MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The federal government has agreed to pay $1 million to the children of an Army veteran who froze to death after he was discharged from a Veterans Affairs hospital in Wisconsin. The family of Vance Perry filed a wrongful death lawsuit after the 57-year-old veteran was found dead in a downtown parking garage in December of 2018. The family said the hospital was aware of their […]
There will be a recount in a race for Waupun School Board. Jodi Schultz defeated Jessica Standke by just one vote in Tuesday’s election 807 votes to 806 votes. Standke has indicated she will seek a recount. The recount is expected to take place next week.
No students were injured in a crash involving a school bus in Dodge County. Shortly after 4pm Tuesday the bus collided with a dump truck at the intersection of State Highway 60 and County Highway M. A FedX van was also struck causing minor damage. The school bus driver was transported to a hospital with non life-threatening injuries. Five students on the bus and the FedX driver and passenger were not injured.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Jill Underly rode support from the state teachers’ union and an overwhelming financial advantage to win election as Wisconsin superintendent of schools. Underly defeated Republican-backed Deb Kerr in Tuesday’s election. Underly is superintendent of the rural Pecatonica school district and formerly worked for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, which she will now lead. Kerr is the former superintendent of the Brown Deer school district in […]
Fond du Lac voters have approved a public safety referendum. The referendum allows the city to spend $1.3 million annually to add six new police officers and six firefighter/paramedics. Fond du Lac Fire Chief Pete O’Leary says he is thrilled. "...to be able to support the members of our Fire and Rescue Department and the great citizens we protect." Assistant police chief Aaron Goldstein says the positions would be filled effective the first […]
Last summer the Fond du Lac city council didn’t give voters an opportunity to voice their opinion on Lakeside Park in the form of an advisory referendum. In Tuesday’s election voters sent a message by defeating the incumbent. Three new councilmembers were elected in Tuesday’s election, Patrick Mullen, Tiffany Brault, and Keith Heisler. All three are opposed to an alternate Lakeside Park master plan that includes building a restaurant at […]
Two incumbents have been re-elected and one challenger elected to the Fond du lac School Board. Incumbents Susan Jones and Linda Uselmann were re-elected and challenger Mark Henschel was elected in Tuesday’s spring election. Jones is the longest serving board member, first elected in 1997. "I really appreciate the city of Fond du Lac and the district is a great district and it's all about kids and about education," Jones […]
Fond du Lac County Executive Al Buechel has easily been re-elected to another term. Buechel won in a landslide with 11,791 votes, nearly seven thousand more than his challenger. Buechel was first elected to the Fond du Lac County Board in 1976 and was first elected county executive in 1993 and re-elected every term since.
A former Waupun alderman has been elected to the common council. Rohn Bishop defeated Zach Dickhut in the race for the open Fifth aldermanic seat in Tuesday’s election 270 to 224 votes. Bishop says he is "honored and humbled." Bishop last served on the council in the early 2000s and is currently the chairman of the Republican Party of Fond du lac County.