MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s budget forecast has dipped slightly, but the latest projection still calls for the state to collect about $6.9 billion more than anticipated by the end of June. The latest projection Monday from the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau estimates that taxes collected over the next two years will be down about $755 million, or about 1% less than the previous estimate made four months ago. Taking […]
Spectrumhas announced the launch of Spectrum Internet, Mobile, TV and Voice services to nearly 1,000 additional homes and small businesses in parts of Dodge and Fond du Lac Counties. Spectrum’s newly constructed fiber-optic network buildout includes parts of the following towns: Ashford, Byron, Eden, Forest, Lomira, Osceola, Theresa, and Wayne. It is part of the company’s approximately $5 billion RDOF-related investment in unserved rural communities, which includes $1 billion won […]
Consumer prices in the United States rose again in April, and measures of underlying inflation stayed high, suggesting that rising costs could persist for months to come. Prices rose 0.4 percent from March to April, up from 0.1 percent from February to March. Retired Ripon College economist Paul Schoofs says the nation's inflation rate has steadily cooled since peaking at 9.1 percent last June, but remains far above the Federal Reserve's two percent target […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin environmental regulators have settled a lawsuit alleging permit requirements they imposed on one of the state's largest dairy operations are too harsh. Court documents show the state Department of Natural Resources' settlement with Kewaunee County-based Kinnard Farms became effective Saturday. Kinnard Farms sued the DNR in April 2022 after the agency attached requirements to the company's wastewater permit limitingthe size of its herd and mandating […]
Mark your calendars! This Saturday, May 20th is the first day of the 2023 Farmers Market. We are very excited to welcome the community to downtown. Farmers Market Reminders Main Street will be closed from 6:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. on Saturdays from May-October. There is no overnight parking on Main Street between Forest Avenue and Western Avenue from May-October. All downtown businesses are eligible to receive one free space at […]
Envision Greater Fond du Lac’s Agri-Business Council has selected the winners of the 2023 Fond du Lac Area Agri-Business Council Scholarship and the Fond du Lac Area Foundation Harold Reinecke Scholarship. The Fond du Lac Area Agri-Business Council Scholarship is available to individuals from the Fond du Lac County area pursuing post-secondary training at a university, trade school, technical college, UW-Short Course, etc. in the fields of agriculture or agri-business. The […]
EXCELSIOR, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a middle-school student waiting to board a school bus in Wisconsin was struck and killed Friday by a pickup truck that had swerved to avoid hitting the bus. The Sauk County Sheriff’s Office says pickup's driver failed to stop in time and sideswiped the bus, striking the student at about 7:20 a.m. along Highway 23/33 in the Town of Excelsior. The child was pronounced […]
Fond du Lac Police Department noSrsepodti80010ilg6gmg51i8t594h2fah0g394huh5iuu994l6f92049c · Friday Fond du Lac Police Detective Camille Vandermolen and members of the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office traveled to Hudson for the visitation, funeral, and law enforcement honors for Deputy Kaitie Leising. Our FDLPD Family stands with you St. Croix County Sheriff's Office, especially during these most difficult days.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Two people have been sentenced for their roles in a series of shootings that left at least 17 people wounded near the Fiserv Forum after a Milwaukee Bucks playoff game in May 2022. Twenty-five-year-old Marquise Jackson was sentenced Thursday to 22 years in prison and 15 years extended supervision after he pleaded pleaded guilty to aggravated battery and seven counts of first-degree reckless injury. Twenty-one-year-old Alexus Jackson-Milton […]