It was a packed meeting room at the Fond du Lac city county government center Thursday night and of the 60 plus people in attendance who spoke there was a clear message…don’t sell or downsize Rolling Meadows Golf Course. The issue was raised at the last county board meeting when supervisor Tom Schumacher suggested maybe it was time for the county to get out of the golf course business after […]
A Berlin woman charged in a shoplifting incident and standoff with police near the Fond du Lac Forest Mall has been bound over for trial. Probable cause was found at a preliminary hearing Thursday afternoon for 32 year old Patricia Bushey on charges of retail theft, battery and two counts of resisting an officer . According to a criminal complaint Bushey shoplifted $500 worth of items from Kohls Department store […]
Prom and graduation are times when unfortunately the spotlight turns to celebrations that can lead to underage drinking. North Fond du Lac police chief Darren Pautsch says each year across the United States, hundreds of teens are killed or injured in alcohol-related traffic crashes connected with prom and graduation celebrations. Pautsch says more than one third of youth killed in alcohol-related traffic crashes occur during the months of April, May […]
The Fond du Lac Public Works director says a proposed cut to the statewide recycling program would cost the city a little more than $30,000. The Joint Finance Committee voted this week to cut the local recycling program by 20 percent. Public Works Director Jordan Skiff says the city would look at other areas of the city budget to make up the difference for the one year. "The city of […]
Starting Friday the intersection of West Division Street and Brooke Street in Fond du Lac will be closed for utility repair work. The road closure is expected to last about a week. Businesses on Division Street within the construction zone will remain open to customer traffic. Traffic to the businesses will need to use Military Road or Doty Street. There will be no marked detour routes.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker is sticking by his timeline for announcing whether he will be running for president. While Walker is widely assumed to be a candidate, he has yet to officially announce his campaign. Walker said Thursday that he will make no announcement "of any kind" until after the state budget is signed. The Republican-controlled Legislature hopes to pass the budget in late June, but it may […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Legislature's finance committee has voted to raise state park and camping fees. Gov. Scott Walker's budget proposal calls for an end to funding park operations with tax dollars and make the parks self-sustaining through fees and sponsorships. His plan calls for raising annual entrance fees for state residents and non-residents by $3 and park and forest camping fees by $2. The state Department of Natural […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Opting out of mandated tests given to Wisconsin public school children would be easier under a bill being circulated by the Republican chairman of the Assembly Education Committee. The proposal unveiled Thursday by Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt, of Fond du Lac, would require schools to notify parents every year of all the standardized tests students will be given and make clear how to opt out of taking […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans have introduced a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Rep. Jesse Kremer, a Kewaskum Republican, and Sen. Mary Lazich, a New Berlin Republican, co-authored the bill introduced Thursday. Kremer says the purpose of the bill is to prevent unborn children from feeling pain. Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling in a statement said the bill would jeopardize women's health. Physicians who […]