A group of Democratic lawmakers are introducing a bill that calls for the state Department of Natural Resources to establish standards and monitoring requirements for pollution from fire-fighting foam. Five Democrats including Sen. Mark Miller and Rep. Chris Taylor unveiled the bill at a news conference in Green Bay flanked by Gov. Tony Evers and DNR Secretary Preston Cole. The bill would require the DNR to establish acceptable levels of […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Federal prosecutors indicted five people accused of forcing 14 Mexican immigrants to work in farms in Wisconsin "by means of serious harm and threats of serious harm." A grand jury indictment unsealed Tuesday says the defendants got agriculture work visas under the pretense the immigrants would work in Georgia. Instead, prosecutors say the defendants brought the 14 men from Mexico to Wisconsin farms, where they worked from […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Dane County Circuit Judge Jill Karofsky has officially entered the race for Wisconsin Supreme Court next year. Karofsky on Thursday announced her candidacy, after she said in April that she had planned to get into the race. Karofsky is running for the seat currently held by conservative Justice Dan Kelly. He has indicated that he plans to run but hasn't made an official announcement. Kelly is […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's Democratic attorney general says he likely would defend in court the state law that effectively stripped public employees of collectively bargaining rights. Attorney General Josh Kaul says he "fully" anticipates his office would defend state law. Kaul is Wisconsin's first Democratic attorney general since Republican lawmakers passed the law known as Act 10 in 2011. The law has been challenged over the past eight years, […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorney General Josh Kaul is combining the state Department of Justice's environmental and consumer protection units in an effort to gain an additional environmental attorney position. Kaul, a Democrat, announced the move Thursday. He said in a news release that the new Public Protection Unit will be overseen by a single director. That will open up a director position which the agency can fill with an […]
Two Fond du Lac men have been arrested in connection with shooting incidents last month in the city of Fond du Lac. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says the suspects, ages 18 and 29 were arrested last night in connection with the shooting incidents in the 100 block of E. 2nd Street and at a residence on Morris Street near Military Road. Police were called to the area of 137 […]
The Fond du Lac city council has reached consensus to move forward with building a new pavilion at Lakeside Park minus a balcony. Meeting as a Committee of the Whole Wednesday night the council expressed support for the new pavilion, as opposed to remodeling the existing structure. Council president Brian Kolstad says removing the balcony from the construction plans will alleviate any concerns about handicap accessibility and save money. "I […]
(Facebook photo: Rick Braun) A hiccup in a construction project this week on a portion of West Johnson Street in Fond du Lac. Public Works director Jordan Skiff says the woman drove around the barricades on West Johnson Street near Seymour Street and got stuck in freshly poured wet pavement. Skiff says Public Works crews were yelling for her to stop, and whether she didn’t hear or didn’t understand […]
Fond du Lac police are investigating another suspicious incident at a park. Assistant Police Chief Steve Klein says a boy said he was approached by an older male at Plamore Park who made some comments directed at the child. Police are investigating.