The Fond du Lac city council has adopted a 2016 budget at their meeting Wednesday night. Fond du Lac city manager Joe Moore says the budget significantly reduces the city’s debt and operating expenses are nearly flat. The budget includes a 2.5 percent increase in the tax rate with a 4.6 percent levy increase. Moore says budget highlights include a new position in the police department to sift through […]
The Fond du Lac city council has approved a new contract for the firefighters union. The three year contract through 2018 includes a three percent wage increase the first two years and a 3.25 percent increase in 2018. The deal also includes a three percent employee contribution to WRS beginning in 2018 and modifies employee premium contributions to health insurance to match the premium contributions of general city employees. City […]
The Fond du Lac city council has voted against a staff recommendation to abolish the ethics board. City staff made the recommendation noting the board rarely meet, that the city would still have an ethics code and access to legal and ethical advice from the city attorney. The council voted unanimously against the recommendation at their meeting Wednesday night. Councilmember, Brian Kolstad, says the ethics board is independent and […]
The Polk County District attorney has been arrested for drunken driving in Fond du lac County. Forty five year old Daniel Steffen was arrested Monday night. A Sheriff’s deputy pulled the vehicle over for speeding on Highway 23 near Highway G east of Fond du lac. Steffen was arrested for suspicion of drunken driving and transported to the Fond du Lac County Jail where a preliminary breath test measured .11 […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Two Wisconsin sausage companies have settled their legal battle over who can call their product a "backyard brat." Klement Sausage Co. sued Johnsonville Sausage in federal court for trademark infringement. The Milwaukee company says it trademarked "backyard bratwurst" in 2009 and that Johnsonville's use of the phrase "backyard grilled brat" violated federal and state law. The Sheboygan Falls company says it has agreed to stop using […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Kroger plans to buy fellow grocer Roundy's for about $178 million to expand in the Midwest. Roundy's Inc., based in Milwaukee, owns about 151 stores in Wisconsin and Illinois. Its stores include Copps, Mariano's, Metro Market and Pick 'n Save. Kroger said the deal will give it a presence in new areas. Cincinnati-based Kroger Co. operates more than 2,600 stores in 34 states. It owns several […]
MIDDLETON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Pat Roggensack is telling the state's judges that she plans to lobby legislators to raise their salaries. Roggensack made the remarks at the annual state judicial conference Wednesday in Middleton during her State of the Judiciary Address. The speech was her first State of the Judiciary Address since taking over as the high court's leader earlier this year. She said she […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker has signed into law a pair of bills expanding and simplifying Wisconsin's concealed carry law. One bill he signed Wednesday allows active military personnel from other states who are stationed in Wisconsin for more than a year to apply for concealed weapons permits. Until the change, the permits were available only to state residents. The other bill Walker signed simplifies the application process […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Governor Scott Walker says the best way to celebrate Veterans Day is to try harder to reach out to fellow citizens and stand up for everyone's rights and freedoms. Walker delivered the message at a Veterans Day ceremony Wednesday in the state Capitol rotunda. Two Wisconsin residents killed in action in Vietnam, Leonard Thompson and Lawrence Joseph Butler, were honored during the ceremony.