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The head of the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin is praising Democratic governor Tony Evers for signing his new legislative maps into law.   "I've been working with the League of Women Voters for 30 years, this was a red letter day for me.  It's perfect,"   League executive director Debra Cronmiller told WFDL news.  Cronmiller says she disagrees with Republican legislative leaders who said the new maps are gerrymandered in […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers is signaling that he won't sign a Republican bill that would release tens of millions of dollars to combat PFAS pollution despite support from the state's municipalities. The bill would create grants for municipalities to test for the chemicals but dramatically scale back environmental regulators' authority to take action against polluters. The bill passed the Senate in November and is expected to pass […]

A Fond du Lac woman arrested in connection with the death of a West Bend woman has made her initial court appearance on drug charges.  Bail was set at $2500 cash for 20 year old Annaka Trudell on charges of party to the crime of possession of THC.  A preliminary hearing is scheduled for March first.   Fond du Lac police chief Aaron Goldstein says reckless homicide charges have also been referred to the Disrict […]

Madison, Wis. – More than 200 new correctional officers will soon begin work at Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) facilities statewide as efforts to recruit and train security staff gain momentum.  DOC continues to see record-setting numbers of officers graduate from its six-week training academy known as the Facility Staff Training and Support (FSTS) Program. The 214 graduates, who are part of one of the department’s largest classes, were celebrated at […]

Police and eastern Wisconsin residents were searching Wednesday for a missing 3-year-old boy who was last seen Tuesday morning at a home by a caregiver.  An Amber Alert issued Tuesday in Manitowoc County for Elijah Vue remained active Wednesday, the FBI's Milwaukee office said in a Tuesday post on X, formerly known as Twitter.  The FBI's post said Elijah weighs about 45 pounds (20.4 kilograms), is about 3 feet (.9 meter) tall and […]

Flu is hanging on in the U.S., intensifying in some areas of the country after weeks of an apparent national decline.   Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says flu has not peaked yet locally or in Wisconsin, but is getting close.  According to the CDC there has been a continued decline in flu hospitalizations, although flu-like illnesses seem to be proliferating in the Midwest.  Last week those illnesses were […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican prosecutor is asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to decide whether state law bans abortions before the case goes through any lower appellate courts. The U.S. Supreme Court's 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade reactivated an 1849 law that conservatives argue banned abortion. A Dane County judge said last summer that the legal language in the ban doesn't use the term “abortion” so the […]

FOND DU LAC, WI – The Fond du Lac Dock Spiders are pleased to once again accept applications for the annual "Share the Glove" grant, courtesy of the Northwoods League Foundation. Entering its seventh year of the “Share the Glove” initiative, the Northwoods League Foundation has awarded annual grants of Rawlings baseball and softball equipment to youth organizations in communities in the league’s team markets.  The Northwoods League Foundation is a […]

Fond du Lac, Wisc.: Moraine Park Technical College will host Future Fair, a community-wide job and college fair, on Tuesday, March 5 from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the Fond du Lac Campus Conference Center.   In total, 76 employers and college exhibitors will be in attendance. Employers will showcase their businesses and recruit for internships and job opportunities, and the educational institutions will be there to discuss various transfer […]