Month: May 2021

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans have voted to reject more than $70 million in funding to combat homelessness, a move that Democrats called a missed opportunity to address a problem that worsened due to the pandemic. Gov. Tony Evers had proposed spending around $73 million over two years on a variety of initiatives designed to help homeless people, including more affordable housing. The Republican-controlled budget committee voted 12-4 along […]

The Dodge County Sheriff is warning residents to beware of the so-called grandparent scam.  Sheriff Dale Schmidt says the scam has been around for more than a decade and seems to be ramping up in the area again.  Schmidt says the telephone caller often imposters the grandchild and acts distraught leading the grandparent to believe they are truly talking to their grandchild.  The grandparent is instructed to send money or […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s unemployment rate stands at 3.9% in April, a stark contrast to one year earlier when the coronavirus pandemic gripped the state and the unemployment rate hit levels not seen since the Great Depression. In April 2020, the first full month that COVID-19 forced closures of many businesses, Wisconsin’s unemployment rate was 14.1%, more than four times higher than it had been the month before. In […]

A team of four college students from UW Green Bay and St. Norbert College are walking 140 miles next month to raise money and awareness for veterans.   Sam Skiff, Andrew Lopez, Nickolas Hanke and Alex Kaufman are participating in the sixth annual ruck march along Lake Michigan from Lambeau Field to Veterans Memorial Park in Milwaukee.   Former Fond du Lac resident Sam Skiff is the team leader.  He says while the ruck […]

The Fond du Lac School District has hired a new principal for Rosenow Elementary School.   Matt Wolfert 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.   He succeeds Principal Mike Mockert, who is  retiring at the end of the school year.    “It is important to me that all students know that their successes will be […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — New data from the Wisconsin Department of Justice shows arrests for murder and nonnegligent manslaughter increased nearly 15% in 2020. The DOJ released figures it annually transmits to the FBI tracking arrests and offenses on Wednesday. The data shows law enforcement agencies made 204 arrests last year for what the FBI defines as murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, defined as the willful killing of one human being […]

Two staff members were injured and transported to the hospital after being attacked by an inmate at the Waupun prison.  The assault happened Wednesday morning in the kitchen  at the Waupun Correctional  Institution.   Sources told WFDL news a sergeant received a chipped tooth in the attack and another officer was elbowed in the throat. The inmate, Eric Morris, is serving a sentence for multiple charges including strangulation-suffocation.