A retired Ripon College economics professor says he doesn’t believe there will be a recession any time soon. Concerns of a recession were heightened after last week’s steep drop in the financial market. But economist Paul Schoofs says people are jumping the gun by predicting a looming recession. "There's been so much threat of trade wars and tariffs leading to a lot of uncertainty on the part of both businesses and […]
Fond du Lac County executive Al Buechel says the county is benefitting from the state budget. That was the message Buechel delivered this week in a preliminary report on the proposed 2020 budget to the county Finance committee. Buechel says the county has received more money from the state for highway maintenance, and in several other areas. "The Department of Social Services is getting more child welfare money. We're not sure what that […]
Planning is underway for next year’s Fond du Lac County Highway Department budget. Highway commissioner Tom Janke says one of the big projects will be the roundabout at Highway 45 and Rienzi Road. Other projects planned for next year include Highway F between Highways 175 and 45, Highway V from the south county line to Highway 67, Rienzi Road, and Highway N from Highway C to Interstate 41. The Highway committee also reviewed […]
ADVOCAP has been awarded a rental assistance grant to help homeless people. The two year, $854,000 grant will be used for homeless households in Fond du Lac, Green Lake and Winnebago counties. The program offers short term rent subsidy vouchers to homeless people and those at risk of homelessness.
A man is in custody following a high speed chase in Beaver Dam following a domestic incident. Shortly after 11pm Wednesday Beaver Dam police received a report of a domestic incident, and that an intoxicated man left the scene in a vehicle. About a half hour later officers spotted the suspect vehicle, and attempted to stop it. The driver refused to stop and fled at a high rate of speed, eventually traveling southbound on Grove […]
A Wisconsin Appeals Court has denied a claim that an Illinois man was wrongly convicted of killing a toddler and severely injuring a second child at a Fond du Lac apartment complex. The 2nd District Court of Appeals denied Daniel Griffin's claim that it was the twin boys' mother who killed one,and injured the other, not him. The 32 year old Griffin was sentenced in 2017 to 65 years in prison […]
The Fond du Lac County Highway commissioner says the Highway 23 expansion project between Fond du Lac and Sheboygan counties will make it much more safe for motorists. Construction will begin next year on the Fond du Lac County portion of the project, which will include a number of interchanges and frontage roads, in addition to widening the highway to four lanes. Several residents who live in the area expressed concern about some of those changes […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' pick to head the Wisconsin Department of Health Services won approval Wednesday from a Republican-controlled legislative committee, despite objections from one senator about the hiring of a former Planned Parenthood lobbyist as deputy of the agency. The Senate's health committee voted 4-1 Wednesday to recommend the confirmation of Andrea Palm to serve as secretary of the state health department. That agency oversees Wisconsin's […]
The Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator says one of her biggest worries heading into the 2020 elections will be organized efforts to confuse or mislead voters. Meagan Wolfe says people need to be cognizant of where they are getting information and making sure its from a legitimate source. Wolf said her agency will be working with local elections clerks to make sure they are using updated platforms and technology. Fond du Lac County Clerk […]