Month: April 2021

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Elections Commission has determined that Gov. Tony Evers and the commission’s director acted properly when they finalized results showing Democrat Joe Biden won the presidential election in the state.  The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Friday that the commission made a pair of decisions rejecting complaints brought by a Republican commissioner who said the state’s vote totals were improperly certified. At least one Republican on […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans plan to vote this week to kill key parts of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ state budget proposal, including legalizing medical and recreational marijuana, expanding Medicaid to capture $1.6 billion in federal funding and granting collective bargaining rights to public workers. The move, announced Friday, is no surprise and follows what the GOP-controlled Legislature did two years ago to Evers’ first budget. The Legislature’s budget-writing […]

Chief of Police William Lamb has announced that Officer Vance Henning has been promoted to the position of Detective in the City of Fond du Lac Police Department.    Detective Henning served as a Police Officer for the City of Kenosha until 2007.   In 2007 he was hired by the City of Fond du Lac Police Department as a Police Officer.   From 2007 to 2012, he was assigned as a […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers has appointed the CEO of Prevea Health to the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, giving him a majority of the appointees on the 18-member board. Evers, a Democrat, has now appointed nine of the board’s members compared with seven by former Republican Gov. Scott Walker. The other two board members are the state superintendent of schools and the Wisconsin Technical College System […]

Fond du Lac District Attorney  Eric Toney  has the backing of the Fond du Lac County Sheriff and former  Fond du Lac County Sheriffs in his bid for state attorney general.  Toney released a list this week of 26 district attorneys and more than 50 law enforcement officials who are supporting his bid for state office.  Among those supporting Toney are Fond du lac County Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt,  Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt and […]

Less than a week after voting to halt any work on an alternate Lakeside Park master plan the Fond du Lac city council will hold a special meeting next week to discuss new locations for a proposed restaurant at the park.   The council has scheduled a special meeting for Tuesday morning to discuss potential land use and sites for a restaurant and management and ownership of a restaurant.   At their regular meeting Wednesday, […]

A Fond du Lac man escaped serious injury after crashing his car into an Alliant Energy substation building on Martin Avenue.  The crash happened Friday morning on Martin Avenue, just north of the Highway 151 Bypass.  Fire chief Pete O’Leary tells WFDL news it appears a car was southbound on Martin Avenue when it veered across the road, crashing through the substation gate before coming to rest against a transformer.  The […]