Ukranian forces dug in while Russia's military lined up more firepower and tapped an experienced general to take centralized control of the war. UW Oshkosh political scientist Michael Jasinski says the next phase of the battle is expected to be a showdown in eastern Ukraine and the outcome could determine the course of the conflict. "It most likely will," Jasinski told WFDL news. "The Ukranian side has said basically that maybe by […]
An environmental group says the Biden administration has made secret plans to weaken protection for the world's rarest crane. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it has not decided whether to propose reclassifying whooping cranes from endangered to threatened. The Center for Biological Diversity says documents obtained through open records requests show that agency officials "seem to have been deliberately misleading the public” about their plans. Those documents include […]
Allen Street between Scott Street and Harborview Drive in Fond du Lac will be closed Thursday and remain closed through the end of the day Friday. The closure will be in place to allow the water utility to repair and restore a lead service line on Allen Street.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Skeptical Wisconsin Supreme Court justices are questioning whether state law allows for voters to give their absentee ballot to someone else to return or whether drop boxes can be placed outside municipal clerk offices. The court’s ruling later this spring or summer is expected to establish rules for the upcoming midterm election where the battleground state’s Democratic governor and Republican U.S. senator are on the ballot. […]
Longtime Fond du Lac Fire Chief Pete O'Leary is stepping down. A retirement ceremony was held Wednesday at the South Main Street Fire Station for O'Leary who is stepping down after more than 30 years in fire service, the last 13 years as Fond du Lac Fire Chief. During his tenure Chief O’Leary led the effort to develop a state of the art Public Safety Training Facility, to enhance the training […]
The Fond du Lac County Board has appointed an interim county executive until a new person is elected following a special election June 7. At their meeting Tuesday night the board voted to appoint Director of Administration Erin Gerred to the post. The vote was 20 supervisors in favor and two absensions. Gerred replaces county board chairman, Marty Farrell who has been serving as acting county executive following the death of Allen […]
Only one person has filed nomination papers to run for Fond du Lac County executive. County board supervisor Sam Kaufman, collected the necessary 500 signatures and filed his nomination papers before the 5pm Tuesday deadline to run for the office. Kaufman will be the only name on the ballot June 7. There will not be a May Primary Election. The special election was called following the death of longtime county executive Al […]
The Biden White House is betting the U.S. economy is strong enough to withstand threats to growth posed by inflation and the war in Ukraine. But there are growing fears of a coming economic slump among voters and some Wall Street analysts. Retired Ripon College economist Paul Schoofs admits the threat of a recession is greater than it's been in quite a while. Schoofs says continued supply chain issues, the war in […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — New data shows a sharp increase in Type 2 diabetes among children in Wisconsin and doctors think COVID-19 could be a factor. Figures from UW Health Kids shows a nearly 200% increase in the number of cases over the last several years. In 2018, 5.8% percent of pediatric patients with new onset diabetes at Madison’s American Family Children’s Hospital had Type 2, a disease that primarily […]