This is severe weather awareness week in Wisconsin, but unlike previous years there will not be any activations of tornado drills, and the outdoor warning sirens will not sound in Fond du Lac County. Emergency management director Bobbie Hicken says the concern is that sounding the sirens during a drill could lead to confusion and distrust in the system. Hicken says while there will not be an activation trigger, it does not lessen […]
The Fond du lac city council vice president says she would be honored if she is nominated to serve as council president for the next two years. Kay Miller has been the council vice president, and often the lone vote in opposition to a Lakeside Park alternate master plan over the last year and a half. With the election of three new councilmembers who also oppose the alternate master plan Miller […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's Supreme Court justices have chosen Annette Ziegler to replace Patience Roggensack as chief justice. The court voted on the move Wednesday. The 80-year-old Roggensack has been on the court since 2003 and had served as chief justice since 2015. Roggensack replaced Shirley Abrahamson after voters approved a constitutional amendment giving justices the power to select their chief. Before the amendment the chief was automatically the […]
A recount has been completed in the race for Waupun School Board and there is no change in the outcome. Jodi Schultz defeated Jessica Standke by just one vote in last Tuesday’s Election 807 votes to 806 votes. Following Wednesday’s recount there was no change in the vote totals.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Senate has approved a host of Republican-authored changes to Wisconsin elections. The chamber passed bills Wednesday that would allow the state elections commission to order municipal clerks to follow state law; allow observers to watch recount workers from 3 feet away; allow election violators to be tried in counties covered by the office involved in the race they tried to sabotage; and prohibit the […]
SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. (AP) — Three Wisconsin middle school teachers have resigned after they put together an activity for sixth-graders that asked how they would punish slaves. The Wisconsin State Journal reports an investigation found the three teachers at Patrick Marsh Middle School in Sun Prairie collaborated on the assignment two or three years ago but the lesson was outside the school district's curriculum and not approved by any level […]
Fond du Lac Republican state representative Jeremy Thiesfeldt says he is not surprised by a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that Governor Tony Evers’ administration can’t limit capacity on businesses without legislative approval. "My initial reaction is it's not surprising news considering the decision that was made two weeks ago. If the governor doesn't have the authority to re-issue these emergency orders than he obviously doesn't have the authority enact restrictions on […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Senate have given final approval to a set of bills that would wrest control of billions of dollars in federal pandemic aid from Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and hand it to the GOP. The state is in line to receive $3.2 billion in federal stimulus money. By law the funding is at Evers' disposal. But Republicans have developed legislation that would […]
The environmental health supervisor with the Fond du Lac County Health Department says she thinks the county and state are doing a great job of rolling out the COVID-19 vaccination. State health officials report nearly a quarter of the state’s population is fully vaccinated. Environmental Health supervisor Danielle Vollendorf says the key is getting people vaccinated as the rolling average number of daily new cases in Wisconsin has increased by 34 percent […]