The Waupun City administrator says a 2018 city budget focuses on long range planning. The common council recently approved the $11 million budget that includes a 12 percent increase in the tax levy. City administrator Kathy Schlieve says the budget addresses the long-range road improvement needs of the city. Schlieve says budget requests for Public Works and the Library were reduced with an increase in spending to spur economic development […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Hunters killed slightly fewer deer during this year's nine-day gun season than last year. The state Department of Natural Resources released preliminary figures Tuesday that show hunters killed 195,738 deer this year, down 0.8 percent from 197,262 deer in 2016. Hunters killed 198,049 deer during the nine-day in 2015 and 192,111 deer during the nine-day in 2014. Fewer hunters took to the woods this year. The […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A legislative task force is proposing a package of bills designed to help foster-care families. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos created the task force in June. The panel's co-chairmen, Republican Rep. Patrick Snyder and Democratic Rep. Steve Doyle, said during a news conference Tuesday the task force has drafted 13 bills. The package includes measures that would increase funding for volunteers who build relationships with foster families […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A newly released audit finds Gov. Scott Walker's program created and touted to help children learn to read is nearly out of money. The Legislative Audit Bureau report released Tuesday found that the Read to Lead Development Fund had just over $2,200 in it as of the end of June. It had awarded nearly $500,000 since its creation in 2012. The audit says the council that […]
A Fond du lac area man is alive today thanks to a quick thinking citizen and Waupun police officer who acted swiftly before paramedics arrived. Waupun Police chief Scott Louden says shortly after 6:30pm Saturday police were called to a report of an unresponsive man in a vehicle at Carrington and East Main Streets. Louden says officer Brett Gerritsen used an automatic external defibrillator and the 65 year old man […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, of Wisconsin, says he still intends to vote against the GOP tax bill unless changes are made. Johnson told reporters on a conference call Monday that "we are working very diligently with other Senate Republican colleagues who have similar concerns to fix the problems." Johnson says the proposal doesn't cut business taxes enough for "pass through" partnerships and corporations. Those are […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources says seven hunters were shot during the nine-day gun deer season. According to the DNR's website Monday, five hunters accidently shot themselves during the season. The sixth was shot by someone in his own party during a deer drive in Ozaukee County on Wednesday. The seventh hunter was hunting ducks from a kayak in Waukesha County on Friday when a […]
The Assembly minority leader describes the situation at the Lincoln Hills youth prison as a ticking time bomb. Democratic state representative Gordon Hintz and fellow Democratic representative David Bowen toured Lincoln Hills last week. Hintz says its clear to him that the prison is understaffed and the youth counselors are overworked. "The idea that we would put people in this position who are fatigued, who are understafffed, who no longer […]
The biggest fundraiser of the year for the Fond du Lac Salvation Army is underway. Ron Jacobsen says the Red Kettle campaign goal is $160,000. There are kettles at 15 locations in Fond du Lac and Jacobsen says there is always a need for volunteers to ring bells. Meanwhile the Salvation Army is teaming up with Thrivent Member Network for Giving Tuesday. "They're going to be matching any private donations […]