Fond du Lac fire investigators say all three fires over the weekend were started by improperly discarded materials including fireworks. Within a two hour time span Saturday night and Sunday morning fires damaged a garage on New Haven Avenue, destroyed a dumpster and damaged the vinyl siding of the Fond du Lac Townhomes on South Brooke Street and destroyed a garbage container on North Peters Avenue. Assistant chief Jim Knowles says the townhouse dumpster fire […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers has reversed himself and given the University of Wisconsin System the go-ahead to draft new policies complying with new federal rules bolstering sexual misconduct defendants' rights. Evers in June rejected a system scope statement for rules bringing UW into compliance with revisions Education Secretary Betsy DeVos made in May to Title IX, a 1972 law barring discrimination based on sex in education. Documents […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A company Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos runs received between $150,000 and $350,000 through the federal government's coronavirus small business lending program. That's according to lists of recipients the U.S. Treasury Department released Monday. That data shows Robin J. Vos Enterprises in Burlington received the money through the Paycheck Protection Program. The company manufactures popcorn and popcorn supplies. Vos' spokeswoman, Kit Beyer says the money allowed […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Bucks have closed their practice facility following the team’s latest round of testing for the coronavirus. Bucks officials confirmed Sunday that they had closed the facility and that they aren’t planning to reopen it before leaving for Florida on Thursday to prepare for the NBA’s resumption of the season at Walt Disney World. The Bucks owned an NBA-leading 53-12 record when play was suspended in […]
A Fond du Lac man faces homicide charges in a fatal pickup versus motorcycle crash in Fond du Lac over the weekend. The crash happened shortly before 7pm Friday near the intersection of Winnebago Drive and Taycheedah Way. The investigation showed that an eastbound pickup truck, driven by 27-year-old Daniel Navarro Fond du Lac, crossed over the centerline colliding with a westbound motorcycle, driven by 55-year-old Fond du Lac Phillip Theissen of Fond du […]
Nobody was injured in three separate fires over the weekend in Fond du lac, at least two of which, were started by improper disposal of fireworks. Shortly before 11pm Saturday firefighters were called to 956 New Haven Avenue for a report of a garage fire. A passerby was flagged down by the resident and extinguished the fire by the time firefighters arrived. The fire damaged a portion of the garage wall. The fire started […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — UW-Madison instructors are growing more worried that the campus can't safely reopen this fall as the coronavirus surges. The university plans to reopen but classes with more than 100 students will be held online only and in-person instruction for all classes will stop at Thanksgiving. The university's chapter of the Association of American University Professors released a survey that found nearly half of respondents weren't confident […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Members of President Donald Trump's Cabinet and agency leaders are finding time this election year to visit politically important states as their boss campaigns for a second term. Florida alone has seen more than 30 visits by Cabinet-level administration officials this year. Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Arizona are among other swing states visited by lot of the top administration officials. They're discussing federal funding and initiatives […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson has withdrawn his proposal to eliminate the Columbus Day holiday. The Oshkosh Republican had proposed an amendment eliminating Columbus Day to a bipartisan bill that would designate June 19, the day slavery ended in the United States, as a federal holiday. Johnson said that his proposal was meant to “start a discussion” and he suggested eliminating Columbus Day because few Americans get […]