Hometown Broadcasting News Tuesday 10/22/19
22 October 2019 News
Third Person Dies From Shawano County House Explosion Injuries
The deadly house explosion in Shawano County last month has claimed the life of a third person. Sixty-two-year-old Daniel Young died last Thursday at the UW Hospital in Madison. Others who died as a result of the September 23rd house explosion on Verg Road in the Town of Grant are 62-year-old Steve Verg who owned that farm and 64-year-old Michael Suehring of Marion. One other person was injured in the explosion. Sheriff Adam Bieber says the cause of the explosion appears to be a propane leak or malfunction.
Green Bay Woman Arrested In Calumet County For Alleged Sixth OWI
Responding to an erratic driver report in Calumet County Saturday evening a State Trooper arrested a 50-year-old Green Bay woman for her sixth driving while intoxicated offense. Tabitha Ann O Connor was also suspected of hitting a median in Brown County. She was pulled over on State Highway 441 in Calumet County. She told the State Trooper she had been drinking, smoking marijuana, didn’t have a valid driver’s license, and her vehicle was required to have an ignition interlock device. A field sobriety test was conducted and she was arrested.
Suicide Prevention Recognition
The chairperson of the State Assembly Speaker’s Task Force on Suicide Prevention says recognition of those who might be at risk of taking their own life is one of their focuses. State Representative Joan Ballweg says when they held a public hearing in Marshfield they heard from farmers and veterans two groups at more risk. She says the UW-Extension and Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection are trying to do more. “How do you get the people that work with farmers to be those folks who recognize those signs and encourage folks to get help?” Law enforcement, first responders and veterans also present some challenges. The state lawmaker from Markesan says employee assistance programs and after-action reports can help identify those at risk, but it is difficult to get people who usually have the answers and provide the help to get help themselves.
Looking For Bigs
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Fond du Lac County has a waiting list of children hoping to be paired up with an adult or a Big Brother or Big Sister. The program is also available in Ripon with a waiting list of 100 across the county. Once or twice a week the program sends someone to Ripon to interview possible “Bigs” for matches. Big Brothers Executive Director Tammy Young says they will always have a need for more adults to act as “Bigs.” ” We have kids on a waiting list both in Ripon and in Fond du Lac right now to the tune of almost 100 children. If you ask me 100 kids are way too many. The sad part of it is we will always kids on a waiting list. We could fill the 100 tomorrow and we’d have another 100 kids.” “Littles” are 6 to 13-years-old. Those who are interested in finding out if they could be matched up with a “little” can get more information at the Big Brothers website or can call 920-922-8200.
New Record Totals For Mercury’s Fill The Boat Food Drive
Mercury Marine’s annual “Fill the Boat to Cast Out Hunger” food drive to benefit the Fondy Food Pantry in Fond du Lac has raised close to $13,000 — a new record for food and cash donations. For a full week, Mercury employees in Fond du Lac participated in the drive contributing 4,811 pounds of nonperishable food donations, an increase of 82 percent over last year’s food donations. The event was held October 7th through the 11th. Fondy Food Pantry has been a fixture in the greater Fond du Lac community for 45 years. The organization serves roughly 1,100 individuals in need, distributing an average of 30,000 pounds of food, every month. It feeds 780 children every week.
Graduation For Press Brake Trainees In Oshkosh Today
Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes and Department of Workforce Development Secretary Caleb Frostman will be among those attending a graduation ceremony for press brake trainees at Wald Wiring and Manufacturing Company in Oshkosh this afternoon. This is the fourth and final cohort of 6 graduates to be certified in press brake operations. A Fast Forward Grant of $110,000 made the training possible for the 24 workers. The ceremony is planned for 3 to 4:30 pm.
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