Fond du Lac County Highway projects are wrapping up for this season, and planning is underway for next year. Fond du lac County Highway commissioner Tom Janke says work should be done in a couple of weeks on Pioneer Road between Hickory Street and Military Road. Janke says there are a couple of other projects that should be done this month. "We're finishing up a right turn lane on Highway […]
The executive director of the Wisconsin Transportation Development Association says he’s disappointed the legislature failed to address the state’s transportation long term funding problem. Craig Thompson says a letter from DOT secretary David Ross asking the federal government to rescind their authorization to rebuld the I-94 corridor near Miller Park, “boggles the mind.” Thompson says the State budget failed to address highway maintenance in the state by cutting the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Assembly has sent a bill cracking down on deadly opioids known as fentanyl analogs to Gov. Scott Walker. The potent drug is being added to heroin, leading to spikes in overdoses across the state. Republican Rep. John Nygren's daughter, Cassandra Nygren, was charged this month with allegedly providing the fentanyl that killed a pregnant woman. The bill would add fentanyl analogs to the synthetic […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin Senate committee has passed a bill looking to end "sanctuary cities" that provide protections to immigrants living in the country illegally. The Senate labor committee voted 3-2 with all Republicans in support and Democrats against to pass the bill. It now heads to the full Senate. It must pass there and in the Assembly and be signed by Gov. Scott Walker before taking effect. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The kick-off event of a new publicly funded policy center at the University of Wisconsin has a bipartisan mix of speakers, including Republican Rep. Glenn Grothman and Democratic Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz. They are among four Republican and two Democratic current or former office holders who are slated to speak at the Nov. 17 event hosted by the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he chastised Ohio Gov. John Kasich for joining a brief opposing the GOP in a Wisconsin redistricting case before the U.S. Supreme Court. New York Magazine reported Sunday that Vos swore at Kasich and accused him of betraying his party during a September meeting. Vos said Thursday that he told Kasich he was disappointed that Kasich stepped into an issue he […]
After rejecting a contract in August, Ryan Vossekuil has accepted a new contract to be Mayville police chief. Vossekuil had been serving as interim chief since April, after former chief Chris MacNeill resigned after being charged with felony misconduct in office. Vossekuil rejected the first contract offer which included a probationary period and would have allowed the council to fire him at any time without just cause. The council restarted […]
The state senate has approved a bill designed to crack down on deadly opioids known as fentanyl analogs. The bill would make possessing, manufacturing or dealing a fentanyl analog a felony. Ellen Sorensen with Drug Free Communities of Fond du lac County says the highly potent drug is being added to heroin to stretch its use, leading to spikes in overdoses across the state. Sorensen says fentanyl also has a […]
The former head of the Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts in Fond du lac is now the former executive director of an arts center in Eau Claire. Kevin Miller resigned abruptly last week as director of the Confluence Arts Center, a little more than three months after he started. Arts Center officials didn’t give a reason, but the Eau-Claire newspaper reported that Miller didn’t earn degrees from UW-Eau Claire […]