News 05.13.16
13 May 2016 News
A Ripon company that manufactures commercial laundry equipment is expanding in a big way. Alliance Laundry Systems says it will invest more than $62 million to expand its operation and add 200 jobs. Alliance vice president, Todd Kaull, says the expansion includes a new warehouse, injection molding and paint facility and office space. He says demand for their products has continued to grow, allowing for the expansion to occur. Alliance has also gotten support from the state as well as the city of Ripon and Fond du Lac County. Fond du Lac County Executive Allen Buechel says they are very pleased with the work being done. Construction is scheduled to start in the next few weeks with completion estimated in two years. The planned expansion will add an additional 225,000 square feet of buildings to the campus.
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A Waupun middle school student has been suspended, after allegedly making a threat to bring a gun to school. Police Chief Dale Heeringa (huh-RING-uh) says the 13-year-old boy was overheard discussing the death penalty on a school bus Wednesday afternoon. Heeringa says the boy began talking about more strict penalties and also comments about bringing firearms to school. Heeringa says it does not appear as if the boy planned to follow through on the threat and it did not appear he even had access to a weapon.
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A not guilty plea for a Jefferson man charged with sexually assaulting his underage cousin while she was sleeping. Nineteen year old Vincent Nunez entered the plea Wednesday in Dodge County Circuit Court. He’s charged with second degree sexual assault of an unconscious victim. The 16 year old victim told authorities that she awoke to find Nunez trying to sexually assault her early one morning in November 2015 at a residence in Dodge County. A scheduling conference has been set for June 13th.
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Another man has been fatally shot at a Madison area gas station, the second in as many days. Town of Madison Police Chief Scott Gregory says a man shot outside a gas station Wednesday night has died at the hospital. The shooting happened about 8 p.m. at the Capitol Petro Mart. The chief says investigators will be reviewing surveillance camera video. No suspects are in custody. Gregory says police are investigating the possibility the shooting is connected to a similar crime Tuesday evening at a BP gas station in Madison. Police say the victim was sitting in a car at the gas station when he was shot multiple times by someone outside the vehicle. Family members have identified the victim as Darius Haynes of Madison.
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The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s Faculty Senate passes a resolution expressing no confidence in UW system leaders. The vote Wednesday afternoon was 24-1. After the vote, UW-Green Bay Chancellor Gary Miller said he respects the faculty senate’s right to express its concerns, but that he “cannot support this action.” Similar votes have been held recently on other campuses, including UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee. UW faculty members contend that UW System President Ray Cross should have fought harder against the $250 million cut in the latest two-year state budget. Faculty members also are upset that some job protections were weakened.
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