Hometown Broadcasting News Friday 7/19/19
19 July 2019 News
Vehicles Stolen From Dodge County Pursued Into Washington County
(Washington County Sheriff’s Office Photo)
Washington County Sheriff’s deputies helped authorities in Dodge County after three vehicles were stolen from an auto auction business north of Lomira on I-41 early Wednesday morning. Washington County deputies set up on I-41 near State Highway 33, but the three vehicles that were traveling together increased their speeds to over 100 miles an hour. Germantown Police set up tire deflation devices north of Holy Hill Road. In trying to avoid capture two of the vehicles crashed and another was recovered in a private driveway in Richfield. Most of the vehicle’s occupants got away on foot, but three Milwaukee teens involved in one of the crashes were arrested.
Berlin Job Center Remaining Open
The Berlin Job Center was supposed to close July 1st, the beginning of the new fiscal year, but a collaboration helped save it. Officials with the Fox Valley Workforce Development Board say they were facing a $400,000 cut in funding due to record low unemployment and were looking at reducing services to cut costs. They made an appeal to community partners and ADVOCAP stepped up. “That was a great collaboration with Fox Valley Workforce Development Board, the Berlin Job Center and ADVOCAP of course. It is and will stay open and we are looking for volunteers.” Paul Osterholm of ADVOCAP says the center will be open Monday through Thursdays from 10 am to 3 pm. But they need volunteers to help run it. Those who are interested should call Lori Boushele at (920) 426-0150. The center will reopen as a self-service center next Monday.
Guess Who Performing At FDL County Fair Tonight
Founding Guess Who member Garry Peterson is looking forward to their performance at the Fond du Lac County Fair tonight. They will perform along with Orleans and Rare Earth on the Grandstand stage. Peterson was just a teenager when he joined what would become The Guess Who in Canada. He stayed with them over the next six decades. He’s the only original member of the group, which has seen a lot of changes in its lineup over the years. Last year they recorded a new album “The Future is What It Used to Be.” Of course the band mostly performs the hits they are best known for like “American Woman,” “No Time,” “Laughing,” “Undun,” “No Sugar Tonight,” and “These Eyes.” Peterson says although he is in his seventies now it is still a thrill to perform on stage. “Every night I look out at the audience we get to share that wonderful experience of playing that concert with the audience, which we couldn’t do with out them you know. And I think of how lucky I am at 74-years-old to be able to still be on stage.”
Sturgeon Spearing Application Deadline For Upriver Lakes Coming Up
The deadline for Sturgeon spearers to apply for a 2020 Upriver Lakes sturgeon spearing license or purchase a preference point to be used in future drawings is August 1st. Participation in next February’s season on lakes Butte des Morts, Winneconne and Poygan is controlled through a preference point system where applicants possessing the most preference points are given priority in the drawing. All applicants are notified by October 1st whether they were drawn for a license and authorized to purchase a license for the season. The deadline to purchase a license for the Lake Winnebago sturgeon spearing season is October 31st.
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Wautoma EAA Pancake Breakfast Sunday
The Wautoma EAA Chapter will hold an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast this Sunday morning at the Wautoma Airport. Chapter President Paul Paris says it is a fly-in/drive-in event from 7 am to noon. They hold it the Sunday before EAA AirVenture gets underway each summer. He says the money they raise from the breakfast helps to fund a student scholarship program. “We have a scholarship fund that we put the money towards for the students from Wautoma we’ve had three of them already that got the scholarship. It’s is pretty much for anyone going into aviation or something related to it.” The cost is $8 for adults and $5 for kids. The breakfast includes pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, applesauce, juice, milk, and coffee.
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