MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Assembly has approved rules governing time limits on debate this session. The rules call for Republican and Democratic leaders to decide how long debate should last for each bill. Representatives can cut off debate after the time limits expire by moving that all amendments be tabled at once. The rules codify an agreement the two parties' leaders reached on time limits last session to […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin schools would receive a letter grade based on a variety of performance measures starting next year under a long-awaited accountability bill introduced by Assembly Republicans. The bill introduced Wednesday differs from an earlier draft that would have forced teachers and principals at failing schools to be fired. That provision has been removed. However, the latest version does call for converting a failing public school into […]
The Fond du Lac County executive says several major projects are slated for the new year. Al Buechel says the county has an accepted offer on land at the corner of Hickory Street and the 151 Bypass for a new county highway garage. Buechel says this year the county will be making sure that property will suit the county’s needs. "We're testing for environmental contamination, for subsoil issues. You want […]
The city of Fond du Lac is seeking requests for proposals for a new concessionaire at Lakeside Park. Public Works Director Jordan Skiff says the previous concessionaire informed the city toward the end of last season they would not continue their contract in 2015. Skiff says the food service professional who is selected will be able to use the concession area within the park pavilion as well as having an […]
A state Triple A spokesman says gas prices in Wisconsin continue to fall at a record rate. Gas prices are at $1.99 a gallon at some Fond du Lac stations and Nick Jarmuscz says the statewide average is getting closer to falling below two dollars a gallon. "We're looking at our 102nd day of a national average decline which is a record," Jarmuscz told AM 1170 WFDL's Between the Lines […]
The Department of Health Services and the City of Milwaukee Health Department today confirmed that a child in the city of Milwaukee has died from complications related to influenza. In Wisconsin, deaths from influenza are only reportable if they are pediatric (under age 18) deaths. Because of patient confidentiality laws and out of respect for the family, neither the Department of Health Services nor the City of Milwaukee […]
A Milwaukee man arrested in connection with an armed robbery in Fond du lac County a little more than a year ago has reached a plea agreement. Dominic Cloyd pleaded no contest to amended charges of party to the crime of robbery with a threat of force, theft and disorderly conduct with a dangerous weapon. A fourth count was dismissed and read into the record. Cloyd is one of three […]
A Fond du Lac man has been placed on probation with conditional jail time for videotaping a 12 year old girl in the shower. Twenty nine year old Bryan Schaefer pleaded no contest to capturing nudity and invasion of privacy with a surveillance device. Judge Robert Wirtz placed Schaefer on probation for two years with six months in jail.
Fire damaged a home in the Fond du Lac County town of Eldorado. Firefighters were called to the scene at N7697 County Highway C Tuesday afternoon. When firefighters arrived flames and smoke were visible from the roof. The fire appears to have started near a wood burning stove causing damage to the kitchen, dining area and roof. Nobody was injured.