MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A legislative committee has decided to allow Wisconsin wildlife officials to lift restrictions on the state's 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 number of permits is limited to 5 percent of the elk population. The Department of Natural Resources projects the Clam Lake herd will stand at […]
BELOIT, Wis. (AP) — Police in Beloit have reunited a toddler with his mother after the youngster was found wandering in a neighborhood wearing only a diaper. A passer-by spotted the child, estimated at 2 or 3 years old, and called 911 about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday. Temperatures were in the 30s. Police say the child was not injured. Officers canvassed the neighborhood and located his mother in about an hour. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State environmental, agricultural and health officials are starting to teach a legislative water pollution task force about the basics of hydrology in Wisconsin. Officials with the Departments of Natural Resource, Health Services and Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection gave the task force presentations during the panel's first meeting Wednesday. DNR Environmental Management Division Deputy Administrator Jim Zellmer began with a slide-show on hydrologic cycles and contaminants, […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is refusing to testify in a federal lawsuit alleging that political boundary maps he helped draw were illegally gerrymandered. Attorneys representing Democrats in the case asked a panel of federal court judges on Tuesday to force the Republican Vos to sit for a deposition in May and turn over documents related to the case. Attorneys for Vos argue that he is […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers on the Wisconsin Building Commission are refusing to endorse Gov. Tony Evers' plan for $2.5 billion worth of construction projects across the state. Republicans on the panel during a Wednesday meeting said they were concerned about borrowing about $2 billion for the projects. They proposed forwarding the plan on to the Legislature's budget committee without a recommendation, but it failed on a 4-4 party […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a Madison-area gas station chain owner to two-and-a-half years in prison for selling synthetic marijuana and possessing untaxed chewing tobacco. U.S. District Judge James Peterson sentenced Farooq Shahzad on Wednesday. He also ordered Shahzad to pay $1 million in fines.
The Fond du Lac Plan commission is recommending approval of a special use permit for a new townhouse development in Fond du Lac. At their meeting this week the commission recommended approval of the permit request for the development of four, seven unit cottage style buildings, for a total of 28 living units. The now vacant property is located on the south side of Ducharme Parkway, just west of the […]
The Fond du Lac County Board has approved a resolution to continue the countywide sales tax. At their meeting Tuesday night the board voted to terminate the scheduled sales tax sunset date of December 31, 2021. County Board supervisor and finance committee chair Marty Ryan says residents would pay more without the sales tax. "Because you're going to borrow more," Ryan told WFDL news. County executive Al Buechel says in […]
A Fond du Lac woman will be competing this weekend in the Mrs. Wisconsin pageant. Kim Galske will be competing March 23 at the Northwoods Center in Eagle River. "Its not a body beautiful program, I want to make that clear," Glaske told WFDL news. "Its not about being perfect, its about being somebody in their community that is impactful, that is kind, courageous, empowering, that's doing things they want […]