The Fond du Lac Fire chief says he supports legislation that would ban the sale of so-called novelty lighters to children. Fire chief Pete O’Leary made his feelings known this week in a letter to Fond du Lac lawmakers. O’Leary says the novelty lighters are dangerous because they often look like toys and can be mistaken by both kids and adults. For several years students at Pittsville Elementary School in […]
The University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac has received a $10,000 grant through the UW System’s Undergraduate Research and Discovery Grant program. Dean John Short says the funding will give UW-Fond du Lac students the opportunity to participate directly in one of several research projects as a freshman or sophomore. Short says students will have the opportunity to work in close collaboration with a faculty mentor and will present their findings […]
The Fond du Lac Public Works director says he believes it makes more sense to replace an historic bridge at Lakeside Park rather than spending more money to rehabilitate it. Seventy-thousand dollars is earmarked in this year’s capital improvement plan to replace the bridge. Jordan Skiff says a non profit Iowa-based company that specializes in saving historic bridges estimates the cost to restore the bridge at $110,000. Skiff says the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources official says she hopes a new set of bald eagle license plates will take flight across the state. Erin Crain, director for the department's Natural Heritage Bureau, said Wednesday that the agency is accepting bald eagle photo submissions. A winning photo could be featured on the new endangered resources license plate, she said. Crain said the bald eagle plates will […]
A Wisconsin health-care advocacy group says Wisconsin is now the last Great Lakes state not to take federal Medicaid dollars. Citizen Action Kevin Kane says Indiana’s Republican governor reached a deal this week to accept enhanced federal dollars to strengthen its Medicaid program making Wisconsin the only Great Lakes state not to take the money. Kane says he disagrees with governor Walker who says accepting the federal money would end […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says he isn't changing his mind about turning down federal money to expand Medicaid coverage under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law, even though Republican Gov. Mike Pence did just that. Walker said Wednesday that he still believes his decision not to take the money, but instead limit income qualifications for Medicaid while expanding coverage to childless adults who were on a […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says he plans to keep funding for Wisconsin's public schools "largely intact" in the state budget he releases on Tuesday. Walker has released some details of what will be in his budget, but he's said almost nothing about what's in store for public schools. Aid to K-12 schools is the largest single part of the budget, accounting for about 33 percent of all […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says he will propose spending more money to help rural schools, expand broadband in underserved areas of Wisconsin and do more to train workers and invest in rural parts of the state. Walker outlined some of his plans Wednesday in a speech to those from the Chippewa Valley area who were in Madison to lobby lawmakers. Walker says he will increase state aid […]
The local unemployment rate is up slightly in the latest reporting period. The city of Fond du lac’s unemployment rate for December is 5.3 percent, up from five percent in November. The Fond du Lac County rate stands at 4.6 percent, up three-tenths of a percent. In Dodge County the jobless rate is up three tenths of a percent to 5.4 percent.