Month: June 2019

As GOP senators line up against president Trump’s five percent Mexico tariff plan a local political scientist says the tariff would have a major impact in Wisconsin.   Retired Ripon College political science professor Marty Farrell says the big concern for Wisconsin would be the potential negative impact on  the dairy industry.  "We're selling milk and dried milk and cheese and all kinds of dairy products to Mexico because they're not well-suited for dairying,"  […]

The president of the Wisconsin Honey Producers Association says he expects a better year this year for honey production.  Federal data shows Wisconsin’s honey production fell by nearly a quarter last year.  Association president, Kent Pegorsch, says heavy snow, too much rain, or not enough rain took a toll last year.   "Typically some areas of the state will have a little bit lower production, some will have higher, but in […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An Atlanta-based fracking company is taking the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to court over its decision to deny a permit to construct a $75 million sand processing plant in Monroe County.   Meteor Timber filed a lawsuit in Monroe County circuit court challenging the DNR decision to invalidate a permit granted earlier to fill 16 acres of wetland.  A spokesman for the DNR did not immediately return […]

The Fond du Lac School District has announced this year's Acuity grant fund recipients.  The Fond du Lac School Board recently reviewed and authorized the annual grant recipients.    For 2019 the following Technology proposals were funded: Mic’d for Success – Travis Ernst at Woodworth Middle School - $960.00 Hello World! – Gillian King and Arik Gunderson at Woodworth Middle School - $500.00 Bio-Science for the Future – Laura Krause-Emerick at […]

A Fond du Lac man was killed in a two vehicle head-on crash south of Fond du Lac.  The crash happened shortly after 8am Thursday on Highway 175 north of Highway Y.  Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Sergeant Paul Rottscholl says a 53 year old Fond  du lac man was southbound when his car crossed the center line striking a northbound  pick-up truck and trailer driven by a 51 year old Theresa  man.  […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says Republicans are eyeing a $10 increase to the state's $75 vehicle registration fee as part of a way to pay for roads without raising the gas tax as Gov. Tony Evers has proposed. Evers did not call for an increase in the vehicle registration fee in his budget proposal.

The state Veterans Museum is unveiling a new display Thursday featuring equipment a Wisconsin sailor used on D-Day.  The museum will unveil the display on the 75th anniversary of the June 6, 1944 invasion along the coast of Normandy, France.  Museum director, Michael Telzrow, says  the display will feature rain gear, a helmet and boots Martin Gutekunst of Milwaukee wore on Utah Beach.  "Those sorts of items have a certain […]

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has launched a statewide campaign to help people avoid tick and mosquito bites this season.  Lyme disease spread by ticks and West Nile virus spread by mosquitoes are the most common diseases spread by these pests in Wisconsin.  Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says in addition to using a mosquito repellent, other tips include wearing light colored, long-sleeved shirts and long […]