MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican legislator is pushing a bill that would ensure high-capacity well owners could replace, repair or sell their wells without state approval. The bill's main author, Senator Rick Gudex of Fond du Lac, says the bill is a reaction to an administrative law judge's ruling last year requiring the Department of Natural Resources to consider the cumulative effects of high-capacity wells on groundwater. He says […]
A Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s captain says contrary to an analysis that shows high-speed chases are becoming more common in Wisconsin…they are actually down locally. A report found law enforcement statewide was involved in 567 chases during the first half of the year…up 33 percent from last year. Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s captain Rick Olig says the number of chases in Fond du Lac county is down. Statewide […]
A Kenosha woman was killed and three people were injured in a one vehicle rollover in Green Lake County. The crash happened Saturday morning on Highway 23 in the town of Brooklyn just west of Green Lake. A 20 year old Kenosha woman was pronounced dead at the hospital. Three people, a 13 year old Princeton girl, a 20 year old Princeton woman and a 21 year old Kenosha man […]
TOWN OF GREENBUSH, Wis. (AP) — Sheboygan County authorities say two people have died and a third was seriously injured in a crash in the Town of Greenbush. The sheriff's department says in a statement that investigators believe a car was westbound on County Road C before 10:30 a.m. Saturday and failed to stop for the stop sign at County Road AP. The car collided in the intersection with a […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans pushing a bill that would make it a felony to perform research using tissue from aborted fetuses have amended the measure to allow some work. The bill would outlaw selling, donating and experimenting with cells, tissues, organs or other fetal body parts. University of Wisconsin researchers and private scientists have expressed concerns that bill would have a chilling effect on their work. The proposal's […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats in the Wisconsin Legislature are pushing a bill that is designed to prevent large increases in health insurance rates. Democrats and supporters of President Barack Obama's federal health care law unveiled the measure on Thursday, but it's unlikely to gain traction in the Republican-controlled Legislature. But supporters say they hope to convince their Republican colleagues to get behind the bill. It would make insurance companies […]
West Division Street from Brooke Street east to the Fond du Lac River Schedule: April 20, 2015 to early October 2015 Description: The project includes reconstruction of the sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, street, and lighting. September 7 to September 11: The concrete subcontractor continues paving the intersections and concrete flatwork continues. Traffic Impacts: West Division Street is closed to through traffic. Business traffic should be accessed from Military […]
A Fond du Lac man is going to prison for sexually assaulting a 14 year old girl. Thirty eight year old Gary Taylor was sentenced to seven years in prison and 12 years extended supervision. Taylor was earlier convicted of repeated sexual assault of the same child.
A former supervisor at Fond du Lac’s two outdoor swimming pools and assistant coach with the Fondy Swim Club accused of sexually assaulting a lifeguard has been bound over for trial. Ryan Ronayne waived his preliminary hearing Friday on charges of sexual assault of a child by a person who works with children and one count of child enticement. Ronayne was also employed with the Green Lake County Sheriff’s […]