Month: June 2021

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A state appeals court has refused to put on hold a judge’s ruling that Republican leaders of the Wisconsin Legislature illegally hired private taxpayer-funded attorneys to represent them in anticipation of legal challenges over redistricting. Republicans wanted to put the ruling on hold while they pursue an appeal. The judge’s April 29 ruling voided the contracts with two outside law firms and barred any future payments. […]

Another drop in the local unemployment rate.   The Dodge County unemployment rate for May is 3.2 percent, down from 3.6 percent in April.   In Fond du Lac  County the jobless rate dipped two tenths of a percent to 3.2 percent.   The May unemployment rate in the city of Fond du lac is 3.6 percent, down from 3.9 percent in April.

The interim Fond du lac Police Chief is praising a package of police reform bills passed by the state Assembly.  Governor Tony Evers promised to sign the bills banning chokeholds and making other policing changes.  Interim Fond du Lac police chief Aaron Goldstein says many of the new policies are already in place in the Fond du Lac Police department including what’s called a duty to intercede.  Goldstein says the Fond […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Senate has passed a bill that would prohibit police in Wisconsin from enforcing any future federal laws banning or restricting the use of guns. The proposal is part of a national wave of similar Republican-backed legislation intended to resist new gun control measures. The U.S. Constitution dictates that state law can't trump federal law, however, and many previous GOP proposals to thwart gun laws […]

The president of Envision Greater Fond du Lac says a state budget approved by the legislature’s Jt. Finance committee includes items that will benefit Fond du Lac County business and industry.   Sadie Parafiniuk says one provision in the budget is ending a tax Wisconsin businesses pay on property.  Parafiniuk says it’s particularily burdensome for businesses in the hospitality industry, for example, who hire an auditor to count inventory.  Parafiniuk says […]

The Fond du Lac city council is meeting in special session Wednesday night to discuss a potential lawsuit following the council’s decision to back out of an agreement with a business group to build a restaurant at Lakeside Park.  According to the agenda the closed door special meeting subject is possible litigation/settlement arising from the termination of the Lakeside Park Enhancement agreement.  Council president Kay Miller says she does not know if Lakeside […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s seniors were critical of coach Greg Gard during a late-season team meeting that was secretly recorded and sent to a newspaper. The Wisconsin State Journal says it received a 37-minute audio file this week of a Feb. 19 team meeting that included seven senior players, Gard and three assistant coaches. The newspaper said it received the recording from an anonymous email account and that it […]