A new student housing facility at UW Fond du Lac is another step closer to reality. The Fond du Lac city council has approved a special use permit for the building. UW Dean John Short says construction is expected to begin next spring. Short says this kind of a housing unit will cater to what students want today including autonomy and privacy. The 84 bed facility will be located on […]
The Fond du Lac city council has postponed adoption of the 2015 budget until their next meeting. The proposed budget includes a property tax rate increase of 5.4 percent or 45 cents per thousand dollars of equalized value. The owner of a $150,000 home would see an increase of about $68. Director of Administration Hal Wortman warned the council about the potential risks of using a projected $1.54 million […]
Fond du Lac's Historic Retlaw Hotel is up for auction. An ad this week in the Wall Street Journal says the online auction will begin Monday November 3rd and end November 5th with an opening bid of $1.25 million. The 132-room hotel was featured in Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal ad as an upscale landmark hotel with full amenities. The ad lists amenities as including a "grand two-story lobby with crystal […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) A date has been set for President Barack Obama's campaign stop in Milwaukee next week with Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke. Burke's campaign spokesman Joe Zepecki says that Obama will be with Burke on Tuesday. The president's stop comes as Burke is locked in a tight race against Republican Gov. Scott Walker. First lady Michelle Obama campaigned twice for Burke in recent weeks. This marks […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) A Wisconsin appeals court judge has reinstated a class-action lawsuit filed by more than 250 Neenah teachers seeking to recover more than $61 million in post-retirement benefits. The Second District Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that a Winnebago County judge wrongly dismissed the lawsuit last year. That judge had said only claims filed by people who included itemized lists of the relief they sought would be […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) Doctors disagree over whether the second of two 12-year-old girls accused of stabbing a classmate to please a fictional horror character is fit to stand trial. A Wisconsin judge said Wednesday that he received a report from a state doctor who believes the girl could help with her defense. But her public defender says another doctor believes she's not mentally able to do so. Waukesha County Judge […]
TOWN OF BELLE PLAINE, Wis. (AP) Shawano County sheriff's authorities have identified the three teens killed in a highway crash and a fourth who was injured. All four were in a car that crossed the center line on Highway 22 in the Town of Belle Plaine Tuesday evening and was struck by an oncoming SUV. The teens who died in the crash are 15-year-old Paige Brunette, of Bonduel; 17-year-old Cody […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democrats have filed a lawsuit seeking videos of prosecutor training sessions involving Republican attorney general candidate Brad Schimel. Their lawsuit Tuesday contends a state Democratic Party researcher made an open records request with the state Justice Department seeking the videos on September 15th. The party says Schimel may have made inappropriate remarks at the presentations. A Madison judge on Wednesday scheduled a hearing on the […]
A hefty cash bail has been set for a Fond du Lac man charged with attempted homicide. Twenty two year old James Tucker Jr. made his initial Fond du Lac Court appearance Wednesday on charges of attempted first degree intentional homicide, first degree reckless injury and aggravated battery, all by use of a dangerous weapon. Judge Robert Wirtz set bail at $500,000 cash. Tucker was arrested last week in […]