MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Top Wisconsin Democrats say Republican Gov. Scott Walker is distracted by his exploration of a presidential run, and he should be focused on solving the state's $2.2 billion budget shortfall. Democratic state Senate and Assembly leaders, as well as state Democratic Party Chairman Mike Tate, spoke out on Monday, the day before Walker is set to deliver his State of the State speech. Walker said last […]
The UW Fond du Lac Dean says he’s excited about president Barack Obama’s proposal to make publicly fund community college available to all Americans, but acknowledges it faces an uphill battle. The proposal will likely be a centerpiece of Obama’s State of the Union address this month. UW Fond du Lac Dean John Short says making higher education as accessible as a high school diploma would help boost weak U.S. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican congressman Paul Ryan says he will not run for president in 2016. Ryan, of Wisconsin, was the Republican candidate for vice president in 2012. There had been much speculation about his ambitions for 2016. But Ryan says he wants to focus on his work in Congress. Ryan is the new chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, which has jurisdiction over taxes, trade, Social Security […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin state senators would not be allowed to take pictures with their cellphones or any other camera inside the Senate chamber under a proposed new rule. That would stop lawmakers from taking pictures during debate. Some have taken pictures during debate and immediately posted them to social media sites, like Twitter and Facebook. Members of the public observing debate are already precluded from taking pictures from […]
The director of the Wisconsin Propane Gas Association says Governor Walker’s declaration of an Energy Emergency is a good proactive approach following last winter’s propane shortage. The governor announced Friday the state of emergency was being declared as a precautionary measure in response to unexpected, intermittent service interruptions on the Mid-American East-Blue pipeline at the Janesville terminal. Association director Brandon Scholz tells WFDL news this is one of a number […]
The total number of traffic fatalities on Wisconsin roads last year was the fewest in more than seven decades…the numbers were up slightly in Fond du lac County. Statewide there were 491 traffic fatalities in 2014, the first time below 500 since 1943 when 417 people died in highway crashes. Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s captain Rick Olig says there were ten traffic fatalities in Fond du Lac county…all of […]
A former janitor in the Oakfield School District has been convicted of stealing money from the junior-senior high school. Forty seven year old Mark Hoffman pleaded guilty last month to one count of burglary. Two counts of theft and one count of burglary were dismissed and read into the record. Fond du lac judge Dale English withheld sentence and placed Hoffman on three years probation with six months in jail. […]
A Milwaukee man accused of robbing a Fond du Lac woman at knifepoint has been bound over for trial. Forty three year old Antwon Brown pleaded not guilty to charges of armed robbery, recklessly endangering safety, false imprisonment and possession of heroin and cocaine with intent to deliver. A plea and sentencing hearing is scheduled for March 17th and A jury trial is scheduled for April 20th. According to […]
The third annual Wisconsin Farm to School Summit will be held at the end of the month in Wisconsin Rapids, and Ann Marie Ames of the state Agriculture Department says registration has just opened. Ames says the summit is designed for food producers and food buyers, and both groups can learn a lot by attending. The summit keynote speaker will be Deborah Kane, the U-S Department of Agriculture’s National Director […]