The local unemployment rate is up slight in the latest reporting period. The state Department of Workforce Development says the city of Fond du Lac’s jobless rate in June stands at 4.9 percent…up one tenth of a percent from May. The Fond du Lac County rate inched up from 4.2 percent in May to 4.4 percent in June. In Dodge County the June unemployment rate stands at 4.7 percent up […]
The UW Fond du Lac Dean says a decision will be made in the months ahead who will become the executive dean of the UW FDL, Manitowac and Fox Valley campuses. The consolidation and administrative staff cuts were announced this week in response to the state budget that slashes a quarter of a billion dollars from the UW system. UW FDL dean John Short says is a plan that punishes […]
The Fond du Lac County Board is on record in support of a Highway 23 expansion project. The board approved a resolution at their meeting this week supporting the expansion of 23 to four lanes between Fond du lac and Plymouth. The project has been held up by a lawsuit filed by an environmental and land-use group and now because of transportation cuts in the state budget:. "Obviously because of […]
The investigation continues into the death of a Green Lake area man in Illinois. Green Lake County Sheriff’s chief deputy Mark Putzke says 60 year old William Carlson was killed in a domestic related incident Sunday in River Forest, Illinois. "It was a weapons-related incident involving a younger male party that he knew in a domestic situation," Putzke told AM 1170 WFDL's Between the Lines program. Putzke says nearly a […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An employee of the Tomah Veterans Affairs Medical Center and two others have been arrested on charges of selling or attempting to sell illegal drugs at the facility. The Tomah Police Department and the veterans hospital announced the arrests on Wednesday. The Tomah VA has been the center of state and federal investigations for the over-prescription of narcotics, retaliatory behavior and other problems. Wednesday's release says […]
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Five people on board a single-engine airplane are hurt after it crashed while landing at the Experimental Aircraft Association convention in Oshkosh. EAA spokesman Dick Knapinski says a Piper Malibu went down on a runway at Wittman Regional Airport about 8 a.m. Wednesday. Thick black smoke billowed from the runway and the airport was closed. Knapinski says one of the five people has been taken by […]
KESHENA, Wis. (AP) — Menominee Indian Tribe members will have a chance to weigh in on whether marijuana should be legal for recreational and medicinal use on the reservation in northeastern Wisconsin. The tribe plans a referendum next month to find out how its members feel about legalizing the drug. A two-question referendum on Aug. 19 and 20 will ask tribal members whether medical marijuana and recreational use for adults […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A report of a lion roaming a Milwaukee neighborhood has police and others on the lookout. Milwaukee police say a woman reported seeing a lion Monday afternoon in her north side neighborhood. Police Chief Edward Flynn says his officers were given cellphone video of an animal that appeared to be a "lion-ish creature." Officers checked the neighborhood, but didn't find anything. The Wisconsin Department of Natural […]
Celebrate nature, art, family activities plus plant and wildlife diversity at this year’s Prairie Fest on Saturday, July 25th, 2015 from 10 AM to 3 PM at the beautiful Gottfried Prairie and Arboretum, UW-Fond du Lac Campus, 400 University Drive, Fond du Lac. Prairie Fest is a FREE family-oriented environmental education event featuring prairie tours, arts, vendors, demonstrations, presentations and children activities. Children are encouraged to visit the Prairie Play […]