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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin wildlife officials have signed off on a contentious new wolf management plan that doesn't include a specific population goal. The Department of Natural Resources' policy board voted 7-0 Wednesday to approve the proposal. The DNR adopted a management plan in 1999 that calls for capping the state's wolf population at 350. The DNR's latest estimates put the population at around 1,000 wolves. Hunters and farmers […]

The unemployment rate is down locally,  in all but one Wisconsin county, and every metro area in the state last month.  The September unemployment rate in Dodge County was 2.8 percent, down three-tenths of a percent from August.  In Fond du Lac County the unemployment rate fell from 3.3 to 2.8 percent last month.  The jobless rate in the city of Fond du Lac  dropped six-tenths of a percent to 3.2 percent in September.

Do you want to live to 100?  Thanks to modern medicine, you have a decent chance of doing so.  But if you want to live well to 100, physician and best-selling author Peter Attia says you may have some work to do so your last decade of life is healthful and rewarding,  not limited by disease.  Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says Attia talks about "the Four Horsemen […]

The Fond du Lac School District superintendent says a donation to upgrade playground equipment at every elementary school in the district is the largest donation of it's kind in school district history.  Superintendent Dr. Jeff Fleig says the National Exchange Bank Foundation and Barbara and Peter Stone Foundation have donated $1 million for new playground equipment at each elementary school in the district.  Dr. Fleig says groundbreaking is planned for April with the […]

Fond du Lac County Sheriff's investigators still don't know why a school bus crashed on a highway last week seriously injuring two student passengers.  Sheriff's captain Bill Tadych says the driver lost control of the bus on a straight stretch of Highway 44/49 north of Highway KK last Friday afternoon, entering a ditch, striking a raised driveway, before coming to rest in the ditch.  Tadych says two children on the bus were […]

Photo caption: Fond du Lac County is fortunate to have four certified child passenger safety technicians to help parents ensure child car seats are safely utilized. In addition, thanks to a safety grant, eligible families facing financial barriers can access free child car seats. A few of the available car seats are shown with (left to right) Devan Nehls, Jason Roberts, Jennie Mildebrandt, and Maria Vossekuil. Each year, thousands of […]

Mayor Rohn Bishop has announced his bid for reelection as Mayor of Waupun. With the election slated for April 2, 2024, Mayor Rohn is eager to build on the impressive accomplishments of his first term.  Under Mayor Rohn’s leadership, Waupun witnessed transformative achievements:  - Rejection of the transportation utility fee -Restoring city pride by flying and displaying the city flag - The return of Waupun's identity as the "City of […]

Two people were killed in a multiple vehicle crash in Dodge County.  A preliminary investigation shows shortly before 3am Wednesday a box truck was southbound in the northbound lanes of Highway 151 near Highway 49 when it collided head on with a northbound car.  A third vehicle later collided with the car.  The driver of the first car, a 25 year old man, and a 28 year old female passenger were […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature have advanced a series of voter-related constitutional amendments. One would outlaw private funding for elections ahead of the 2024 presidential contest and another would bar municipalities from allowing non-U.S. citizens to vote in local elections. A third proposal would enshrine existing voter photo ID requirements in the state constitution. The proposals debated Tuesday at a joint hearing of the Senate […]