Month: March 2019

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Another Dane County judge on Tuesday blocked key portions of Republican-backed laws limiting Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul's powers, handing Democrats a second legal victory in their battle against the legislation in less than a week.  Judge Frank Remington issued a preliminary injunction blocking language that requires Kaul to get legislative approval before settling cases, forces state agencies to review publications explaining how […]

Nearly two weeks after flooding displaced hundreds of Fond du Lac residents Governor Tony Evers toured  flood damaged areas of the city Tuesday.   The governor met  with local officials at the Fond du Lac Fire Station on South Main Street and toured a private home damaged by the flood on North Lincoln Avenue.  This was governor Evers’ first visit to Fond du Lac since being elected governor.

Construction is getting under soon on a multi-million dollar expansion at Central Wisconsin Christian School in Waupun.   Director of Advancement Gregg Zonnefeld says the school’s board of directors gave the go ahead to start construction after fundraising reached the 70 percent mark after a recent 21 day public fundraising challenge.  "We had put some hold-backs into the project in case we didn't get to that but the board took all […]

The Fond du Lac County Board chairman says last week’s board vote to extend the sales tax shows that unlike the state and federal government, local units of government are unified.  Last week’s vote to terminate a sunset date of  December 31, 2021 for  the sales tax was unanimous.  "I just want to say I'm very proud of our board, not just that they voted that way, it was the […]

A Republican lawmaker from Fond du Lac says a bill that would allow some first time drunken drivers to ask judges to erase their record is about having compassion. State representative Jeremy Thiesfeldt  says the bill would allow first timers to petition for expungement if they didn’t cause an injury and their blood alcohol content was less than.15 percent.   "We certainly need everbody we can to get into the workforce […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin wildlife officials are getting ready to set harvest limits for the 2019 elk hunt. Current regulations allow an elk season if herds in the Clam Lake and Black River regions reach 200 and 150 animals respectively. The agency is using 211 elk as the Clam Lake population number. That translates to a quota of 10 bulls.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Lisa Neubauer is outpacing Brian Hagedorn in fundraising as the April 2 election nears. Neubauer said Monday she has raised $860,000 over a six-week period that ended March 18. Hagedorn raised $747,000 over the same time period. The winner will replace retiring Justice Shirley Abrahamson on the Supreme Court for a 10-year term. Neubauer has $615,000 cash on hand for the final […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge says he'll issue a decision on whether to block laws Republicans passed during a lame-duck legislative session within 24 hours. Five unions filed a lawsuit in Dane County in February arguing the laws violate the separation of powers. Judge Frank Remington heard hours of oral arguments Monday. At the conclusion of the hearing he said he will issue a written decision on whether to […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul is joining a multistate investigation into three opioid distributors that began in 2017 as a nationwide overdose crisis continues to claim thousands of lives. Kaul announced Monday that the Wisconsin Department of Justice would join the probe that's looking into the distribution practices of AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson. Kaul's office says they control about 90 percent of the country's opioid […]