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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State officials and legislators are not offering many details to support a handful of anecdotes they say justify overhauling Wisconsin's civil service system. Representative Jim Steineke and Senator Roger Roth plan to introduce a bill next week that would reshape hiring rules for non-political appointees. Steineke, Roth and Governor Scott Walker all have justified the moves by telling vague stories of misbehaving state employees.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Rep. Paul Ryan is not interested in replacing Rep. John Boehner as speaker of the House of Representatives.  Boehner announced Friday that he will be resigning at the end of October. Ryan's spokesman says the Republican from Janesville is not interested in the post. Ryan is chairman of the Ways and Means Committee.  Ryan says in a statement that Boehner's decision to step down is "an […]

Bail has been set at $10,000 cash for a Campbellsport man  arrested for his 6th owi.  Thomas Starzman made his initial Fond du Lac court appearance this week.  According to a criminal complaint a sheriff’s deputy observed a vehicle weaving and crossing the center line near the intersection of County Highway BB and Highway W.  The deputy says Starzman refused to perform a field sobriety test and also refused to […]

Doug Trost, St. Francis Home president & chief executive officer, is serving as Board of Directors and Executive Committee chairperson for LeadingAge Wisconsin, a statewide association based in Madison, Wisconsin.  St. Francis Home, a Fond du Lac-based organization - under the umbrella of Agnesian HealthCare - provides skilled, assisted and independent living settings for seniors, as well as short-term rehabilitation services.  Trost has been serving on the LeadingAge Wisconsin Board […]

A North Fond du Lac man has learned the hard way that when you respond to an Online ad for sex you never know what you’re going to get.  North Fond du Lac police chief Darren Pautsch says police were called to a Winnebago Street residence Wednesday night to a report that a black male had entered a house and displayed a gun.  Pautsch says officers arrived and conducted a […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Assembly has passed a bill that would take $3.5 million a year in federal grant money away from Planned Parenthood. The Republican-controlled Assembly passed the measure Thursday with no Democratic support. The bill would bar any organization that provides abortions to qualify for federal Title X grant money.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he's optimistic the chamber will vote on a bill outlawing research on tissue taken from aborted fetuses.  The GOP-authored measure would ban research on tissues, organs and cells from fetuses killed in elective abortions after Jan. 1, 2015, and ban the commercial sale of fetal tissue. Republicans in both the Assembly and Senate, however, have expressed concerns that the bill could […]

A Dodge County boy is being recognized for his life-saving actions.  Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt says 11 year old Christopher Rios Sarabia is credited with helping to save the life of a young woman who had overdosed from heroin.  Schmidt says Sarabia was walking through a town of Beaver Dam parking lot when he came upon a vehicle and unconscious driver.  Schmidt says Christopher tried to wake the woman, […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker is telling Republican state Assembly members that he supports a plan making it easier to fire state workers as part of a rewrite of the law governing the hiring and firing process.  Walker spoke about the plan during a 15-minute speech to Assembly Republicans on Thursday. Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke and Sen. Roger Roth are preparing a bill that would eliminate exams […]