A Fond du Lac resident who has climbed some of the tallest mountains in the world faces his biggest challenge next spring. Andy Land is in training now to climb Mt. Everest next March through May. Land says he is on a mission to raise awareness and money for hospice education in Wisconsin. Land is the director of the Hospice and Palliative Care Services, at Agnesian Health Care. Land made […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) â Gov. Scott Walker is asking the federal government to help eight Wisconsin counties recover from infrastructure damage caused by the severe winter weather. Walker has requested a federal disaster declaration to help pay for about $11 million in damage to broken water mains and frozen water towers due to the extreme cold. The counties included in the request are Chippewa, Clark, Fond du Lac, Kenosha, Marathon, […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) â President Barack Obama's approval rating is almost unchanged in Wisconsin, with 46 percent of registered voters saying they approve of the job he's doing. A Marquette University law school poll released Wednesday says 47 percent disapprove of his performance, and 4 percent don't know. A similar Marquette poll two months ago found that 48 percent approved of the president and 45 percent disapproved The poll of […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) â After weeks of negative attack ads against Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke, a new poll shows that roughly the same percentage of voters have a favorable view of her as those who don't. But Marquette University Law School poll released Wednesday shows Gov. Scott Walker's approval ratings dropped from 47 percent favorability to 45 percent in May. In the latest poll, 47 percent of respondents say […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) â The latest Marquette University Law School poll shows Gov. Scott Walker in a dead heat with Democratic challenger Mary Burke. The poll released Wednesday showed Walker with 46 percent among registered voters, compared with 45 percent for Burke. That is within the poll's 3.5 percent margin of error. Among likely voters, Burke leads 46 percent to 45 percent. But that is also within that question's 4.3 […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) â Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen says the U.S. Constitution's equal protection clause doesn't cover sexual orientation the same way it does gender discrimination and there's no fundamental right for gay couples to marry. Van Hollen made his arguments in a brief filed Wednesday with a federal appeals court in Chicago. He is asking the court to overturn a federal judge's decision declaring Wisconsin's ban on gay […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) â The latest Marquette University Law School poll of Wisconsin voters shows a majority support repealing the state's same-sex marriage ban. The latest poll released Wednesday shows 56 percent of voters support repealing the state's constitutional ban on gay marriages. The poll of 804 registered voters was done between July 17 and Sunday. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. In […]
Minor injuries were reported in an accident involving a semi tractor trailer and pick-up truck on Highway 151 near Waupun. Sheriff’s captain Rick Olig says the accident happened around 12:30pm Wednesday on 151 near highway 49. Olig says the semi was northbound on 151 when it rear-ended the pick-up. Olig says the drivers of both vehicles were transported to the hospital with what were described as minor injuries.
For the first time during the campaign the candidates for Fond du lac County sheriff squared off in a face to face debate. Fond du Lac police detective Bill Ledger is running against incumbent sheriff Mick Fink in the August 12th Republican primary. The two faced off Tuesday on AM 1170 WFDL’s Between the Lines program and got into a heated back and forth when Ledger said he was […]