Month: January 2020

The Fond du Lac County executive is critical of a letter sent by a group of Republican state senators to the state DOT secretary expressing concern about  cost overruns for the Highway 23 expansion project.    The letter states the senators are deeply concerned  the $21 million increase is not an anomaly, but a warning sign of future unwarranted increases in construction projects across the state.  County executive Al  Buechel says there are a number […]

Fond du Lac city officials hope 2020 is a big year for the city’s lead service line replacement program.  Public Works director Jordan Skiff says the city council voted last year in favor of amending the city’s ordinance to allow water utility fund dollars be used when the Safe Drinking Water loan program expires.  "Hopefully this will be a good year establishing how that program is going to look heading into the […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Donald Trump's support in Wisconsin shows little signs of change in the latest Marquette University Law School poll. The survey released Wednesday shows more respondents are against convicting and removing him from office than those who want to see him ousted after the House voted to impeach. The first poll of the 2020 election year shows voters are nearly evenly divided over whether Trump is […]

A retired Ripon College political science professor says president Donald Trump’s rally in Milwaukee this week shows how important the state will be in this year’s election.  Political scientist Marty Farrell says  Trump won Wisconsin in 2016 by just 23,000 votes and polls show this year it is again looking like a toss-up.  "He actually polls somewhat better in Wisconsin than he does nationally,"  Farrell told WFDL news.  "Maybe that's […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Daniel Kelly's campaign raised more than half-a-million dollars during the last half of 2019, easily outdistancing his two challengers. Kelly's campaign said Wednesday that he raised more than $556,000 over the last six months, bringing his total to about $800,000 for the year. Jill Karofsky's campaign said she raised $227,500 over the last half of 2019, bringing her total for the […]

Fond du Lac area law enforcement is looking for a high speed chase suspect.  Shortly before 10pm Tuesday a Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s deputy was unable to catch up to a vehicle speeding  northbound  on Interstate 41 in the area of Lost Arrow Road.    The vehicle was observed a short while later in the city of Fond du Lac speeding southbound on Rolling Meadows Drive.   The driver failed to […]

A Wisconsin appeals court has put on hold an order to immediately remove up to 209,000 names from the state's voter registration rolls, handing Democrats who had fought the move a victory in the battleground state. The case is being closely watched, as Wisconsin is among a group of swing states being targeted by both Democrats and President Donald Trump this year. Trump narrowly won Wisconsin in 2016 by fewer […]

State elections officials have hired an advertising firm to launch a public relations campaign to reassure voters that Wisconsin elections are secure. The Wisconsin Elections Commission voted Tuesday to spend $260,000 to hire Madison-based KW2 to develop the campaign, which could include online content, videos, news releases and graphics. The money will come from interest earned on a $7 million federal grant the state received in 2018 to bolster election […]

Two Republican lawmakers are calling for an audit of the state Department  of Public Instruction citing concerns about declining test scores, specifically in the area of reading.   State representative Jeremy Thiesfeldt of Fond du Lac and State Representative John Nygren of Marinette are asking for the audit,  stating the DPI budget has increased by nearly $3 billion since 2012.   Nygren is the co-chair of the Joint Finance committee and Thiesfeldt  chairs the  Assembly […]