The Waupun school superintendent says she is excited for the start of another school year. Tonya Gubin welcomed back students and staff this week. Gubin says the district will be focusing on curriculum this year…developing common assessments at each grade level and departments at the high school. "Looking at how our students are mastering those core standards," Gubin told AM 1170 WFDL's Between the Lines program. The Waupun school district […]
The Fond du Lac County Highway Department would like to inform the motoring public of bridge repairs on County Trunk Highway VV (Pioneer Road) between S. Military Road and Johnson Street (STH 23). CTH VV will be closed between Sullivan Drive and Grove Street beginning on Monday September 8th, 2014, and weather permitting will re-open about two weeks later. There will be a signed detour route directing traffic to use […]
A public meeting will be held this month on the possibility of another roundabout on Pioneer Road in Fond du lac. The roundabout would replace traffic signals at Pioneer and Military Roads near Mercury Marine when that section of Pioneer Road is reconstructed in 2017. A public meeting will be held from 5-7pm Wednesday September 17th at the Fond du Lac city-county government center. The section of Pioneer Road being […]
MIDDLETON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says he doesn't have a number in mind for how much he wants to grow the private-school voucher program, should he be elected to a second term. Walker said Wednesday after touring a sensor manufacturer in Middleton that he wants to grow the program in stages, so there is capacity for all the students who wish to participate. The program allows for students […]
MIDDLETON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says his Democratic challenger Mary Burke hasn't addressed low graduation rates for black students as a member of the Madison school board and doesn't want to save taxpayers money by implementing the law that effectively ended collective bargaining for teachers. Walker made the comments Wednesday after touring a sensor manufacturer in the Madison suburb of Middleton. Walker says he was surprised to see […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new report says Wisconsin residents obtained fewer abortions last year. The state Department of Health Services released its annual report on abortions on Wednesday. The report says 6,251 state residents obtained abortions in 2013, down from 6,692 in 2012. The number of abortions occurring in Wisconsin also fell, from 6,927 in 2012 to 6,462 last year, continuing a five-year decline from 8,542 in 2009. The […]
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — The 12-year-old Wisconsin girl who nearly died after she was stabbed 19 times is back in school. A spokesman for the girl's family says it has been a summer of doctor's appointments, surgeries, specialists and recovery. Stephen Lyons says the girl has been eager to go back to school in Waukesha. She started the 7th grade on Tuesday. Lyons says the girl and her family continue […]
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — As the summer winds down another heating season will soon arrive. And, Wisconsin propane industry leaders don't expect the kind of shortage crisis that occurred last year. Wisconsin and other Midwestern states grappled with a propane shortage toward the end of last winter due largely to extended periods of frigid weather, a pipeline closure and heavy propane demand for drying grain. Wisconsin Propane Gas Association President […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — More people have been visiting Wisconsin's historic sites and museums this year. The Wisconsin Historical Society says attendance this year through mid-August is up 4.8 percent over the same period last year. Attendance was up at 10 of 11 historical sites and museums. Society officials say good weather and a number of events, including an opportunity to ride historic bikes at Old World Wisconsin, the celebration […]