The Fond du Lac County Clerk says a proposal to do away with the Government Accountability Board would be a foolish waste of taxpayer money. Republicans in charge of the legislature are talking about doing away with the board of retired judges and replacing it with a partisan model. Fond du Lac County Clerk Lisa Freiberg says the board replaced the Elections Board which was widely viewed as ineffective and […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says he's open to making changes to the nonpartisan board that oversees elections, campaign finance, ethics and lobbying laws in Wisconsin. But he says he doesn't know whether the best approach is modifying the current setup, creating something entirely new, or reverting back to the separate elections and ethics boards that were made up of partisan appointees. An audit that found problems with […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The head of the state board that oversees elections in Wisconsin is defending its work amid calls from Republicans to overhaul the agency in light of a recent audit that detailed a variety of problems. Government Accountability Board director Kevin Kennedy discussed the audit with the board at its meeting Tuesday. Board chairman Tom Barland asked whether Kennedy believed elections duties should be separated from its […]
BARABOO, Wis. (AP) — The Baraboo School Board has amended its athletic and co-curricular activities policy to prohibit discrimination against transgender students. The change adopted by board members on a vote of 4-3 Monday night includes "gender expression" and "gender identity" in the district's anti-discrimination policy. School board members in favor of the policy amendment say it's necessary to comply with federal guidelines and those from the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new state report says Department of Workforce Development call centers were too busy to answer almost 1.7 million calls from people looking to claim unemployment benefits in the year that ended June 30. The Legislative Audit Bureau issued findings Tuesday showing that DWD placed people in hold queue when call center staff were busy. If more calls were received than the queue would hold, the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new report says the state Department of Workforce Development overpaid nearly $168 million in unemployment benefits during the three years that ended June 30. The Legislative Audit Bureau released findings Tuesday that show the agency identified 681,400 overpayments totaling $167.9 million from fiscal year 2011-12 through fiscal year 2013-14. The audit attributed about 85 percent of the overpayments to people who unintentionally provided the agency […]
Warden Rick Reed of Waukesha got a call from a Delafield homeowner about a doe that went for a surprise dip in the emptied backyard pool. Is it a doe... or a lawn ornament. See the head just beyond the slide. “The deer apparently walked across the pool cover and fell through,” Warden Rick says of his Friday, December 12, afternoon call. “It was kind of going crazy underneath there.” […]
A North Carolina woman is in custody after allegedly stabbing a Medford man in the village of Eden last night. The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office says the incident was reported shortly after 10:30pm Monday following an argument between the couple in the area of 124 Manor Hill Dr. The victim was transported to the hospital with a stab wound to his upper back. A 27 year old female […]
The Fond du Lac Department of Public Works would like to inform the motoring public of the closure of Everett Street between 3rd Street and 4th Street. The closure will begin Tuesday, December 16th, 2014 at 7:00 am and will reopen at the end of the day Tuesday. The closure is due to utility work on Everett Street. The public is asked to plan an alternate route during this time […]