CABLE, Wis. (AP) — Supporters of North America's largest cross country ski race want to raise $2.3 million to renovate the trails where it's held in northern Wisconsin. The American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation has raised more than half of the $650,000 needed for the first of three phrases. Projects in the next five years would include construction of a trail bridge in Hayward, a permanent starting area, and an outdoor […]
The director of the Downtown Fond du Lac Partnership says the Wisconsin Main Street program has paid off for Fond du Lac. Amy Hansen says since Fond du Lac was certified as a Wisconsin Main Street Community ijn 2004 there has been $87 million in private reinvestment, with a 38 percent increase in assessed value of the downtown district. Hansen says the DFP has awarded $192,000 in grant assistance for […]
The Dodge County District Attorney says there’s a crisis facing prosecutors around the state. DA Kurt Klomberg joined members of the Wisconsin District Attorneys Association at the State Capitol last week to meet with legislators about the high turnover rate among assistant District attorneys. Klomberg says pay progression legislation approved last year has helped reduce an 18.4 percent turnover rate among ADAs, but says DA offices are still understaffed. Klomberg […]
The Wisconsin Consumer Protection department says operators and employees of small businesses statewide should be aware of a recent phone scam that targeted a number of gas stations in the Fox Valley area. Division Administrator Sandy Chalmers says station employees received a phone call from a scammer claiming to be a district manager for the company. The “district manager” instructed the employees to take $500 from the registers to a […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is holding up his "go big and go bold" attitude as something Republicans need to emulate in Washington. In a speech to Iowa conservatives Saturday, Walker ran through a litany of changes he's implemented that curtailed union power, relaxed teacher tenure laws, strengthened gun rights and restricted abortions. All resonated with a Freedom Summit crowd sizing up potential 2016 GOP presidential […]
Following a last minute push the Fond du Lac Area United Way has reached its 2014 fund-raising goal of $745,000. According to a United Way press release funds from the United Way campaign are used to support crucial programs operated by non-profit agencies in the Fond du Lac community. United Way received funding requests of nearly $800,000 for 2015. Allocations by the United Way board of directors to requesting […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — New nonpartisan projections show Wisconsin is on track to finish the current fiscal year with a larger shortfall than Gov. Scott Walker's administration anticipated. The Legislative Fiscal Bureau reported yesterday that the state is expected to finish the year that ends June 30th with a $283 million shortfall. Walker spokeswoman Laurel Patrick says there will not be an emergency budget-balancing bill. Instead, she says Walker will […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says his decision to reject a proposal to build a new $800 million casino in Kenosha is not based on politics or impact on his potential presidential run, but what is best for taxpayers in the state. Walker announced Friday that he was rejecting a Menominee Tribe proposal to build the facility. Walker says there was no way to reach a deal with the […]
A world-record skydive attempt will be part of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015, with an international team of top skydivers aiming to make history at The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration. The Skydiving Hall of Fame based in Fredericksburg, Virginia, will organize the 108-person jump team for the record attempts. EAA spokesman Dick Knapinski says the teams will practice and prepare with record attempts at Skydive Chicago in Ottawa, Illinois, before the […]