MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin state budget will have $753 million more than originally expected, thanks largely to a one-time spike in tax collections due to federal tax law changes. The money now becomes available for the Legislature as it's working on the two-year spending plan. But Republican leaders don't appear to be on the same page Wednesday about what to do. Gov. Tony Evers says he used $56 […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Conservative-leaning justices on the Wisconsin Supreme Court are trying to poke holes in arguments that Republican legislators convened illegally when they passed laws during a December lame-duck session limiting Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul's powers. The GOP passed the laws during a previously unscheduled extraordinary session. A coalition of liberal-leaning groups sued in January arguing that extraordinary sessions are illegal. A Dane […]
North Fond du Lac Police are continuing to investigate a disturbance involving two vehicles that left one person with minor injuries and resulted in 80-100 people being evacuated from their homes due to a gas leak. Tuesday afternoon police received several 911 calls reporting vehicles being driven recklessly in the Gaslight Terrace Mobile Home Park. Several callers indicated that one of the vehicles was “chasing” the other and that one […]
The Fond du lac County Public Health Officer says a recent spike in suicides is concerning. There were 11 suicides in Fond du Lac County in 2018, eight so far this year, including six in the last month. Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says friends and family need to know what the warning signs are to help people who may be contemplating suicide. Mueller says the latest Department of Health […]
COLUMBUS, Wis. (AP) — Sheriff's officials say speed and inattentive driving are factors in a six-vehicle fatal crash in Columbia County. Authorities say the driver of a semi failed to slow down in a construction zone on Highway 151 near Columbus Tuesday and struck five other vehicles; including a minivan, two SUVs, a pickup and a car. A male passenger in the pickup died at the scene. Five others were […]
Local law enforcement officers are gathering at Hamilton Park Wednesday to remember officers who have given their lives to protect the community. Fond du Lac Police chief Bill Lamb says in the city’s history, three Fond du Lac police officers have been killed in the line of duty. Officer William Prinslow, in 1898, officer Nick Klaske in 1961 and officer Craig Birkholz in March 2011. State trooper Trevor Casper was […]
The economy already is at the center of the 2020 fight for president, particularly in Midwestern states that supported Donald Trump in 2016 and that Democrats are determined to recapture next year. But Democrats' challenge may be especially difficult in Wisconsin, a toss-up state that has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country. Trump boasted of the job numbers during a rally in Green Bay last month, also […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence is coming to Eau Claire to promise the U.S.-Mexico trade agreement. The visit announced Tuesday by the White House comes after President Donald Trump held a rally in Green Bay last month. It marks Pence's first visit to Wisconsin since he attended a campaign rally in November in Hudson. Pence plans to visit J&D Manufacturing in Eau Claire where he will participate […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Legislature's budget-writing committee has overwhelmingly approved Gov. Tony Evers' proposal to authorize more borrowing for clean water projects. Evers' state budget calls for increasing the clean water program's borrowing authority by $13.5 million and the safe drinking water loan program's borrowing authority by $3.6 million over the biennium. The clean water fund program provides low-interest loans to municipalities for planning, building or replacing wastewater treatment […]