WASHINGTON (AP) — New House Speaker Paul Ryan is calling for tough work requirements and cuts to safety net programs as he sketches a vision for congressional Republicans for 2017 and beyond. In a speech Thursday that his staff is billing as his first major address, the Wisconsin Republican who took over the House gavel just over a month ago says Republicans must go beyond trying to undo President Barack […]
A Wisconsin appeals court says a drunk-driving defendant's right to confront his accuser was not violated because the arresting Fond du Lac police officer was killed before trial. In a 2-1 decision this week, the District III Court of Appeals upheld Fond du Lac County Circuit Judge Gary Sharpes’ ruling that officer Craig Birkholz had a reasonable basis to stop Glenn Zamzow’s vehicle after it crossed the center line. About […]
With December upon us, so is another great season of Fond du Lac Cardinals hockey. For many, it brings up great memories of their own days donning the Cardinal hockey sweater and playing at the Blue Line Ice Arena (old or new). Some have continued with the sport over the years playing or coaching at some level, or watching their own youngsters develop through the program. However, they will all […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources has scaled back its preliminary nine-day gun deer season harvest. The agency said Tuesday that preliminary totals showed hunters killed 204,725 deer, about 5,000 more animals than the 199,583 they took during the 2014 nine-day season, the lowest harvest in 21 years. On Thursday, though, DNR officials said hunters killed 201,812 deer during the 2015 nine-day.
MOUNT HOREB, Wis. (AP) — Hundreds of people packed the library in Mount Horeb to listen to a reading of a children's book about a transgender girl. Organizers say they were surprising by the showing of support for a local family with a transgender child. The library event Wednesday night was arranged after the child's elementary school canceled a reading of the book last week following the threat of a […]
Even as campus crises make headlines across the country, local school administrators are reviewing and improving their emergency procedures. Both the Fond du Lac School District and St. Mary’s Springs Academy of Fond du Lac kicked off the academic year with a series of drills to prepare teachers, staff and students for a variety of incidents that could impact on-site safety. A portion of that training featured Roomsponder, a locally […]
Marian University, Fond du Lac, WI is seeking comments from the public about the University in preparation for its periodic evaluation by its regional accrediting agency. Marian University will host a visit March 21-22, 2016, with a team representing the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association. Marian University has been accredited by the Commission since 1960. The team will review the institution’s ongoing ability to meet the Commission’s […]
Two people were injured in a three vehicle crash on the Highway 151 Bypass in Fond du Lac. Sheriff’s captain Rick Olig says the crash happened shortly before 9am when a car was attempting to turn from the Bypass onto Camelot Drive. Olig says the northbound vehicle was struck by a southbound vehicle causing it to roll over , striking a vehicle stopped at the stop sign on Camelot Drive.. […]
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff doesn’t want a convicted violent sex offender from Milwaukee County living in Fond du Lac County. Sheriff Mick Fink says he received a letter from the Department of Health Services three days before Thanksgiving that Clint Rhymes was going to be placed at a town of Eldorado residence. Fink wrote back stating his refusal to the department’s placement. "I was surprised and I was surprised by […]