MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Thousands of Wisconsin voters who requested absentee ballots will have to present copies of their photo identification to have those ballots counted. A federal appeals court on Friday reinstated the photo ID requirement, after more than 11,800 voters requested absentee ballots. They did not have to present copies of their photo IDs to get those ballots, and state elections chief Kevin Kennedy said Tuesday that hundreds […]
Report cards for Wisconsin schools and school districts show that the majority meet or exceed expectations for student achievement and academic engagement in the 2013-14 school year. Overall, 88.3 percent of schools and 98.1 percent of districts with accountability scores had ratings of meets expectations or better. In Fond du Lac County Oakfield, Ripon and Rosendale-Brandon schools exceed expectations. All other school districts in Fond du Lac county meet expectations. […]
The STEM Academy in Fond du Lac was placed on lockdown for about 20 minutes Tuesday after school officials received a false report that a student had a knife. School officials say there was no knife present. The STEM Academy is located on South Military Road.
A case involving a man who approached a young child in Waupun turned out to be a misundertstanding but raises questions about child safety and approaching strangers. Waupun police chief Dale Heeringa says an elderly man pulled his vehicle over to ask a nine year old girl if she wanted to see a raccoon he had captured. "He took the raccoon to the area of Watertown and Fond du Lac […]
A Waupun man faces charges after barricading himself in his home Sunday. Waupun police were called to the 600 block of Morse Street around 8:15 p.m. Sunday for a report of a suicidal man who possibly was armed. Waupun police chief Dale Heeringa says the 32 year old man was intoxicated and had barricaded himself in a bathroom with a hand gun. After negotiating over the phone the man […]
As part of National Child Passenger Safety Week, AAA Wisconsin is encouraging parents and caregivers to make sure their children are riding in a safe seat. State AAA spokesman Nick Jarmusz says three out of four car seats today are installed incorrectly. Jarmusz says one of the most frequent car seat mistakes is the positioning of the harness straps. He says the use of booster seats can reduce injuries by […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's chief elections officer calls complaints by the state Republican Party over the newly redesigned ballot "absurd." Government Accountability Board director Kevin Kennedy on Tuesday addressed complaints raised by state GOP director Joe Fadness that the redesigned ballot is confusing, may benefit Democratic candidates and should be redone before the Nov. 4 election. Kennedy says that is not practical or necessary. He says it is absurd […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's Department of Health Services says it needs $760 million more over the next two-year state budget to pay for current services in the Medicaid program. The new estimate was included in the agency's budget request submitted to Gov. Scott Walker's administration made public Tuesday. The governor will submit a budget proposal to the Legislature early next year. The state is already projected to have a […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Justice never launched a program outlined in the state budget that would have allowed judges to order GPS monitoring for people under restraining orders. Gov. Scott Walker proposed $3 million in the 2013-15 state budget for DOJ grants to local police and governmental units for GPS tracking people subject to a domestic abuse or harassment restraining order. But DOJ officials say they […]