lac and Plymouth has been revived in the state budget. Republican state senator Dan Feyen of Fond du Lac says more than $19 million is included in the transportation portion of the budget to re-start the project. "...to get all the environmental studies up to snuff and get this process moving forward, and then in the next budget […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The $76 billion Wisconsin budget is headed to the state Assembly and Senate for approval. The Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee passed the two-year spending plan Wednesday night on a party line vote, more than two months after the budget was due. Current spending levels have continued during the impasse. The spending plan sends more aid to K-12 schools, increases funding for the University of Wisconsin System […]
The Fond du Lac Fire chief says a car versus bike accident on the first day of school this week is a reminder that motorists need to slow down and pay attention, because children often are not. Fire chief Pete O’Leary says a 14 year old girl biking home from school Tuesday was transported to the hospital with luckily only minor injuries when she was struck by a car […]
A retired youth counselor at Lincoln Hills and representative for the union at the youth prison is defending two counselors who are under investigation for speaking publically about their experiences at the facility. The state Department of Corrections is investigating whether Rita Lokemoen and Kal Teske violated any department policies when they spoke exclusively on AM 1170’s Between the Lines program recently. Union spokesman Doug Curtis listened to the interview […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Legal experts say an unprecedented change in state law that would send legal challenges involving Foxconn Technology Group's plant straight to the conservative justices who control the state Supreme Court would hand the company an advantage nobody else enjoys. The Legislature's budget-writing committee passed language Tuesday that would allow parties in lawsuits involving the plant to appeal rulings directly to the Supreme Court rather than work […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is seeking applicants to succeed David Clarke as sheriff in Milwaukee County. Walker on Wednesday put out the call for applicants by Sept. 27. Clarke resigned last week to take a job working for a political action committee that supports President Donald Trump. Clarke's replacement will serve through the end of next year. The position is up for election in November […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan will visit the University of Wisconsin Law School for what's billed as a "discussion" on her life in the law. Kagan will be on the Madison campus Friday, just a year after Justice Sonia Sotomayor made a similar appearance. The law school's dean, Margaret Raymond, will lead a question-and-answer session. Kagan was nominated to the high court by President Barack Obama […]