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11 May 2020 News
Shooting Incident In FDL
Fond du Lac Police investigated a call late Thursday night about shots being fired in the area of Western Avenue and Oak Street near the County Jail. Officers recovered several shell casings in the 200 block of Oak Street. Police did take a 30-year-old man into custody early Friday morning on tentative charges of recklessly endangering safety, felon in possession of a firearm, intentionally pointing a firearm at a person, and use of a firearm while intoxicated. He was taken to the County Jail.
Stay Home Please
The Health Officer for Green Lake County says they’ve been asking people with summer homes and cabins to stay in their primary residences during the COVID-19 outbreak. Cathy Munsey says they are still working on the recommendation that people stay in their primary residences because Illinois and Wisconsin still have the stay at home orders in place. “I get it people want to go out. They are tired of staying home. Everybody is going a little bit stir crazy, but it is still not okay to be violating these orders.” She says if you have to come to your second home or cabin in Green Lake County bring everything that you need including your groceries so you don’t have to leave that residence during your stay. Munsey points out many people with second homes in the area are coming from places with much higher rates of the COVID-19 infection.
Congressman Grothman Has COVID 19 Prevention Questions
Congressman Glenn Grothman says any drugs that prevent or lessen the symptoms of COVID-19 will be getting a fast track for development, but he’d like to know if there are other ways to prevent it. The federal lawmaker from Glenbeulah says he recently sat in on a conference call with four representatives of various pharmaceutical companies. He what could be done to prevent it in the first place for our example with diet or vitamins. “You know you hear how important Vitamin D is, how important Vitamin C is. I wish we had specific studies on that sort of thing to see if there are things you could take that would make it less likely you would get it in the first place or easier to recover from it.” He’s also hoping if there is a second wave of COVID-19 our treatments will have improved and we will be capable of doing more testing and be more prepared for it. He says we don’t want to go through another 2 to 3 months of shutting down the economy.
Some Businesses Making Improvements During Safer At Home
Waupun Emergency Management Director B.J. Demaa says some businesses closed or limited to certain services because of the global health crisis are using it as an opportunity to make improvements. He notes some businesses have found a way to repurpose their products for use during the COVID-19 outbreak. Others have been able to offer take out or delivery services. He says a few are making improvements and preparing for their eventual reopening. “Some of these businesses have taken this opportunity to work on improvements to the inside of their facilities trying to get out in front of their reopening to make sure everything is good to go is going to become quite a balancing act moving forward.”
DOC Steps Up Testing At Two Milwaukee Facilities
The state is stepping up testing for COVID-19 at two of its correctional centers in Milwaukee. The Wisconsin Department of Corrections says tomorrow it will test all persons in its care and staff at Felmers O. Chaney and Marshall E. Sherrer Correctional Centers. As of last Thursday 20 inmates in four of the state’s correctional facilities tested positive with 14 fully recovered. Four of those who tested positive were at Marshall Sherrer and six were at Felmers. The Wisconsin National Guard will assist with testing.
School Lunch Programs Serving A Need
The state’s Department of Public Instruction says more than a million meals have been provided to Wisconsin students since the closure of K-12 school buildings because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since March 18th, 447 school food authorities and sponsors in Wisconsin have provided meals through the National School Lunch Program’s Seamless Summer Option and the Summer Food Service Program. The programs allow meals to be served free of charge to children 18-years-old and younger living in low-income areas. The Ripon Area School District and others in the area have been participating in the programs.
Polls In Favorite Fish Fry Contest Close Friday
Wisconsin’s Tourism Department reminds residents that online voting for their favorite fish fry wraps up this Friday. There are twenty finalists to choose from with photos of their dishes and information about their establishments included for each contestant. Among the top twenty were several area businesses including Jorgie’s in Berlin, Parnell’s Place in Oshkosh, Rustic Woods Campground in Waupaca, and Wendt’s on the Lake in Van Dyne. You can vote once a day through this Friday when the polls for the favorite fish fry contest close.
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