Central Wisconsin Christian School in Waupun is one of 36 schools applying for the first time to be a voucher school. Director of Advancement Gregg Zonnefeld says the board made the decision to apply after talking with schools that participated in the program in its first year. "Our initial motivation is how do you help families who are currently in your school for whom the tuition is a very large […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross is asking the Legislature's budget committee to scale back Gov. Scott Walker's plan to cut $300 million from the system. Cross told the Joint Finance Committee during a hearing on Tuesday that the cut is serious. He thanked committee members who have said they believe the cut is too deep. He also implored the committee to adopt Walker's proposal […]
University of Wisconsin student leaders say the governor’s proposed cuts to the UW system would hurt students in the pocketbook and classroom. Governor Walker is proposing to cut $300 million from the UW system. President of the United Council of UW students, Amanda McGovern, is a student at UW-Stevens Point. "My initial reaction was honestly a little worried," McGovern told AM 1170 WFDL's Between the Lines program. "I already see […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A bill that would increase speed limits on some Wisconsin highways and freeways has coasted through another green light at the Capitol. The state Assembly Transportation Committee voted 12-1 in favor of the measure Tuesday. The full Assembly is expected to vote on it this month. The bill allows the Department of Transportation to increase speed limits to 70 mph in approved areas, up from the […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — One person has died in a crash on Highway 41 in Brown County of northeastern Wisconsin as a winter storm brings snow and high winds to the state. It happened about 9 a.m. in the Town of Lawrence, southwest of De Pere. At least four school buses got stuck in traffic behind the crash scene. Elsewhere in Wisconsin, the storm forced officials to temporarily close the Apostle […]
Andy Land, 52, director of the Hospice and Palliative Care Services, at Agnesian Health Care, Fond du Lac, is on a mission to raise awareness and money for hospice education in Wisconsin and to get people’s attention—he is leaving March 25 to climb Mt. Everest, the world’s tallest mountain. A relative paid the cost of the $40,000 epic journey so every dollar raised in the “Climbing for Hospice” campaign will […]
Rehearsals are under way for the Fond du Lac School District Choral Festival that will be held on Saturday, March 28. Over 1,000 choral students from the elementary, middle and high schools will perform at this bi-annual event being held at the Fond du Lac High School Acuity Fieldhouse at 4:00 p.m. (Doors open at 3:15 p.m.) The culminating activity will be the performance of all the students in a […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker's proposal for funding public schools and doing away with a cap on enrollment for the statewide private school voucher program are on the agenda for the Legislature's budget committee. The Joint Finance Committee is in the second of three days of briefings Tuesday in which state agency heads discuss Walker's budget. State Superintendent Tony Evers was expected to testify about public education funding. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Legislature's budget committee plans to examine Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to cut funding for the popular SeniorCare prescription drug program. The Joint Finance Committee was scheduled to hold a briefing Tuesday on the Department of Health Services budget. The panel is in the middle of three days of state agency briefings on Walker's budget. Walker wants to require that SeniorCare enrollees first sign up for […]