Month: May 2020

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5-1-20 fdl’s walleye weekend rescheduled for august

The Fond du Lac Festivals  Board of Directors has announced new  dates for this year’s Walleye Weekend festival.   After postponing the event scheduled for  mid-June, Fond du Lac Festivals has announced the event has been rescheduled for  August 28 – 30 assuming restrictions on large public gatherings will be lifted by that date.    “Due to current uncertainty of public gatherings, Fond du Lac Festivals has decided to move Walleye Weekend from June to […]

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5-1-20 wisconsin governor tony evers goes “between the lines”

Wisconsin governor Tony Evers says there is a possibility the Safer at Home order could be lifted before it is scheduled to expire May 26.  "I think it's possible,"  Evers told AM 1170s Between the Lines program.  "Over the last couple days the percentage of positive cases has gone down.  If that continues to go down that could reach it's goal."  The criteria is a drop for 14 days.   Evers […]

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5-1-20 fdl county covid-19 task force

A Fond du Lac County COVID-19 task force is hearing from business interests in it’s first two meetings as it gathers information to prepare local businesses for when a Safer at Home order is lifted.   Envision Greater Fond du Lac president,  Sadie  Parafiniuk,  says the group is comprised of  53 individuals, representing manufacturing, agriculture, healthcare, hospitality,  retail, non-profit, city and county leaders,  elected officials, schools and law enforcement.    The highlight of the first meeting […]

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5-1-20 assembly minority leader says evers’ administration is acting within it’s authority

The Assembly minority leader says he is confident governor Tony Evers’  administration  was acting within their authority when issuing a Stay at Home order to protect  state residents from the coronavirus.   Republican legislators asked the state Supreme Court to block the order, arguing the state Department of Health Services secretary needed legislative approval.   Assembly Democratic leader Gordon Hintz of Oshkosh says he agrees with attorney general  Josh Kaul, who argues state law gives […]

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5-1-20 wmc president says wisconsin is ready to open now

The president of the state’s chamber of commerce says he believes Wisconsin can slowly and safely reopen the economy now.   Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce has unveiled what they are calling their Back to Business plan, asking the governor to lift the Safer at Home order May  4.   WMC president Kurt Bauer told WFDL news while there are flare-ups and hotspots in certain spots,  the vast majority of the state there are rather minimal […]

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5-1-20 wisconsin businesses urge legislators to okay reopening plan

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's chamber of commerce is urging legislators to adopt its business reopening plan. Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce Executive Vice President Scott Manley says Gov. Tony Evers’ stay-at-home order is crushing the economy and that the coronavirus appears under control in the state. Manley addressed the Assembly's Republican-controlled state affairs committee during a video conference Thursday. WMC's plan would allow all businesses to reopen but assign them […]

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5-1-20 absentee voting strong in wi special election

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Elections Commission reports that more than 44% of people who requested absentee ballots for a May 12 special congressional election in northern Wisconsin have returned them. More than 40,000 ballots have been returned out of around 93,000 requested. The election will be the second one in five weeks conducted in Wisconsin during the coronavirus pandemic. The election pits Republican state Sen. Tom Tiffany against […]

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5-1-20 milwaukee man charged with killing five family members

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a Milwaukee man with a history of domestic violence shot and killed five of his family members, including four teenagers, before calling police and saying “I just massacred my whole family." The Milwaukee County District Attorney’s office on Thursday charged 43-year-old Christoper Stokes with five counts of first-degree homicide. Each one of which carries a potential sentence of life in prison. He was also […]

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5-1-20 racine man sentenced to prison in fdl drug-related robbery

A Racine man charged in an  armed robbery at a drug house in Fond du Lac is going to prison.   Fond du Lac judge Richard Nuss sentenced 27 year old Bobby Williams of Racine to five years in prison and six years extended supervision in connection with a March 2018  home invasion at a residence in the 300 block of Fourth Street.  According to a criminal complaint police found large amounts of cocaine and marijuana,  […]

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