News 08.18.16
18 August 2016 News
A UW Fond du Lac student housing proposal continues to move forward. The Fond du Lac Plan Commission this week approved a special use permit for the project. County executive Al Buechel says the project is still on schedule for groundbreaking this fall. In June Fond du Lac County entered into a lease agreement with MDC subsidiary FDL Housing Properties to construct a 122 bed student housing facility. BMOC, or Best Management on Campus, will operate the facility. The latest proposal calls for substantially increasing the size of the student housing building, from 84 beds to 122, including 27 four bedroom and seven two bedroom suites.
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Waupun selects a new mayor. At Tuesday’s meeting the Waupun City Council selected 1st Ward Alderperson Julie Nickel to serve as mayor until the April 2017 election. The Common Council then selected Jason Westphal to replace Nickel as 1st Ward Alderperson. The mayor’s position became vacant when Mayor Kyle Clark resigned in July. Clark said he was stepping down to continue rehabilitation after suffering a massive heart attack in December.
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The Campbellsport School District is coming back to voters with a slightly scaled down building referendum in November. The Campbellsport School Board voted this week to place the 23.4 million dollar question on the November election ballot. Superintendent Paul Amundson says a major portion of the project will involve replacing a middle-high school that is more than 80 years old. The revised referendum comes more than a year after voters rejected a $25 million referendum by less than 300 votes. Amundson says the new referendum is nearly two million dollars less and offers different solutions to address building and classroom concerns.
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Federal officials say the cost of damage to eight businesses that were burned during violence in a north side Milwaukee neighborhood could exceed several million dollars. A team of special agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is investigating the fires that destroyed or damaged a BP gas station, an auto parts store, a bank, a beauty supply shop, a grocery store and three liquor stores on Saturday and Sunday. The team is using dogs to help detect accelerants. The agency is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. Special agent Joel Lee would not disclose how many calls or tips have been generated by the offer.
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Green Bay’s mayor cast the tie-breaking vote that killed a plan to give $2 million in excess stadium tax money to property owners. The City Council voted early Wednesday to direct the money to public projects, including streets, parks and sewers. Alderman John Vander Leest proposed a rebate check for property owners. Each would have received about $80 to $90. One property owner, William Peters, told council members the money should be invested in something that would benefit everyone in the city. Peters said the excess money comes from tourists, renters and others and doesn’t belong to him. Alderman Dave Nennig argued that using the money for projects that increase the city’s tax base would have longer-term benefits.
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A farmer in Portage County has been overcome by deadly fumes from a manure holding tank. The county coroner says 29-year-old Michael Biadasz was found dead Monday along with at least 13 cows at Biadasz Farms near Amherst. The farmer was found by other workers who arrived to haul away manure from the huge tank. Coroner Scott Rifleman says Biadasz was overcome by methane or sulfur oxide. Rifleman says weather conditions, including warmer upper air temperatures, created a deadly dome of air. Authorities say besides the 13 cows that died, others became sick.
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