FRANKLIN, Wis. (AP) — Suburban Milwaukee police say child protective services took a 7-year-old boy to the hospital after he was found vaping in a school classroom. A police report in Franklin says the second-grader was discovered with a vaping device at Country Dale Elementary last week. A social worker was called to the school, took custody of the child and had him checked at Children's Hospital. The boy's mother was […]
The Fond du Lac County executive says a proposed 2020 budget includes funding to hire several additional social workers. County executive Al Buechel presented the budget at Tuesday night’s county board meeting. Buechel says the budget benefits from more than $600,000 in additional state aid targeted toward child welfare programs. Buechel says increased state aid is helping in several other areas of the budget including transportation. Buechel says the budget […]
A UW La Crosse student from Fond du Lac accused of burglarizing and vandalizing the La Crosse YMCA has turned himself into police. Nineteen year old Peyton Nett faces charges of criminal damage to property, burglary and disorderly conduct in connection with the October 11 incident. According to a criminal complaint Nett had been drinking and told police he blacked out and doesn’t remember what happened. Nett said he went to classes at UW-L, then […]
The Fond du Lac Fire Chief says ultimately Fond du Lac residents will have the final say on whether they feel its worth paying more in taxes for additional public safety staffing. The Fond du Lac city council will starting evaluating fire and police staffing needs in January. Fire Chief Pete O’Leary has requested six additional firefighters/paramedics to man a new ambulance. His request is not included in a proposed city budget. […]
A new council formed to coordinate election security will hold its first meeting Wednesday. The Wisconsin Elections Security Council will advise the state Elections Commission and serve as a meeting point for federal, state and local officials. Fond du Lac County Clerk Lisa Freiberg is on the council. "My wording to everyone is this is not just for 2020, this is the new way," Freiberg told WFDL news. "...we need to be […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The nation's largest independent spice retailer is peppering Facebook with ads calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump. Wisconsin-based Penzeys Spices spent nearly $100,000 on Facebook ads last week calling for Trump's impeachment, making it one of the largest social media spenders on impeachment to date. The company has raised another $415,000 it plans to spend on Facebook posts encouraging the impeachment of Trump and was […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin environmental officials say the state's air quality is improving. According to the state Department of Natural Resources' 2019 Air Quality Trends Report, concentrations of most pollutants are continuing to decrease across the state. Overall fine particle concentrations have dropped 35% statewide since 2002. Emissions of ozone-forming pollutants such as nitrogen oxides have decreased 50% and sulfur dioxide emissions have dropped 68% over that span since the early […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans are starting a push to rein in Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' veto powers with a hearing on a constitutional amendment prohibiting him from using his veto pen to increase spending. The Wisconsin Constitution allows the governor to strike words, numbers and punctuation in spending bills. Evers angered Republicans in July when he partially vetoed the state budget to give public schools $65 million more than GOP […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — More than a quarter of University of Wisconsin-Madison undergraduate women who responded to a new survey say they've been sexually assaulted. UW-Madison was one of 33 colleges that participated in the Association of American Universities survey this year. All students were given a chance to respond during a six-week period this spring, with 7,697 students, or 20% of university enrollment, answering. The survey found that 26.1% of female […]