MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's state budget is now projected to end with $138 million more than previously thought when it cleared the Legislature last year. The nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau on Wednesday said the current two-year budget that ends on June 30, 2019, will end with a $385 million balance. Republican co-chairs of the Legislature's budget committee Sen. Alberta Darling and Rep. John Nygren heralded the news. They say […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The primary investment fund for most Wisconsin public employees and retirees grew more than 16 percent last year, roughly double its performance in 2016. The State of Wisconsin Investment Board reported Wednesday that based on preliminary numbers the $100 billion "Core Fund" grew 16.2 percent for the year. The five-year return is 8.6 percent. Both are above the performance benchmarks. About 622,000 state employees invest in […]
A Fond du Lac man convicted of reckless homicide in the heroin overdose death of a Fond du Lac woman is going to prison. At a sentencing hearing Wednesday afternoon Fond du Lac judge Richard Nuss sentenced 42 year old Joshua Asencio to ten years in prison and ten years extended supervision. Police say Ascencio supplied the heroin that led to the overdose death of a 33 year old Fond […]
The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office has identified the driver killed in a fiery rollover crash last Friday night. The Sheriff’s Office says the victim has been positively identified as 56 year old Patrick Clark from Oconomowoc. Clark lost control of his car on Highway MM just west of Highway EM. The car entered the ditch, struck a culvert, overturned and burst into flames. A passing motorist was unsuccessful in trying […]
Former longtime Fond du Lac police officer Dennis Fortunato has been named director of the Wisconsin Department of Justice Training and Standards Bureau. The announcement was made Wednesday by Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel. “Dennis Fortunato has been a lifelong public servant and is viewed by his law enforcement peers as knowledgeable and hard-working,” said Attorney General Schimel. “I’m excited to use Dennis’ decades of experience, many of those developing […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Democrat has been elected to represent a traditionally conservative Wisconsin senate district where voters overwhelmingly supported President Donald Trump in 2016, in an upset that Democrats suggest could lead to more Republican losses in the state. Patty Schachtner's victory in the 10th Senate District late Tuesday could be a sign of hope for Democrats, who have been pushed to the brink of irrelevancy after seven […]
The Fond du lac County executive says he’s confident a renovation project at the downtown Fond du Lac Retlaw Hotel will begin soon. After gutting the interior of the building last summer and fall, there has been little activity over the last several months. But Fond du Lac County executive Al Buechel says it appears that will change in the next several weeks. "The first indication of something moving forward […]
A spokesperson for the Wisconsin Farmer’s Union as President Donald Trump marks his first year in office he has fallen short on addressing many needs of farmers. Kara O’Connor says one area the Farmers Union welcomed was President Trump’s willingness to take a hard look at the Trans Pacific Partnership. But O’Connor says other areas have hit farmers hard. She says the president has done nothing to address problems with […]
A Fond du Lac High School transgender student says a new School district anti-harrassment policy is a step in the right direction. The Fond du Lac School Board last week approved the new policy that includes gender identity and transgender status. Student Brianna Burgess brought the issue to the school board’s attention last year. "I feel like its a huge step in the right direction mostly because we didn't have […]