Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed a bill into law to clarify when a newly passed constitutional amendment will make it harder for people to get out of jail on bail. Voters signed off on the constitutional amendment in the statewide election Tuesday, with two-thirds of voters supporting a pair of ballot questions on bail. Together, the amendment and the bill Evers signed on Wednesday will let judges consider more […]
Affordable housing was the focus of a stop in Dodge County Thursday by Governor Tony Evers and the executive director of the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority. During a stop in Juneau the governor highlighted initiatives in his proposed budget to promote local housing development and the need for more affordable housing in rural areas. The governor also received an update on the county’s new housing initiatives in Juneau and Reeseville, which the state supported […]
National Exchange Bank & Trust will be hosting a free “Shred Day” on Saturday, April 29, from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (or until the truck is full) at the bank’s Festival Foods location in the Southeast corner of the Festival Foods parking lot located at 1125 E Johnson St, Fond du Lac. The Shred Day in Fond du Lac has a different location this year due to scheduled improvements […]
Moraine Park Technical College has announced its top three candidates for the College’s next Vice President (VP) of Teaching and Learning. The current VP, Dr. Jim Eden, announced his retirement last year and since then has been the College has been in an active recruitment process. Dr. Eden will retire on June 30 and the new VP of Teaching and Learning will begin on July 1. After a nationwide search, […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers had confidence in their rookie class well before the start of the season. Those newcomers wasted no time rewarding that faith. The Brewers have won five straight games while fielding a lineup that often features three rookies in outfielders Garrett Mitchell and Joey Wiemer and second baseman Brice Turang. The trio is batting a combined .321 with five homers, 13 runs and 13 RBIs […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Garrett Mitchell hit a tiebreaking homer off Adam Ottavino in the ninth inning and the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the New York Mets 7-6 on Wednesday for their fifth straight victory. Mitchell sent a 3-2 cutter from Ottavino over the right-field wall for his third homer in his past two games. The rookie outfielder went deep twice Tuesday in a 9-0 triumph. The Brewers swept a series of […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The victory by Democratic-backed candidate Janet Protaswiecz in Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court election is a fresh example of the enduring political power of abortion rights in the wake of Roe v. Wade’s reversal. Protasiewicz defeated her conservative opponent, Dan Kelly, by an astonishing 11 percentage points in Tuesday’s election. Her win will give Democratic-backed justices a 4-3 majority when she takes office in August, putting progressives […]
BIRMINGHAM, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation Wednesday repealing Michigan's abortion ban from 1931 that made it a crime to assist in an abortion. The abortion ban, which fueled one of the largest ballot drives in state history, had been unenforceable after voters enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution last November. Whitmer and other Democratic leaders stressed that it was important to strike the law from […]
A Fond du Lac pediatrician says she is concerned about a continued drop in the kindergarten vaccination rate. A new study shows vaccination rates for U.S. kindergartners dropped from about 95 percent before the pandemic to 93 percent in the 2021-22 school year. SSM Health Fond du Lac Regional Clinic pediatrician, Dr. Nora Olson, says that decline is significant. She notes that when it comes to measles for example, health experts say a […]