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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man accused of traveling to the Middle East in a failed attempt to join the Islamic State has been ordered held without bond.  Thirty-four-year-old Joshua Van Haften made his first court appearance Thursday in Madison one day after being arrested at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. A newly unsealed criminal complaint charges Van Haften with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist […]

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A University of Wisconsin System regents committee has approved plans to raise nonresident and graduate student tuition at nine campuses to help offset $300 million in cuts Gov. Scott Walker has proposed for the system.  The regents' finance committee unanimously approved the increases Thursday at the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha. Tuition would rise at schools in Madison, La Crosse, Milwaukee, Parkside, Platteville, River Falls, Stevens Point, Stout […]

Construction is well underway on a new front entrance at the Fond du Lac city county government center. County executive Al Buechel says the old steps are gone and excavation work is completed.  Buechel says the new entry way will be handicap accessible and will include an elevator.  "You come out to the sidewalk and the doors will open and you will be inside this new entrance.  You go to […]

Fond du Lac County Circuit Court judge Richard Nuss was re-elected this week to what may be his final term on the bench.   Nuss was unopposed in Tuesday’s election, winning a third term as Circuit Court judge of Fond du lac County Branch 3.  "I'd like to hope that its my last term.   I have no intentions of running again,"  Nuss told WFDL news.  "... you know in […]

This week’s Fond du Lac city council meeting marked the final meeting for outgoing council president Sam Meyer.  Meyer decided against seeking re-election this year.  "I've appreciated the last two years that the citizens have allowed me to serve them,"  Meyer told WFDL news.    "I thank my fellow councilmembers for allowing me to lead the last couple years and hope I provided some stability and some input on behalf […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker's European trade mission that begins this weekend is heavy on private meetings with business and government leaders in Germany, France and Spain.  Walker's office provided details of the trip to The Associated Press on Thursday.  The most high-profile event on Walker's itinerary comes Tuesday when he's slated to deliver a 15-minute speech on opportunities for bilateral trade and investment at the Hannover Messe […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Marc Marotta, a former Marquette basketball star who became board chairman of the Milwaukee Bucks arena, has died. He was 52.  The Milwaukee County medical examiner says an autopsy showed Marotta died Wednesday of a brain aneurysm.  Marotta was a three-time Academic All-American and drafted by the New York Knicks after graduating in 1984. Instead, he chose Harvard Law School.  He was secretary of the Wisconsin Department […]

A broad swath of the Midwest is preparing for hail, damaging winds and possibly tornadoes as a strong storm front continues to rumble east.  The National Weather Service's "enhanced risk" area Thursday stretches from northeast Texas to the upper Midwest. Forecasters say Philadelphia, Washington and other parts of the Atlantic coast could see the same weather patterns Friday.   National Weather Service meteorologist Justin Schultz tells WFDL news a tornado […]

The Fond du Lac Community Development director says an Art Board would enhance the city’s downtown Arts and Entertainment District.  At their meeting Wednesday night the Fond du lac City council approved an ordinance creating an art board.  Community Development director Diane Benson says after the Art Board has been established, staff would work on providing a list of candidates for appointment to the Board. The purpose of the Art […]