Month: October 2021

A Waupun School District budget includes a tax rate decrease, but the school superintendent says a state school funding plan approved by the Republican controlled legislature could make it difficult in future years.   At their annual meeting this week the Waupun School Board approved a tax levy that includes a tax rate that's down nearly a dollar from the current rate.   Superintendent Steve Hill says the Waupun School District didn't actually get any […]

If you are planning to tavel for the holidays the state AAA is urging Wisconsin residents to start making travel plans now.   State AAA spokesman Nick Jarmusz says a new AAA survey shows 41 percent of Wisconsin residents book their holiday trips by the end of October.  Jarmusz says as we get closer to the holidays, airfares often rise as availability shrinks.  Over one in three Wisconsinites plan to take a […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State and federal laws did not prevent Madison election officials from providing auditors access to election records, according to a memo by the Legislative Reference Bureau released by the Republican Senate majority leader. The memo comes a day after nonpartisan attorneys for the Legislature said that Madison’s decision to prohibit auditors from handling the ballots was “arguably reasonable” under federal law, the Wisconsin State Journal reported. […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Racine County sheriff is accusing the Wisconsin Elections Commission of breaking the law by telling local elections officials not to send poll workers into nursing homes to assist residents with voting last year. Sheriff Christopher Schmaling on Thursday called on the Wisconsin Department of Justice to launch a statewide investigation. Schmaling, a Republican who was first elected sheriff in 2010 and supported Trump in 2020, […]

The Fond du Lac County Clerk says she's not surprised a Legislative Audit Bureau report did not identify any widespread election fraud in Wisconsin.  Lisa Freiberg says she also agrees with many of the dozens of recommendations made in the report on how to improve how elections are run.  Freiberg says the report confirmed that the election machines were accurate.  The co-chair of the Legislature's Audit Committee, Republican state senator Robert Cowles, […]

Gas prices in Wisconsin and across the country continue to jump.  Retail gas prices are averaging $3.38 cents in the United States, rising roughly 50 percent in 2021, surpassing pre-pandemic levels.  In Wisconsin gas prices have gone up 12 cents this month.  State AAA spokesman Nick Jarmusz says the statewide average for unleaded regular is $3.14 a gallon, and a little over $3 a gallon in the Fond du lac area.  Jarmusz […]

There was a significant drop in the local unemployment rate in the latest reporting period.  The Dodge County unemployment rate fell from 3.1 to 2.5 percent in September.  In Fond du Lac County the September jobless rate stands at 2.7 percent, down from  3.5 percent in August.  The city of Fond du Lac's unemployment rate fell from 4.1 to 3.2 percent.  Unemployment rates decreased  in all of Wisconsin's 72 counties and 34 largest cities […]