4-23-15 fdl st. mary’s springs academy campus groundbreaking

Photos L-R  groundbreaking ceremony, Sr. Michael Obrien-age 95 Construction is getting underway on a new $24.5 million  St. Mary’s Springs Academy pre K – 12 campus. Groundbreaking ceremonies were held Wednesday afternoon in the parking lot of St.

4-23-15 drug busts-dodge county

Two Beaver Dam men have been arrested as part of a drug sweep in  Dodge County.  Officers with the Dodge County Drug Task Force have arrested 49 year old Eddie Morris and 36 year old Gary Campbell.

4-23-15 budget panel votes to eliminate 13 dnr positions

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Thirteen vacant positions in the state Department of Natural Resources that deal with fish and wildlife issues would be eliminated under a vote by the Legislature’s budget committee.  The Joint Finance Committee voted

4-23-15 state budget-dead deer

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources would continue to get funding to pay for removal of deer struck by motorists on Wisconsin roadways under a vote by the Legislature’s budget committee.  The Republican-controlled

4-23-15 avian flu-jefferson county

MADISON, Wisc.—The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, in cooperation with the US Department of Agriculture is responding to a detection of H5 avian influenza in an 800,000 bird egg-laying chicken flock in Jefferson county.

4-23-15 bird flu

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal officials say they’re taking steps to create a human vaccine for the bird flu virus that’s affected the Midwest poultry industry, though they still consider the danger to be low.  Dr. Alicia Fry,

4-23-15 local unemployment rates released

Not much change in the local unemployment rate In the latest reporting period.  The Department of Workforce Development reports the March unemployment rate in Dodge County is 5.5 percent, down from 5.7 percent in February.  In Fond

4-23-15 wi budget-driver’s license

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal allowing Wisconsin driver’s licenses to be renewed online one time has been scaled back by the Legislature’s budget committee.  The Joint Finance Committee voted Wednesday to allow online renewal