Democratic Governor Tony Evers made a campaign stop in Fond du Lac Wednesday to highlight his proposed $600 million tax cut. The governor held a roundtable discussion at Moraine Park Technical College. The governor talked about his proposed child care tax credit, cap on insulin co-pay, 10 percent income tax cut, and property tax cut for disabled veterans. "The tax plans we are looking at I think are viable and important for […]
A woman who fled Dodge County Sheriff's deputies following a traffic stop has been arrested. Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt says the woman fled following a traffic incident Monday on Highway 151, struck a sheriff's squad on county Highway M, and then crashing on Milligan Road into a cornfield. Schmidt says the woman hid in the cornfield and was later reported walking around the Waupun area knocking on doors asking for water […]
Fond du Lac fire officials say two kitchen fires in 48 hours are a reminder to pay attention to your stove and to make sure you have working smoke alarms. A fire late Sunday night damaged the kitchen of an apartment on Morningside Drive, and Tuesday morning firefighters quickly extinguished a fire on the stovetop of a residence on Linden Street. Division Chief of Community Risk Reduction and Life Safety Jason Roberts says fortunately […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — An uncle of Jacob Blake filed a federal lawsuit alleging sheriff’s deputies in Wisconsin unjustly arrested and tortured him during a protest over the 2020 Kenosha police shooting of his nephew. Justin Blake filed the lawsuit Tuesday in Milwaukee. He alleges that he was standing quietly outside Kenosha’s public safety building during an April 2021 protest when sheriff’s deputies arrested him and strapped him into an emergency […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A federal judge has rejected a motion by the Milwaukee Police Department that sought to dismiss a case brought by two city residents who claimed their constitutional rights were violated when they were arrested near a memorial site for a Black man fatally shot by an officer in 2016. The American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin is representing the residents who were arrested on Aug. 30, 2016 […]
There was not much change in the area unemployment rate in July. The jobless rate dipped a tenth of a percent to 2.9 percent in Dodge County and to three percent in Fond du Lac County. In the city of Fond du Lac, the unemployment rate inched up a tenth of a percent to 3.4 percent last month.
Ahern is honored to be a BUILD Wisconsin Award winner. The Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin annually recognizes projects of distinction in multiple categories for work completed the previous year. The company won two awards in the Specialty Contractor – Mechanical category for work performed on the Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals and Campbellsport High School projects. The Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals expansion included the installation of a new mechanical penthouse. This project called for over […]
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers and most of Green Bay’s other starters will open the season without having appeared in any of the Packers’ three exhibition games. Packers coach Matt LaFleur said Tuesday that Rodgers and the other Packers who hadn’t played in the first two exhibition games also will be held out of Green Bay’s preseason finale Thursday at Kansas City. The Packers want to […]
The start of the school year is right around the corner and there are still unfilled teaching positions in the Fond du Lac School District. The Fond du Lac School Board this week accepted four teacher resignations and hired four new teachers. Superintendent Dr. Jeff Fleig says while there are still some unfilled positions he hopes the district is at full strength by next Thursday when school starts. Meanwhile Dr. Fleig […]