Eight full time positions are being eliminated as part of more than $1 million in cuts at Fond du Lac’s Marian Univeristy. That according to a mem sent to faculty and staff by interim president Bob Fale. The Marian Board of Directors approved the cuts at a meeting last month. Four faculty positions in art, English, foreign language, information technology and music are being eliminated. Four full time and two […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Bucks have selected UNLV shooting guard Rashad Vaughn with the No. 17 overall pick in Thursday's NBA draft. The 6-foot-6, 210 pound Vaughn will be expected to provide additional outside scoring for the Bucks, who are coming off a surprising turnaround last season — their first under head coach Jason Kidd. Vaughn is coming off a season-ending injury to his left knee but averaged 17.8 […]
It appears the historic Retlaw Hotel will get its liquor license after all. After the Fond du Lac city council voted Wednesday night not to renew the licenses the hotel made a credit card payment Thursday. City manager Joe Moore says the $5600 credit card payment in addition to two checks totaling $55,000 sent Wednesday would cover the entire amount owed for utlity bills and property taxes. "If their credit […]
The Fond du Lac city manager says next year’s budget will continue to expedite the reduction of outstanding city-issued debt. City manager Joe Moore gave the council its first look this week at what to expect when the budget is unveiled in a few months. Moore told the council that for the first time in several years the city will be asking for a water-sewer rate increase. "What we're asking […]
Fond du lac state representative Jeremy Thiesfeldt was one of more than 30 Assembly Republicans who signed a letter sent to the governor and Senate GOP leaders asking that transportation funding be spread out equally across the state. Thiesfeldt says communities like Fond du Lac shouldn’t be taking a back seat to road projects in Milwaukee. "We're all pumping dollars into the transportation budget, why should the dollars be slowed […]
The Fond du Lac school district superintendent is responding to criticism from a former teacher who told the school board recently that the district is in decline. Former middle school science teacher Ted Eischeid aired his concerns at a school board meeting earlier this month. Fond du Lac school superintendent Dr. Jim Sebert says he disagrees with Eischeid. "Everybody has their own way of exiting and going out. That's the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin Supreme Court justice is asking his colleagues to reconsider their decision not to hear an appeal from a former aide to Gov. Scott Walker when he was Milwaukee County executive. Justice Michael Gableman on Thursday filed his request to the other six justices in the case of Kelly Rindfleisch. The request was dated Wednesday and sent both to the justices and attorneys in the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Sen. Ron Johnson says if Department of Veterans Affairs officials had acted sooner in investigating reports of overprescribing medications at a Tomah medical center, lives could've been saved. Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, responded to a report released Thursday that details initial investigations into allegations of narcotic overprescribing practices and retaliatory behavior at the VA hospital. The report says pharmacy consultants who didn't work at the Tomah […]
PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has sentenced TV actor Dustin Diamond to 4 months in jail for a barroom stabbing. Judge Paul Malloy on Thursday ordered Diamond to report to jail Sunday. Diamond was convicted earlier this month on two misdemeanor counts that stemmed from a Christmas Day barroom fight. Diamond is best known for his role as Screech on TV comedy "Saved by the Bell." The […]