Month: April 2020

Area law enforcement was busy last weekend pulling over motorists speeding in excess of 100 miles an hour.   Fond du Lac County Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt says there were more than a half dozen traffic stops last Friday and Saturday on roads in Fond du Lac County.   Waldschmidt says three vehicles were pulled over for speeding in excess of 100 miles an hour  on Interstate 41,  the State Patrol made a stop on a […]

Congressional leaders are pushing ahead with another coronavirus rescue package  as President Donald Trump agrees that Americans will need more help as the economy grinds almost to a halt during the pandemic.   Wisconsin U.S. senator Ron  Johnson says he hopes a second rescue package corrects some of the mistakes made in the first bill.  "I don't think it's a lack of money, I think it's how do you get that money allocated […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans have proposed sweeping legislation designed to help the state deal with the coronavirus but the measure looks destined to stall in a political fight with Democratic Gov. Tony Evers. The governor's office released a summary of the GOP proposal that shows the plan would give the Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee the ability to make state budget cuts as it deems necessary and eliminate a […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Anyone needing proof of the power and significance of the Wisconsin Supreme Court need look no further than the lines of mask-wearing voters that stretched for hours in Milwaukee during an election held during a pandemic. An election-eve decision by the court overturning the governor’s order to postpone the vote made the state an outlier in pushing ahead with voting. The court’s ruling to proceed with […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The head of elections in Milwaukee is seeking a U.S. Postal Service Investigation into what happened to missing absentee ballots that did not make it to voters before Tuesday’s election. Milwaukee Election Commission Executive Director Neil Albrecht said Wednesday that he wants the investigation to focus on ballots that were issued and mailed around March 22 and March 23. Many voters who showed up at one […]

Fond du Lac’s Marian University has announced that  Michelle Majewski, PsyD., has been named  Acting President.   Majewski, who earned a doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Adler University, replaces Dr. Andrew Manion, who announced last week he was stepping down to pursue other opportunities.   Majewski previously served 29 years in a variety of roles at Marian, including full-time faculty member, chairperson, dean, and professor emerita. Her most recent position was Sponsorship Advisor for the Congregation […]