Month: August 2019

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Foxconn Technology Group executives are in Wisconsin meeting with government officials.  State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos tweeted Wednesday that he and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald met with the Taiwanese electronics giant's chairman, Young Liu, Vice Chairman Jay Lee and U.S. strategist Alan Yeung. Vos said they got an update on company plans. He didn't elaborate.  Foxconn spokeswoman Myranda Tanck issued a statement saying only that Liu is […]

RINGLE, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin fugitive is in custody after a hunter discovered him hiding in a makeshift bunker in the woods.   Thomas Nelson of Wausau noticed a bunker carved into an embankment on state land in the township of Ringle west of Wausau several months ago. He returned to the bunker on Friday to see who was inside. He entered the bunker and discovered Jeremiah Button, who disappeared […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — No Republicans have signed onto a letter supporting a paralyzed Democratic lawmaker who wants to be able to call into some meetings when he's not able to get there in person.  Rep. Jimmy Anderson, of Fitchburg, released the letter Wednesday that was signed by all 35 of his Democratic colleagues but not a single one of the 63 Republicans.  Anderson sent the letter to Republican Assembly Speaker Robin […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin State Fair officials say this year's fair set a modern-day attendance record.  Organizers say 1.1 million people visited the 11-day fair that ended Sunday in Milwaukee.  In all, 1,130,575 people went through the gates at State Fair Park. It was the seventh straight year attendance topped 1 million.  Officials say the only fair in the 168-year history of the event reporting higher attendance was in 1948, when the fair […]

Fond du Lac firefighters rescued one person from a second story apartment unit following a fire in a dryer Tuesday afternoon.  Firefighters were called to 270 Grand Court for a report of a fire  in the 16 unit apartment building, and quickly removed the dryer from the building and extinguished the fire.  Firefighters rescued one person who was unable to get out on his own and evacuated the building.    After the building was ventilated all of the […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans who continue to largely dismiss Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' call to pass gun safety legislation introduced a series of bills Tuesday designed to bolster mental health services in the state, a move they said was not in response to recent mass shootings.   Evers has called for the GOP-controlled Legislature to pass universal background checks and a "red flag" law that would establish a process […]

A  newly constructed Fond du Lac  Public Training Safety Center is officially up and running.  A ribbon cutting ceremony and public open house was held Tuesday afternoon for the new $4.5 million facility on  North Rolling Meadows Drive.  Police chief Bill Lamb up until now officers received firearms training twice a year.   He says the new facility enables officers to use the indoor shooting range every month.  Fond du Lac Fire Division […]

Fond du Lac’s newest  multi-purpose recreational trail is officially open to the public.    Ribbon cutting ceremonies were held Tuesday afternoon for the Archer Thomas Olsen Trail, located in Lakeside Park West.  The trail is a project of Leadership Fond du Lac’s Team Trailblazers.  Team member Rhoda Hinz says the trail can be used for walking, running, snow shoeing and even cross country skiing.  The trail was made possible by the Thomas and Christine […]