TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A scientific report says the Great Lakes region is warming faster than the rest of the U.S., which likely will bring more flooding and other extreme weather such as heat waves and drought. The warming climate also could mean less overall snowfall even as lake-effect snowstorms get bigger, according to the report released Thursday by a team of researchers from universities primarily from the Midwest. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's unemployment rate has dropped to 2.9 percent after five straight months at 3 percent. The state Department of Workforce Development reported Thursday that Wisconsin's unemployment rate was 2.9 percent in February. That is near the record-low of 2.8 percent reached in April last year. Prior to last year, Wisconsin's unemployment rate never dropped below 3 percent. Department of Workforce Development Secretary Caleb Frostman says the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers are asking their Republican counterparts to stop paying outside attorneys representing the Legislature after a judge blocked the GOP's lame-duck laws. Republican lawmakers passed laws limiting Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul's powers. The laws allow lawmakers to intervene in lawsuits and hire their own attorneys rather than use Kaul's Justice Department lawyers. Dane County Circuit Judge Richard Niess blocked the laws […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul is defending Wisconsin's abortion restrictions in a legal filing made in response to a federal lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood. The filing Thursday comes a week after Republican lawmakers took steps to hire their own attorneys to intervene in the case because they don't trust Kaul will vigorously defend the laws. Kaul was endorsed by Planned Parenthood in the election and […]
Two of the four candidates for Fond du lac School board disussed educational issues at a forum Wednesday night. The YMCA’s Youth in Government Group hosted the forum in the legislative chambers at the city county government center. School board candidates Peggy Breister and Nick Teikfe fielded questions from the students and the audience. Both candidates talked about the need for transparency and working to make sure the district is […]
Flood clean-up efforts are continuing in Fond du Lac a week after a devastating flood displaced hundreds of residents. United Way executive director Amber Kilawee says the Volunteer Reception Center will be open from noon to 3pm Thursday and 8:30am to 3pm Saturday at Pilgrim Church on Stow Street. "We have a great amount of need in helping these folks get things out of there basements, help with cleaning," Kilawee […]
Fond du Lac County Emergency Management continues to tally the damage caused by last week’s flooding. Emergency management director Bobbie Hicken says while there was some damage to infrastructure, most of the damage was to homes. She says she’s unsure if there will be federal disaster assistance available. A week later, Hicken says there are still displaced residents. She says Alliant Energy has not been able to restore gas and […]
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says this will be one of the longest flu seasons in recent memory. DHS Influenza coordinator Tom Haupt says the average peak for flu activity is the first week of February, but the season is expected to extend at least through the end of March if not beyond. Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says the powerful H3 virus is affecting […]
Fond du Lac police were able to quickly diffuse a potentially dangerous situation Wednesday afternoon involving a man armed with a gun. Shortly before 2pm police were called to a residence near Marr and 15th Street for a report of a man sitting on the porch talking on his cell phone and armed with a gun. Police chief Bill Lamb says the 19 year old man was despondent, but was […]