Month: May 2021

The economic recovery’s seemingly open road ahead could get a little bumpy from here.  Consumers are growing more confident and opening up their wallets while manufacturers ramp up and travel demand rebounds.  But the employment market has stubbornly lagged behind.   Retired Ripon College economist Paul Schoofs says job growth has been going through a choppier recovery since late 2020 with little consistency in how many jobs are being added each month.  Schoofs says the […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers says the state will be using $100 million in federal coronavirus stimulus funding to award grants for expanding broadband internet access in Wisconsin. The federal funding is in addition to nearly $200 million in broadband expansion proposals Evers made in his state budget, which is pending before the Republican-controlled Legislature. Evers said Tuesday that the Wisconsin Public Service Commission will award the $100 […]

Summer-like weather is arriving as we get closer to the Memorial Day holiday weekend.   National Weather Service meteorologist, Andy Boxel, says high temps in the upper 70s and lower 80s are in the forecast over the next several days.  Boxel says it’s a bit of a joke in Wisconsin, but it’s true.  When it comes to the weather almost anything is normal this time of year.  As far as the […]

An  armed robbery suspect was arrested inside a Fond du Lac grocery store following a  high speed chase involving a motorcycle in Dodge and Fond du Lac counties.  The  chase started Monday afternoon in Dodge County and continued north into the city of Fond du Lac where the suspect crashed his motorcycle near the Jet Stream car wash on Pioneer Road and fled on foot.  Fond du Lac County Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt  told WFDL […]

Fond du Lac residents have an opportunity to dispose of hazardous waste items today  at the  Fond du Lac  Municipal Service Center.   The free drop-off will be available for city residents only  from 2pm to 6pm at the  Municipal Service Center on Doty Street.  The City is partnering with Veolia Environmental Services to ensure proper disposal of all items.  Items that will not be accepted include latex paint, medical or commercial wastes,  ammunition, […]

St. Vincent de Paul and the Fond du Lac Solutions Center are kicking off the public phase of  their fundraising campaign for a new Fond du Lac homeless shelter.   The Katherine Drexel homeless shelter will be located in the parking lot of the St. Vincent De Paul Thrift Store on North Peters Avenue.   President of St. Vincent De Paul, Bob Hartzheim, says it will be a 20,000 square foot building.  The director […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A top administrator at the Wisconsin Department of Justice alleges that Attorney General Josh Kaul's administration is paying her less and treating her poorly because she's a Black woman. Division of Law Enforcement Services Administrator Tina Virgil filed a complaint last month with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that she's the second-lowest paid administrator in the DOJ and her salary is less than her […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Legislature's budget-writing committee is set to consider this week whether to buy body cameras for state Capitol police officers. Gov. Tony Evers' 2021-23 state budget calls for spending $100,000 to buy 35 to 50 cameras at a cost ranging from $800 to $1,200 per camera. Costs for storing the footage would depend on the number of cameras. A state Department of Justice survey of 434 […]