The Salvation Army is celebrating its 150th birthday this week. This is National Salvation Army week, marking the founding of the organization in England in 1865. Fond du lac Salvation Army Captain Telinda Wilson says the Fond du Lac Salvation Army was founded 125 years ago. Wilson says the Fond du Lac Salvation Army is proud to showcase its newly renovated facility at an open house earlier this week. "We […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Shirley Abrahamson is telling a federal court judge that she should be allowed to continue the work of chief justice that she's done for the past 19 years. Abrahamson made the arguments in court filings made Monday and Tuesday in her ongoing lawsuit against the other justices and state. Abrahamson argues a constitutional amendment allowing the justices to elect who is chief […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans have voted to scale back the size of the cut to the budget of public television and radio as proposed by Gov. Scott Walker. The Joint Finance Committee voted 12-4 Tuesday to reduce the two-year cut from $4.9 million to $2.3 million. Republicans say reducing the cut will allow the Educational Communications Board to continue paying for the system that is used for Amber alerts […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new audit says the company Wisconsin contracted with to provide medical transportation for low and moderate income people failed to pick up patients on time, or did not arrive at all, thousands of times over an 11-month period. The report looked at the performance of Medical Transportation Management, a company the state contracted to provide trips to medical assistance recipients. The audit says the contract […]
In accordance with Fond du Lac County’s holiday schedule, the County offices in the City/County Government Center, the Sheriff’s Office Lobby Window, the Portland Street Annex including the Veterans Service Office, the Department of Social Services and the Highway Department will be closed all day on Monday May 25, 2015, in observance of Memorial Day.
Medical helicopter administrators are expressing concern about the potential impact of more people flying drones for personal and commercial use. Flight for Life helicopter spokesman Jayce Commo tells WFDL news medical helicopters and drones don’t mix. He says they can create a risk for a medical helicopter and crew. Commo says as the price for drones has come down they are becoming more and more common. FAA guidelines dictate that […]
AAA projects 37.2 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the Memorial Day holiday weekend. State AAA spokesman Nick Jarmuscz says that’s a 4.7 percent increase from the 35.5 million people who traveled last year and the highest travel volume for the holiday in 10 years. In Wisconsin nearly 781,000 people will be traveling for the holiday weekend, a 4.9 percent increase from 2014. While […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The group that has led protests against Madison police for killing an unarmed biracial man plans to demonstrate on Wednesday, a day after a prosecutor announces whether he's going to file criminal charges in the incident. Madison Police Officer Matt Kenny, who is white, shot 19-year-old Tony Robinson in an apartment house in March. Police said Robinson attacked Kenny. Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne plans […]
Fond du Lac police are investigating what was reported as an unprovoked attack of two teenage boys in Fond du lac over the weekend. Assistant police chief Steve Klein say two 15 year old boys told officers they were riding their bikes home when the incident happened Saturday night in the area of Stow and McKinley Streets. "A vehicle pulled up to the stop sign and one of the […]