The Fond du Lac Fire Chief says he will be proposing adding six new firefighter/paramedic positions in the proposed 2020 Fond du lac city budget. Chief Pete O’Leary told the Fond du Lac city council Wednesday night the fire department has not added any positions in more than two decades. Initial response from the Fond du Lac city council is positive. Councilmember, Ben Giles says he is in support. Yeah I definately think […]
The Fond du Lac Department of Public Works says Division Street between Main Street and Portland Avenue is closed Thursday. The street will be closed to allow a crane to place equipment on the rooftop at the Retlaw Hotel at 1 N Main Street.
The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a Huber inmate walk away. The Sheriff’s Office says 34 year old Nicolle Semrau was serving a one year sentence for obstructing an officer and operating a motor vehicle while revoked when she failed to return to jail from a pre-approved appointment. Her last known address is in Reeseville. She has been known to travel in a white color 2010 […]
The UW-Oshkosh chancellor says a state budget signed by the governor funds the start of a teacher-education center project on the UW-O campus. Chancellor Andrew Leavitt says sthe budget will help the university begin the long-awaited renovations of the Clow Social Science Center/Nursing education building. Leavitt says a half million dollars in the state budget allows design work to begin now and construction to launch beginning in 2021. Leavitt says the renovations […]
The Fond du Lac School District is moving forward following passage of a major building referendum earlier this spring. Superintendent Dr. Jim Sebert says the initial $25 million short term bond anticipation note approved by the school board last month has been wired to the district this week. Sebert says this is the first of what will be three borrowing opportunities to pay for the referendum. Sebert says some smaller projects are […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two legislators are preparing to introduce a bill that would ensure Medicaid covers technology designed to help people in wheelchairs stand up. The measure from Republican Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt and Democratic Rep. Jimmy Anderson would classify power seat elevators and power standing components of power wheelchairs as complex rehabilitation technology covered under Medicaid. Anderson is paralyzed from the chest down and uses a power wheelchair. He was injured […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican leaders are trying to convince their colleagues to pass a bill that would allow lottery winners to keep their identities secret. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos introduced the bill in April on the same day that Manuel Franco of West Allis claimed a $768 million Powerball prize. Franco told reporters he started feeling paranoid when he realized he had won. Vos submitted written remarks to the Assembly […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A high school in Madison, Wisconsin, plans to offer students free condoms as part of a pilot program this year. The Wisconsin State Journal reports Madison West High School will provide condoms for free to students upon request. According to Dane County's health department, the number of sexually transmitted infections at West increased from about 40 in 2015 to more than 90 in 2017.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers says an Illinois pharmaceutical company plans to build a drug manufacturing plant in southeastern Wisconsin. Evers announced Wednesday that Lincolnshire-based Nexus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., plans to build the $250 million facility in Pleasant Prairie. Construction will begin in August with production starting in 2022. Evers says the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation has authorized up to $1.5 million in state income tax credits over the […]