Hometown Broadcasting News Monday 3/9/20
9 March 2020 News
Suspicious Incident Reported In FDL
Fond du Lac Police Thursday afternoon investigated an incident at near the UW-Oshkosh Fond du Lac campus in which a woman was being held at gunpoint in a vehicle. A caller reported seeing a man in the backseat of the car holding a gun to the head of the woman who was sitting behind the wheel of the parked car. A number of officers responded to the area, but were unable to locate a vehicle matching the description of the one involved in the incident. Police presence at nearby schools including the high school was increased.
Former Oshkosh Man Pleads To Federal Child Enticement Charge
A former Oshkosh man that walked from Indiana to Neenah, Wisconsin to have sex with a 14-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of attempted child enticement. Thirty-two-year-old Tommy Lee Jenkins was in a federal courtroom in Green Bay last Thursday for a hearing. After moving to Whitestown, Indiana he was exchanging instant messages with someone he believed was “Kylee” a teenage girl who lives with her mother in Neenah. After being rebuffed he began walking the 351 mile trek to Neenah. The girl he was exchanging messages with was actually a Winnebago County Sheriff’s deputy. When he arrived in the county he was arrested by Sheriff’s deputies and an FBI agent. He will be sentenced on May 27th and could get from 10 years to life in prison.
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Coronavirus Scams
It’s sad to say, but scammers are using the Coronavirus outbreak to their benefit. Lara Sutherlin is the Administrator for the State’s Division of Trade and Consumer Protection. “Scammers are out there trying to sell fake medical remedies, sell vaccines. In some instances they are just simply trying to send you an email with an infected link and infect your computer with a virus.” She advises not clicking on links in unsolicited emails, researching organizations before you give a donation, and making sure your anti-malware and anti-virus software on your computer is up-to-date. Sutherlin also recommends getting your information about COVID-19 from reliable sources like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization.
ADVOCAP Senior Meal Site In Pickett A Busy Place
ADVOCAP’s Winnebago County Senior Dinner Site in Pickett serves delicious homemade meals both at the Pickett Community Center and delivers them for the home bound. Lori Fernandez is the Director of ADVOCAP’s Food and Nutrition Program. She says those registering for the program will get menus to keep track of what is being served. She says they spice it up from time to time serving special meals for holidays like St. Patrick’s Day. “If you look on there, St. Patrick’s Day is coming up right so on the 17th they are going to have corned beef and cabbage so that’s a great opportunity to get out and eat there. Or on the 18th there is liver and onions, which may not be everybody’s favorite but people who like it they just love it.” Meals are served at the Community Center at 11:30 am Mondays through Fridays. Reservations have to be made by 12:30 pm the day before the meal, which can be done by calling the Pickett site at (920) 589-6111. To set up an assessment for home-delivered meals call the Neenah Office at 920-725-2791. All meals are offered on a donation basis. The Pickett site also serves those in the Omro and Winneconne areas for home-delivered meals.
Smoke And Carbon Monoxide Detector Reminder
If you did not take the time to change the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors during this weekend’s time change, the clock hasn’t run out on you yet. Waupun Fire Chief B.J. DeMaa says they use the time change because it comes about every six months. One thing he does recommend is checking the manufacturing date on those detectors. He says if they are over 10 years old the entire unit should be replaced. “Starting in the early 2000’s manufacturers began putting a manufacture date on that and where that becomes important is the units themselves have about a 10 year shelf life before individuals need to begin replacing them.” Some of the detectors have a 10 year battery life and once they reach that 10 year span they have to be replaced.
Public Meetings On Habitat Restoration Effort
Two public meetings will be held this week regarding proposed habitat restoration efforts at Samers Bay and Terrell Island on Lake Butte des Morts. The first public meeting will be held Wednesday at the Omro Town Hall in Omro. The second meeting will be Thursday at the JP Couglin Center in Oshkosh. Both meetings will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. The main objectives of the proposed restoration efforts include creating better water quality and increasing vegetation growth to provide critical fish and wildlife habitat.
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