Month: August 2017

The Wisconsin National Guard is readying troops to respond to Gov. Scott Walker's offer to assist Texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.  The National Guard Bureau is notifying Army and Air Guard units throughout the country to be ready to support civil authorities if requested by the dual status commander in charge of operations in Texas. Wisconsin's 32nd "Red Arrow" Infantry Brigade Combat Team and some of the state's […]

The people of Wisconsin are compassionate and generous. Many of us are looking for ways to help the survivors of Hurricane Harvey and the flooding aftermath. Here are a few important guidelines to ensure your support can be the most helpful. ·         Cash donations to trusted organizations: The most effective way to support disaster survivors in their recovery is to donate money and time to trusted, reputable, voluntary or charitable […]

Texas and the impact of Hurricane Harvey may seem so far away from us in Wisconsin, but we can help from Fond du Lac. During the last Thursday night concert of the summer.  People are asked to bring along an item you would like to donate to help the victims in Texas. Taller Automotive and Body Shop will be taking items down to Texas next week and THELMA wants to […]

A Fond du Lac man who set fire to a Fond du Lac bar and bowling alley more than seven years ago won’t be getting out of prison early.  Following a hearing Fond du Lac judge Dale English denied a request by 53 year old Lyle Huss to reduce his seven year prison sentence by a year.   Huss is scheduled to be released from prison in November of  2018.  Police […]

The Fond du Lac Advisory Park Board will vote next month on a recommendation that people be allowed to walk their dogs in all city parks.  Parks director John Redmond says the board will vote on amending the current ordinance to allow dogs on leashes in all city parks including Lakeside and Buttermilk Creek Parks with some exceptions.    Dogs would not be allowed in Lakeside Park when there are […]

A National Weather Service meteorologist in Wisconsin says the flooding devastation from Hurricane Harvey is "astounding."   More than 50 inches of rain has fallen in some places as the system stalls over southeast Texas and Louisiana.   Meteorologist Sean Miller says warm water in the Gulf of Mexico intensified the rainfall and a lack of winds in the upper atmosphere resulted in the storm stalling over land.  "From the […]

For the first time concussion baseline testing is now part of the Fond du Lac Fire and Rescue’s physical fitness assessments.   Assistant chief of training Jim Knowles says this time of year the 65 firefighters in the department are involved in their annual physical assessment which now includes a computer-based test and series of questionnaires.  "It sort of zeroes back to the potential for members working in hazardous environments […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Resigning state Department of Natural Resources Secretary Cathy Stepp says she looks forward to bringing ideas implemented in Wisconsin "to the national stage."  Stepp is leaving to be a deputy administrator for the U.S. Department of Environmental Protection Agency's Region 7 office. It oversees Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and nine tribal nations, but not Wisconsin.  Stepp has faced criticism from environmentalists and others for the way […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A former aide to Gov. Scott Walker has lost an appeal of a federal court ruling rejecting her lawsuit alleging that prosecutors in the now-closed John Doe investigation overstepped their constitutional authority.  The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday rejected the appeal filed by Cindy Archer. She had asked the court to overturn a 2016 ruling tossing her lawsuit against Milwaukee County prosecutors.  They […]