Month: May 2021

Despite multiple meetings with GOP senators the Biden administration has been unable to reach a deal on an infrastructure package with the very  definition of  “infrastructure”  one of the roadblocks.  Republicans generally want to limit spending to physical infrastructure, like roads and bridges, while Democrats are operating under a more expansive definition.  Retired Ripon College economist Paul Schoofs says the overall size of the package and how to fund it is also standing […]

The Fond du Lac School Board has officially approved the hiring of Matt Wolfert as the new principal at Rosenow Elementary School at their meeting  Monday night.   Wolfert was selected out of a field of 29 candidates.   He comes to Fond du Lac from the Appleton School District where he is the Dean of Students and PBIS Internal Site Coordinator at Franklin Elementary School.   His starting salary is $93,000.  He succeeds Principal Mike Mockert, […]

After failing to be selected for the Fond du Lac superintendent’s post, North Fond du Lac superintendent Aaron Sadoff, is in the running for another superintendent position.   Sadoff  is one of three finalists for the Oshkosh School District superintendent position.  A community stakeholder group and school board will interview the finalists on Monday.  The person who is selected will replace Dr. Vickie Cartwright who is stepping down at the end of June.  According to a […]

A suspect involved in a domestic dispute has been arrested following a foot chase with Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s deputies.   Sunday morning the  Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a check welfare call regarding a female that was possibly being followed by a male subject on Hwy 23 near Highway 151.  After locating the two subjects as the Deputy was attempting to gather more information, the male subject took off running from […]

One person received life-threatening injuries in a one vehicle rollover crash in Dodge County.  The crash happened Saturday morning  on County Highway B near Butternut Road in the town of Burnett.  A preliminary investigation shows a passenger vehicle was  eastbound on Highway B when it entered the gravel shoulder of the roadway causing the vehicle to go into a spin, cross the roadway and enter the north ditch and overturned numerous times, ejecting the […]

Hot humid weather started the weekend before a front moves in to cool things down a bit to start this week.   National Weather Service meteorologist Paul Collar says the summer like weather is expected to continue for the next few days with high temps in the upper 70s and low 80s before cooling off Thursday.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Just over two dozen potential cases of voter fraud out of more than three million ballots cast in the November presidential election have been identified by Wisconsin election officials and forwarded to local district attorneys for possible prosecution. That's according to documents obtained Friday by The Associated Press under the state’s open records law. The 27 potential voter fraud causes represents a tiny fraction of the […]

The state Department of Natural Resources is expanding gathering limits for outdoor events at state parks as COVID-19 cases continue to wane. The department announced Friday that volunteer groups, special event groups, hikes and education programs can now be as large as 350 people. Outdoor campsites, shelters and amphitheaters will increase to maximum capacity or 350 people, whichever is less. All other DNR facilities, including nature centers and indoor group […]