Hometown Broadcasting News Thursday 8/8/19
8 August 2019 News
Accident Victim Fondly Remembered
An official with ADVOCAP says the death of a 61-year-old Ripon man in a farming accident this week is tragic news for anyone who knew him. Robert Kallio was the former director of the Ripon Children’s Learning Center. Hillary Gunther is the Director of Head Start and Family Development for ADVOCAP. She says Kallio had several roles with ADVOCAP. “He was the program director for education and training programs and then recently he came back to work with our Head Start program as our curriculum and school readiness manager and we just learned this week that he had passed.” Gunther says they send their thoughts out to family and friends of Bob Kallio during this really difficult time. She says they really miss him and thought extremely highly of him. He died after a tractor he was working on rolled over and trapped him beneath it.
Tight Job Market Challenging
An official with Alliance Laundry Systems in Ripon says the purchase of the Manitowoc Crane Company facility for production of parts will allow them to expand into a different labor market for workers. Randy Radtke is the Media Relations Manager for Alliance. He says it is challenging finding enough workers for their facility in Ripon. “We’ve struggled locally in Ripon to fill positions consistently you know the Fox Valley historically has been a fairly tight market so we are consistently dealing with 100, 100-plus openings.” He says when they open the facility in Manitowoc they will be able to increase their capacity and maintain good quality jobs locally. Alliance expects to create up to 250 new jobs with the opening of the Manitowoc facility. The facility is expected to open early next month.
Three Workers Trapped In Silo In Sheboygan
Three men were rescued Tuesday from a silo at Cargill Malt in Sheboygan. Rescuers arrived to discover that three workers were trapped inside the malt hopper. The three were extricated, two in the first hour of operation. They were treated at the scene and released. A third was freed and was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Dodge County Sheriff Office Audit Nearing Completion
The Dodge County Board’s Executive Committee has received its first recommendations from a company hired to audit the Sheriff’s Office. Matrix Consulting Group President Richard Brady recommended transitioning the jail staff from an eight-hour work shift to 12-hours with a shorter work week. He also recommended increasing jail staff by four employees. The California consulting firm’s report noted that despite the county’s size, deputy response times are excellent. The full county board will be briefed on the report at their August 20th meeting.
Walgreens Will Close 200 Stores In The US
Walgreens is going to close 200 stores in the United States. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. announced the closings Tuesday in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. It’s part of a previously announced plan to trim $1.5 billion in costs over the next few years. The Deerfield, Illinois based company owns over 18,500 stores in 11 countries including more than 9,560 in the U.S. The company did not release a list of the stores that will be closed. Among the Wisconsin cities with Walgreens are Beaver Dam, Chilton, Columbus, Fond du Lac, Menasha, Neenah, Oshkosh, Ripon, Watertown, Waupaca, and Waupun.
Work On Highway 23 In Montello Being Sped Up
In an effort to finish the State Highway 23 reconstruction project in Marquette County by mid-November the DOT work on stage four of the project begins next Monday. That work will be from Barry Street to Ellis Street in Montello. It will start before stage three is completed, which is from Lake Avenue to Barry Street. Once stage three is completed, about August 27th, the section of road from Lake Avenue to just west of Central Avenue will be opened. While work on stage three and four are occurring, State Highway 23 will be closed from Lake Avenue to Ellis Street. Both Lake Avenue and Ellis Street intersections will be open.
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