Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s deputies have been busy responding to dozens of mostly minor traffic accidents on slippery, snow covered roads. Sheriff’s captain Bill Tadych says there have been more than 30 accidents on Fond du Lac County roads since the snow started falling Sunday night. A handful of accidents resulted in minor injuries. Tadych says most of the crashes have been caused by motorists driving too fast for […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is proposing raising state employees' minimum wage to $15. Evers' administration quietly released its 2019-21 state employee compensation plan Friday. It calls for raising all permanent state workers' minimum wage to $15 an hour beginning June 7, 2020. It also calls for a 2% across-the-board salary increase in each year of the biennium and raises for prison guards. Their starting wage would […]
This weekend marked the 44th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior. The freighter left Superior, Wisconsin November 9, 1975 and got caught in a massive storm on Lake Superior. The ship’s last radio contact was with the freighter Arthur M. Anderson on the evening of November 10. All 29 crew members were lost. Great Lakes Shipwreck museum director Bruce Lyon told AM 1170s Between the Lines […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A federal appeals court has affirmed a lower court ruling that Republican state lawmakers can't intervene in a Planned Parenthood lawsuit challenging certain Wisconsin abortion restrictions. Thursday's ruling from the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals leaves it up to Democratic state Attorney General John Kaul to defend Wisconsin's abortion laws. Republican lawmakers don't trust Kaul because he has supported abortion rights before and was endorsed by Planned Parenthood […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has gone back to calling the evergreen on display at the state Capitol a holiday tree, reversing his predecessor who declared it a Christmas tree. The state Department of Administration places a huge evergreen in the Capitol rotunda every year ahead of Christmas. The tree has been a tradition in the Capitol since 1916. Politicians called it a Christmas tree until 1985, when they […]
A Dodge County inmate will spend additional time behind bars for his role in a prison fight. Dodge County Circuit judge Steven Bauer sentenced 28 year old Sir Jordan Cosby, to an additional five years in prison with three years of extended supervision. Cosby was earlier found guilty of battery by prisoners and other charges. Prosecutors say in June 2017 Cosby and another inmate attacked a third inmate. When correctional officers broke up […]
Republican state senator Dan Feyen officially kicked off his 2020 reelection campaign for the 18th State Senate district, Thursday night November 7th at Whispering Springs Golf Club in Fond du Lac surrounded by supporters and fellow legislators. “I’m excited to officially kickoff the 2020 campaign. I have spent the last three years traveling around the district, meeting as many constituents as possible. I’ve enjoyed our conversations and look forward to […]
The senate Democratic leader says the firing of state ag secretary Brad Pfaff was petty politics. The senate majority leader says the governor’s nominee wasn’t doing his job. The state senate this week voted along party lines not to confirm Pfaff to the post. Senate minority leader Jennifer Shilling says Pfaff was very qualified for the position. "Brad is undeniably the most qualified candidate for that position," Shilling told WFDL news. "Brad […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers has promoted the deputy agriculture secretary after the Wisconsin Senate fired the head of the agency earlier this week. Evers' spokeswoman Melissa Baldauff on Thursday said that Randy Romanski will take over as interim secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. Romanski has worked for a variety of positions in state government for decades, including eight years as the safety program […]