MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A liberal group and a voting rights organization have filed a federal lawsuit challenging a host of changes Republicans have made in Wisconsin election law. One Wisconsin Institute, Inc., Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund and a half-dozen voters filed the lawsuit in Madison on Friday against the Government Accountability Board, which oversees state elections They allege that a number of provisions in state law, including […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel has created a new open records office within the state Department of Justice. Schimel says the Office of Open Government will handle records requests as well as offer advice on records and meetings law. Newly hired Assistant Attorney General Paul Ferguson will lead the office. He'll be assisted by a paralegal and a legal assistant. Schimel says the number of positions […]
DELAVAN, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says negotiations over a financing deal for a new Milwaukee Bucks stadium are fluid, but he still hopes to have something to announce by the end of the week. Walker's office, team officials and state and local government leaders have been trying to hammer out a deal for weeks. Details of one proposal as reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel would split the […]
NECEDAH, Wis. (AP) — Wildlife experts say it could be a record year for efforts to reintroduce a critically endangered bird in Wisconsin. An aerial survey has counted 37 whooping crane nests, with 13 chicks hatched so far this year. Nine of the young birds were still living as of late last week, and another eight pairs still were brooding eggs. More than 20 chicks will be hatched this season […]
Fond du Lac’s oldest summer brown bag lunch program begins its twenty second season packing and distributing free nutritious cold lunches to area eligible children and their families June 9. Tuedays and Thursdays until August 27th, Brown Bag Lunch co-ordinator Barb Thill will coordinate the packing and assembly process that, last year, packed 5 tons of food into 13,000 lunches. Volunteers, ages 5 to 80 sign up to pitch in, […]
Lauren Pentek, a kindergartener at Roberts Elementary School, was recently notified that her entry in the 2015 PBS Kids Writer’s contest took first place in her grade category for the competition. Children in kindergarten through third grade were invited to submit their originally written and illustrated stories by March 13, 2015. The local contest, sponsored by the Educational Communications Board and Wisconsin Public Television (WPT), gives youngsters an opportunity to […]
A joint effort by the Fond du Lac Public Library, the City of Fond du Lac Parks Dept. and Kiwanis Club of Fabulous Fond du Lac has resulted in Fond du Lac’s first permanent StoryWalk® installation in Lakeside Park. The installation can be found on the east end of the park near the intersection of Harbor View and Winnebago drives. StoryWalks encourage families to enjoy reading and the outdoors by […]
Nearly two thirds of people injured or killed in a crash involving a teen driver are people other than the teen behind the wheel. That according to a new report released by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. State AAA spokesperson Nick Jarmuscz says teen crash rates are higher than any other age group. Jarmuscz says the period between Memorial Day and Labor Day is when teen crash fatalities historically […]
The director of a government watchdog group says its time for lawmakers to reconsider a bill that would ban fundraising during the budget process. The co-chair of the legislature’s budget committee postponed a fundraiser last week after criticism over its timing. Common Cause in Wisconsin director, Jay Heck, says fundraising during budget deliberations has been an issue for politicians in both major parties depending on who is in control.