There was little or no change in the local unemployment rate in February. The city of Fond du Lac's unemployment rate dropped a tenth of a percent to 2.5 percent. The Fond du Lac County rate was unchanged at 2.3 percent and the Dodge County jobless rate stands at 2.6 percent, up from 2.5 percent in January.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged a man with firebombing a prominent Wisconsin anti-abortion lobbying group's office last year. The U.S. attorney's office in Madison announced that 29-year-old Hridindu Sankar Roychowdhury was arrested Tuesday at Boston's Logan International Airport and charged with one count of attempting to cause damage by means of fire or an explosive. Prosecutors believe Roychowdhury threw Molotov cocktails into the Wisconsin Family Action office […]
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a house fire in Milwaukee killed three people early Wednesday, including an 83-year-old man. Erich Roden, the deputy chief of the Milwaukee Fire Department, says first responders who were called to the scene at 4:36 a.m. CDT had the fire under control in about 90 minutes. He says that one person was pronounced dead at the scene and two others were hospitalized before succumbing […]
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A company announced it is recalling a packaged pasta dish sold in HyVee grocery stores in eight Midwestern states. Chester, Illinois-based Gilster-Mary Lee Corp. said Tuesday it was recalling HyVee Hamburger Chili Macaroni Skillet Meals produced at a plant in Steeleville, Illinois, because of undeclared milk in the product. The milk could be dangerous to people who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to […]
A major street and parking lot renovation project is getting underway on Lighthouse Drive at Fond du Lac's Lakeside Park. City manager Joe Moore says the project will begin Wednesday. The project includes new pavement, street lighting, parking stall layout, restoration, tree plantings and a new multi-use path. Vinton Construction has been awarded the contract for the reconstruction project. The project is scheduled for completion by the end of May.
WHITEWATER, Wis. (AP) — Police say a woman believed to be the mother of a dead newborn child found abandoned in a southern Wisconsin field earlier this month has been arrested. The Whitewater Police Department says in a news release posted on its Facebook page that the 39-year-old Whitewater woman was arrested Friday. Police say the woman is being held in the Jefferson County Jail. Her name name hasn’t been […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Democratic-funded candidate in Wisconsin’s pivotal state Supreme Court contest has raised more than five times as much money as her Republican-backed opponent ahead of the April 4 election. Reports filed Monday show that liberal Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Janet Protasiewicz raised nearly $12.4 million in the final campaign finance reporting period between Feb. 7 and March 20. Her conservative opponent, former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice […]
The Moraine Park Foundation Board welcomes Holly Luehring, senior director of marketing and communications at Michels Corporation. She will serve three three-year terms. “I’m excited to have Holly join our exceptional group of Foundation Board members,” Dana Bourland, director of college advancement at Moraine Park, said. “She is a wonderful example of the accomplished alumni who call Moraine Park home. Holly brings a wealth of experience and passion to the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Legislature's finance committee has approved a $215,000 deal between the state Justice Department and a factory farm to settle pollution allegations. According to an analysis of the settlement, the agreement will settle allegations that Kinnard Farms improperly spread manure in Kewaunee and Door counties between 2018 and 2022, failed to timely submit an engineering evaluation for a feed storage area and failed to timely submit […]