Hometown Broadcasting News Tuesday 8/6/19
6 August 2019 News
Ripon City Administrator Goes To Court On Drunken Driving Allegations
Ripon City Administrator Lori Rich is scheduled to make an appearance in Green Lake County court today on drunken driving allegations. She was pulled over on May 16th for allegedly driving drunk with an alcohol content more than twice the legal limit. Rich lives in rural Princeton. She faces citations for operating while intoxicated first, operating with a prohibited alcohol content of .15 or higher and operating left of center. She can be found guilty of one of the drunken driving allegations, but not both. Fines could come to more than $1,100. Rich told us she realizes she made a mistake and has learned her lesson. She says, “I have been using this as a learning opportunity to hopefully help others from making a similar mistake.”
Dodge County Sheriff Will Use Public Posts To Try And Reduce OWI Injury Accidents
Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt is hoping a little public shaming will reduce serious and fatal accidents caused by drivers under the influence. Schmidt’s department will soon adopt a policy where those arrested for operating under the influence will have their photos and information about their arrest posted on the Sheriff’s Facebook page. Schmidt believes it is important to notify the public about others who are putting them at risk. The launch date for the new policy will be within the next 30 days.
FDL County Switching To Private Firm For Nursing At County Jail
Fond du Lac County is going to a private company to provide nursing services for inmates in the County Jail. The County Board’s Finance Committee recently gave its blessing to switch to ACH. County Executive Allen Buechel says that switch is still about 60 to 90 days out. The county had been using county nurses, but Buechel says they can’t staff the jail 16 hours a day 7 days a week, which is what the jail needs. He says ironically ACH can do that and at about the same cost as what the county was paying its nurses for more limited staffing. “The Health Department just can’t get enough nurses that want to work those shifts, but at any rate they can’t get those kinds of nurses and the expense would go up significantly.” Buechel says it remains to be seen whether ACH will be able to provide the same level of care to inmates that county nurses did.
National Night Out
Law Enforcement Departments throughout the nation will be celebrating National Night Out tonight. It’s a community police awareness event that was created in 1984. In Green Lake County the Green Lake Police Department are hosting it at Deacon Mills Park from 4 to 7 pm. Green Lake Police Chief Mike Ratter says you can’t beat the price, it’s free. “Everything is free. We have all kinds of activities planned, games, a lot of giveaways and all we need is you folks to show up to make it a success.” In Ripon the Ripon Police Department will host their National Night Out celebration at Barlow Park from 5 to 7 pm.
Grothman Town Hall Meeting Today And Tomorrow
Congressman Glenn Grothman will be holding four town hall meetings in the 6th Congressional District over the next two days. The first two are this afternoon at the Wild Rose Fire Department from 1:30 to 2:30 pm and the Hancock Community Center from 3:30 to 4:30 pm. Tomorrow he is at the Saukville Village Hall from 10:30 to 11:30 am and the Cedar Grove Public Library from 1:30 to 2:30 pm.
Training Exercise Scheduled In Oshkosh
Oshkosh Police and Fire, and UW Oshkosh Police will be conducting an emergency training exercise from 9 am to Noon next Monday at the Carl Traeger School. Most of the exercise will be held outdoors. Officers and signs will be posted in the areas affected by the exercise. People who are not directly involved in the exercise should avoid entering the staging area. Loud noises may accompany the exercise. There is no reason for alarm.
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