Month: March 2018

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker reluctantly issued an executive order Thursday scheduling special elections to fill two vacant legislative seats, as Senate Republicans abandoned their efforts to block the contests amid Democratic criticism that the GOP is afraid of losing more seats.   The seats — one in the state Senate and one in the Assembly — have been vacant since December, when Walker appointed the Republican incumbents […]

The executive director of Drug Free Communities of Fond du Lac County says a new report that shows one-fourth of Wisconsin residents binge drink is sad but not surprising.  The CDC study shows Wisconsin has a higher percentage of binge drinkers than the national average and Ellen Sorenson says Fond du lac County’s binge drinking rate is 40 percent higher than the state average.  "Its interesting when I go to […]

A Fond du Lac native who now lives in Texas says life is slowly getting back to normal following a rash of  fatal package bomb  explosions.  Fond du Lac native Nick Waldschmidt  lives in Round Rock, about five miles from where  the suspect blew himself up last week as police were closing in.    Waldschmidt says at first he wasn’t  overly concerned because the Austin Texas area is so large.  But […]

A Fond du Lac man has been convicted of robbing a woman at gunpoint in a restaurant parking lot.  A Fond du lac jury found Domonick Morrow guilty of armed robbery,  resisting,  theft and disorderly  conduct.  The armed robbery occurred on October 5, 2017 in the Friar Tucks’ parking lot at approximately 8:30 pm. Morrow stole the victim’s cell phone at gun point and fled the scene. An anonymous witness […]

Fond du law enforcement are investigating a handful of vandalism incidents involving chocolate syrup, ketchup and mustard smeared on their homes and driveways.   Police say about nine houses were vandalized late Monday night and Tuesday morning.  One resident  on Winchester Avenue captured the vandals on a home camera.  Other incidents were reported on Prairie View Road, Carriage Lane,  Seventh  Street and Sirocco Street

The area unemployment rate is up in the latest reporting period.  The state Department of Workforce Development says the February jobless rate is up three tenths of a percent  to 3.1 percent in the City of Fond du Lac, three percent in Fond du lac County and 3.2 percent in Dodge County.    The statewide unemployment rate in February was 2.9 percent.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State documents show emissions from Foxconn Technology Group's planned manufacturing complex would rank among the highest in southeastern Wisconsin for toxins that create air pollution known as smog.  Documents filed with the state Department of Natural Resources indicate that Foxconn's most significant air pollutants would be volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides.  The state's air management staff say the factory would increase such pollutants by about […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two influential Republican senators say a proposal the Assembly quickly passed with little warning and no debate that would allow a Georgia mining company to destroy wetlands containing rare hardwoods in western Wisconsin is dead.  Republican Sen. Alberta Darling and Sen. Rob Cowles both told The Associated Press on Wednesday the votes aren't there to pass the bill. The measure would exempt Meteor Timber from environmental […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker has signed into law a bill strengthening the penalties for legally buying a firearm with the intent to provide the weapon to someone barred from having a gun.   Walker on Wednesday signed the bill increasing penalties from a misdemeanor to a felony for "straw" purchases. It was one of 41 bills he signed.   Walker also signed a bill would allow developers to fill […]