The new Fond du Lac School superintendent says he is looking forward to starting his new job. At their meeting Monday night the Fond du Lac School Board officially approved a contract hiring South Milwaukee High School principal Dr. Jeffrey Fleig. "I'm excited to serve the students, the staff and the greater Fond du Lac community," Dr. Fleig told WFDL news. "There's a lot of work to do. I'm exited to […]
The Fond du Lac Police Department will be stepping up patrol for bicycle and pedestrian safety. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says the Department has received a grant from the Department of Transportation Safety for the concentrated patrol effort. The concentrated overtime patrol will focus on the downtown and by schools where there are more pedestrians and kids on bikes.
The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer says she is not surprised that the supply of COVID-19 vaccine in Wisconsin is nearing the point of exceeding demand for the first time. Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says she has actually recently returned some vaccine to the state. Mueller says there is an increasing emphasis on reaching those who may have difficulty getting vaccinated or who have been hesistant to receive […]
The Fond du Lac County Health Department’s Safe Restart Plan has moved forward into the next phase. Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says the plan follows metrics regarding COVID-19 case counts and hospitalizations. Mueller says now that vaccine is widely available to everyone, under the county’s Safe Restart plan businesses like restaurants are able to be open at full capacity. Previously the capacity limit was 75 percent under the Restart Plan. There have […]
The Fond du Lac County Dairy and Livestock extension agent is applauding the reintroduction of a bill that seeks to end the labeling of plant-based products as milk. Extension agent Tina Kohlman says labeling products from nuts, seeds and plants as milk is misleading to consumers. The bill calls on the Food and Drug Administration to enforce its regulations that define milk and cream and stop the labeling of plant-based products as […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorney General Josh Kaul has reached a $242,000 settlement to resolve pollution violations resulting from manure spills in 2017 and 2019. The state Justice Department announced the settlements with K&D Manure Handling, Inc. and Wild Rose Dairy LLC on Monday. They were brokered earlier this month. State attorneys alleged K&D and Wild Rose caused spills in Otter Creek in Vernon County, resulting in fish kills. They […]
The Fond du Lac School Board is expected to approve a contract with a new Superintendent at their meeting Monday evening. Last month the board selected South Milwaukee High School Principal Dr. Jeffrey Fleig to be the District’s next superintendent. Under the contract Dr. Fleig’s starting salary will be $167,500. Dr. Fleig has been the Principal of South Milwaukee High School in the South Milwaukee School District since 2019.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Sen. Ron Johnson is in an uncomfortable class of his own. The Wisconsin Republican is the only senator in his party facing reelection next year in a state that backed Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential race. But Johnson isn't moderating his politics to accommodate potentially shifting voter attitudes. Instead, he's focusing even more intently on cultural issues that appeal to his party's overwhelmingly white […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin fishery officials say more tournaments are abandoning their traditional catch-hold-release formats. The Department of Natural Resources says the number of bass and walleye tournaments that have eschewed the traditional catch-hold-release format for catch-photo-release rules has increased from an average of six annually between 2010 and 2015 to more than 30 per year from 2015 to 2020. In catch-hold-release tournaments, anglers transport fish to weigh-in areas, […]