The new Fond du Lac County Board chairman says he will strive to continue the tradition of his predecessors in running county board meetings in a nonpartisan fashion. Steve Abel was elected this week as Fond du Lac County Board chairman. "I felt that I've got strong leadership skills. I've served on the board for 13 years," Abel told WFDL news. Going back more than three decades Abel is only […]
Summer is getting off to a hot start in Wisconsin, and it's going to last for a while. The first official day of summer saw high temps in the mid to upper 90s with a heat advisory issued for much of the state. National Weather Service meteorologist Chris Stumpf says the hot weather will continue. Stumpf says high temps in the mid to upper 80s are in the forecast for at least the […]
OCONTO, Wis. (AP) — False imprisonment charges have been dismissed against a northeastern Wisconsin school superintendent accused of illegally detaining some students in a high school bathroom during searches for vaping devices. A judge in Oconto County on Tuesday said facts in the criminal complaint against Kelly Casper were insufficient to support the six counts of false imprisonment against her. Several dozen supporters in the courtroom gallery broke into applause […]
A Montello man has been arrested for his 5th OWI following a short high speed chase in Fond du Lac County. A state patrol trooper last week attenpted to pull over a vehicle that was driving erratically on Interstate 41 near Lost Arrow Road in Fond du Lac County. The driver failed to stop and a pursuit ensued. The vehicle struck a tire deflation device on 41 northbound south of state Highway 21, and […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican legislators in Wisconsin have quickly adjourned a special session that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers called to repeal the state's dormant abortion ban without taking any action. Evers called the Legislature into special session Wednesday to repeal the ban as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to rule in a case that could end Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that legalized abortion across the nation. […]
There is not much change in the area unemployment rate. The Dodge County unemployment rate in May is 2.4 percent, down from 2.5 percent in April. In Fond du Lac County the jobless rate was up a tenth of a percent to 2.4 percent. The unemployment rate in the city of Fond du Lac increased from 2.3 to 2.6 percent in May. Statewide unemployment decreased or stayed the same in 13 of Wisconsin's 35 cities […]
There has been a changing of the guard on the Fond du Lac County Board. The board elected supervisor Steven Abel Board chairman. Abel had been the second vice chair. Abel and board first vice chair Marty Ryan were both nominated for chairman. Abel represents District 11 in the city of Fond du Lac. Supervisor Dean Will was elected board second vice chair. The meeting also marked the first for newly […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Evidence revealed at the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection shows that an aide for U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson told former Vice President Mike Pence’s staff that the Republican from Wisconsin wanted to hand-deliver fake elector votes from Wisconsin and Michigan. That revelation Tuesday led Johnson's Democratic opponents in Wisconsin to call for his resignation. Johnson’s spokeswoman Alexa Henning downplayed the texts, but […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's top elections official says she isn't worried about voter intimidation or partisan observers at the polls this fall. During a Tuesday news conference, Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe said that her primary concern is combating misinformation about the elections process. Wolfe says misinformation isn't necessarily a new problem for the clerks who oversee local elections, but as skepticism and conspiracies from 2020 continue to […]