MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin state Senate has approved the appointment of the treasurer of Gov. Scott Walker's political committee to a spot on the nonpartisan University of Wisconsin Hospital oversight board. The Senate voted 17-13 with all Republicans in support and Democrats against to approve the appointment of Andrew Hitt. He volunteers as treasurer for Our American Revival, a tax-exempt fundraising committee Walker created earlier this year to […]
The 2015 Fond du Lac Summer School program offerings will be available March 23 on the District website (fonddulac.k12.wi.us) under “Parents.” The link will take you to the brochure and online registration form. You may also look at the brochure in any school building or the Administration Building, 72 W. 9th Street. The program runs Monday, June 8 through Friday, June 26. Most classes are held Monday through Friday mornings. […]
Emma Bahr, Emma Lohry (First Place) Jenna Ahlstrom, and Amber Franzen (not pictured: Alisanne Shady), students at Woodworth Middle School, were the top five winners of the Read Across America coloring contest, part of a week of writing, reading, and creative activities at Woodworth to promote and celebrate reading. Also pictured is Mrs. Maria Wusterbarth, a reading specialist and the Read Across America coordinator for Woodworth.
Fond du Lac police are investigating a vandalism incident at Buttermilk Creek Park. According to a police report there was a large amount of graffiti on the band shell and concession stand.
Oncology doctor Dustin Deming got the scare of his life a little more than two years ago when shortly after completing his training and accepting a faculty position at the UW Carbone Cancer Center in Madison he was diagnosed with rectal cancer. Deming says at age 31 when he noticed rectal bleeding he thought at first it was probably just hemmorhoids. Deming says the diagnosis was an earth shattering […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau finds that Gov. Scott Walker's budget would raise taxes and fees by $48 million. The report released Monday also determines that Walker proposals to bolster tax collection would bring in nearly $125 million in additional revenue over the next two years. The bulk of the tax increase, $22 million, is Walker's proposal to delay implementation of a law […]
Fond du Lac police are looking for a suspect in a bank robbery Sunday. Police say the Guaranty Bank inside Pick N Save on West Johnson Street was robbed. Police say a black male handed the teller a note demanding money and implying he had a weapon. He fled the store on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash. The suspect is described as a black male (possibly in […]
A Fond du Lac man was seriously injured and two men are in custody following a fight over the weekend. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says a 23 year old Fond du Lac man was transported to Froedert Hospital in Milwaukee after he was repeatedly kicked in the head during a fight outside the Reid Terrace apartments Friday night. Klein says a 35 year old Fond du Lac man was […]
Nobody was injured in a fire that started on an apartment balcony. Fire chief Pete O’Leary says the fire at the Courtyard apartments on Berger Parkway Sunday was started when someone discarded a cigarette into a bucket next to the side of the building. The apartment owner extinguished the fire with a fire extinguisher before it spread. O’Leary says its another example of careless use of smoking materials…in this case […]