One person was killed and two people were severely injured in a three vehicle traffic accident Wednesday night in Dodge County. The crash happened on Highway 73 near the intersection with County Trunk FW in the Town of Calamus. The Dodge County Sheriff’s Department says a southbound farm tractor towing a corn picker and gravity box began a left turn just as a southbound SUV began to pass the farm […]
After one Fond du Lac County board supervisor suggested earlier this year that the county may want to consider getting out of the golf course business, it appears the county golf course is going to end the season this year in the black. Last spring supervisor Tom Schumacher suggested maybe it was time for the county to sell the golf course after a report showed the Rolling Meadows Golf Course had […]
The North Fond du Lac School Board is expected to give final approval to the 2016 budget at their meeting next Monday. A handful of people were in attendance at the district’s annual meeting this week. Superintendent Aaron Sadoff says the budget is balanced with no increase in the tax rate. But Sadoff says the North Fond du Lac School District and other area districts are seeing a steady […]
Local law enforcement say a proposed bill that would keep 17 year olds out of the adult court system for non-violent offenses makes sense. A bipartisan measure dubbed the second chance bill would change Wisconsin’s law that prosecutes all 17 year olds charged with a crime or municipal ordinance violation as adults. Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s captain Rick Olig says the concern is that studies show 17 year olds […]
NEENAH, Wis. (AP) — Governor Scott Walker says he is confident a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers could be put together to overcome Republican opposition to his call to borrow $200 million this year to pay for roads. Walker traveled to Neenah to make his case Tuesday at the site of a road project that would be delayed without the additional borrowing.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Assembly has passed a bill dissolving Wisconsin's unique nonpartisan board regulating elections, campaign finance, lobbying and ethics laws. The bill passed Wednesday now heads to the Senate, where Republican Senator Luther Olsen says there are not enough votes to approve it in its current form. Democrats say the move will weaken regulation and increase the chances of corruption. Republicans say the current board is […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A legislative committee is set to vote next week on a bill that would legalize blaze pink hunting gear. Under current Wisconsin law, at least half of each article of clothing that gun deer hunters wear above the waist must be blaze orange. The bipartisan bill would allow hunters to wear fluorescent pink as well. The Assembly's natural resources committee has scheduled a vote on the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Chambers of commerce around Wisconsin can promote local retailers with wine walks without fear of breaking the law. Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill that legalizes the wine walks. The events have become important fundraisers for business groups. Retailers that usually don't offer food or beverages serve wine and snacks to participants. State revenue officials earlier indicated the events were prohibited under the law. The […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — If you're one of the tens of millions of people who has purchased a 6- or 12-inch Subway sandwich in the U.S. since 2003, you're entitled to a cut of a class action settlement involving the franchise. But the long and short of it is, only the nine named plaintiffs in the preliminary resolution approved by a federal judge in Milwaukee this month will see any money […]