Pitcher Yovani Gallardo has been traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Texas Rangers for three players and cash. Gallardo was 8-11 last year with a 3.51 ERA in 32 starts last season and 89-64 with a 3.69 ERA in an eight-year career with Milwaukee. Infielder Luis Sardinas, and right-handers Corey Knebel and Marcos Diplan were dealts to Milwaukee as part of Monday's trade, which could indicate the Brewers may […]
A 29 year old Fond du Lac man faces his 3rd owi after slamming his car into a tree early Monday morning. Rescue personnel were called to the scene on West Scott Street near Satterlee Street. Fire Chief Pete O’Leary says the driver had to be extricated from the vehicle and transported to the hospital where he was treated and released.
Citing low student enrollment the Moraine Park Technical College Board is expected to consider suspending its Building Trades Construction Worker program at its West Bend campus. The West Bend campus Dean says the program is not cost effective when only five students had applied. Executive director of the Homebuilders Association of Fond du Lac and Dodg0e counties Amanda Kemmel says she is surprised given that MPTC spent nearly $3 milliion […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State Assembly Republicans hope the Senate's new members will help pass a bill raising the speed limit to 70 mph in Wisconsin. The Assembly approved the 5 mph hike last year, but the measure died when senators declined to back it. Both houses were controlled by Republicans, as they are now. But, the makeup of the Senate has changed with the retirement of more moderate lawmakers, […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says debate over making Wisconsin a right-to-work state likely will not happen until after the April 7 spring election. Fitzgerald says he's "hopeful that at some point there will be enough momentum to at least take a vote on the bill itself." But Fitzgerald says that's not likely to happen until after the April 7 election when a vacancy is […]
Two Oshkosh men are accused of stealing scrap metal from several locations in Fond du Lac County. Scott Busby and Brady Malzhan both face 16 counts of burglary and theft. They are free on $2500 signature bonds after making their initial Fond du Lac court appearances. Fond du Lac County sheriff’s lieutenant Cameron McGee says these types of thefts occur from time to time depending on the price of the […]
The author of the Assembly School Accountability bill says he is open to changes in the measure. The Assembly Education Committee held a public hearing on the measure last week. Committee chair, Fond du Lac Republican lawmaker, Jeremy Thiesfeldt, says the committee won’t take action on the measure this week. "I quietly announced to the committee members on Friday that we were not going to be taking this up this […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A pair of Wisconsin Republicans is taking aim at the tiny plastic beads in soaps, toothpastes and facial scrubs. The so-called microbeads have cropped up in lakes, rivers and inside fish. Environmentalist group Clean Wisconsin is hoping to join the states pursuing a ban. Rep. Mary Czaja and Sen. Rob Cowles are working on a measure to ban the manufacture of products with microbeads after […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says he's still trying to work out a deal before a Feb. 19 deadline that would allow the Menominee Tribe to open a new casino in Kenosha. Walker was asked Monday about a report that said the state and Menominee Tribe are close to reaching agreement on a new gambling compact. Walker says "That's just one more step in terms of what may […]