Month: August 2021

The Fond du Lac School Board is moving forward to fill a vacancy on the board.  Mark Strand announced this week he was resigning after serving  for ten years on the board.   The School Board is seeking letters of interest from District residents to fill the remainder the term through April 2022.    After reviewing applications the Board plans to interview candidates in late September . The Board says desired qualifications include being […]

The two finalists for Fond du Lac police chief got a chance to introduce themselves to the public last week.   Interim police chief Aaron Goldstein and Green Bay police commander Kevin Warych participated in a forum Thursday afternoon at the city county government center.  Warych and Goldstein also appeared on AM 1170 WFDL's Between the Lines program.  "I'm a 20 year law enforcement veteran, really dedicated to community policing,"  Warych […]

Both  men arrested in the shooting death of a Fond du Lac man nearly four years ago have now been convicted.  At a hearing Friday afternoon 26 year old Jesse Schultz pleaded guilty to First Degree Reckless Homicide in the shooting death of Logan Foster.  The plea agreement cancels a September 9 trial on a charge of First Degree Intentional Homicide.   A pre-sentence investigation was ordered.   The reckless homicide charge carries a […]

Moraine Park Technical College campuses reopened  last week without restrictions for both students and the public for the fall 2021 semester.  This full reopening at Moraine Park comes after more than a year of restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Classes will continue to be offered in in-person, online and hybrid formats.   Face coverings are required on all Moraine Park’s campuses, regardless of  vaccination status. This comes in response to one of […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A suburban Milwaukee school district is meeting to possibly reconsider opting out of a federally funded free meal program. The move met with widespread criticism from parents after school board members said they were concerned participating students would “become spoiled.”  The Waukesha school board planned a special meeting Monday to discuss its participation in the program. The meeting comes after parents and other advocates put pressure on […]

MARSHFIELD, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin woman is becoming a social media sensation after she noticed a cow in the backseat of a car in a McDonald's drive-through. Jessica Nelson of Mosinee was waiting in the drive-through of a McDonald's in Marshfield on Thursday when she noticed a cow in the backseat of another vehicle in the lane. She said she thought the cow was fake until she saw its […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin System President Tommy Thompson is calling on the Legislature and Gov. Tony Evers to set up a task force to re-examine every aspect of higher education in the state. Thompson said during a Zoom interview with WisPolitics.com President Jeff Mayers on Thursday that the system keeps doing the same things, which is leading to more student debt, more buildings and more classrooms. He […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alex Lasry benefitted from nearly $24,000 in property tax breaks in both New York and Wisconsin that are supposed to only be applied to a primary residence, not multiple properties. Property records from both states show that Lasry received at least $23,000 in tax breaks in New York for a condominium he owned there after he moved to Milwaukee in 2014. […]