Hundreds of Fond du Lac High School students joined thousands of students across the state and participated in a national school walkout Wednesday on the one month anniversary of the Florida High School shooting. The students gathered in the gym to honor the 17 people who were killed and then walked outside for 17 minutes of silence. High school sophomore Mohini Kumar and junior Breanna Schmoldt helped organize the event. […]
The unemployment rate is up locally in the latest reporting period. The city of Fond du Lac’s jobless rate in January was 2.8 percent, up from 2.4 percent in December. The Fond du Lac County unemployment rate increased half a percent to 2.7 percent. In Dodge County the unemployment rate increased from 2.3 percent in December to 2.8 percent in January.
The Fond du Lac Fire Department is assisting Beaver Dam Fire in the aftermath of a fatal explosion at a Beaver Dam apartment complex. Fire chief Pete O’Leary has been assisting at the Beaver Dam Emergency Operations Center this week and says a Fond du lac fire engine and ambulance are on the scene Thursday for a controlled fire to burn down the apartment building. O’Leary says a controlled explosion […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A bipartisan compromise to close the troubled Lincoln Hills prison as part of a broad overhaul of Wisconsin's juvenile justice system was in jeopardy Wednesday due to a split among Republicans who control the Senate and the state Assembly. Authors of the bill that unanimously passed the Assembly said their measure appears dead thanks to Senate changes. A Republican-controlled Senate committee voted 3-2 along party lines […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — U.S. Attorney Scott Blader's office says the investigation into alleged misconduct at the Lincoln Hills juvenile prison in northern Wisconsin is continuing. The comment Wednesday comes after Republican state Sen. Van Wanggaard said Wednesday the Federal Bureau of Investigation told him in December it had concluded its probe of the prison in Irma, north of Wausau. The U.S. Attorney's Office for western Wisconsin said only that […]
Governor Scott Walker will be the keynote speaker at the bi-annual Lincoln Day brunch in Fond du Lac next month. The governor has been warning Republicans that voters are unhappy and Democrats are motivated. Walker is running for a third term. Chairman of the Republican Party of Fond du Lac County, Rohn Bishop, says the governor’s message is a reminder that despite recent success Republicans can’t take elections for granted. […]
The Fond du Lac Parks director says he believes new kayak and canoe launches at Lakeside Park will be well-received by the public. The city council has given the okay to allow the city to apply for grant money to pay for half of the estimated $80,000 cost. Parks director John Redmond says the launches would be installed at Lakeside Park West, Harborview Drive and west of the Dog Park on Satterlee Drive. Redmond says the […]
The Department of Natural Resources has scheduled three public meetings on a proposed update to the Winnebago Walleye Management plan. DNR Fisheries biologist Adam Nickel says the current bag limit is five. He says one question is whether that limit should be changed? Nickel says overall the Winnebago System walleye population is strong. The meetings start at 6:30pm March 19 at the JP Coughlin Center in Oshkosh, March 21 at […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin wildlife officials are launching the state's first elk hunt. The Department of Natural Resources announced on its website Tuesday that hunters will be allowed to kill 10 bull elk across Sawyer, Bayfield, Ashland and Price counties from mid-October to mid-November and over eight days in mid-December.