Month: July 2022

The Fond du Lac School District is revising it's administrative organizational structure.  Superintendent Dr. Jeff Fleig says under the plan the Director of Teaching and Learning will become the Chief Academic Officer, supervising the Director of Pupil Services,  and coordinators of Math and English Language Arts.  The director of Business Services will become the Chief of Finance and Operations and will supervise the Director of Human Resources, Facility Services, and Technology and Assessment.   Dr. […]

MADISON, Wis., (AP) — A key Republican leader in the state Assembly has decided to resign early rather than wait until his term ends. Majority Leader Jim Steineke announced in January he wouldn't seek re-election. He announced Monday that he will resign on July 27 rather than serve out the remainder of his term. He said the Legislature's two-year session ended in March and lawmakers aren't coming back to do […]

A retired Ripon College economist says 372,000 jobs in June was a surprise and a sign of resilience despite high inflation and weakening economic growth.  Economist Paul Schoofs says the robust hiring has been good for job seeks and led to higher pay for many employees.  But it has also helped fuel the highest inflation in four decades.  Schoofs says the surprisingly strong gain will likely spur the Federal Reserve […]

The city of Fond du Lac is partnering with UW extension to launch a Youth in Governance program.  UW extension youth educator Ron Jakubisin says the program is for high school students starting this August and running through next May.    Jakubisin says participating students will serve on the advisory park board,  plan commission, alcohol  licensing commission, and public library board to learn how local government works.  Interested student can apply now with interviews […]

Bail has been set at $1 million cash for two Fond  du Lac men charged in the shooting  death of a Fond du Lac  man last October.    Twenty two year  old Julius Freeman Jr,  and  28 year old Eric Perry  made their initial court appearances Monday on  charges of party to the crime of first degree  intentional  homicide in the death of   Benzel Rose.   The 26 year old Rose was found dead […]

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The parents of a Green Bay toddler who died after ingesting fentanyl have been charged with child neglect resulting in death. According to a criminal complaint, the father of the 18-month-old child told police that he, the toddler’s mother and the boy laid down for a nap on May 3 and when he woke up he found the child wasn’t breathing. An autopsy showed the […]

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Northwestern University's president-elect is stepping down from the post after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. The school in Evanston, Illinois, said Monday that Rebecca Blank and her husband will return to Wisconsin, where she will undergo treatment. Blank was chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, for eight years before she was named at Northwestern's 17th president and first female president last fall. In […]

One person was killed in a crash between a motorcycle and pickup truck in Dodge County.  The crash happened shortly before 4pm Sunday on state Highway 60 east of Resthaven Road when a motorcycle made a u-turn to pick up an item dropped in the roadway and collided with a pick-up towing a camper.  A 27 year old female passenger on the motorcycle was pronounced dead at a Hartford hospital.  The motorcycle operator received […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers placed a ceremonial jersey in their dugout Friday to honor an 8-year-old fan of the team who was wounded during the July Fourth mass shooting in a Chicago suburb. Cooper Roberts took bullets in the chest during the shooting at a parade in Highland Park, Illinois, that left seven dead. His family said his spine was severed and he is paralyzed from the waist […]