MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission can't agree on what to tell the state’s local election officials about how to handle poll watchers, including where they can stand as people register to vote and check in to receive their ballots. The commission split along party lines Monday, with all three Republicans in support of sending a notice to clerks attempting to spell out what the law allows. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin could take a sharp conservative turn after November, regardless of whether Democratic Gov. Tony Evers wins reelection this fall. That's because Republicans are within striking distance of gaining veto-proof majorities in the battleground state's Legislature. A veto override takes a two-thirds vote in the Assembly and Senate. If Republicans hold their seats and flip five, they would have it in the Assembly. They need just […]
The Fond du Lac School Board has approved a preliminary budget that includes a decrease in the local tax levy. The 2022-23 budget includes a property tax rate of $6.18 per $1,000 of value. School District Chief of Finances and Operations Mike Gerlach says the District is using more than $4 million in federal stimulus money to balance the budget. Gerlach says the budget also reflects a continued decline in student […]
An annual Domestic Violence Homicide report shows that 80 people in Wisconsin lost their lives to domestic violence in 2021. Homicide Prevention Program director with End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin, Sara Krall, says that's 12 more deaths than the previous year. Krall says nearly 70-percent of the homicides were caused by firearms and over a third of those who used a gun were legally prohibited from possessing that firearm. In 2021 domestic […]
A Fond du Lac Family medicine physician says it was hard to watch Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa sustain repeat concussions in less than a week. SSM Health Fond du Lac Regional Clinic Dr. Taha El Shahat says he was watching the first game when Tua was injured against the Buffalo Bills and says it was obvious to him that he had suffered a concussion. "He had so many obvious signs of […]
A passenger who was involved in a rollover crash in Fond du Lac County has died from his injuries. Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Kevin Galske says 18 year old, Gavin Matter, from Sheboygan was pronounced dead Monday at Froedert Hospital in Milwaukee. A 14 year old Sheboygan boy was seriously injured in the crash. The driver and a third passenger received minor injuries. The crash happened Saturday […]
America's employers slowed their hiring in September but still added a solid 263,000 jobs. Retired Ripon College economist Paul Schoofs says it's a dose of encouraging news that may mean the Federal Reserve's drive to cool the job market and ease inflation is starting to make progress. The latest government report showed that last month's job growth was down from 315,000 in August and that the unemployment rate fell to 3.5 percent.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An attorney is trying to force former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant to release text messages or other communications about the state improperly using welfare money on development of a concussion drug backed by retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre. The intent to subpoena records from Bryant was filed Friday by an attorney for the nephew of a former Mississippi Department of Human Services director. Bryant’s attorney, Billy […]
A 16 year old driver from Milwaukee and three passengers from Fond du Lac were arrested following a vehicle chase in Fond du Lac. The chase started shortly before 4pm Sunday when a police officer attempted to stop a reckless driver in the area of First Street and Military Road and ended when a Sheriff's squad rammed the vehicle and other squads blocked the vehicle in. A stolen firearm was found in the car along […]