Month: October 2015

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Senate's judiciary committee has signed off on a bill that would require police who find an opiate prescription at an overdose scene to enter it into a statewide database.  The committee approved the proposal on a 5-0 vote Wednesday.  The bill is part of a package of legislation from Representative John Nygren designed to combat prescription drug abuse leading to heroin habits. The other […]

Four months after approving a beekeeping ordinance  the Fond du Lac city council has approved an ordinance that allows residents to raise chickens in their backyards.  Donna Wick say she plans to have three or four chickens.  "We're really excited about it I already have my plans for the coop my husband is going to be building,"  Wick told WFDL news.  Supporters say there is a growing popularity of a […]

The Fond du Lac city council has given its blessing to a proposal  transferring jurisdiction of Highway 45 through the city of Fond du lac from the state to the city.  State Department of Transportation planner Matt Haladay says he thinks it’s a win for both the city and the state.  Haladay says perhaps the biggest disadvantage would come decades down the road when a reconstruction of the highway is […]

A Fond du Lac roofing contractor convicted of ripping off a disabled veteran will spend some time in jail.  Forty year old Daniel Steiner was convicted in Outagamie County of theft by contractor.  Judge Nancy Krueger placed Steiner on five years probation with eight months in jail.  The judge also ordered that Steiner pay $15,000 in restitution including more than $11,000 to a disabled veteran and his wife.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Senate's judiciary committee has signed off on a bill that would require police who find an opiate prescription at an overdose scene to enter it into a statewide database. The committee approved the proposal on a 5-0 vote Wednesday. The bill is part of a package of legislation from Representative John Nygren designed to combat prescription drug abuse leading to heroin habits.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Transportation opposes a Republican bill that would put up a roadblock to building roundabouts on Wisconsin highways.  The measure heard Wednesday by the Assembly's Transportation Committee would require local communities to approve installation of traffic circles that have increased in use in Wisconsin in recent years.  DOT official Tom Rhatican says requiring a local vote could lead to delays and added project […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have nominated Wisconsin's Paul Ryan to become the chamber's next speaker.  GOP lawmakers hope Ryan will lead them out of weeks of disarray and point them toward accomplishments they can highlight in next year's elections.  The 45-year-old Ryan was his party's 2012 vice presidential nominee and is considered a telegenic spokesman for conservative priorities.  Ryan won on a secret ballot of the House's 247 Republicans. […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin fourth and eighth grade students are scoring better than the national average on math tests known as the nation's report card.  Wisconsin reading scores released Wednesday were better than the national average in eighth grade and on par in fourth grade.  But the gap between black and white students in Wisconsin was second from the bottom in both math and reading scores in both grade […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican lawmaker is trying persuade a committee to approve his bill prohibiting people from harassing hunters in the woods.  Rep. Adam Jarchow of Balsalm Lake introduced the bill last week. He says hunters need more protection from extreme environmentalists who have been following them into the woods and filming their activities.  Under the bill, anyone in engages in two or more acts over any period […]