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MADISON – The Department of Workforce Development (DWD) is now accepting applications for Wisconsin Fast Forward (WFF) grants to help address the state's demand for skilled workers. Employers of all types and sizes across Wisconsin are eligible to apply for funding to train skilled workers.  The WFF program supports innovative local and regional solutions to help employers meet workforce needs in their areas. The Industry Sectors Worker Training Grants reimburse the […]

FOND DU LAC, WI – The Fond du Lac Dock Spiders have announced the dates and giveaways for their 2025 Souvenir 7 ticket package. The giveaway items include three bobbleheads, a bucket hat, a snapback hat, a baseball card set, and a pint glass. For a limited time, each ticket package (starting at just 7 games) purchased or renewed includes an exclusive season ticket holder jersey.   The popular Souvenir 7 […]

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, named Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) as the chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Sen. Johnson stated, “I am honored to serve as chairman of the powerful Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. This subcommittee’s investigatory record spans decades and its reputation for conducting thorough oversight and exposing wrongdoing is unparalleled. […]

WASHINGTON –  U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and 5 of his Senate colleagues reintroduced the Codifying Useful Regulatory Definitions (CURD) Act. The CURD Act establishes a statutory definition of “natural cheese” and deems a food to be misbranded and prohibited from sale if it does not meet this definition and its label uses the term “natural cheese” as a factual description of a category of cheese.   “Wisconsin is known for cheese, […]

A Fond du Lac man  convicted of  providing the drugs that led to an overdose death  is going to prison.   Fond du Lac County Circuit judge Laura Lavey sentenced 46 year old Joshua Weber to 12 years in prison and 13 years extended supervision.  Weber earlier pleaded guilty to First Degree Reckless Homicide.   Investigators say Weber supplied the fentanyl that led to the death of a Fond du Lac man […]

A convicted high risk child sex offender who cut off his GPS monitoring bracelet Monday and fled Fond du Lac has been captured.   Fond du Lac Police Chief Aaron Goldstein says detectives learned that Chad Maertz purchased a rental car and entered the vehicle into the FLOCK license plate recognition camera system.  A short time later Maertz was arrested at a Walmart store in Germantown.  Maertz served a  20 year  sentence for attempted  child […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-backed candidate in Wisconsin's pivotal state Supreme Court race said Monday that he thinks anyone convicted of assaulting law enforcement officers should serve their entire sentence, but he also didn't object to President Donald Trump using his power to pardon.   Trump has received bipartisan criticism for granting clemency last week to about 1,500 rioters who were convicted of crimes related to Jan. 6, 2021, attack on […]

Republican congressman Glenn Grothman says he supports president Trump’s swift executive orders  issued almost immediately after he was sworn into office.  Grothman says he supports sending active duty troops to the US-Mexico border, and the president’s immigration enforcement plan.  Grothman admits he’s concerned about the president’s planned tariffs.  "I'm glad when I see people who are close to president Trump who hopefully will weigh in a little bit on that who […]

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers has announced that Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) Secretary Cheryll Olson-Collins will be retiring, effective Feb. 3, 2025. Before being appointed DFI secretary, Secretary Olson-Collins previously served as DFI deputy secretary and has held several leadership positions at the agency since 2007.   “Throughout her 18 years of service at DFI, Cheryll has helped ensure the strong financial health of Wisconsin, our people, and our […]