News 03.28.18
28 March 2018 News
The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a robbery at a Lomira bank. Sheriff Dale Schmidt says the robbery happened shortly before 3pm Monday at the BMO Harris Bank on East Main Street in Lomira. Schmidt says a man wearing a red hooded coat, blue jeans and sunglasses entered the bank and demanded money from the tellers. No weapon was displayed. The suspect fled the scene with an undisclosed amount of cash in a silver 4 door car that appears to be a Lexus E300. Anyone with information is asked to call Lomira police or the sheriff’s office.
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A Fond du Lac man received non life-threatening injuries in a domestic related stabbing incident over the weekend. Shortly before 11pm Saturday the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call from a residence on Kenyon Road in the town of Byron that a man had been stabbed. A 38 year old Fond du lac man was transported to St. Agnes Hospital with non life threatening stab wounds to his upper chest and arm area. He faces charges of disorderly conduct, battery and suffocation. A 34 year old Fond du Lac woman was arrested on charges of recklessly endangering safety, substantial battery and disorderly conduct. A juvenile female in the home was not injured.
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Gov. Scott Walker has signed a school safety bill that would provide money to help district make building improvements, but places no limits on guns. The governor signed the $100 million measure at a Kaukauna elementary school Monday morning. The legislation comes at a time when young people have stood up, marched and urged politicians to take action to reduce gun violence following the recent shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida that took 17 lives. The bill creates an Office of School Safety in the Department of Justice to administer the school safety grants and assist schools with their plans. Assembly Bill 843 quickly moved through the Republican-controlled Legislature with bipartisan support last week.
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A southeastern Wisconsin college is finalizing two new degree programs to train workers for the planned Foxconn electronics manufacturing complex. Bryan Albrecht is president and chief executive officer of Gateway Technical College in Kenosha. He told the that Gateway will work with other state technical colleges and universities to complete the curriculum. The goal is to avoid duplication and strengthen what’s already being offered at other colleges. The programs will focus on advanced manufacturing technology and supply chain management. Final approval of the curriculum could come in May. Foxconn offered the Wisconsin Technical College System support in January. The company expects to hire almost 240 employees with advanced manufacturing degrees and around 50 employees with supply chain management skills during the first five years of production. The $10 billion manufacturing center in Mount Pleasant could employ up to 13,000 workers. The Taiwan-based company plans to manufacture advanced liquid crystal display panels for commercial and consumer uses, including televisions. Racine County and Mount Pleasant have committed to $764 million in local incentives for Foxconn.
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