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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Partisan-backed candidates running for a seat that will determine whether conservatives or liberals have majority control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court say they will not let party politics influence how they rule. But the two liberal candidates made clear where they stand on hot-button issues at a Monday forum hosted by WisPolitics.com. Dane County Judge Everett Mitchell and Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz spoke out against […]

Nominations are officially open for Downtown Businesses of the Year. Each year, two businesses are selected by the Downtown Fond du Lac Partnership  based on nominations from the public. The first category, the "Legacy" Award, recognizes businesses who have been in the downtown for 50 years or more. There are currently 20 businesses that are eligible for this award. The second category recognizes the best new business to open in […]

Rotary International’s 2022-2023 focus is to “Imagine Rotary,” by imagining the possibilities of the change we can make in the world and our own communities, and the Fond du Lac Morning  Rotary is doing just that. During the final week of December, members of FDL Morning Rotary distributed a total of $11,000 to area non-profit organizations, including: Catherine Drexel Center; ASTOP; Fond du Lac Shop With A Cop; Fondy Food […]

Two Milwaukee men are in custody following a high speed chase in Fond du Lac.  The chase started shortly after midnight Monday when police attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a stolen vehicle out of Milwaukee in the area of S. Butler Street and Forest Avenue.   The vehicle traveled through areas in the southwest portion of the City before going southbound on Interstate Highway 41.   The pursuit reached speeds of 100 MPH.  The […]

Fond du Lac police are asking for the public's help following a domestic incident over the weekend.  A 39 year old Fond du Lac woman fled her South Main Street apartment to the police after hours lobby and was transported to St. Agnes Hospital with non life-threatening lacerations to her neck and arms.  Police are looking for the suspect, a 46 year old Fond du Lac man. A preliminary investigation suggests the individuals  […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says that he will soon announce a ban on the use of TikTok on state phones, joining the growing number of states that prohibited the popular social media app that national lawmakers are trying to ban. Evers said on Friday that he will order a ban as soon as early next week. He said the decision came after he consulted with the […]

Republican Kevin McCarthy is the new House speaker, but it took days and days, and 15 roll call votes, ending early Saturday. But as bruising as it was for McCarthy, his struggle to secure the job may be a prelude to the chaos ahead. To win over his detractors, McCarthy had to agree to relinquish some of the very powers he'll need to lead, and the deal means giving colleagues […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers who control the Wisconsin Legislature are moving closer to supporting the legalization of medical marijuana, after years of fighting efforts to loosen the state’s laws. That is what Republican Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Thursday. LeMahieu says he thinks that a bill to create a medical marijuana program in the state could be passed this legislative session as […]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A bill to strengthen abortion rights in Minnesota by codifying protections into state statutes has passed its first test. A House health panel approved the legislation 11-8 Thursday on just the third day of the 2023 session, and sent it to its next committee stop on an expedited path to a House floor vote. Backers hope to put the bill on Democratic Gov. Tim Walz’s […]