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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Senate has voted to pass a state constitutional amendment that would bar government agencies from ordering churches to shut down or limit the size of their gatherings during a state of emergency. The amendment approved Tuesday comes in reaction to a stay-at-home order that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers issued in 2020 to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The then-conservative-leaning state Supreme Court […]

A new government report shows fewer high school studentsare vaping.  About 10 percent of high school students said they had used electronic cigarettes in the previous month.  That's down from 14 percent from the same survey conducted last year.  East Central Alliance for Nicotine Prevention Control program assistant Lara Nikiekski says fewer high school students are vaping in Wisconsin and Fond du lac County as well.  However Nikielski says another concern is that locally […]

An increase in shared revenue will help Fond du Lac County balance a proposed 2024 budget.   At their meeting Tuesday night the Fond du Lac County Board voted to adopt the 2024 county budget.   County executive Sam Kaufman says the county is receiving approximately $1.1 million more in state shared revenue for next year's budget.  Kaufman says no positions or services are being cut.  Big ticket items include several highway […]

For the past four years, the SSM Health Behavioral Health team has been partnering with local school districts to provide treatment services within the school setting. As part of this partnership, behavioral health professionals are available at onsite locations.    During the initial year, services were offered in nine local schools. In 2023, the SSM Health Behavioral Health team started offering services in its 26th school-based satellite location and has […]

The Fond du Lac Dock Spiders have hired three new full-time staff members in preparation for the 2024 Northwoods League season. Adonis Lee has been hired as Director of Ticket Sales, Drew Cowden joins the front office as Box Office Manager, and Jakob Petersen has been named Operations Manager.  Lee, a native of Chicago, Ill., is a graduate of Marian University in Fond du Lac. His sports experience includes sales roles […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The first sign of discontent regarding Craig Counsell’s decision to leave the Milwaukee Brewers to manage the Chicago Cubs appeared in his hometown at the Little League field that bears his name.  The word “ass” was spray-painted across Counsell’s name on the sign outside the ballpark at Whitefish Bay, the Milwaukee suburb where Counsell grew up and still lives. The sign was covered up Tuesday morning, one day […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans in the Wisconsin state Senate are proposing tweaks to their plan to help fund repairs at the Milwaukee Brewers stadium that would scale back the state's contribution and impose a surcharge on non-baseball event tickets. The Legislature's finance committee is set to vote on the changes Wednesday. The Assembly passed a bill in October that calls for the state to contribute $411 million. The Brewers […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Republican Assembly leader is downplaying pressure he’s receiving from former President Donald Trump and fellow GOP lawmakers to impeach the state’s nonpartisan elections administrator, saying such a vote is “unlikely” to happen. Some Republicans have been trying to oust state elections administrator Meagan Wolfe, who was in her position during the 2020 election narrowly lost by Trump in Wisconsin. The Senate voted last month to […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Universities of Wisconsin is proposing a $32 million workforce spending plan in an attempt to get back funds that were cut by the Republican-controlled state Legislature earlier this year in a fight over campus diversity programs. The Legislature's budget committee voted in June to cut UW's funding by $32 million, which is what Republicans estimated the system spends on diversity, equity and inclusion programs over […]