Month: March 2016

The city of Fond du Lac has announced new hours for the city’s Bulky Waste Drop-Off site.  Beginning April 1st the site will be open from 9am-3:15pm on Monday, Thursday and Friday, 10-6pm on Wednesday and 8am to noon on Saturday.   The site is closed Tuesday and Sunday.  There is a $20 charge for a single use of the site or a ten use pass for $175.  The curbside bulky waste fee starts […]

One the most prominent and respected Civil Rights leaders is campaigning all out for Hilary Clinton.  Georgia congressman John Lewis is on the campaign trail..encouraging Wisconsin residents to vote for Clinton next Tuesday.  "I am a supporter of Hilary Clinton.  I have known her, she has a strong and deep commitment toward protecting the rights of all of our people,"  Lewis said.  In 2008 Lewis was backing Clinton until Barack Obama got […]

Former Wisconsin Lieutenant governor Barbara Lawton is on the campaign trail in Wisconsin for Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.  "In this moment in time I feel a tremendous urgency for the kind of leadership that is both strong enough and realistic enough to address the issues that are threatening our country and the biggest one is money in politics,"  Lawton told AM 1170 WFDL's Between the Lines program. Lawton says she decided […]

Former Wisconsin governor Scott McCallum says he believes Ohio governor  John Kasich is the only Republican presidential candidate who can beat Hilary Clinton in November.  McCallum is one of several former Republican politicians in Wisconsin who have come out in support of Kasich in next week’s primary.  "I support John and I do like John Kasich,"  McCallum said.  "His policies, the depth he has.  I believe he'd make the best president."  McCallum says […]

The brother of former president George W. Bush and former presidential candidate Jeb Bush says he has jumped on the Ted Cruz bandwagon.  Neil Bush says voting for Cruz is the best way to defeat Donald Trump.  Before endorsing Cruz, Neil Bush had supported his brother Jeb’s presidential campaign.  "I've jumped on the Cruz bandwagon because I think Ted is right now the only true Republican alternative to Trump who is not really […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — An outside group is rushing to support Donald Trump's Republican presidential bid, including in next-to-vote Wisconsin.  The super political action committee, called Great America PAC, will spend at least $1 million on commercials to air across the country in coming weeks, says its spokesman, Jesse Benton. One ad promotes Trump as a "unifier" and shows images from his mega-rallies.  A second ad says Trump will be far […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Ted Cruz says there is a risk that Donald Trump supporters would bolt from the Republican Party if he loses the nomination at the GOP convention this summer.  That's why Cruz said on Thursday that the best course is for the Texas senator to win a majority of the delegates before then.  Cruz says there is a risk that Trump "takes his marbles and goes home […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker is appearing in a new campaign ad for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz that will begin airing across Wisconsin less than a week before the state's primary.  In the 30-second spot going up Thursday, Walker echoes Cruz's talking points by saying that the election is about jobs, freedom and security. Walker says that Cruz will challenge the status quo, "just like we've done in […]

Madison—Thursday, multiple bills were signed into law authored by Sen. Gudex (R-Fond du Lac), including: Act 318- This bill makes it clear that the use of drones around Wisconsin prison facilities is prohibited, and it establishes penalties in the event that an individual commits a crime while doing so. This concept was brought to our attention by the Correctional Officers in the district, and we are happy to address their […]