Month: November 2017

U.S. Bank Foundation has awarded Marian University a $2,000 grant designated for the Working Families Program.   Marian says the  program is one of the nation’s most comprehensive educational programs available to low income single parents.  The Program offers single parent students with dependent children the opportunity to complete their bachelor’s degree.   Since the program began in 2002, more than 170 program participants have earned a bachelor’s degree.

The Dodge County Board has voted for county participation in a pilot health and wellness program.  The Dodge County Employee Health and Wellness Committee has received approval from the Board of Supervisors to participate as a worksite in the local Blue Zones Project initiative. Dodge County Administrator James Mielke says the worksite designation will enhance and build upon the successful employee-led wellness program.  Blue Zones Project Dodge County is a […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Deer hunting licenses for Wisconsin children were up by more than 1,000 from last year by the end of opening weekend for the nine-day gun season.  The mentored license allows children to participate in the hunt as long as they're accompanied by an adult. This was the first hunting season since the state's minimum age to hunt deer was eliminated. Children had to be at least […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin wildlife officials say it should be a good winter for sighting snowy owls.  At least 69 individual snowy owls had been spotted statewide as of Nov. 20. That compares to three found in the state at this time last year and 82 for the winter of 2015-16.  Snowy owls are considered among the most charismatic wildlife species in the world. The birds are the heaviest owl […]

Automobile traffic picked up significantly Wednesday afternoon as Wisconsin motorists headed out for the long Thanksgiving holiday.  State AAA spokesman Nick Jarmuscz  says the auto club's survey projects  nearly 51 million Americans will travel, a 3.3 percent increase over last year.  "Our survey shows this is going to be the largest Thanksgiving travel in over a dozen years,"  Jarmuscz told WFDL news.    In  Wisconsin the survey shows about 945,000 […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Gov. Scott Walker ordered the state Department of Justice on Wednesday to represent schools Superintendent Tony Evers in a lawsuit alleging Evers is illegally writing education regulations without Walker's permission, even though the agency believes Evers is overstepping his authority.   Walker ordered DOJ attorneys to replace Department of Public Instruction attorney Ryan Nilsestuen.  Walker issued the order even though DOJ Legal Services Administrator David Meany […]

Fond du Lac City and County offices in the City/County Government Center are closed Thanksgiving Day and Friday  in observance of the holiday.  There is no garbage or recycling pick-up.   Refuse and recycling normally collected Thursday and Friday will be collected on Monday, along with the regular Monday collection.   The bulky waste drop off site will be open Friday and Saturday.  The Senior Center is closed and there is no […]

A Fond du Lac man has been charged in connection with a fatal vehicle versus pedestrian crash in Fond du Lac.  Fifty one year old Peter Anderson made his initial Fond du Lac court appearance Wednessday on charges of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle and operating without a valid driver’s license.   Bail was set at $10,000 cash.  A preliminary hearing is scheduled for  November 30.  Police say Anderson […]

Unemployment rates are down in the state’s largest municipalities and all 72 counties in the latest reporting period.  The city of Fond du Lac’s unemployment rate in October stands at 2.6 percent, down two tenths of a percent from September.  The Fond du Lac County jobless rate is down slightly from 2.5 to 2.4 percent in October.  In Dodge County the jobless rate fell from 2.6 percent to 2.5 percent […]