Ripon city officials are meeting with the Fond du Lac County Economic Development Corporation Tuesday to discuss the next step following an announcement that ConAgra Foods is closing one of its cookie plants in Ripon. FCEDC president Steve Jenkins says the news came as a complete surprise. "I think its unfortunate that ConAgra did not notify Ripon or the county or us that they were getting ready to make that […]
A Democratic state lawmaker says the minimum wage needs to increase so people can earn a liveable wage and raise a family. State representative Melissa Sargent recently introduced a bill to double the state minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $15 an hour. Sargent says residents deserve to be paid a fair wage for their work. Sargent tells WFDL news poll after poll shows Wisconsin resident support an increase in […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Legislature's budget committee has approved spending an additional $5 million above previous estimates to pay for housing inmates in the state prison system. The committee's action Tuesday was needed because the prison population growth estimates in Gov. Scott Walker's budget released in February are already outdated for both the state's female and male prison populations. The Legislative Fiscal Bureau says the state will have to […]
Fond du Lac police want to hear from residents about their concerns regarding crime issues in their neighborhood. The final in a series of community forums is being held at 5pm to 6pm Tuesday at the Fond du Lac Police Department on N. Main Street for residents of the central district. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says that covers an area from HWY 45 at the North city limits going […]
FDLFR will be hosting an Open House to celebrate Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week 2015. The theme for this EMS week is "EMS STRONG". EMS Strong will make EMS week a 365-day a year initiative to give EMS a significantly greater visibility among other health professions and communities. Putting EMS squarely where it belongs; as an indispensable part of the healthcare continuum. FDLFR will be partnering with Flight for Life […]
The Dodge County sheriff says a lower participation rate in a prescription drug drop off event last weekend may be a result of more permanent drug drop off sites open year round throughout the county. Sheriff Dale Schmidt says there are now drug drop boxes in several Dodge county communities. "We had a few people stop in. I think what people are starting to realize is that we have these […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Records suggest Gov. Scott Walker received a letter pledging a $500,000 loan to a campaign donor's construction company. Paul Jadin, then-chief executive officer of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, sent a letter in September 2011 to Building Committee Inc. owner William Minahan pledging WEDC would give the company the loan. The letter noted that Walker was copied in. A Walker spokeswoman says Walker never got a […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A state insurance board has voted to add deductibles and increase out-of-pocket payments in state employees' health care plans in a move that could cost workers $85 million over the next two years. The state Department of Employee Trust Fund's Group Insurance Board approved the measure on a 9-2 vote Tuesday. Gov. Scott Walker's budget calls for saving $81 million on health care coverage, but doesn't […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A liberal advocacy group has filed a lawsuit against Gov. Scott Walker, saying he is illegally withholding records related to his proposal to rewrite the mission statement of the University of Wisconsin known as the "Wisconsin Idea." The Center for Media and Democracy filed the lawsuit Tuesday in Dane County Circuit Court. The group was the first to report in February that Walker's budget would rewrite […]