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5-13-15 madison police shooting-family reaction

An attorney for the family of a 19-year-old biracial Madison man says they still have more questions than answers after a prosecutor declined to charge the white police officer who fatally shot the man.  The grandmother of Tony Robinson, Sharon Irwin, says the prosecutor's decision "is politics, not justice." Attorney John Loevy says the family supports the community expressing frustration and anger, but they want protests to be peaceful.  Demonstrators […]

todayMay 12, 2015

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5-13-15 wla says lease proposal is “win-win” for city and school

A Winnebago Lutheran Academy official says it’s a win-win situation for the school and community.  The school is asking the Fond du Lac city council for permission to lease a portion of McDermott Park adjacent to the school to construct three athletic fields and a parking lot.  WLA director of communications and mission advancement pastor John Boggs says the school would pay for construction of two softball diamonds, and a […]

todayMay 12, 2015

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5-13-15 dnr expert says owl death can’t be linked to poultry farm avian influenza outbreak

A DNR wildlife expert says there is no evidence that a snowy owl found dead from the bird flu contracted the virus from infected poultry.  The snowy owl was found by a DNR conservation warden in the breakwater area of Green Bay last month.   "There's no way that we can connect the dots in that way.  This result in this snowy owl does not indicate that there's widespread presence […]

todayMay 12, 2015

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5-13-15 fdl high school graduation rate slightly higher than state average

The Fond du Lac High School graduation rate is slightly higher than the statewide average.   The Department of Public instruction said Wisconsin’s graduation rate last year was at 88.6 percent, up slightly from the year before.  Fond du Lac school superintendent Dr. Jim Sebert says locally the graduation rate is above 90 percent.  For many years in the late 80s and early 90s Fond du Lac’s high school graduation rate […]

todayMay 12, 2015

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5-13-15 fdl salvation army celebration

The Salvation Army is celebrating its 150th birthday this week.  This is National Salvation Army week, marking the founding of the organization in England in 1865.  Fond du lac Salvation Army Captain Telinda Wilson says the Fond du Lac Salvation Army was founded 125 years ago.  Wilson says the Fond du Lac Salvation Army is proud to showcase its newly renovated facility at an open house earlier this week.  "We […]

todayMay 12, 2015

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5-13-15 abrahamson makes case to remain as chief justice

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Shirley Abrahamson is telling a federal court judge that she should be allowed to continue the work of chief justice that she's done for the past 19 years. Abrahamson made the arguments in court filings made Monday and Tuesday in her ongoing lawsuit against the other justices and state.  Abrahamson argues a constitutional amendment allowing the justices to elect who is chief […]

todayMay 12, 2015

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5-13-15 republicans scale back proposed cut in public broadcasting

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans have voted to scale back the size of the cut to the budget of public television and radio as proposed by Gov. Scott Walker.  The Joint Finance Committee voted 12-4 Tuesday to reduce the two-year cut from $4.9 million to $2.3 million.  Republicans say reducing the cut will allow the Educational Communications Board to continue paying for the system that is used for Amber alerts […]

todayMay 12, 2015

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5-13-15 medical transportation audit

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new audit says the company Wisconsin contracted with to provide medical transportation for low and moderate income people failed to pick up patients on time, or did not arrive at all, thousands of times over an 11-month period. The report looked at the performance of Medical Transportation Management, a company the state contracted to provide trips to medical assistance recipients. The audit says the contract […]

todayMay 12, 2015

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5-13-15 fdl county offices will be closed for memorial day holiday

In accordance with Fond du Lac County’s holiday schedule, the County offices in the City/County Government Center, the Sheriff’s Office Lobby Window, the Portland Street Annex including the Veterans Service Office, the Department of Social Services and the Highway Department will be closed all day on Monday May 25, 2015, in observance of Memorial Day.

todayMay 12, 2015