Month: April 2018

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY...INCLUDING FDL, DODGE AND SHEBOYGAN COUNTIES * WHAT...Snow expected this evening. Total snow accumulations of 3 to 5 inches in Dodge, Washington, Jefferson and Waukesha Counties. 1 to 4 inches in Marquette, Green Lake, Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Ozaukee, Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha, and Walworth Counties. * WHERE...Portions of east central, south central and southeast Wisconsin. * WHEN...Until 1 AM CDT […]

WFDL news has learned that renovation work at the historic Hotel Retlaw in downtown Fond du Lac will begin next week, with a grand opening planned for this fall.  On AM 1170s Between the Lines program, owner Dennis Doucette said the renovation  work will start next week now that the interior demolition work is done.  "All the furnishings are gone, all the carpeting and wall coverings have been stripped away.  […]

The Wisconsin state bird and many other birds are in danger as a result of last weekend’s freak snowstorm. Director of the Western Great Lakes Bird and Bat Observatory Bill Mueller says the snow cover is preventing robins and other birds from finding food.  "It is pretty serious right now.  Its not unusual for us to have early spring storms like this, but if you cast your memory back,  generally […]

There’s good and bad news in the 2018 American Lung Association’s 2018 State of the Air Report for Wisconsin.  American Lung Association in Wisconsin spokeswoman Dona Wininsky says the report shows particle pollution levels are improving, but warmer  temperatures and “drift” continue to challenge progress on reducing ozone.  "I would say we continue to trend making slow and steady progress,"  Winisky told AM 1170 WFDL's Between the Lines program.  But […]

The Wisconsin Elections Commission has approved moving ahead with spending some of a $7 million federal grant to hire additional staff and enhance security protections ahead of the fall elections.   The nearly $7 million grant under the Help America Vote Act comes after Wisconsin was identified as a state that was targeted by Russian hackers during the 2016 election.  Immediate needs to be addressed with some of the money include  […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorney General Brad Schimel is criticizing the state bar for giving a felon an award.  The bar announced Tuesday that Stephan Addison had won the 2018 Jack DeWitt WisLAP Volunteer Award, which recognizes a lawyer, judge or group that helps the Wisconsin Lawyers Assistance Program. The program helps attorneys deal with stress.  Addison was convicted in 2006 of recklessly endangering safety and misdemeanor sexual gratification in […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Legislature's budget committee has signed off on the University of Wisconsin System's plan for divvying up a chunk of new state aid according to schools' performance.  The state budget handed the system $26.25 million in new aid but tied the money to performance in four areas: student success, student profess toward graduating, workforce contributions and enhancing efficiency.  Regents approved a plan in December that establishes […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Legislature's finance committee is giving the Department of Corrections more money to cover prisoner health care.  The agency was budgeted $80.6 million in fiscal year 2017-18 to inmate health care but now expects to spend $90.7 million thanks to rising drug costs, more hospital visits for the prison system's aging inmate population and rising contract nurse costs.  To help cover the shortfall DOC earlier this […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State Sen. Lena Taylor is refusing to say anything about allegations she got into an altercation with a bank teller.  Taylor's attorney, Vince Bobot, has said police are considering citing Taylor for disorderly conduct in connection with the incident April 6 at a Wells Fargo branch in Milwaukee.  Taylor is accused of  insulting a teller with a racial slur.  Taylor appeared in the state Capitol on […]