State Department of Health Services officials say only a small percentage of COVID-19 vaccine has been wasted in Wisconsin. Since December, 4500 doses or .10 percent of the state’s vaccines have been wasted. That’s well below the federal standard of two percent. Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says so far the Health Department has not had to toss any vaccine. However, Mueller says it’s going to be increasingly […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a man who was found guilty of arming himself with a gun while intoxicated. The court issued a 6-1 ruling on Tuesday rejecting the man's argument that his core Second Amendment rights outweighed a state law barring people from brandishing firearms while drunk. Mitchell Christen argued that the state law was unconstitutional as it applied to […]
Assistant Fond du Lac Police Chief Aaron Goldstein says it still setting in that he has been named interim chief when chief Bill Lamb retires this month. The Police and Fire commission officially named Goldstein to the post last week. Goldstein says he’s very excited to be able to lead the department as interim chief. "I've been in this community for a long time serving for nearly 22 years and […]
A veteran Fond du Lac police officer has been promoted. Police chief Bill Lamb says officer Vance Henning was recently promoted to detective. Last fall Detective Henning was one of less than two dozen police officers in the country selected by the United States Attorney General to be presented with the Distinguished Service in Policing award. Henning is a Brandon native. He started his law enforcement career in Kenosha and was hired as […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A disabled Democratic lawmaker in Wisconsin is asking Assembly Republicans to allow him to participate in floor sessions remotely, much like the accommodations sometimes used during the coronavirus pandemic. Rep. Jimmy Anderson, who is quadriplegic, threatened to take legal action if his request isn’t granted. Anderson says in a letter to Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Democratic Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz that his disability […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris toured clean energy laboratories on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus and touted President Joe Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan during her first Wisconsin visit since taking office. Wisconsin Republicans said instead of coming to the Upper Midwest state, Harris’ time would be better spent at the U.S. border dealing with the increase of migrants trying to cross from Mexico. Harris also participated […]
The Fond du Lac city council has identified three new sites for a potential restaurant at Lakeside Park. Meeting as a committee of the whole Tuesday the council officially took Lighthouse Point off the table and reached consensus on property at the end of North Main Street, on Oven Island and in what is now the boat launch parking lot area near the Yacht Club. City council president Kay Miller […]
Interim Fond du Lac school superintendent Sharon Simon is retiring. Simon will be stepping down at the end of June after 32 years in education. Simon was appointed interim superintendent last year when Dr. Jim Sebert accepted the same post in the Waukesha School District. The School Board recently hired South Milwaukee High School principal Dr. Jeff Fleig to serve as the district’s next superintendent. Simon says she will recommend Stacey Bucholz as […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a man who shot and killed two people and wounded a third at a Wisconsin casino restaurant before police killed him had been fired from the eatery and banned from the property. Brown County Sheriff Todd Delain said Monday that the 62-year-old Bruce Pofahl walked into the Duck Creek Kitchen and Bar on Saturday and fatally shot Ian Simpson and Jacob Bartel at a […]