MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Devil’s Lake State Park, Wisconsin’s most-visited park, is soon to be getting larger. The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board on Wednesday unanimously approved purchasing a 220-acre property for $1.64 million to add onto the park. The Wisconsin State Journal reported that the parcel is located on the southwestern edge of the park and could be used for hunting and wildlife watching, and could also be developed into […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Retired police officers hired by Wisconsin Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos are being paid $3,200 a month to investigate “potential irregularities and/or illegalities” in the 2020 presidential election. That's what contracts obtained Thursday by The Associated Press show. The investigators have been hired for three months to conduct the probe. Vos signed two contracts in recent days and has said he intends to hire a third […]
Authorities have identified the person killed in a pickup versus semi crash in Dodge County earlier this week. According to the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office, 45 year old Kathryn M. Christopherson of Juneau was killed when her pickup failed to stop for a stop sign at the intersection of state Highway 67 and Town Road MM, south of the Village of Neosho and was struck by a southbound semi-tractor trailer. The crash happened Monday […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s tourism and entertainment businesses, hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, are getting some financial help to recover. Gov. Tony Evers said Thursday more than $140 million in federal grant money will be available for the lodging industry, movie theaters, live event venues, minor league sports and other entertainment and tourism businesses. The grants from the federal economic stimulus bill passed by Congress earlier this year […]
The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in solving a theft. The Sheriff’s Office says a man stole items from the Best Dam Bait Shop in Beaver Dam Monday night. The Sheriff’s Office says the bait shop provides fishing bait and other merchandise, on the honor system, in order to keep the business open for purchases at all times of the day. However, that trust was broken Monday evening and […]
Longtime Fond du Lac County Tobacco Prevention and Control Coordinator Sandy Bernier is retiring. Bernier is stepping down at the end of June after 23 years in the department. “It has been a privilege and honor to work with many dedicated and committed coalition members who took an active role in decreasing the burden of tobacco in Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Waushara, and Marquette Counties,” Bernier said. Johanna Brotz has been hired […]
The Fond du Lac city manager says there is a real possibility of avoiding going to court over the city council’s decision to back out of an agreement with a business group to build a restaurant at Lakeside Park. Meeting behind closed doors Wednesday evening the council discussed the possibility of trying to reach a negotiated settlement with the group Lakeside Forward. "It's a possibility because if we step back […]
Three individuals who were outspoken on the Lakeside Park development issue have been appointed to the Advisory Park Board. City manager Joe Moore says former council candidate, Lawrence Foster, executive director of The Arc Fond du Lac, Liz Morrell, and Friends of Lakeside Park member Amy Schingen, were the only people who applied for the openings. "I for one am not screening people based on an opinion they have on something, I would […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Senate has approved a Republican bill that would delay local governments' redistricting efforts by a year or more. Wisconsin law requires counties to adopt redistricting plans by July 1 and municipalities to adopt theirs within the following 60 days. The new districts would be based on 2020 census data that federal officials were required to deliver to states by March. But the COVID-19 pandemic […]