MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican state Sen. Alberta Darling is standing by comments she made that two Republican leaders of the state Assembly called disingenuous. Darling did not retreat Thursday from saying Assembly Republicans want to delay work on the Zoo Interchange to put pressure on the Senate to go along with a hike in the gas tax or registration fees. Darling wants to protect the interchange near Milwaukee from […]
A Ripon man has been bound over for trial in connection with a fatal car versus motorcycle accident in Fond du lac County last summer. Travis Hartman waived his preliminary hearing on a charge of homicide by negligient operation of a motor vehicle. Hartman is free on a three thousand dollar signature bond. According to a criminal complaint Hartman was driving a a vehicle on Highway 44 in the town […]
Fond du Lac police are investigating a vandalism incident at the Fondy Jr. Football League building. The facility is located on Morris Street, just off 9th Street. Police say vandals tipped over a couple of the metal picnic tables under the awning next to the building. A still picture of one of the alleged perpetrators making an obscene gesture at a security camera was posted on the League’s Facebook page. […]
Almost 900 Wisconsin high school juniors are spending the week learning how their state-and-local governments operate. The state American Legion is holding its 74th Badger Boys State program in Ripon. The boys are setting up their own local-and-state offices and governing bodies that do everything from passing ordinances, to balancing a budget, to amending the Boys' State constitution. They've elected 27 mayors, including Ian Smith of Hudson -- who represents […]
A Fond du Lac mountaineer who survived deadly earthquake on Mount Everest will share his story during a presentation this week. Andy Land will make a slideshow presentation at 7pm Thursday at the Marian University Stayer Center. There will be a five dollar charge and Land says the proceeds will go to the Sherpa Fund to help earthquake victims. Land’s climbing team was rescued by helicopter after the earthquake struck. […]
A Fond du Lac man has been arrested following a fight and residential burglary. Hughie Roby faces multiple charges including armed burglary and criminal damage to property. Bail was set at $15,000 cash. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says the initial call came in June 7th for a report of a fight in the 100 block of East 1st Street with reports of possible gunshots fired. A 62 year […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's private-sector job growth ranked 38th in the country last year, trailing the national average. Data released Wednesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows private sector jobs grew in Wisconsin by 1.51 percent last year. That lagged the national average of 2.6 percent growth over the year. Gov. Scott Walker promised to create 250,000 private-sector jobs over his first term in office. But […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Legislature's budget committee won't meet this week as lawmakers continue wrestling over which roads projects would be affected by an $800 million cut in funding. Joint Finance Committee co-chair Sen. Alberta Darling told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the panel will not meet this week. Darling says she hopes it will meet next week. Darling says the ongoing negotiations between Republicans in the […]
The Fond du Lac Fire Department says a miscommunication over a dinner order at a local restaurant got blown out of proportion thanks to social media. Division Chief of Fire prevention Troy Haase says an incident like this never would have been an issue before Facebook and says only the handful of people involved know the real story. "People like to hear a little bit of controversy and I hope […]