Month: February 2018

 The Wisconsin Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs has hired Andy Gussert as their inaugural statewide director, with a goal of organizing, mobilizing and building capacity statewide. Boys & Girls Clubs serve more than 154,000 youth across Wisconsin, at 88 sites located in 45 cities.   “As we partner with Wisconsin government to increase academic standards, prevent opioid abuse, reduce juvenile arrests, and develop smart workforce skills for tomorrow, Andy is […]

A Fond du Lac woman is accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from an elderly woman in her care.  Fifty three year old Margaret Meyers is charged with theft.  She is accused of  stealing more than $300,000 from a 97-year-old woman over a more than three year period.  According to a criminal complaint a social worker reported her concerns to police after receiving a call from Lamdmark Credit Union […]

Fond du Lac police are investigating several reports of gunshots fired in the city Monday night.  Police say nobody was hurt and no property damage was reported.   Assistant police chief Steve Thiry says the first report came in shortly before 10:30pm of shots apparently fired from a vehicle in the 500 block of 4th St.  Officers found handgun shell casings in the street but did not locate any suspects or […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Assembly has crafted a bill that calls for closing Wisconsin's troubled youth prison and moving its inmates into new state and county facilities.  Republican Speaker Robin Vos introduced the bill Tuesday at a news conference flanked by a bipartisan group of lawmakers. The measure calls for closing the existing prison in Irma by mid-2020. Federal investigators have spent the last three years probing allegations of […]

If you need a blessing on this Ash Wednesday but don’t have time to attend the service, a Fond du Lac church has an option.  St. Paul’s Cathedral is offering  “Ashes to Go”.   St. Paul’s new dean  the Reverand Patrick Perkins says people can drive up in  front of the Cathedral on West Division Streete, remain in their cars, and receive prayer, ashes and information aboujt Lenten and Easter services […]

Another tax filing season is underway in Wisconsin.  Department of  Revenue Secretary Rick Chandler says filers have until April 17 to submit their returns.   "We're in our third week of tax filing season and we get about three million returns,"  Chandler told WFDL news.  "About 18 percent of people have filed already, so about 540,000 returns have been filed."   Chandler says the department encourages residents to file their tax returns […]

Madison attorney Tim Burns says he wants to change the Wisconsin Supreme Court.  Burns is one of three candidates on the February 20 Primary election ballot next Tuesday.  Burns says he is running because he wants Wisconsinites to have a fair playing field with massive concentrations of corporate wealth and power.  "That's what we need on this court right now.  Someone to stand up to big business, concentrated corporate wealth […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Republican Party has given state Supreme Court candidate Michael Screnock nearly $110,000 in in-kind contributions for the officially nonpartisan race.  The party updated its campaign finance filing this week to show the contributions to pay for digital media, staff and direct mail.  Screnock is a Sauk County circuit judge and the choice of conservatives in the Feb. 20 primary. He faces liberal Madison attorney […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Menominee Indian tribal member is asking the Wisconsin Legislature for tougher action to stop chronic wasting disease and to join the fight against a Michigan gold mine.   Gary Besaw delivered the annual State of the Tribes speech to the Legislature on Monday. He thanked lawmakers for working on bills that would define protections for Indian burial mounds and legalize commercial hemp.   He then demanded legislators […]