MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican member of the Wisconsin Elections Commission wants to see all the data that went into a University of Wisconsin professor's survey that found nearly 17,000 people didn't cast a ballot because of the state's voter identification law. Political science professor Ken Mayer presented results of his study for the commission Tuesday. His study examined only how the law affected voting in Milwaukee and Dane […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin hunters and conservationists will have to wait a few more months to see final updates to the state Department of Natural Resources' long-term chronic wasting disease plan. DNR big game officials have been working for more than a year on updates to the plan. They had planned to present the plan to the agency's board in December. But DNR Big Game Chief Bob Nack said […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Medical College of Wisconsin wants to expand access to vaccines by having drug stores offer immunizations. The college is spending $489,000 on a vaccination project with the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin. The statewide project is expected to last two and a half years. The college's dean, George MacKinnon, says the project will work with community coalitions to determine who may benefit from pharmacies carrying vaccinations. MacKinnon […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel is asking the state Supreme Court to block state Superintendent Tony Evers from getting his own attorney in a lawsuit challenging his office's powers. Schimel late Monday asked the court to reject Evers' request to disqualify Schimel from representing him. Evers doesn't want Schimel representing him because the Republican attorney general agrees with the position taken by a conservative law firm […]
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers say former kicker Ryan Longwell and tackle Mark Tauscher will be inducted into the team's Hall of Fame. Longwell was the Packers' all-time scoring leader with 1,054 career points until he was surpassed by Mason Crosby in 2015. Longwell signed with Green Bay as a free agent in 1997 and also played for the Minnesota Vikings and Seattle Seahawks before retiring […]
The Fond du Lac Salvation Army says additional volunteers could make a difference in meeting the Red Kettle campaign goal. Salvation Army captain Telinda Wilson says eight of the 17 Red Kettles have been unmanned for several weeks. Wilson says the Red Kettle campaign is at less than 50 percent 41% of the $160,000 goal with only two weeks left in the campaign. Wilson says this Friday MidStates Aluminum is […]
..Accumulating Snow Expected Late Tonight into Wednesday Evening... .Widespread accumulating snow will affect east central into parts of south central and southeast Wisconsin late tonight through Wednesday. Snowfall of mostly 3 to 6 inches is expected by Wednesday evening with localized higher amounts. The heaviest snowfall can be expected in the Sheboygan, Elkhart Lake, Mount Calvary, Port Washington and Random Lake areas. The snow will affect both the Wednesday morning […]
This year’s Agnesian HealthCare Foundation Lovelight project will benefit a first of its kind savant institute in Fond du lac. Proceeds from the Lovelight campaign are going to the Treffert Center, named after Fond du lac psychiatrist, Dr. Darold Treffert, a world-renowned autism and savant syndrome expert. "We're very honored to have that happen," Dr. Treffert told WFDL news. "The "The Center is doing very well and has sort of […]
Fond du Lac school officials are reviewing the school district contract for police school resource officers. Currently the school district splits the cost 50-50 with the city of Fond du lac. Superintendent Dr. Jim Sebert says one of the questions is whether the city should assume more of the cost given that the school year is only nine months. "That's part of the discussion and that's part of looking at […]