todayFebruary 20, 2015
The Waupun Common Council will discuss proposed cuts that would affect the Waupun Correctional Institution at a meeting next week. Under his budget proposal, governor Scott Walker would eliminate about 400 positions across state government, including third-shift prison guards positioned in towers. Waupun mayor Kyle Clark says the question is how that could potentially impact safety? “I believe 60 positions which would save an estimated $6 million a year. It would be throughout the state, facilities that still staff third shift towers,’ Clark told AM 1170 WFDL’s Between the Lines program. Clark says the council will meet as a Committee of the Whole Tuesday evening. He says a couple of area state legislators plan to be in attendance.
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photo: waupun mayor rohn bishop The Waupun Common Council has postponed action on wage increases for paid on call firefighters and elected officials to get more public input. The council discussed the matter, sometimes heated, at their meeting this week and will take up the issue again at their April 8th meeting. If […]
todayMarch 27, 2025
A house fire near New Holstein claimed the life of a child. Shortly after 2am Wednesday firefighters were called to the scene on Honeymoon Hill Road near County Road T. A child in the home was pronounced dead at a hospital. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
todayMarch 27, 2025
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