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The Fond du Lac School superintendent says a budget signed into law this week will result in a loss of about $1.4 million in state aid for the Fond du Lac School District.    Superintendent Dr. jim Sebert  reported the latest figures at this week’s school board meeting.  Sebert  says the district will not have to cut any positions or programs in the next budget.  He says the district has been […]

Bail has been set at $50,000 cash for a Fond du Lac man accused of possessing child pornography.  Thirty seven year old Keith Stinemates made his initial Fond du Lac court appearance on two counts of possession of child pornography.  A preliminary hearing is scheduled for September 3rd.   According to a criminal complaint Stinemates is accused of sending two child porn images to an undercover investigator with the Wisconsin […]

Fond du Lac Fire Fighters, the Green Bay Packers and the Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin are joining forces to raise money to provide child ID kits to all K-12 children across the state.   Green Bay Packer wide receiver, Jordy Nelson, was in Fond du Lac Wednesday afternoon to  kick off the Fill the Helmet campaign.   Fond du Lac will join Milwaukee in kicking off the program this month […]

The Fond du Lac Historic Preservation Commission is expected to seek local historic designation for a deteriorating bridge at Lakeside Park.  Community Development director Diane Benson says the plan right now would be to preserve and relocate the historic bow string trusses and build a new structure in its place…rather than restoring the Fountain Island Bridge.  "In order to designate we do hold a public hearing once the Historic Preservation […]

Fond du Lac police are investigating a report of a suspicious incident involving a man who reportedly grabbed a young girl by the arm.  Assistant police chief Steve Klein says the incident  occurred around 5:20 PM Monday on Marquette St. just North of East Merrill Ave. in the City of Fond du Lac.  Klein says an eight year old girl told police a man grabbed her as she was riding […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel has asked a federal judge to declare state budget provisions requiring food stamp recipients to undergo drug testing are legal.  The budget Republican Gov. Scott Walker signed on Sunday contains language requiring food stamp recipients to undergo drug screening. If they fail the screen they must go through drug testing and treatment.  Schimel filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Milwaukee against a […]

Political observers say governor Walker is doing all the right things heading into the partisan primaries and caucuses early next year…the question is how will that play out if  he wins the nomination? Wispolitics.com editor J.R. Ross says Walker is bragging about his conservative policies  and fighter reputation.  Ross says the question is how does Walker address those issues in a general election campaign?    "He will have a hard […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is making his first stop in Nevada as a presidential candidate.  The Silver State is the first of four states Walker will visit following his Monday evening announcement that he's running for president. He swung by a Las Vegas Harley Davidson dealership on Tuesday to tout his everyman story and his conservative credentials.  Walker boasted about how he tamed unions in Wisconsin, […]

BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Justice is helping a sheriff's office investigate a cold case homicide in which the only clue is a human skull.  Jackson County sheriff's officials say loggers found the skull in a remote wooded area near the Village of Warrens in August 1978. An earring was found near the remains.  The remains have gone unidentified for 37 years. Experts estimate the […]