Month: September 2022

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — All records from the Republican-ordered investigation into the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin are being uploaded to a website for the public to view. That's what an attorney representing the office created to lead the investigation told a judge on Tuesday. The investigation was led by former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman, who was fired in August by Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos. But the […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson is leaning into controversy as he runs for his third term. The Republican has called for the end of guaranteed money for Medicare and Social Security. He’s also trafficked in conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and dabbled in pseudoscience around the coronavirus. Democratic challenger Mandela Barnes has gone in a safer direction, cultivating an image as a nonthreatening defender of the […]

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge is holding off on deciding whether a man accused of killing six people and injuring dozens more when he allegedly drove his SUV through a Christmas parade can represent himself at trial. Waukesha County Circuit Judge Jennifer Dorow cut short a hearing Tuesday on whether to grant Darrell Brooks' request after a combative exchange in which Brooks insisted he didn't understand the 77 […]

Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin, in partnership with Alliant Energy, will host a drive-thru mobile food pantry at the Fondy Food Pantry on Wednesday, September 28 from 10:00 a.m. to Noon.  The mobile pantry will offer dry goods and other food items for up to 200 households.  There are no special eligibility requirements; anyone can receive food.  Participants are asked to remain in their cars throughout the process and to have […]

Fond du Lac Police are investigating after the body of a Fond du Lac man was found in the Fond du Lac River.  Police say there are no obvious signs of foul play.   Shortly before 9am Tuesday rescue personnel were called to the area of the Fond du Lac River near the 500 block of Water Street where they recovered the body.  The victim was positively identified as 49 year old Burton F. Holstein […]

Wisconsin native Meredith Tax, a prominent activist and writer of second-wave feminism who challenged herself, her peers and the world at large to rethink long-held ideas about gender, race and class, has died. She was 80. Tax’s books included the nonfiction “The Rising of the Women” and the novels “Rivington Street” and its sequel “Union Square.” She wrote for The Nation, The Guardian and The Village Voice among other publications, […]

A preliminary Fond du Lac School District budget includes more than $4 million in federal stimulus money to balance the budget.  The Fond du Lac School Board got an overview of the 2023 budget at their meeting Monday night.   Superintendent Dr. Jeff Fleig says without federal stimulus money the District would have to cut $4.1 million out of the budget.     Dr. Fleig the District is using it's fund balance to pay […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Employees of a Milwaukee-based health care provider who cited religious reasons for opting out of a mandated coronavirus vaccination are now required to receive a shot or reapply for an exemption. Their previous exemption has expired for staff at Froedtert Health. The health care provider says the move is because of the availability of a protein-based vaccination called Novavax. Froedtert says the option eliminates the conflicts caused […]

The Fond du Lac Area  United Way fund drive is officially underway.  Executive Director Amber Kilawee says this year's goal is $500,000.  "99% of what we raise here stays here to impact one in three people throughout the county,"  Kilawee told WFDL news.  Kilawee says this year's pacesetter, Holiday Automotive, helped kickstart the campaign raising more than $64,000.