Wednesday News 5/22/19
22 May 2019 News
Campbellsport Man Bound Over For Trial On Attempted Murder Charges
The 33-year-old Campbellsport man that allegedly tried to stab his fiancee to death as they were driving home from some bars in March has been bound over for trial. A preliminary hearing was recently held for James Allen on attempted first degree intentional homicide and aggravated battery charges. According to the criminal complaint Allen stabbed the victim Michele Fleischman, the mother of his son, in the neck three times. She was driving down the road at 55 miles an hour during part of the attack, but managed to get him out of the car and drive home. Allen is currently being held in the Fond du Lac County Jail on a $500,000 cash bond.
Lomira Woman Sentenced In Dogs Death
The 27-year-old Lomira woman who starved a dog to death has been sentenced to a year in jail. Abigail Billings was sentenced in Dodge County court Monday to the jail term which carries work release privileges. According to the criminal complaint her landlord found the dog dead inside a crate last October. Billings told investigators she went out to the garage every few days to check on the pup. Veterinarians are all but certain the dog starved to death. In addition to jail, Billings was placed on probation for three years and she cannot own a dog for five years.
Del Monte Vegetable Trays Sold At Kwik Trips Recalled
The Food and Drug Administration has recalled Del Monte vegetable trays sold at Kwik Trip stores in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Three people have gotten sick in Wisconsin and one in Minnesota after eating from the trays. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Salmonella is responsible for the outbreak. The trays were 6 ounce and 12 ounce trays containing broccoli, cauliflower, carrots and dill dip.
Removing Inactive Voters From Poll Lists
Fond du Lac County Clerk Lisa Freiberg says if you get a postcard from the State Elections Commission don’t be too hasty to throw it out. The state is doing its four-year maintenance mailing removing inactive voters from poll lists. You will only receive a postcard if you haven’t voted in about four years. She says it you want to stay registered you will have to sign it and send the postcard back expressing that desire. “If you want to remain on the voter list, the poll list you will have to sign the postcard and it will be mailed to your municipal clerk.” Freiberg says election workers are trained to ask you at the polls if your name isn’t on voting lists if you received a postcard. She says if that’s the case you will have to re-register.
FDL County Moving To New System For Sounding Tornado Sirens
Fond du Lac County Emergency Management is in the process of switching over the system they use to sound tornado sirens across the county. Director Bobbi Hicken says they are moving to an automated impact-based notification system. A computer would sound the sirens based on the threat for a particular area. Hicken says for example if a tornado warning were issued for the Van Dyne area the sirens would sound there, but not in other areas that aren’t impacted. Testing is being done on Saturdays when regular testing is held for the sirens. Hicken notes the testing doesn’t affect Ripon or Brandon, which have their own systems.
Ripon Summer Concert Series Returning With A New Name
The Ripon Summer Concert Series will get a bit of an earlier start with a concert on the Village Green on Thursday, May 30th. Downtown Manager Craig Tebon says it’s a jazz concert. “And actually we are going to kick it off with a pre-concert event on Thursday, May 30th that will the Ripon High School and Middle School jazz bands they are going to do an evening.” He says the Friday night concerts will feature some returning favorites, some new bands, but a diverse pool of talent. The series also has a new name “Horicon Bank Summer Concert Series” thanks to a three-year sponsorship that will bring the series $45,000 to help with costs.
Klett Deserves Credit For Tourism Spending
The chairman of the Republican Party of Fond du Lac County believes some of the credit for a 5 percent increase on tourism spending in the state should go to former State Tourism Secretary Stephanie Klett. Rohn Bishop says Governor Evers and the Tourism Department has a right to crow about the $21.5 billion that was spent on tourism in Wisconsin, but he feels Klett paved the way for that success during her eight years as secretary. “All eight years of the Walker Administration she had the position of secretary of the Department of Tourism and every year she beat the previous year and the Wisconsin economy is booming it’s coming along, the tourism department the tourism numbers reflects some of that.” He says Evers and the tourism department are inheriting a phenomenal situation and the credit belongs largely to Stephanie Klett.
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