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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Jefferson County District Attorney Susan Happ has won the Democratic nomination for attorney general.  She beat Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne and state Rep. Jon Richards, of Milwaukee in Tuesday's primary.  Happ will face Republican Brad Schimel in the Nov. 4 general election. Schimel, the Waukesha County district attorney, is the only GOP candidate in the race. Incumbent Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen isn't […]

Jesse Kremer is the winner of the Republican primary for the 59th Assembly District seat.  With 77 percent of the precincts reporting  Kremer had received 38 percent of the votes to 25 percent for Ralph Prescott Name Votes Vote % Jesse Kremer 1,939 38% Ralph Prescott 1,273 25% Timothy Ramthun 1,251 24 Kremer said he decided to run for the legislature because he is concerned about the direction the country […]

Fond du Lac County sheriff Mick Fink has been re-elected by a landslide.  Fink easily defeated Fond du Lac police detective Bill Ledger in Tuesday's primary election with 7395 votes to 2425 for Ledger.   "We said all along we were going to try to be deliberate, appropriate and hopefully effective and I think we did that,"  Fink told WFDL news.  "I'm really thankful to the voters of Fond du […]

An upset in the race for Dodge County sheriff.   Sheriff’s Lieutenant Dale Schmidt defeated incumbent sheriff Pat Ninmann by a little more than 300 votes.   "We've got a lot of excitement people are excited about this.  Employees are excited we have somebody who is going to bring them together.  We've got some leadership that's going to make a change in Dodge County,"  Schmidt said.    Schmidt says he was […]

A World War Two hero from Fond du Lac has received another honor.  During a ceremony at the American Legion hall in Fond du Lac Tuesday afternoon Wisconsin Veterans Affairs secretary John Scocos unveiled a plaque that will go on display at the new Veterans home in King, Wissconsin honoring James Megellas.  Megellas talked about his book All the Way to Berlin which describes the brutality of war from the […]

A Lakeside Park Exploratory Committee is expected to hold its organizational meeting in the next couple of weeks.  The committee will be meeting on a monthly basis with a report on its findings and recommendations submitted to the city council no later than next June.  The city council will continue to discuss the focus  of the 17-member committee at their meeting  Wednesday night.   The committee is  being asked to […]

The Fond du Lac city council is being asked to make a one time contribution of $10,000 to help fund a strategic plan for the city.   City Manager Joe Moore will discuss the proposal at tonight’s council meeting.   Moore says the idea was raised last fall by a Leadership Fond du Lac project the team questioned why there was not an overall community vision for the greater Fond […]

A Fond du Lac resident wants the city council to take action restricting parking on his street during the youth baseball season.  At their meeting  Wednesday night the council will vote on an ordinance that would prohibit parking during the May 1 to Sept. 1 baseball season on both sides of Springs Road from Southview Road to a gravel parking lot.  Police officer Dan Wilson, who resides on Southview Road, […]

It’s taken almost four years of negotiations, but the City of Mayville has approved the 2011- 2013 contract with its police union.  The Common Council approved the contract at their meeting Monday night.  The agreement contains pay raises as well as new pension contributions, and it also contains a new elongated pay scale.  The total for the employees for 3 years is a 5 ½ percent pay raise and a […]