Gov. Tony Evers recently announced the State of Wisconsin Building Commission approved a total of approximately $69 million in projects across the state. The approved list of projects includes land purchase and site development for the new Milwaukee State Office Building and construction of lab and classroom renovation projects for UW-Oshkosh.
The Fond du Lac School District will again be offering a half-day, 4 year-old-kindergarten experience next fall. Children who will be 4 years old on or before September 1 are eligible to attend. Currently there are classrooms at Chegwin, Evans, Pier, Parkside, Riverside, Rosenow, and Waters Elementary Schools. Programs will also be offered at several community partner sites without cost. Virtual information sessions will be held next week. Informational sessions will […]
SSM Health is celebrating the opening of its new 40,000-square-foot physician offices in Beaver Dam with a virtual ribbon-cutting ceremony and tour of the facilities. The new offices, located just off Highway 151 at 130 Corporate Drive, will open to patients on Monday, February 22. “We’ve enjoyed a long relationship with the people in and around this thriving community, which is why we’ve invested so much in building this […]
Voter turnout in this week’s primary election was lower than expected in the city of Fond du Lac and Fond du Lac County. County Clerk Lisa Freiberg says the turnout was about 19 percent in the city of Fond du Lac and 14 percent countywide. Freiberg says some people decided not to vote their mail-in absentee ballot. She says the post office was diligent in getting last minute ballots to […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers has signed a bipartisan tax cut bill into law and signaled support for another bipartisan measure to help update the state’s unemployment insurance system. The rare compromises Thursday come as Republicans have roundly denounced much of his state budget proposal as a liberal wish list. Any agreement is notable given the terse relationship Evers and Republicans have had the past two years. The […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Senate has approved a bipartisan bill designed to begin updating the state’s antiquated unemployment insurance system that Gov. Tony Evers has blamed for causing delays in the processing of claims filed during the coronavirus pandemic. Evers signaled that he would sign it. The measure approved Thursday also includes portions of a COVID-19 bill that Evers vetoed. It would waive the one-week waiting period to […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers has signed into law a bill that cuts taxes by nearly half a billion dollars for Wisconsin businesses that accepted loans to help them through the coronavirus pandemic. Evers signed the bill Thursday. The new law makes loans administered through the federal government’s Paycheck Protection Program tax deductible under Wisconsin’s tax code. The loans are already tax deductible under federal law but not […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — New donations to an effort to place a statue honoring Wisconsin civil rights leader Vel Phillips on the grounds of the state Capitol have pushed the effort beyond halfway to its fundraising goal. The Vel Phillips Statue Task Force announced Thursday that it has received $100,000 in donations from the Madison Community Foundation and Rennenbohm Foundation. The announcement, which comes on Phillips’ birthday, brings the total […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin System President Tommy Thompson says he wants 75% of classes to be taught in-person this fall. Thompson told reporters Thursday that he wants students to have a typical college experience again. Thompson says the system's coronavirus testing protocols, social distancing and masks have kept COVID-19 infection rates low. He says the time has come to resume as much of an in-person campus experience […]