Month: April 2021

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Treasurer Sarah Godlewski has joined the growing ranks of Democrats running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, who has yet to say whether he will seek a third term. Godlewski launched her bid in a video on Wednesday. The 39-year-old Godlewski is a native of Eau Claire who was elected treasurer in 2018. Democrats already in the race include […]

A Milwaukee man is in custody following the third  high speed chase in less than a week in Fond du Lac County.  It started shortly after 8:30pm Tuesday after a report of a man stealing money from a cash register at the Fond du Lac Walmart store.  The chase continued south on Rolling Meadows Drive at a high rate of speed and then southbound on  Interstate 41.  The six mile long chase ended when the […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Assembly has approved a bipartisan bill that would require schools to include instruction on the Holocaust and other genocides. Under the proposal, public schools, charter schools and private voucher schools would have to include such instruction on the Holocaust and other genocides at least once in grades 5-8 and once in grades 9-12. The bill would require the state superintendent to develop model curricula […]

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Officials say a white police officer from Wisconsin who was investigated and cleared for shooting and injuring a Black man during a domestic dispute has returned from administrative leave. Kenosha Officer Rusten Sheskey was not charged in the August 2020 incident that left Jacob Blake Jr. paralyzed from the waist down. Sheskey shot Blake seven times while Blake was about to get into an SUV. Kenosha […]

The Vice President of Economic Development with Envision Greater Fond du Lac says response to a broadband internet access survey has been outstanding.   Envision is partnering with Fond du Lac County to survey residents about their home internet capabilities.   Envision Vice president of Economic Development Jim Cleveland says over 1600 people have responded to the survey.  He says the survey for residential customers is still open on the Envision website and is […]