Month: January 2022

The Fond du Lac  County Health Department is encouraging residents to get their home tested for radon.    Health Department spokesperson Rhianna Schmidt says during the month of January, short-term radon test kits are available for $5 at the Health Department on the third floor at the city-county government center.  Schmidt says the Department of Health Services estimates that one of ten homes in Wisconsin have high radon levels.   The Health Department recommends […]

For a second time Assembly leaders have rejected a proposal from a Republican lawmaker to pull back Wisconsin's electoral votes cast in the 2020 presidential election.   Republican state representative Timothy Ramthun from Campbellsport introduced a resolution during a floor session Tuesday to retract the state's 10 electoral votes cast for President Joe Biden in 2021.   Assembly leaders referred the resolution to the Assembly Rules committee, and the committee chairman quickly […]

There was not much change in the local unemployment rate last month.  The Dodge County jobless rate was up one tenth of a percent to 1.6 percent in December.  Fond du Lac County's unemployment rate was unchanged at 1.5 percent.  The city of Fond du Lac unemployment rate in December was 1.6 percent, down from 1.7 percent in November.

Nobody was injured when a milk truck crashed into a house in Eden.  According to the Fond du Lac County  Sheriff’s Office shortly after 7pm Tuesday a northbound truck on Highway 45 swerved to miss a deer, drove into a ditch, lost control crossing both lanes of traffic,  striking a house on the west side of the  roadway.  A 41-year-old Eden man inside the residence was not injured.

The coldest weather of the season is resulting in some area schools cancelling classes Wednesday.   A wind chill advisory is in effect for south central and southeast Wisconsin including Dodge and Fond du Lac counties from 8pm Tuesday until noon Wednesday.  Wind chills of -20 to -30 are in the forecast. IMPACTS...The cold wind chills could cause frostbite on   exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use […]

The Fond du Lac School District superintendent says the district is making changes to the administration structure, including the addition of administrative positions in an effort to bolster academic achievement.   The Fond du Lac School Board approved the administration reorganization plan at their meeting this week.  The positions include a Chief of Schools and Educational Accountability,   Coordinators for K-5 Literacy, K-5 Math, and 6-12 English Language Arts and Math along with a supervisor of […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Assembly has approved a pair of bills that would create tougher penalties for protesters and defacing government property. The first proposal would make attending a riot or blocking a street a misdemeanor punishable by up to nine months in jail and participating in a riot that causes property damage or personal injury a felony punishable by up to three-and-a-half years in prison. The […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin public schools would be prohibited from teaching students and training employees about concepts such as systemic racism and implicit bias under a Republican bill the state Senate sent to Gov. Tony Evers. The Democratic Evers will almost certainly veto the measure. The Senate passed it Tuesday 20-13, with all Democrats and Republican Sen. Howard Marklein against. The Assembly passed it on a party line vote […]