Four counties, including Fond du Lac County and the Oneida Nation, are coming together to fight for clean water. Fond du Lac, Brown, Outagamie and Winnebago counties and the Oneida Nation this week signed a first of its kind Water Quality Pact at the 20th annual Watershed Conference in Green Bay. Calumet County is expected to join as well. Fond du Lac County executive Al Buechel says the goal is […]
An environmental group says when it comes to environmental issues, Democratic governor Tony Evers’ budget focuses on science and clean drinking water. Amber Meyer-Smith with Clean Wisconsin says the budget includes $70 million to address water quality. "The governor has really taken some significant steps here to try and deliver clean drinking water to Wisconsin families," Meyer-Smith told WFDL news. Meyer-Smith says she is also pleased to see the governor’s […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Secretary-designee Preston Cole is assuring business leaders that the agency will work to create a consistent regulatory environment. Cole addressed business leaders at a Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce conference in Madison on Wednesday. He said he wants a consistent, reliable approach to regulating industry and promised to follow science. He told the audience that if anyone sees anything that needs to […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Lifting protections for gray wolves across most of the country would force Wisconsin wildlife officials to re-start wolf hunts. The Associated Press reported Wednesday that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will propose lifting protections for wolves across the Lower 48 states. Then-Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican, signed a bill in 2012 that requires the Department of Natural Resources to hold a wolf hunt. The agency […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin National Guard has decided an Illinois congressman who serves as a Guard member did nothing wrong when he criticized Gov. Tony Evers' decision to withdraw troops from the U.S. southern border. Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger blasted Evers on Twitter and on Fox News last week for ordering Wisconsin National Guard troops to leave Arizona. Guard spokesman Joe Trovato said last week that the Guard […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A conservative candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court whose views on homosexuality have come under scrutiny says the criticism he's received are unfair attacks on his faith. State Appeals Court Judge Brian Hagedorn blamed his opponents Wednesday for making his personal beliefs part of his candidacy and insisted that he would be an impartial justice. Hagedorn is an evangelical Christian who helped start a private school where students […]
Former City Council President Rob Vande Zande endorsed Daniel Degner for City Council. Regarding the endorsement, Vande Zande said, “After speaking with Daniel Degner I am endorsing him for FDL City Council. Dan is a man that will speak for all the citizens of Fond du Lac. He is a budget conservative and wants to keep taxes low. He will make FDL a community that welcomes businesses and people to […]
Three area teachers have been named 2019 Herb Kohl Teacher Fellows. Fond du Lac Evans Elementary School teacher, Jessica Longdin, North Fond du Lac Horace Mann High School teacher, Jenny Stahl and Nici Colwin at Shepherd of the Hills Catholic School in Eden are award recipients. The teachers and several area students will be recognized at an awards banquet this month.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Kidnapping victim Elizabeth Smart is scheduled to speak in northwestern Wisconsin next week to help the region cope with a high-profile double homicide-kidnapping. Prosecutors have accused 21-year-old Jake Patterson of breaking into 13-year-old Jayme Closs' home just outside Barron in October, killing her parents with a shotgun and abducting her. They say he held her in a cabin for three months before she escaped in January. Smart […]