Month: June 2021

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo is doubtful for Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals after undergoing an MRI on his injured left knee. Bucks officials said Wednesday that the two-time MVP hyperextended his left knee in the third quarter of a 110-88 game 4 loss to the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night. The Bucks announced an MRI confirmed that diagnosis and said he’d be listed as […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has vetoed a Republican bill that would eliminate a $300-a week federal bonus for unemployed people. The bonus was designed to help the unemployed during the COVID-19 pandemic. It's scheduled to end on Sept. 6 but Republican legislators pushed the bill through the Assembly and Senate earlier this month, insisting that business can't find workers and the bonus is keeping people from […]

AAA projects 47 million Americans plan to travel for the Independence Day holiday.   State AAA spokesman Nick Jarmusz says that’s a 40 percent increase from last year , yet just 2.5 percent fewer than the 2019 holiday.  Over a million Wisconsinites are forecasted to take a trip during the holiday weekend, the second-most on record.  Jarmusz says motorists will see higher prices at the gas pump.

Fond du Lac Fire and Rescue is reminding residence to practice safety this Fourth of July holiday.   Fire Chief Pete O’Leary says each year consumer fireworks are responsible for nearly 20,000 fires and causing nearly 13,000 emergency room visits.  The Fond du Lac Fire Department hosted a live fireworks demonstration Tuesday to illustrate the potential danger associated with fireworks.  O’Leary says residents should leave fireworks to the professionals by attending a […]

Wednesday is the last day on the job for  interim school superintendent Sharon Simon.   Simon is retiring after more than 30 years in the Fond du lac School District.  "I feel so fortunate the District took a chance on me 32 and a half years ago, and I've always felt it's been an honor and priviledge,"  Simon told WFDL news.  Simon started in 1989 as a social studies teacher at […]

A Beaver Dam man has been convicted in connection with a fatal drug-related car crash.   Thirty six year old  Dustin Vandergailen pled no contest  to multiple charges including Homicide by Vehicle –Use of Controlled Substance 2nd or subsequent offense.  According to a criminal complaint in July of 2019 Vandergailen was attempting to pass a vehicle on County Road E, when he collided with one car and struck another head on, killing […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin legislators are poised to take their final votes on the state's next two-year budget this week and send it on to Gov. Tony Evers. The Assembly passed the budget Tuesday. The Senate is expected to follow suit on Wednesday. The centerpiece of the spending plan is a $3.3 billion income and property tax cut. Whether Evers goes along with the budget when it reaches his […]

LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — President Joe Biden has visited a transit center in Wisconsin, looking to sell Americans on the economic benefits of the $973 billion infrastructure package under consideration in Congress. He declared on Tuesday that there is an urgent need for a “generational investment, hoping to boost support for the bipartisan agreement that is held together in large part by the promise of millions of new jobs. […]

A several months long independent outside  investigation of a Fond du Lac police detective is over  without any criminal charges being brought forward.   The nature of the investigation conducted by a special prosecutor from Outagamie County of detective Bill Ledger has never been made public.  Fond du Lac city attorney Deb Hoffman says the special prosecutor's investigation was separate from the police department's internal investigation which did not proceed during […]