The 13 two-year colleges in the University of Wisconsin System will cut 83 full-time positions and consolidate leadership into four regions to deal with budget cuts approved by the Legislature and Gov. Scott Walker. Fond du lac County executive Al Buechel says under the plan, UW FDL, Manitowac and Fox Valley will be under one executive dean. "From the beginning I thought this (uw budget cuts) was a disaster," Buechel […]
Several construction projects underway or nearing completion in Fond du lac. Community Development Director Dyann Benson says after a brief lag in construction the Hampton Inn project is almost done. The Meadows Senior apartment complex on Rolling Meadows Drive is anticipated to be completed by the end of the year; and the contractor is setting roof trusses on the Mercury Marine expansion project.
The city of Fond du Lac is asking the state Public Service Commission for permission to increase water rates. City officials say the proposal increases water rates for the typical residential customer by 6.9%. That amounts to an increase of eight dollars per quarter or $2.69 per month. Since there will be no rate increase for sewer service, the typical residential customer will see an increase of approximately 3.5% […]
A Cascade man has died from his injuries following a motorcycle crash in Fond du Lac County earlier this month. Sheriff’s Captain Rick Olig says 56 year old Gary Wetor was pronounced dead Monday at Froedert Hospital in Milwaukee. Olig says Wetor was involved in the crash on Thursday July 9th on Auburn-Ashford Drive just west of Highway G in the town of Auburn. Olig says a preliminary investigation indicates […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Scott Walker is facing potentially embarrassing revelations from an agency once billed as the centerpiece of his plan as Wisconsin's governor to bring 250,000 jobs to the state. The Republican presidential candidate led the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation until stepping down earlier this month after allegations about shoddy lending and favoritism at the agency. A review by The Associated Press found the agency gave $1.2 million to […]
A Republican state senator from Fond du Lac is defending the troubled Wisconsin Economic Development Agency. State senator Rick Gudex serves on the WEDC board and says he supports the election of Ariens Company president Dan Ariens as the new board chairman. The agency has been plagued by mismanagement and questions about handing out loans without properly vetting recipients. But Gudex says he believes that is now in the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Gov. Scott Walker's top adviser says he welcomes the growing Republican presidential field and feels good about the money Walker has raised so far, even though it trails others. Walker adviser Rick Wiley spoke Tuesday at a noontime luncheon organized by the political website Wispolitics.com. His speech came on the same day that groups supporting Walker reported raising $32 million so far this year. Wiley says […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Groups supporting Scott Walker's run for president have raised $32 million to help the Republican Wisconsin governor's campaign. The largest haul reported Tuesday came from the Unintimidated super PAC run by close Walker advisers. It says it raised $20 million in its first three months of operation, before Walker formally entered the race last week. Walker's state committee, which financed his runs for governor and paid […]
EPHRAIM, Wis. (AP) Door County investigators say the attorney for the wife of a missing Grand Chute doctor has denied their request to search the family home. Chief Deputy Pat McCarty tells Post-Crescent Media Tuesday that consent to search the home was denied and that without evidence of a crime, investigators cannot get a search warrant. Dr. Jeffrey Whiteside was last seen at the Ephraim Yacht Harbor Marina three […]