A spokesperson for a Wisconsin environmental group says a Wisconsin state board’s vote to prohibit its employees from working on global warming issues on state time is petty politics. The Board of Commissioners of Public lands voted 2-1 Tuesday to institute the ban. Republican state treasurer Matt Adamczyk, one of the board members, proposed the ban. He said he believes board executive Secretary, Tia Nelson, worked on global warming issues […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin has confirmed its second and third outbreaks of a form of bird flu that's deadly to poultry. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection says the affected operations are a farm with 126,000 turkeys in Barron County and a backyard flock of 40 birds of different kinds in Juneau County. The farms will be quarantined and the remaining birds will be killed to […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The chairman of the Senate Education Reform Committee agrees with his Republican colleague in the state Assembly that the Wisconsin Legislature may do nothing on school accountability this session. Sen. Paul Farrow's committee was scheduled to vote on a school accountability bill on Thursday. But Farrow says that vote is unlikely to happen now given a number of concerns senators plan to raise during the discussion. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new poll shows strong opposition to key provisions of Gov. Scott Walker's budget to cut funding for K-12 public schools and the University of Wisconsin. The Marquette University Law School poll released Thursday found 70 percent oppose Walker's proposal to cut UW funding by $300 million, while 26 percent support it. The poll also found 78 percent oppose Walker's plan cutting funding for K-12 schools […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Gov. Scott Walker's approval rating is at 41 percent, the lowest in the three-year history of the Marquette University Law School poll. The poll released Thursday shows 56 disapprove of the job Walker's doing. His approval rating was 49 percent in October. The poll also shows that 52 percent support Democrat Hillary Clinton over 40 percent for Walker should they face each other for president. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's unemployment rate has dropped to 4.6 percent, its lowest point since before the recession. The state Department of Workforce Development reported Thursday that the unemployment dropped from 4.8 percent in February to 4.6 percent in March. Private-sector job creation plunged, with 5,000 jobs lost in the monthlong timeframe. The numbers fluctuate month-to-month because they are based on a survey of just 3.5 Wisconsin employers. More […]
Fond du Lac Festivals, Inc. has announced the newest addition to Walleye Weekend 2015: The Walleye Weekend Wine Bar. The Wine Bar is sponsored by River Bend Vineyard & Winery and, in addition, proceeds from The Wine Bar will benefit the Marian University Working Families Grant Program. The WFG Program awards tuition and stipend grants to disadvantaged single parents who possess the desire to obtain a four-year undergraduate degree. “Currently, […]
It’s gotta go. It no longer fits. It’s currently called The BookCellar – the Fond du Lac Public Library’s gem of a used book store located in the basement of the downtown facility – but will be moving to the former pharmacy building at the corner of Sheboygan and Marr streets. “One thing’s clear,” said library Director Jon Mark Bolthouse. “The name has to change. The shop is moving out […]
One of two suspects convicted for a string of daytime burglaries in Dodge County in November and December of 2013 is going to prison. Dodge County Circuit Court Judge Brian Pfitzinger sentenced 33 year old Nicholas Dambruch to 12 years of initial confinement and 12 years of extended supervision, as well as a withheld probation term of 4 years. In October, Dambruch pleaded guilty to four counts of party […]