The state Assembly has passed a bipartisan bill that would require state wildlife officials to include information on Lyme disease in state park and launch a public awareness campaign about the disease. The Assembly passed the bill on a voice vote last week. The Senate passed the bill in October. It goes next to the Democratic Gov. Tony Evers. Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says Lyme disease has […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Longtime Republican state lawmaker Luther Olsen will not seek re-election. Olsen is a moderate in the Republican majority who survived a 2011 recall attempt and served as head of the Senate's Education Committee. Olsen turns 70 on Wednesday. He announced Monday that he will step down after serving 16 years in the Senate representing a south-central Wisconsin district that includes all or portions of nine counties, […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers has selected a brigadier general in the U.S. Air Force reserves to take over as commander of the Wisconsin National Guard. The appointment of Brig. Gen. Paul Knapp follows a sexual assault scandal that led to the former commander Maj. Gen. Donald Dunbar resigning in December. Knapp called it his “dream job.” Dunbar resigned at the end of December after the release of […]
Nobody was injured in a fire at a Waupun Laundromat. Shortly before 6pm Sunday Waupun firefighters were called Waupun Laundry, 26 Brandon Street, for a report of a dryer fire. Upon arrival, fire was visible in a dryer and smoke was filling the building. An occupant in the building attempted to use a fire extinguisher to put out the fire before crews arrived but was unsuccessful. It took crews one hour to put […]
A portion of East Scott Street will be closed this week. Fond du Lac Public Works says East Scott Street between Park Avenue and Mohawk Avenue will be closed beginning Monday, February 24 and remain closed through the end of the day Thursday, February 27. The closure will be in place to allow the water utility to replace and restore a water service on East Scott Street.
Do you know the signs that your teenage child is using drugs or alcohol? Drug Free Communities of Fond du Lac County is hosting Hidden in Plain Sight: What Every Adult Should Know at Horace Mann High School in North Fond du Lac. The free event for adults only starts at 5:30pm Monday. Mental Health Navigator with the North Fond du Lac School District Carrie Nitz says the goal is to educate adults […]
The Fond du Lac Police Department has received accredited status. Police Chief Bill Lamb says the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Accreditation Group Governing Board announced Friday that the Department was in 100 percent compliance with all 218 accreditation standards. The group examined all aspects of the Fond du Lac Police Department’s policies, procedures, standards, training, administration, and operations. Lamb says of the more than 560 law enforcement agencies in Wisconsin, the City of Fond du Lac Police Department […]
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence will campaign for President Donald Trump next month in Minnesota and Wisconsin. The Trump campaign announced Friday that Pence and his wife Karen will appear March 5 in Onalaska, Wisconsin. The couple will visit St. Paul the same day. The visit will come just two days after Minnesota holds its presidential primary as part of Super Tuesday.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin deputy prison warden who posted Facebook memes comparing Muslim children to garbage and equated flying a gay pride rainbow flag with raising the Confederate flag has been fired. Records from the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission show that Deputy Warden Richard “Sam” Schneiter was fired in November. He appealed his firing in December but was denied. He filed a second appeal last month and has […]