The Wisconsin state Treasurer says the state can do more to help people plan for retirement. State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski is heading up a new retirement Task Force created by Governor Tony Evers to study issues facing the growing number of retired people in Wisconsin, particularly the amount of money they have saved. "I'm coming from the finance industry. I was an investor prior to becoming state Treasurer and I know there's a […]
Authorities say arson is not suspected in a fatal fire that claimed three lives in a Fond du Lac group home for the mentally disabled. Firefighters were called to the scene Thursday morning at 613 South Military Road. Fire Chief Pete O’Leary says the victims were found in bed, apparently unaware the house was on fire. "Based upon what our investigators have said to us, they found the victims, they were […]
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (AP) — Attorneys have reached a plea deal for a former Wisconsin fugitive who hid out in a makeshift bunker for more than three years. Forty-four-year-old Jeremiah Button was discovered in August living in a bunker powered by solar panels and a pedal generator. Button disappeared in February 2016 just weeks before he was scheduled to stand trial on child sexual assault and child pornography charges. A judge […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's schools chief says a nearly $600 million boost in education funding is a "down payment" on equity and closing the state's persistent achievement gap. State Superintendent Carolyn Stanford Taylor calls that gap a "crisis." She delivered the message Thursday during her first state of education address at the Capitol. Taylor took over as state superintendent after her predecessor, Tony Evers, was elected governor. The speech comes a week […]
Two people were treated for non life-threatening injuries following a chlorine spill that forced the evacuation of a cheese plant in Fond du Lac County. Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt says the incident happened shortly before 8am Thursday at the Saputo Cheese plant near Alto. Two employees who were switching chlorine cylinders were exposed to the chlorine and had difficulty breathing. They were transported to Waupun Memorial Hospital by LifeStar Ambulance for […]
The Fond du Lac city manager says the overall tax rate will be down in a proposed 2020 budget. City manager Joe Moore presented the proposed budget at a special city council meeting last night. The budget does not include an additional ambulance crew, or six new positions as requested by the fire chief. Moore says with revenue limits, the city can’t afford to do that at this time. Top capital improvements […]
Three people are dead following a fire that destroyed a Fond du Lac home. Fire chief Pete O’Leary says the victims were found in a the group home at 613 South Military Road. O'Leary told WFDL news the house was destroyed and that it appears the fire started on the porch.
A Republican lawmaker on the legislature’s joint finance committee is accusing the governor of picking political winners and losers in announcing the allocation of assistant district attorney positions this week. Governor Tony Evers announced that more than 60 new assistant prosecutors would be spread out across 56 counties including two new positions in Fond du Lac and Winnebago counties and one new position in Dodge county. But republican state representative Mark Born of Beaver […]
A radiation oncologist with the Agnesian Cancer Center in Fond du Lac says the recent rash of lung illnesses and deaths due to vaping is quite concerning, given that a year ago, vaping was not even on most people’s radar. Dr. Philip Troiki says a big part of the problem is the vaping products are not regulated. "You have to remind yourself that for tobacco cigarettes how long it took for people […]