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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin milling company has agreed to pay an additional $1.8 million in penalties after a corn dust explosion that killed five workers and injured more than a dozen others at its Cambria plant in 2017, the federal Labor Department announced on Thursday.  Didion Milling agreed to the penalties and a long list of safety improvements to settle an Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigation. The settlement comes […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court announced Thursday that the director of state courts job will be filled by the person who has been doing it since August, despite complaints that the hiring was illegal because she had been elected to serve as a Milwaukee County judge.  Audrey Skwierawski took a leave from her job as a Milwaukee County circuit judge to work as the state court administrator since the […]

The Fond du Lac city council has approved contracts with three humane officer organizations who will continue providing animal control services to the city in 2024.   City manager Joe Moore says Critter Junction, Lucky Dog and Sandi Paws will provide a variety of vital animal control services to the city – including taking custody of stray and abandoned dogs and cats, and attempting to reunite pets with their owners – under a uniform payment structure.   A […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to travel to Milwaukee on Wednesday, marking his third visit to the battleground state this year.   The White House announced Thursday that Biden plans to discuss his economic agenda while in Milwaukee. No other details about the trip, including where exactly he was going, were announced.  Biden was last in the state for a visit to Milwaukee in August. In February, he visited a Madison-area union training […]

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services' (DHS) most recent weekly Respiratory Virus Surveillance Report shows that COVID-19 activity is continuing to increase, sending more people to emergency rooms, especially among people aged 65 and older. The state’s Wastewater Monitoring Program, which tests samples of wastewater across the state has shown significant increases in COVID-19 activity statewide. Fortunately, treatments for COVID-19 are widely available, and the state’s free telehealth service has been extended […]

Madison- Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu issued the following statement regarding yesterday’s board of regents vote. The regents vote yesterday approved the proposal they rejected on Saturday. “Diversity, equity and inclusion programs have been co-opted by radical liberals to enforce their agenda on universities and student bodies all over the country. With this agreement, Wisconsin will become a leader in bipartisan reform to higher education.  “Repurposing DEI resources systemwide, providing […]

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers released a statement regarding the University of Wisconsin (UW) System Board of Regents vote Wednesday night.  “In my final address as a regent, I talked about independence, autonomy, and the importance of higher education institutions and their governing bodies not serving as the extension of any politician, administration, or political party. That’s a belief I still carry with me today as governor. Never in modern […]

City offices in the City/County Government Center will be closed all day on December 25th and January 1st in observance of the holidays.  The Municipal Service Center will also be closed on December 25th and January 1st for all services, including refuse and recycling collection and bulky waste drop off. There will  be no refuse and recycling collection on December 25th or January 1st. • Refuse/garbage normally collected on Monday […]

An Appleton man is in custody following a high speed chase in Fond du Lac County.  The chase started shortly after 12:30am Thursday when a sheriff's deputy attempted to  stop a vehicle for a traffic violation on northbound Interstate 41 at Johnson Street.  The chase continued eastbound on Johnson Street at a high rate of speed and was terminated after the deputy got a license plate.  Fond du Lac police later located the vehicle near […]