MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's unemployment rate is up slightly after two months at a record low. The state Department of Workforce Development reported Thursday that Wisconsin's unemployment rate for June was 2.9%, up slightly from the 2.8% in April and May. Those two months had matched the record low of 2.8% reached in April 2018. The state's rate remains below the national average of 3.7%. Wisconsin lost 2,300 private sector […]
A Waupun man was killed in a one vehicle rollover crash in Fond du Lac County. The crash happened shortly after 6am Thursday on STH 49 north of Harmsen Rd in the Town of Alto. Evidence at the scene indicated a southbound vehicle traveling on STH 49, left the roadway and rolled over ejecting a 24 yr. old Waupun man who was operating the vehicle. The subject was pronounced dead at the scene. The […]
Residents are advised to take precautions with a combination of dangerous hot temperatures and high humidity over the next couple of days. The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for much of southeast Wisconsin, including Fond du Lac and Dodge counties from noon Thursday through 11pm Friday. National Weather Service meteorologist Ben Mueller says highs will reach the lower 90s Thursday with heat index values of 100 to 106 and highs in […]
A heat wave is prompting some schools in northern Wisconsin to cancel classes. Public schools in Green Bay are canceling classes Friday. The Appleton school district is calling off elementary and middle school classes on Friday. The Neenah school district also canceled classes for Thursday. The three week Fond du Lac summer school program has already ended. The National Weather Service reports hot, humid weather is expected Thursday through Saturday. Friday […]
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — A 3-year-old girl is dead after a television set apparently fell on her in Oshkosh. An Oshkosh Police Department news release says officers responded Tuesday evening to a report of a TV falling on the child. Officers were told the child wasn't breathing and didn't have a pulse. The girl was transported to a hospital where she was pronounced dead. The news release says police are continuing to […]
The Fond du Lac Fire and Rescue Department is warning residents about the recall of a smoke alarm. Fire Chief Pete O’Leary says Universal Security Instruments is recalling a 10 year battery powered smoke alarm due to the risk of failure. The smoke alarms have the model numbers MI3050S and MI3050SB manufactured between January 2015 through July 2016. The company says consumers should immediately inspect their smoke alarms to see if they […]
A Republican state lawmaker from Markesan says she is concerned about the impact some of the partial vetoes made by governor Tony Evers will have. The governor made 78 partial vetoes in signing the state budget. State representative Joan Ballweg says one veto changes how funding will be allocated for assistant district attorneys across the state. "Instead of using the list that we received from the Department of Justice and from the DAs, specific […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin prisons official has been posting Facebook memes comparing Muslim children to garbage and flying the LGBTQ flag with flying the Confederate flag. Deputy Warden Richard Schneiter in June posted a meme of two black garbage bags next to a Muslim woman and child in black burqas and a caption saying the woman had three beautiful children. He also posted a meme contrasting the LGBTQ […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new analysis shows Brian Hagedorn and Lisa Neubauer set new spending records during their state Supreme Court race. Government watchdog group Wisconsin Democracy Campaign released a report Wednesday that shows the candidates combined to spend $3.7 million, breaking the old record of $2.7 million set in last year's Supreme Court race. Individually, Neubauer spent just more than $2 million, the most any Supreme Court candidate has […]