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Democratic state lawmakers in Wisconsin are praising the Supreme Court's ruling upholding federal subsidies under President Barack Obama's health care law, but say more needs to be done.  They are renewing their call for Republican Gov. Scott Walker to accept federal money to expand Medicaid to more low-income people in Wisconsin.  Democratic Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Schilling says it's just common sense for Wisconsin to accept the money that would […]

A Ripon man who died when his motorcycle collided with an SUV on Highway 151 Tuesday has been identified. The Dodge County Sheriff's Department says 63 year old Richard Sorensen died in the accident in the Southbound lanes at the intersection with Hemlock Road in the Town of Trenton. The Sheriff's Department says an SUV driven by a 64 year old rural Randolph man merged onto 151 from the County Trunk […]

Additional details have been released in a fatal kayaking accident on the Horicon Marsh in Horicon. The Horicon Police Department says 62 year old Phillip Clark of Jackson died in the incident on Tuesday. Horicon Police say Clark, his wife, and their grandson had rented two kayaks for a day of sightseeing on the marsh. On their return trip, Clark's wife noticed Clark in the water. The wife was able […]

The Fond du Lac Lakeside Park Exploratory committee has officially released its findings and recommendations following nearly a year of study and review.  The committee officially presented its report at Wednesday night’s city council meeting.  Committee chair John Short says all of the recommendations are focused on trying to attract more people to the park. Short says at the top of the list is creating more walking and biking paths, […]

Court records shed more light on a Fond du Lac man who was sentenced this week in connection with an armed standoff with police.  Shannon Rogler was sentenced this week  to 40 years in prison.  District Attorney Eric Toney says investigators learned that  Rogler had planned the incident and appears to have wanted to get into a shootout with police.  "What we know based on the information is that there […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down health care subsidies, it's up to President Barack Obama and Congress to fix it and not the states.  Walker was asked Wednesday in Milwaukee whether he had a contingency plan if the subsidies are eliminated. Walker says Obama and Congress are "going to want to kick the problem to the states and we're not going […]

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation says the first phase of expanding Highway 23 to four lanes between Fond du Lac and Plymouth will not take place this year.  The project was put on hold last month after a federal judge ruled the DOT used inflated traffic forecasts to justify the project.    The $10 million first phase involved a seven mile stretch of road between Plymouth and the Sheboygan-FDL County line. […]

The state Department of Workforce Development says unemployment rates increased in the majority of Wisconsin counties and 30 of the state's 32 largest cities in May.  The city of Fond du Lac’s unemployment rate in May is 4.8 percent, up from 4.2 percent in April.  Fond du Lac County’s jobless rate increased four tenths of a percent to 4.2 percent.  The Dodge County unemployment rate stands at 4.5 percent up […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two Democratic members of the board that runs Governor Scott Walker's troubled economic development agency are calling for the CEO of the organization to resign. Reed Hall has led the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation since October 2012. State Rep. Peter Barca and state Sen. Julie Lassa say Hall hasn't done enough to stop wrongdoing and mismanagement of taxpayer money.