Fond du Lac police are still looking for a suspect in the armed robbery of a local motel. Police chief Bill Lamb says the Microtel Motel on South Military Road was robbed at gunpoint Sunday afternoon. Police say a man robbed the motel clerk at gunpoint and fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash. The suspect is described as a white male (possibly in his twenties), thin build, […]
A reward is being offered for the return of a sculpture stolen from the grave of a six year old girl. Fond du Lac resident James Last is offering a $100 reward for the return of the butterfly sculpture stolen from Tiffany Last’s grave in a cemetery near Dundee. She died in December 2006. Last says the sculpture was handmade by Last’s father, Jeremy Krahn, because his daughter loved butterflies. […]
Marijuana is still illegal in Wisconsin, but cities across the state slowly have been relaxing penalties against people caught with small amounts of the drug. Nine of the state's 10 largest cities have decriminalized simple possession. Madison and Milwaukee were among the first cities in Wisconsin to reform their ordinances on marijuana. Fond du Lac police chief Bill Lamb says first offense simple marijuana possession in Fond du Lac has […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker denies he's a career politician — even though he's been in elected office since he was 25 years old. The 47-year-old Republican presidential candidate says in an interview with CNBC that he believes a career politician is "somebody who's been in Congress for 25 years." Walker's been in politics for most of his adult life — about 25 years when counting his […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The director of the state elections board says it's unrealistic to think his staffers don't have personal political views but they don't make decisions. Government Accountability Board Director Kevin Kennedy told reporters Tuesday that his employees are human and vote. But he and board members make the decisions and he works hard to ensure his workers' views don't influence those calls. Kennedy made the remarks as […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin State Patrol is rescinding pay raises for officers who provide security to Gov. Scott Walker after federal regulators said they are due overtime pay dating back to May 2013. Department of Transportation spokeswoman Peg Schmitt said Tuesday that in light of the determination by the U.S. Department of Labor that the officers are due overtime, the $4-an-hour raises given the officers in February will […]
Members of the Fond du Lac County Farm Bureau will hold their annual meeting on Monday, September 21, at 7:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn in Fond du Lac. All Farm Bureau members are encouraged to attend this important meeting to help create policy resolutions and vote in elections for county board directors. Also being selected will be the county’s voting delegates for the WFBF Annual Meeting in Wisconsin Dells, […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's trip to the Final Four last spring sent fans flocking for Badger wear, and the university's bottom line is showing it. The school says royalties from licensed merchandise rose 10 percent in the past school year to more than $3.8 million. That was second-highest in school history and put Wisconsin 14th among the nearly 200 schools that work through the same licensing company. The only […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin System leaders are set to begin a series of listening sessions around the state. The first session is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon at UW-La Crosse. Community, legislative and business leaders are expected to speak on health topics. System leaders plan to hold 13 more sessions on eight other campuses this fall. UW System President Ray Cross promised to hold the sessions when he […]