MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Foxconn Technology Group has reached a new deal with reduced tax breaks for its scaled back manufacturing facility in southeast Wisconsin. Gov. Tony Evers and the world’s largest electronics manufacturer announced the new deal on Monday. Details of the new agreement were not immediately released. A person with knowledge of the new contract who was not authorized to speak publicly about the deal said Monday that […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau says taxes on the typical Wisconsin home over the next two years would not increase quite as much under Gov. Tony Evers’ budget proposal as they would under current law. As Evers proposed, the owner of a median-valued home, which is $197.200 this year, would increase by $22 the first year of the budget and $63 the second. That is $12 […]
An effort is underway to recall two Rosendale Brandon school board members. Petitions are being circulated to recall board members Jenni Riedeman and Craig Mulder over their vote to close the Brandon Middle School. In February the School Board voted six to three to close the school, sending those students to Rosendale. Superintendent Wayne Weber said the consolidation plan was in response to a projected 30% drop in enrollment over the next four […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican law professor has decided to run for attorney general. Ryan Owens announced Monday that he's entering the race to unseat Democratic incumbent Josh Kaul. Owens serves as an affiliate faculty member at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's law school and La Follette School of Public Affairs. He's also the director of the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership, which brings conservative speakers to campus. […]
The 2021 Fond du Lac School District’s Summer School program offerings and registration form are now available online at the District’s website. You can also pick up brochures at any school office or at the Administration Center. The deadline for registration is Friday, April 30. Elementary courses will be offered at Pier and Rosenow Elementary Schools with middle/high school classes offered at Fond du Lac High School. Some band/orchestra classes will be […]
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say three people were killed and two were seriously wounded in a shooting at a tavern in southeastern Wisconsin. Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth says the suspect is still at large but he doesn't believe the public is in danger because the shooter appeared to have targeted specific victims in the bar. The shooting happened early Sunday at the Somers House Tavern in Kenosha County. […]
The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an apparent murder-suicide in Watertown. Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt says evidence at the scene indicates a 52 year old man and 16 year old boy likely died as a result of a murder-suicide by the 52 year old. The incident happened early Saturday morning. The Wisconsin Department of Justice Crime Scene Unit and the Dodge County Medical Examiner’s Office assisted investigators at this scene. Schmidt says […]
An elderly Beaver Dam woman was injured in a two vehicle crash Saturday in Dodge County. A preliminary investigation shows a Jeep SUV failed to stop at a stop sign and was struck by a straight truck at the intersection of County Highways A and C in the town of Fox Lake. The 77 year old driver of the Jeep was flown by helicopter to UW Hospital in Madison.
A Fond du Lac man has been convicted of reckless injury and recklessly endangering safety but not guilty of attempted homicide in connection with a drug-related shooting incident that injured two people one critically. Following a five day jury trial this week a Fond du Lac jury found Delaney Watt guilty of all but three charges. The shooting happened September 12, 2018 outside the Eldorado Apartments on Forest Avenue. The shooting injured a […]