Danger signs are posted around a Fond du Lac church after bricks started falling from the historic building. St. Mary Catholic Church at the corner of Merrill and Marquette Streets is barricaded with chain link fencing and orange tape and the words “Danger do not enter.” Church officials say repair work on the church towers will begin as soon as possible. The front door and ramp entrance will remain […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says a new fee on heavy trucks could be "one of the potential pieces" leading to passage of a new state budget. Vos said Thursday that Assembly Republicans are generally supportive of the fee, that could bring in about $250 million over two years and reduce the need to borrow more to pay for roads. Vos has argued for reducing borrowing and […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Conservatives and liberals in Wisconsin both see hope in Republican Sen. Ron Johnson's steadfast refusal to back the current version of the GOP Senate health care bill. Although they disagree with the reasons for his opposition, liberals see Johnson's stand as a chance to sink the entire GOP effort to kill the current health care law enacted under former President Barack Obama. And fellow conservatives like […]
Residents will be lining the streets in the village of North Fond du lac Saturday for the annual North Fondy Fest Parade. The parade starts at noon at the Friendship Learning Center parking lot proceeding north on Thurke Avenue to North Street. From there the parade will continue east to Minnesota Avenue, south to McKinley Street west to Adams Avenue north to Polk Street and west back to Thurke Avenue […]
Wisconsin state workers and University of Wisconsin employees would get a 2 percent pay increase in each of the next two years under votes by the Legislature's budget committee. The Joint Finance Committee voted unanimously Thursday to go along with Gov. Scott Walker's recommendation to pay for the salary increases. The committee is voting on making changes to Walker's budget before the full Assembly and Senate takes action.
Every year more than 350 thousand Americans suffer cardiac arrest in a location other than a hospital, and for every one of them, their survival depends on someone stepping up to administer CPR immediately. According to the American Heart Association, almost 90 percent of people whose hearts suddenly stop will die because they don’t get CPR. The vast majority of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests happen at home, so if you are […]
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — A Fond du Lac man convicted of driving drunk eleven times has been sentenced to 4½ years in prison. Steven Johnson will also serve five years of supervision once he's released from prison and perform 75 hours of community service. Despite 10 prior drunken driving convictions, police say Johnson had a valid drivers' license when he was arrested Jan. 1 after a crash in downtown Appleton. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new report shows Wisconsin added the fewest jobs in 2016 of Gov. Scott Walker's six years in office. The data released Friday from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the state added 15,462 jobs in from the period from December 2015 to December 2016. The state added 29,429 jobs in 2015; 37,877 in 2014; 28,095 in 2013; 33,353 in 2012 and 21,662 in 2011. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Senate has passed a bill setting up stricter cost reporting requirements for road projects. The bill comes after a state audit in January revealed the state Department of Transportation underestimated ongoing project costs by more than $3 billion. The Legislature's audit committee drafted a bill that calls for DOT to supply a full project cost estimate to the Transportation Projects Commission that includes costs […]