MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker has selected a former legislator to run the state Department of Natural Resources. Walker's office announced Monday that he has chosen former Republican state Rep. Dan Meyer to serve as DNR secretary. He replaces Cathy Stepp, who resigned in August to take a position in President Donald Trump's administration. Meyer represented the 34th Assembly District in far northern Wisconsin from 2001 until 2013. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic state Sen. Kathleen Vinehout has launched her run for governor, saying she wants to expand health care coverage, fix the school aid formula and make tuition free at all of the state's technical and two-year colleges. Vinehout is farmer from western Wisconsin who has spent the last decade in the Legislature. She launched her campaign Monday, joining a crowded Democratic field.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker's deputy chief of staff is taking on a new job created under the same law that makes up to $3 billion available for electronics manufacturer Foxconn Technology Group. Walker announced Monday that Matt Moroney will be leaving his position in the governor's office to serve as strategic economic initiatives director at the Department of Administration. The new post was created to coordinate economic […]
Fond du lac police say a Fond du Lac man who was found dead over the weekend is a homicide victim. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says the victim has been identified as 30 year old Logan Foster of Fond du Lac. Klein says the body was found in a gravel parking lot across the street from the Press Box tavern on Forest Avenue. Klein says police do not believe […]
The Fond du Lac High School principal says a threat made on Facebook at the Homecoming football game Friday night was not credible. Principal Matt Steinbarth sent a letter to parents Sunday evening stating that at the end of the game police and school officials became aware of what he described as an electronic threat. Steinbarth did not say in the letter what the threat involved. He said police were […]
A new UW study suggests female youth soccer players who give up other sports may feel more stressed and less rested. The study presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference this month was conducted by researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and public health. The study’s lead author, Dr. Drew Watson, says sports specialization was associated with significantly worse mood, stress, fatigue, soreness and sleep […]
More than half of the traffic fatalities in Fond du Lac County this year occurred during the summer. Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s captain Ryan Waldschmidt says there were five traffic fatalities in the county over the last three months. To date Waldschmidt says there have been nine fatalities in the county and many of them were alcohol-related.
The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a hit and run injury crash that sent two people to the hospital. The Sheriff’s Office says a white or silver truck was passing multiple vehicles on eastbound state Highway 60 when it sideswiped a motorcycle near County Highway R. The motorcycle operator and passenger were ejected from the motorcycle and neither subject was wearing a helmet. The truck fled the scene […]
Fond du Lac police are investigating what they describe as a suspicious death. Police say a man was found dead under suspicious circumstances in a gravel parking lot at 260 Forest Avenue Saturday morning. Fond du Lac police and the state Division of Criminal Investigation are investigating. One witness said he heard gunshots in the area and later saw the body. Fond du Lac police have not confirmed the […]