Department of Workforce Development Assistant Deputy Secretary Dave Anderson will meet with registered employers and job seekers at the Fox Valley Career Expo on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. The Career Expo will be at the Fond du Lac County Fairgrounds. Unlike most traditional job fairs, Career Expos are open only to employers with current job openings and job seekers who are pre-screened for work readiness in advance. […]
Opposition from neighbors to a proposed lease agreement between the city of Fond du lac and Winnebago Lutheran Academy to develop a portion of McDermott Park remains strong as WLA considers its next move. The Fond du lac Advisory Park Board listened to nearly a half hour of public testimony at their meeting Monday night with all but one speaker voicing opposition to the proposal. WLA wants to enter into […]
A Republican lawmaker from Beaver Dam says he plans to introduce legislation regarding the placement of dangerous child sex offenders. Representative Mark Born says he wants to make sure a situation that happened in the town of Leroy doesn’t happen again. "We think its a situation that things didn't go the way they should and we have concerns about their policies and procedures," Born told WFDL news. The Department of […]
The Dodge County Sheriff says he’s pleased a judge rescinded an order to place a convicted child sex offender in a home next to a residence where two young children live. Sheriff Dale Schmidt says Judge Joseph Sciasia wasn’t aware of that when he initially placed Robert Larson at the town of Leroy residence. Schmidt says its important that the Department of Health Services knows who lives in the neighborhood, […]
The National Weather Service says its been a relatively mild summer in Wisconsin so far, for the second year in a row. Meteorologist Paul Collar says on average temperatures and precipitation have been below normal with less than a week left in July. "The heat has been absent by and large. We've had some bouts of thunderstorms and some humid days. That's typical for summer," Collar told WFDL news. "We […]
The head of a government watchdog group says dismantling the state elections board would be a mistake, but a Republican lawmaker from Fond du Lac says he supports making changes. Governor Scott Walker says he wants to replace the GAB with something completely new and that is accountable to the people. Common Cause in Wisconsin Director Jay Heck says that’s why the GAB was established following the legislative caucus scandal. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Property taxes on the typical Wisconsin home are projected to decrease $1 on bills mailed this December and $2 next year. The nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau released a new estimate on property taxes for a home valued at just over $154,000 based on the state budget recently signed by Gov. Scott Walker. Walker's original budget proposal would have resulted in a $10 decrease in property taxes […]
BRISTOL, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say they tracked a cellphone to southeastern Wisconsin in their search for a small plane that was long overdue at the Experimental Aircraft Association convention. The bodies of two men were discovered in a crashed plane in a field in Kenosha County on Sunday. Authorities had picked up a signal from a cellphone in the wreckage. Sheriff's deputies and the Wisconsin Civil Air Patrol began […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republican Party executive director Joe Fadness is leaving his position to join Scott Walker's presidential campaign. The state party announced the move on Monday. Mike Duffey will take over as director of the state GOP. Fadness will be in charge of running the national ballot access program to qualify Walker for election in each presidential primary contest. Fadness began his political career as an intern […]