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Following two train derailments in Wisconsin over the weekend a Demcoratic state lawmaker is introducing legislation designed to improve railroad safety.  State representative Jill Billings from LaCrosse says the bipartisan measure would increase security and emergency preparedness for Wisconsin railroads.   Train derailments in western Wisconsin Saturday and Watertown Sunday spilled ethanol and oil.   "The majority of these derailments are caused by issues with the tracks so I want to […]

The Fond du Lac County Republican party treasurer says he was impressed with this week’s Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee.  Rohn Bishop was in attendance at the Milwaukee Theatre for Tuesday night’s debate.  Bishop says after watching and listening to the candidates it is amazing to him that Donald Trump is still on top of the polls.  "He kind of comes off strong in leadership by the way he presents […]

More than 30 piece of nose art from World War Two combat aircraft are on display at the EAA Airventure museum in Oshkosh.  EAA spokesman Dick Knapinski says the museum was chosen as the first public display location for this rare collection.  The artifacts have been designated by the National Trust for Historical Preservation as an official project of Save America’s Treasures and will be on display at EAA throughout […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The push to overhaul Wisconsin's beleaguered economic development agency is growing.  Democrats on Thursday proposed making it a felony for companies that receive state tax breaks and commit fraud. And Republican lawmakers are saying they are open to working with Democrats on changes to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.  The agency, known as WEDC, has been beset with problems since Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican […]

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Two Republican U.S. senators are renewing efforts to drop gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region and Wyoming from the federal endangered species list.  Sens. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and John Barrasso of Wyoming introduced legislation this week that would order the Interior Department to renew previous orders lifting protections for the wolves in Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Wyoming.  Federal judges threw out both […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Democratic legislator is trying to convince the Assembly's judiciary committee to approve his bill requiring state officials to revoke repeat drunken drivers' licenses for at least a decade. Rep. Eric Genrich told the committee during a hearing Thursday that the bill isn't a cure-all for drunken driving but still represents attempt to address habitual offenders.  Under the bill, the Department of Transportation would be required […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton is coming to Madison next week to raise money for his wife's presidential campaign.  The former president is scheduled to host a noontime fundraiser for Hillary Rodham Clinton at the Madison Club on Wednesday. The invitation asks for donations of at least $300.   Hillary Clinton was last in Wisconsin in September for a campaign stop in Milwaukee.

KOHLER, Wis. (AP) — The union representing 2,100 Kohler Co. employees in Sheboygan County says the two sides are far apart on a new labor contract as a deadline approaches.  United Auto Workers Local 833 president Tim Tayloe says the economy has changed since union members accepted a concessionary contract five years ago that froze wages and raised health care costs. Tayloe says Kohler is doing better, the factories are […]

A morning of cake doughnut sales at Bob & Bonnie’s Donuts and Cakes, located at 54A Halbach Court in Fond du Lac, have led to a donation that will help patients and their families who benefit from Agnesian Cancer Care services.  As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Dan and Jessica Fishelson, Bob & Bonnie’s owners/operators, donated proceeds from a two-hour doughnut sale to the Agnesian HealthCare Foundation to help […]