News 03.22.17
22 March 2017 News
An economic development project is moving forward in Waupun. Thw common council approved a new tax increment financing district, and the purchase of ten acres by Eden Meats and Catering to accommodate a new truck stop, featuring a gas station, convenience store and restaurant off Highway 151 near Highway 26. City Administrator Cathy Schleve says she hopes the project will open up additional land for development along the 151 corridor. Schleve says after a developers agreement is finalized its hoped that construction can start this spring with the new facility open before the end of the year.
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The Fond du Lac County Emergency Management director is encouraging citizens to attend a severe weather spotting training class this month. With severe weather season right around the corner, Emergency management director Bobbie Hicken says learning about severe weather safety and storm spotter training is beneficial regardless of whether you are a storm spotter or not. Hicken says the training is highly recommended for first responders and amateur radio operators. The class examines how and when to report and storm spotting safety. The class will be held this evening 6:30pm at the city county government center. Its free and open to the public.
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Gov. Scott Walker says U.S. House Republicans are moving in the right direction on their health care reform bill after Speaker Paul Ryan announced he plans to provide more help to older people. Ryan says people in their 50s and 60s deserve more help because their face higher costs. Walker said Monday he and other Republican governors have been advocating for such a move. Walker says the more the GOP can do to improve tax credits for older adults the better. Ryan also says other changes may include requiring able-bodied Medicaid recipients to work. Walker says GOP governors want that, too. The House is expected to vote on the bill today. Walker says he expects more changes before the Senate passes the measure but the GOP must do something.
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An American Indian tribe is questioning why Gov. Scott Walker’s administration isn’t applying the same criteria to a northern Wisconsin casino expansion as it has for previous proposals. The Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans tribe argues Walker rejected the Menominee tribe’s Kenosha expansion proposal in 2015 after considering community support, approval from other tribes and the increase in gambling. Stockbridge-Munsee attorney Dennis Puzz says there are no indications the state applied those measures to a Ho-Chunk Nation expansion underway in Wittenberg. The site is 17 miles from the Stockbridge-Munsee’s casino. Legislators and four other tribes have written to the state since September urging further review. The Department of Administration didn’t immediately respond to questions. The Stockbridge-Munsee has warned it intends to withhold $923,000 in state gambling payments over the dispute.
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