Month: March 2018

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former Democratic Attorney General Eric Holder is coming to Wisconsin as the group he leads tries to get Rebecca Dallet elected to the state Supreme Court. Holder's group, the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, announced Tuesday that he plans to participate in a discussion Thursday in Milwaukee hosted by Black Leaders Organizing for Communities. On Friday, Holder is joining college students and activists on the campus of […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker's former chief of staff is returning to the position he left in 2015. Walker announced Tuesday that Eric Schutt will replace Rich Zipperer as chief of staff starting April 2. Zipperer is joining the Public Service Commission, where he will fill a vacancy created after Walker appointed Ellen Nowak to be his top aide. Zipperer had been chief of staff since September 2015, […]

Investigators say an elderly Fond du Lac man suffered a medical condition before crashing into the front porch of a house yesterday.  The 83 year old man and his wife were driving to the hospital when he lost control of his vehicle, veered off the road and struck the porch of a house at 76 East Johnson Street.

Local Jazz Musicians were crowned Grand Champions this past weekend.  Fond du Lac High School Jazz I recently won the Mundelein Invitation Jazz Festival in Mundelein Illinois this past weekend.  The band competed against 15 other bands from across the midwest.  “The group was recognized because they simply played as a cohesive, swinging unit. It is about everyone making contributions and reacting to each other so that everything sounds great, […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin tourism officials are launching a new television ad campaign spotlighting a wheelchair basketball star and the state's German heritage.  One ad features Matt Scott, a Paralympian wheelchair basketball player, explaining he vacations in Wisconsin because it's easy to get around, the food is good, he can go to concerts and he can always find a wheelchair basketball game.  The other ad keys on Gemutlichkeit, a […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill that increases state aid for rural schools.  The bill increases the maximum that qualifying low-spending districts can spend through a combination of property taxes and state aid per student from $9,100 to $9,400 for the 2018-19 school year. The limit will increase by $!00 each year to a maximum of $9,800 in the 2022-2023 school year.  The bill also […]

Discussion is ongoing on implementing a security plan at the Fond du Lac city county government center.  County executive Al  Buechel updated the county Public Safety committee at their meeting last week.  Buechel says the hope is to have a manned security checkpoint at the public entrance probably on the north side of the building by Labor Day.  Buechel says employees could enter at a different location using a key […]

Fond du lac County Sheriff’s investigators say a Fox Lake man may have tried to elude authorities because a passenger in his car was wanted by police.   The man led police on a chase in Fond du Lac and Dodge counties Sunday with speeds in excess of  100 miles an hour.  Sheriff’s captain Ryan Waldschmidt says the chase was terminated when deputies learned the identity of  the driver.  Waldschmidt says […]

The Fond du Lac Noon Rotary is celebrating its centennial by giving away a birthday present.  Fond du Lac Area Foundation executive director Sandi Roehrig says the club is planning to award a $100,000 grant for a new project that would have a significant, lasting positive impact on the community.  Foundation and Noon Rotary member Steve Dilling says the club is soliciting ideas for the 100 year project from the […]