The Fond du Lac County Board has approved the 2021 budget. County executive Al Buechel says the budget includes a slight reduction in the tax rate. Buechel says sales tax revenue is up a little more than two percent. For the first time in 20 years the county will be hiring three new Sheriff’s patrol deputies. The positions will be initially funded with a federal COPS grant. The County Board also […]
The Fond du Lac city council will get it’s first look at a market feasibility study for an alternative Lakeside Park master plan at their meeting Wednesday night. Public Works director Jordan Skiff says preliminary findings from the study indicate there appears to be a market for a restaurant and amphitheater at Fond du Lac’s Lakeside Park. Skiff says the consultant has been "pretty encouraging that there seems to be a market for those […]
A retired Ripon College economist says the latest jobs numbers are welcome news. The Labor Department reported Friday that nonfarm payrolls increased by 638,000 and the unemployment rate was 6.9 percent. Economist Paul Schoofs says it shows the economy is still rebounding. That's good news, down from 7.9 percent . A full percentage point drop is very good," Schoofs told WFDL news. Meanwhile, following the election, Schoofs says it’s looking […]
The newly re-elected senate assistant majority leader says following the election he expects the senate to take up the confirmation of many of the governor’s cabinet appointees including the Health Secretary–designee who has come fire from some Republican lawmakers. Some Republican lawmakers have called for Health secretary designee Andrea Palm to be fired when she tried to extend the Safer at Home order earlier this year. State senator Dan Feyen of Fond du Lac says […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin legislators are keeping most of their leadership intact as they head into the upcoming session. Assembly Democrats and Republicans as well as Senate Democrats met in closed-door gatherings Tuesday afternoon to vote on leaders. Assembly Republicans picked Robin Vos as speaker, a post he's held since 2013. Assembly Democrats gave Gordon Hintz a second straight stint as minority leader. Senate Minority Leader Janet Bewley retained […]
ANTIOCH, Ill. (AP) — The mother of an Illinois 17-year-old charged in the fatal shooting of two men during a protest in Wisconsin said neither her son nor the protesters should have been on the street that night and put much of the blame for what happened on police and the governor. Kyle Rittenhouse is also charged in the wounding of a third man Aug. 25 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, during […]
Governor Tony Evers will deliver a statewide address tonight calling for unity and working together in the fight against COVID-19. Excerpts from the governor’s remarks, cite The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation estimates that 5,000 Wisconsinites could be lost to COVID-19 by January first if no further actions are taken to get the virus under control. The governor says “each day the virus goes unchecked is a setback for economic recovery.” He says […]
With Pfizer announcing its vaccine data suggests the shots may be 90 percent effective at preventing COVID-19, the Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer tells WFDL news Fond du Lac County will be receiving it’s first small batch of the vaccine before the end of the month. Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says the first doses will be distributed by the state Health Department to local hospitals or Public Health Departments […]
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say two teens are in custody after shots were fired during a carjacking in Sheboygan and a law enforcement pursuit. Sheriff’s officials say the boys, ages 16 and 17, were in a stolen vehicle when they tried carjacking another vehicle about 6 p.m. Monday. The driver drove away and the vehicle was hit by gunfire. No one was hurt. A short time later the boys […]