The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer says while the number of new positive cases of COVID-19 has not peaked, it's good to see hospitalizations have stabilized in the last few days. Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says all but two of the 13 people currently hospitalized in Fond du Lac County with the virus are not vaccinated. Meanwhile, Mueller says news that drugmaker Merck has asked U.S. regulators to authorize […]
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — Two people were killed Tuesday when a small plane crashed in a wooded area near a suburban Milwaukee neighborhood. The National Transportation Safety Board tweeted about 12:30 p.m. that a GlaStar aircraft crashed near Waukesha. The Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office later reported that the plane went down in the Village of Waukesha, which lies just to the south of the city of Waukesha. Both people aboard […]
You still have time for vote for the Coolest Things Made in Wisconsin. The contest is down to four and Fond du Lac's Mercury Marine's V12 600hp Verado outboard engine is on the list. Online voting started October 7 and continues through noon October 14. The Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce contest is held annually to recognize manufacturing in the state.
The Fond du Lac School District is expanding a pilot teaching program using federal coronavirus relief aid. The Fond du Lac School Board this week voted in favor of hiring three middle school Teachers on Special Assignment positions. School Board president Mark Jurgella says there will be one position at each middle school in the district. The pilot started at the beginning of the school year with nine positions at the elementary school level. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Another Wisconsin parent has filed a federal lawsuit over the lack of COVID-19 protocols at her son's school. Gina Kildahl filed the suit Monday in Madison. She wants an injunction forcing the Fall Creek School District to comply with U.S. Centers for Disease Control COVID-19 guidelines for schools. The lawsuit alleges the district ended its mitigation policies for the 2021-22 school year and two of her […]
The North Fond du Lac School Board will interview candidates for two board vacancies next week. Superintendent Aaron Sadoff says 14 people applied for the seats. Candidate interviews will be held Tuesday October 19. The candidates who are selected will be sworn into office at the October 25 meeting. Board members Shawn Pollack and Paula Stettbacher submitted their letters of resignation last month following a meeting over the District's mask optional […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative think tank and former Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a challenge to Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ decision excluding the group’s writers from press briefings, which lower courts have said was legal. The John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy filed the lawsuit in 2019 alleging that Evers violated its staffers’ constitutional rights to free speech, freedom […]
Two Fond du Lac intersections are closed until next week. The intersection Doty and McWilliams Streets is closed until Monday, October 18 to complete permanent pavement restoration in the intersection as part of the Doty Street reconstruction project. Additionally, due to weather events last week, the intersection of Doty Street and Arndt Street will remain closed until Monday, October 18.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Democratic attorney general who represents the state elections commission is calling for a Republican-ordered investigation into the 2020 presidential election to be shut down. Attorney General Josh Kaul said Monday that the investigation is a partisan political effort that lacks credibility, wastes taxpayer money and is not serious. His comments came after Michael Gableman, the retired Wisconsin Supreme Court justice leading the investigation, issued a […]