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6 December 2018 News
Former UW Oshkosh Employee Sentenced For Embezzlement
A 52-year-old Oshkosh woman has been sentenced to 90 days in jail and will have to repay the nearly $300,000 she took while she was the head account for the food service company Sodexo at the UW-Oshkosh. Karen Anderson was sentenced this week in Winnebago County court to the jail time and two years of probation on one felony theft charge. She was fired in 2016 after payroll discrepancies were discovered. Investigators later learned she took money meant for the university and Sodexo in a check-cashing scheme over a five year period.
Trial Rescheduled For BD Man In Drug Overdose Death
A jury trial for a 29-year-old Beaver Dam man suspected of supplying drugs that resulted in an overdose death has been rescheduled for next February. The trial was originally supposed to kick off Tuesday in Dodge County Court for Brian Larson II. A change in legal representation for Larson has precipitated changes this fall in the court’s original schedule for the trial. During a status conference Tuesday Larson’s lawyer, John Smerlinski, promised the court there would be no other continuances of the trial. Last April 25-year-old Dakoda Kline of Juneau died of a drug overdose. Her body was found in a cemetery in Beaver Dam after police received reports of a suspicious vehicle parked overnight with its engine running.
Waupun Gets Millions Of Dollars For Water And Wastewater Projects
U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin this week announced more than $51 million in United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development funding to help rebuild and improve water infrastructure in Wisconsin communities. Senator Baldwin supported funding for the USDA’s Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant Program. There will be $34.8 million in loans and $16.5 million in grant funding for seven water and wastewater projects in Wisconsin. The City of Waupun will receive $27.6 million in loans and nearly $9.5 million in grants for water distribution and storm water drainage system improvements. Six other villages across the state will be getting millions in grants and loans for their own water and sewer system improvements.
Waupun Receiving State Trust Fund Loan
The City of Waupun will be receiving a state trust fund loan of $400,000 to finance TID #5 improvements. The state’s Board of Commissioners of Public Lands this week approved 13 state trust fund loans totaling more than $4.4 million. Among the other loans the Town of Vinland in Winnebago County will get a nearly $134,000 loan to purchase fire equipment and the City of Beaver Dam will get a loan of $370,000 to purchase blighted property.
Shopko Hometown Stores Closing In 14 States
Shopko Stores is closing 39 stores in 14 states including one here in Wisconsin. That store is located in Mauston. A Shopko spokesperson Michelle Hanson says they considered a number of factors and it was a difficult decision to close that store. The stores being closed are Shopko Hometown stores except one in Lincoln, Nebraska. Liquidation sales begin Friday and the stores will be closed by the end of February.
Celebrating Hanukkah
While most of us prepare for the celebration of Christmas, those of the Jewish faith are celebrating Hanukkah which began last Sunday and runs through this Monday. Elijah Israel of Ripon reminded us of that. He listens to our stations, but wanted to make sure we remembered people of different faiths celebrate different holidays. Hanukkah also known as the Festival of Lights is traced back to the taking back of a temple and the rededication of the Second Temple of Jerusalem following a revolt. In particular it had to do with the lighting of the Menorah. “They wanted to relight the temple as they were building it. So they took the Menorah and they only had a little bit of oil that would last them a little bit of time, but it lasted for eight days.” Israel, who is 66-years-old, changed his name when he converted to the Jewish faith. He says there are plenty of Christmas songs, but very few except for humorous songs about Hanukkah.
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