Seventh grade students at Fond du Lac’s Sabish Middle School are busy working to make the holidays a special time for other less fortunate children in the community. Sabish social studies teacher Gina Rieder says all 142 seventh graders at the school are Sabish Elves, raising money to buy Christmas presents for kindergarten students who live in poverty. The students write letters to local businesses, clubs and residents asking for […]
The Campbellsport Police Chief is offering a $50 reward out of his own pocket to help catch the people responsible for vandalizing gravel parking lot at Columbus Park. Chief Tom Dornbrook says he believes kids are probably responsible for doing donuts in the parking lot…kicking up rocks and making deep ruts in the gravel. Dornbrook says he just wants whoever is doing this to stop. Dornbrook says the police department […]
President Donald Trump’s move to recognize the divided city of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital may have triggered a worldwide chorus of critics, but the president had his ears closely turned to his supports at home. Retired Ripon College political science professor Marty Farrell says for Trump, the proclamation was an important way to make good on a pledge to his political base, which includes evangelical Christians and pro-Israel Republicans eager […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin System regents have approved a formula for divvying up a chunk of new state aid according to schools' performances. The Republican-crafted state budget hands the system $26.25 million tied to performance in a number of areas, including improving student access, student progress toward completion, workforce contributions and efficiencies. The budget requires the regents to submit a formula for measuring performance to the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former Lt. Gov. Margaret Farrow says she's resigning her position on the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents. Gov. Scott Walker appointed Farrow to the regents in June 2013. Her term was set to expire in May of 2020. Farrow turned 83 in November. She told the regents Thursday that she wants to spend more time with her family, saying she needs to finish five […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross says two-year schools' sports teams will continue after the institutions merge with four-year campuses. The Board of Regents approved Cross' proposal last month to make the two-year schools regional branches of the four-year schools in an effort to combat declining enrollment and making transferring from two-year schools to four-years easier. It wasn't clear what would become of the two-year […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin System leaders have approved President Ray Cross' proposal to bring an associate degree program under control of a four-year institution rather than system administration. UW Colleges, the entity that oversees the system's two-year schools, currently offers an associate degree in arts and sciences at the two-year schools, online and through the Flex Option. Cross' plan to merge the two- and four-year schools calls […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican state senator is calling for the resignations of top officials at the Wisconsin ethics and elections commissions. The call from Republican Sen. Steve Nass comes in reaction to a report from Attorney General Brad Schimel. His report lays blame with the former Government Accountability Board for its handling of a secret investigation into Gov. Scott Walker. The GAB was disbanded by the Republican Legislature […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan's Republican primary challenger told a columnist for the New York Post in a Twitter message to "Eat a bullet." Paul Nehlen sent the tweet on Wednesday night. It came after a back and forth with Post columnist John Podhoretz that stemmed from a tweet Nehlen sent about a bill passed by the House that would make it easier for gun owners to […]