Waupun police say what was initially reported as a stabbing incident on a school bus turned out not to be the case. Police chief Dale Heeringa says a a male student faces potential school discipline after scratching or scraping a girl with a piece of plastic. Meanwhile Heeringa says police are investigating an incident at a group home where a man suffered superficial wounds during an incident involving a butter […]
A Florida sports betting consultant faces fraud, racketeering, extortion and gun charges and is accused of scamming a Fond du Lac area man out of $25 million. According to a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday in Milwaukee, Adam Meyer runs Real Money Sports, Inc. Meyer advises customers on professional and college teams to bet on, selling picks for hundreds of thousands of dollars. After a customer reduced his gambling, Meyer told […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) â The number of students receiving private-school tuition vouchers in Wisconsin is nearing 30,000, making the state a leader when it comes to taxpayer-funded tuition subsidies. An official state headcount conducted in September determined almost 29,700 students were enrolled in the three voucher programs in Milwaukee, Racine and statewide. Enrollment in voucher programs has grown significantly and will likely continue to do so under the leadership of […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) A report from Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and Revenue Secretary Rick Chandler written after a year of meetings around Wisconsin about the state's tax climate offers no specific recommendations for changes. They submitted the report to Gov. Scott Walker on Tuesday. Kleefisch and Chandler say in the report that Wisconsin's taxes are too high and too complicated, but they don't offer any specific cuts. Walker has […]
The Fond du Lac County executive says he supports a request to give the Fond du Lac County Fair more time to pay a $50,000 no-interest loan from the County. The county board will consider the request at their December 16th meeting. County executive Al Buechel says the loan was requested after the 2012 Fair saw lower attendance due to poor weather. "The fair is a very important event but […]
A Fond du Lac Republican lawmaker says he has concerns about a proposed DOT budget that includes $751 million in new taxes and user fees to pay for transportation. State representative Jeremy Thiesfeldt says his initial reaction is that Wisconsin already has a good transportation infrastructure. "In spite of the fact that we live in a northern climate which is really rough on roads I really can't say that Wisconsin's […]
Republican state senator Rick Gudex says he looks forward to chairing the Senate Economic Development and Commerce Committee for another year. The chairmanship was one of several committee assignments handed out last week. Gudex says he is also looking forward to serving for the first time on the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation board. "I certainly do not intend to bring a political twist to that board. I intend to bring […]
The director of Five Counties for Tobacco Free Living says a new report that shows adult smoking rates dropping in Wisconsin is excellent news but not surprising. Sandy Bernier says the numbers had been stagnant for quite a while so to see any decrease in adult smokingrates is good news. "I think the combination of increasing the cigarette tax and our smoke free air laws and getting information out there […]
Mercury Marine this week celebrates the casting of its 2,500,000th stainless steel propeller in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Simultaneously, Mercury is celebrating its famed investment cast facility’s 40th year after opening in 1974. Manager of Investment Casting at Merc Jared Reichenberger tells WFDL news Mercury propellers are recognized globally for best-in-class speed, acceleration and fuel. "How we look at it is when you put someone on the water its about memories […]