Month: December 2021

There will be some new faces on the Fond du Lac  County Board following the spring election.  Four supervisors are not seeking re-election and there are open seats in two other supervisory districts.  Michael Conley is running for the District 14 seat after incumbent Robert Giese filed a  declaration of non-candidacy.   Tom Kitchen is not running for re-election in District 18 and Scott Rodman is running for the seat.   In District 20 Fond […]

President Joe Biden's domestic policy package is about half of what he initially proposed.  But retired Ripon College economist Paul Schoofs says it's  still one of the largest efforts to expand social services ever.  Schoofs says features in the bill that call for universal pre-k education and family leave would probably have the greatest long term economic impact.  Schoofs says stricter provisions to transition to clean energy that were left out of […]

The president of Fond du Lac County's economic development agency says the latest indicators show a more promising economic outlook locally from  the pandemic recession.  Nationwide, employers added more jobs than expected,  the unemployment rate fell, service companies have reported a sharp jump in sales, more Americans bought homes and consumer confidence rose.  Envision Greater Fond du Lac president Sadie Parafiniuk says all of those things are happening locally as well.  At the […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers has submitted maps to the Wisconsin Supreme Court that would not be as favorable to Republicans as the one approved by the Legislature, but would still maintain their majorities in the state Senate and Assembly. Evers said Wednesday he was bound by the court’s ruling earlier this month that it would only consider maps that make as few changes as possible to the […]

A High Wind Warning is in effect for much of Wisconsin including Fond du Lac and Dodge counties through 9am Thursday.  There is also a potential for severe thunderstorms.  Fond du Lac County Emergency Management director Bobbie Hicken encourages residents to download  weather apps on your phone and monitor television and radio media sources for changing weather conditions.  A transmitter that activates the NOAA Weather Radios in Fond du Lac County that […]

An Appleton man is going to prison for dealing drugs in Dodge County.  Dodge County Circuit judge Martin DeVries sentenced 39 year old Justin Kautzer, to 10 years of prison followed by 10 years of extended supervision for Possession with intent to deliver amphetamine.  Kautzer was arrested by MEG Unit Officers at a Lomira gas station in September of 2020 where officers confiscated nearly 426 grams of methamphetamine.

ATLANTA (AP) — A review by The Associated Press in the six battleground states disputed by former President Donald Trump has found fewer than 475 cases of potential voter fraud, a number that would have made no difference in the 2020 presidential election. Democrat Joe Biden won Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin and their 79 Electoral College votes by a combined 311,257 votes out of 25.5 million ballots […]

Wisconsin's Democratic attorney general is praising a key Republican legislator for speaking out against an ongoing GOP-ordered investigation into the 2020 election.  Josh Kaul on Tuesday says he wished more Republicans would joins state senator Kathy Bernier in publicly opposing efforts to undermine faith in democracy.  Bernier, who is chair of the senate elections committee, blasted the election review in Wisconsin.  She calls it a "charade"  designed to appease the GOP's conservative base, has […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says the investigation he ordered into the 2020 presidential election will spill into next year and cost more money, factors he blamed on Democrats who are fighting subpoenas. The current contract Vos signed with former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman to lead the investigation runs through the end of this month at a cost to taxpayers of nearly $680,000. […]