Month: March 2019

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee will host the 2020 Democratic National Convention, party leaders announced Monday, highlighting the battleground state of Wisconsin that helped elect President Donald Trump and now will launch an opponent who could oust him.  Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez chose Milwaukee over Houston and Miami after deliberations lingered longer than party leaders or officials from the three finalist cities had expected.  "Where you hold our convention […]

The Fond du lac County Sheriff’s Office responded to more than two dozen mostly minor traffic crashes on slippery, snow-covered roads over the weekend.  Sheriff’s captain Bill Tadych says freezing rain, coupled with heavy, set snow made for difficult driving conditions Saturday night and Sunday morning.  "We had a total of 27 motor vehicle related incidents.  The majority of those were run-offs,"  Tadych told WFDL news.

A northern Wisconsin lawmaker says he’s pleased the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to lift protections for timber wolves.  Republican state senator Tom Tiffany of Hazelhurst  the wolf population in Wisconsin is healthy and no longer needs the protections.  "This is a very good decision to allow the delisting of the timber wolf  and allow state management of the gray wolf in the lower 48 states,"  Tiffany told WFLD […]

Wildlife advocates are reacting with outrage to a plan to lift protections for gray wolves across the lower 48 states.    The proposal would give states the authority to hold wolf hunting and trapping seasons.  Melissa  Smith with Friends of the Wisconsin Wolf and Wildlife says its a bad decision.  Smith says while wolf attacks on livestock  happens,  the occurances are actually down  in Wisconsin. Smith says wolves should continue to […]

The Fond du Lac Police Department has been notified that a convicted child sex offender is being released from prison and is moving back into the community. Police say Jeffrey Abitz will be living at 444 North Hickory Street in the city of  Fond du Lac.  Abitz served time for manufacture/delivery of heroin. He previously served time for second Degree Sexual Assault of a Child in 1991.  Abitz was convicted […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Democrats have chosen Milwaukee to host their 2020 national convention.  The Democratic National Committee's decision will take the party to the heart of the working-class upper Midwest that delivered President Donald Trump to the White House.  Before 2016, Republicans hadn't won Wisconsin since 1984. Trump added Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania to upset Hillary Clinton.  DNC Chairman Tom Perez picked Milwaukee over Miami and Houston. It will be […]

Amanda McClelland has been crowned Miss Fond du lac 2019.  McClelland of Berlin was crowned over the weekend at the Fond du lac Goodrich Little Theatre by last year’s winner Rachelle Wuest.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says Gov. Tony Evers' capital budget proposal is alarming.  Evers released the capital budget on Thursday. The document lays out funding for construction projects across the state. Evers wants to borrow an additional $2 billion for a host of projects, including a new adult prison at the state's youth prison outside Irma and an array of new construction and University of […]