Hometown Broadcasting News Thursday 8/15/19
15 August 2019 News
Appleton Man Waives Extradition
(Fond du Lac County Jail photo)
The 19-year-old Appleton man wanted on a State of Washington warrant for robbery has waived extradition. Ahlijah Collins was arrested on controlled substance possession charges during a traffic stop in Waupun last Friday. He was in Fond du Lac County court Tuesday for an extradition hearing. The woman driving the vehicle he was in was pulled over and cited for operating after suspension. Collins allegedly had marijuana on him. The robbery warrant was out of Spokane County, Washington.
Redgranite Man Facing OWI Charge After Arrest In Ripon
A 38-year-old Redgranite man has been charged with his fourth operating while intoxicated offense after he was arrested in Ripon for allegedly driving drunk last Sunday. Justin Jackson was also charged with operating while revoked. He made his initial appearance in Fond du Lac County court Wednesday. Bond was set at $500 cash and a preliminary hearing was scheduled for September 12th. Jackson was on probation for a domestic abuse incident in Waushara County where he was also arrested for his third drunken driving offense last December.
Sex Offender Charged For Allegedly Assaulting Cellmate
A 62-year-old convicted sex offender is being charged with sexually assaulting his cellmate while he was housed at Dodge Correctional Institution in Waupun. Donald Coughlin is now housed at the Wisconsin Secure Program Facility in Boscobel. The alleged assaults occurred in March of 2018. Couglin was convicted in 2017 of numerous first and second degree sexual assault of a child charges in Juneau County. He and was sentenced to 48 years in prison. The new charges could add eighty years to that sentence. His initial court appearance in on the new charges is scheduled for August 29th.
Ripon Compost Center Remediation Approved
Ripon’s Common Council this week approved spending more than $26,500 from contingency funds to pay for the removal of an oil tank and remediation at the city’s compost center. Some of the oil from that tank seeped into the ground over the years. Alderperson Al Schraeder asked if the project would qualify for A Brownfields grant from the state, which is something City Administrator Lori Rich is checking on. Public Works Director Mike Ehrenberg told the Council the vendor for the cleanup project is a vendor the DNR approves of and he doesn’t anticipate any problems with the project. Meanwhile residents will have to take their used oil to O’Reilly’s or another business for disposal. Ehrenberg says they can check back into whether to start up used oil collection again at the compost center after the cleanup is completed. Ehrenberg says the cleanup work has to be completed by the end of September.
Waushara County Fair Kicks Off Today
The Waushara County Fair, “The Biggest Little Country Fair in Wisconsin” gets underway in Wautoma today. Fair Board member Dan Mielke (MILL-kee) says it started out on Main Street in the 1850s and moved to its current location in the 1900s. He says people will enjoy the tractor pull tonight, the truck pull tomorrow night, the Truck and Tractor pulling Saturday, and the Demo Derby on Sunday and the participants are dead serious about it. “I mean especially if you are participating it’s very serious and the crowd really gets into it. This stuff is really the main stay of our fair it really brings in some pretty good crowds for us.” Tonight is Wristband Night on the Midway from 5:30 to 10. For a $20 wrist band there is unlimited use of the rides. Parking is free. Admission is $8 for those 14 and older, $5 for kids 7 to 13 years of age. A season pass for adults is $24 and half of that for kids7 to 13.
Dodge County Fair Also Underway
Dodge County’s Annual Fair is underway at the fairgrounds east of Beaver Dam off Highway 33. Highlights today include Kids Wristband Day on the Midway, the Meat Animal Sale at 7 pm tonight, and the Sawyer Brown Concert at 8 pm. Other musical acts this week include Lanco Friday night and Saturday Great White and Slaughter. Demo Derbies round out the week on Sunday with two shows at 1 and 6 pm.
NOAA Weather Radio Benefits
The Communications and Emergency Management Director for Fond du Lac County says a NOAA weather radio is still a good investment in your safety when it comes to severe weather. Bobbi Hicken says a lot of people get apps for their smart phone that lets them know when severe weather is approaching, but if it is late at night it won’t wake you like a weather radio when a warning is issued. “You’re phone app is not going to necessarily go off for a thunderstorm warning, but you’re weather radio will again and like I said you need to take caution and make sure your safe for thunderstorms and tornadoes both.” Hicken notes it is not difficult to find a place that sells NOAA weather radios.
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