Two people were injured in a wrong way drunken driving crash in Dodge County. The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office says a Fennimore man was driving southbound in the northbound lane of Highway 26 about a half mile north of Watertown when he struck a northbound car head on. The driver of the wrong way car received non life-threatening injuries and was arrested for OWI 4th offense, causing injury. Open containers […]
The Fond du Lac Public Works director says a major street reconstruction project next year will have a big impact on residents and businesses, especially near the Fairgrounds. A public information meeting was held Thursday night on the Fond du Lac Avenue project. Public Works director Jordan Skiff says Fond du Lac Avenue will be reconstructed from 6th Street to National Avenue. Skiff says the city is still deciding what […]
WFDL news has learned the embattled Lincoln Hills youth prison has a new interim superintendent. At the direction of Governor Scott Walker, State Corrections Secretary Jon Litscher has appointed John Paquin to the post. Paquin is the Wisconsin Department of Juvenile Corrections Administrator. "I will be spending more time on site until the new superintendent is hired and oriented. I encourage all staff to reach out to CLS/LHS management and […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A teacher at Wisconsin's juvenile prison who was knocked unconscious by an inmate says she is disappointed Gov. Scott Walker is refusing to meet with her. Pandora Lobacz said Thursday as both a constituent of Walker's and a state employee she was hoping the governor would talk with her about conditions at the Lincoln Hills prison. Lobacz was punched and knocked unconscious by an inmate on […]
The North Fond du Lac School superintendent says he doesn’t believe a private school voucher program is sustainable in the long run. The latest figures from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction show enrollment in the private school voucher program increased nearly eight percent this year. North Fond du Lac School superintendent Aaron Sadoff says his main concern is that residents were never given an opportunity to weigh in. "The […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats are blasting a plan to merge the University of Wisconsin System's schools. Assembly Democrats along with Democratic state Sen. Jon Erepnbach sent a letter Wednesday to system President Ray Cross complaining about a lack of collaboration and deliberation in developing the plan. They told him to slow down and form a stakeholder group to discuss the merger. Cross announced this month that he wants to […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin Department of Health Services report says less than a third of toddlers on Medicaid in the state were tested for lead poisoning last year, despite a federal rule that requires all children on the social health care program to be tested. Children on Medicaid are at a higher risk for lead poisoning because they're more likely to live in older homes with lead paint. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A legislative committee has approved a Republican bill barring University of Wisconsin doctors from performing abortions and training residents in how to perform abortions at Planned Parenthood. Wisconsin law blocks spending public dollars on elective abortions. But the UW medical school has to train residents in performing abortions to maintain accreditation. The school has an agreement with Planned Parenthood that calls for that organization to pay […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker and the head of his jobs creation agency are heading to Israel for a trade mission. Walker and Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation CEO Mark Hogan are scheduled to leave Wisconsin on Friday. They'll lead a 15-member delegation to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. The goal is to promote Wisconsin as a location for Israeli water technology businesses entering the U.S. market. Walker will meet […]