Fond du Lac county officials are exploring ways to make sure all county buildings are as safe as they can be from a security standpoint. The public is not allowed to carry concealed weapons in county owned buildings and there is an armed sheriff’s deputy on the second floor of the city-county government center where the courts are located. But County executive Al Buechel says questions have also been raised […]
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has plans in place to respond in the event a case of Ebola virus appears in the state. There is currently an Ebola outbreak in West Africa; however, no one has contracted the Ebola virus in Wisconsin. Tom Haupt with the state Department of Health Services tells WFDL news DHS is in contact […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke says if elected, she will not raise taxes. outlined her priorities in the race against Republican Gov. Scott Walker. The Nov. 4 election is just three weeks away. Burke says the key is growing the economy to allow for room to reduce taxes on working and middle class families. Walker has promised to lower the state's overall tax burden in a […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Gov. Scott Walker says that why he doesn't support increasing the minimum wage, he also doesn't support repealing it altogether. Walker's comments about the minimum wage during Friday's debate with Democratic challenger Mary Burke raised questions about whether he supported doing away with it. But Walker says he wants to keep the minimum wage. He says his goal is to raise wages for everyone. Burke supports […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Gov. Scott Walker says he won't push to make Wisconsin a right to work state or expand the Act 10 collective bargaining law if elected to a second term. Walker says proposing Wisconsin be a right to work state would "bring back the whole firestorm again," referring to the 2011 protests over the Act 10 law that effectively ended collective bargaining for most public workers. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker continues to downplay talk that he may be running for president in 2016. Walker said Tuesday that "anybody who wants to be president has to be a little crazy, so I don't know if I want to be characterized as crazy." He also strongly suggested that he would not run for president if fellow Wisconsin Republican Paul Ryan gets into the race. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) A newly hired attorney representing the state elections board and Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm wants more time to respond to a lawsuit challenging the state's law limiting coordination between third-party groups and political candidates. The conservative group Citizens for Responsible Government Advocates on Oct. 7 asked U.S. District Judge Rudolph Randa to immediately order that the state stop enforcing the law. The law is […]
A local resident reported an unusual sight at Spencer Lake in Waupaca County last week – freshwater jellyfish (Craspedacusta sowerbyi). Paul Skawinski, Regional Aquatic Invasive Species Education Specialist for Golden Sands Resource Conservation & Development Council, Inc. in Stevens Point visited the lake and confirmed the report. These strange creatures originate from China, and were first observed in Wisconsin in the late 1960s. They are thought to have arrived by […]
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — A large-scale search for a missing 7-year-old Sheboygan girl ended when the child showed up for school. Dozens of volunteers had gathered Tuesday morning to continue a search for Lilleona Rose Badtke. The girl never made it home after school Monday, prompting police and volunteers to search well into the night. The Sheboygan Area School District issued a statement Tuesday that said the girl arrived safely […]