News 06.02.17
2 June 2017 News
The outgoing president of the Fond du Lac County Economic Development Corporation says he wishes nothing but the best for a new combined FCEDC and Association of Commerce. Steve Jenkins announced last week he was stepping down at the end of June. Jenkins says he decided to leave because, personally for him, he did not see the new organization as a good fit in his approach toward economic development. Jenkins says he believes the leadership of the new organization will strongly support economic development moving forward and specifically hopes the Ignite Program for entrepreneurial development will continue. Jenkins says he understands the concern about so-called donor fatigue when it comes to donations to two organizations. But he says a combined organization may actually need more financial assistance. He says, quote, “I think in reality the donors need to write larger checks in order for the new organization to have the same level of success.”
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Five people are arrested following the execution of a search warrant at a residence in Mayville. Interim Police Chief Ryan Vossekuil says on Wednesday afternoon, officers in the police department, along with the Dodge County Drug Task Force, executed a search warrant at the house in the 0-100 block of North School Street. Vossekuil says over 50 pieces of drug paraphernalia were found along with multiple weapons and controlled substances. Five adults were arrested and later released, with charges pending with the Dodge County District Attorney’s Office.
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Gov. Scott Walker is signaling his opposition to a bill that would allow Wisconsin residents to carry concealed handguns without obtaining a permit or going through training. Walker told reporters Thursday that he was “comfortable” with the current law requiring people who want to carry a concealed weapon to get training and obtain a license. A proposal in the Legislature would eliminate the license and training requirement. Walker says, “I think the law we have right now is a good law. I’m comfortable with that.” He says he’s heard from people who say they are happy with the law as is. Walker didn’t say whether he would sign the proposal that’s been introduced, saying he would review it should it pass. A Senate committee held a hearing on it Wednesday.
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It’s easily the cheesiest new law in Wisconsin. Gov. Scott Walker on Thursday signed a bill making cheese Wisconsin’s official dairy product. Walker surrounded himself with fourth grade students from Mineral Point Elementary School who were “udderly” dedicated to getting the recognition for cheese in “America’s Dairyland.” Students who lobbied for the new law wore T-shirts that showed a piece of yellow cheese inside the borders of Wisconsin for the bill signing. Someone in a cow costume — what else? — was also on hand. The 3.1 billion pounds of cheese produced at nearly 150 cheese plants in Wisconsin is more than any other state. No wonder then that the dairy cow is already the state’s official domestic animal and milk is the official state beverage.
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A southern Wisconsin school district that shut down after a nearby corn mill exploded plans to resume classes today. An explosion at the Didion Milling Plant in rural Cambria late Wednesday night killed one person and injured a dozen more. The fire was contained early Thursday but Cambria-Friesland School District officials elected to keep kids home for the day. Superintendent Timothy Raymond says early childhood through 12th grade is housed in one building about an eighth of a mile from the plant. He says the district decided to shut down Thursday as a precaution in case the fire wasn’t completely extinguished. Didion employs more than 200 people from around the area. Raymond says his district and surrounding districts plan to coordinate on supplying counselors if students need them on Friday.
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