COLUMBUS, Wis. (AP) — Sheriff’s officials say a construction worker was struck and killed by a commercial truck along a Columbia County highway. The 29-year-old man was working in a construction zone on Highway 151 near Columbus Monday when he was hit by a truck owned by Michel’s Construction. The victim was employed by a private construction company. He was pronounced dead at the scene by the Columbia County Medical […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Democratic Party says it raised more money from April to June than in any other three-month period in state party's history. The totals announced Tuesday bolster the state party's bank account just five months before the November election in this hotly contested presidential battleground state. Democratic Party spokeswoman Courtney Beyer says Democrats raised $10 million during the second quarter of the year, leaving them […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Interim University of Wisconsin President Tommy Thompson says UW supports a multi-state lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s new restrictions on international students. Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul is one of 18 attorneys general that joined the lawsuit filed Monday and led by Massachusetts. More than 200 universities back the legal challenge to a new directive saying international students cannot stay in the U.S. if they take […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wearing a face covering to prevent the spread of the coronavirus will be mandatory in Milwaukee under an ordinance approved Monday by the city council. The council also unanimously adopted a separate proposal to provide free masks to city residents. Anyone age 3 and older would have to wear a face-covering in buildings open to the public, as well as any outdoor public space when it’s not […]
The number of COVID-19 cases in Fond du Lac County continues to climb. There were 25 new cases reported over the weekend, bringing the total number of positive cases in the county to over 400. Fond du Lac County Public Health environmental health supervisor Danielle Vollendorf says the message continues to be wear a face mask, social distance and frequently wash your hands, and stay home if you’re not feeling well.
The Fond du Lac Public Works director says he doesn’t know what to make of the recent flooding rainfall. Back to back floods last week made streets impassable, stalled vehicles and backed up basements throughout the city. Public Works director Jordan Skiff says the city’s storm sewer system is not sized to handle that much rain in such a short period of time. "It just seems like the storms that we're getting […]
The president of the Fond du Lac United for Diversity Board says she believes the local police department is sincere in it’s efforts to want to build bridges with the black community. At the same time Tracy Abler says it would be naïve to think there isn’t at least some systemic racism in the Fond du Lac police department, just like other departments across the State and country. "I think our own police department […]
An assistant Fond du Lac police chief says the Fond du Lac police department is very proud of the trusting relationship it has built over the years with groups that represent the black community in Fond du Lac. Assistant chief Aaron Goldstein says the Fond du Lac police department has had ongoing dialogue over the last decade with groups like Ebony Vision and United for Diversity regarding inclusion and racial equity advancement. Goldstein […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The campaign manager for a Wisconsin congressman whose coughing fit at the state Republican Party convention drew widespread attention says he was suffering from nothing more than a dry throat. U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman began coughing uncontrollably Saturday when he began his speech at the convention before about 300 attendees at a Green Bay conference center. One clip of him coughing that circulated on Twitter had […]