The Fond du Lac County executive says the state’s property tax freeze continues to make it difficult to balance the county budget without cutting staff or programs. Al Buechel says the budget needs to address an escalating social services caseload caused by the opioid epidemic. Buechel says if there wasn’t a property tax freeze he would support a staffed security checkpoint at the government center as proposed by a courthouse security committee. “Its all about making this fit under a property tax freeze,” Buechel said. Buechel says the judges “need to be leaning on our legislators.” Buechel says the county will take advantage of what he describes as strategic staff changes wherever possible.
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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.
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