Hometown Broadcasting News Friday 8/28/20
28 August 2020 News
Woman Injured In Waupaca County Motorcycle Accident
Waupaca County Sheriff’s officials tell us a woman was seriously injured when her motorcycle crashed on County Highway E Wednesday afternoon. The accident happened about a mile south of State Highway 161 in the Town of Helvetia. The woman was heading north when she failed to negotiate a curve. Her bike went into the ditch and she was ejected from it. She was flown from the scene to a hospital. The accident was reported just before 4:30 Wednesday afternoon.
Two Sentenced In Green Lake County Sex Trafficking Case
Two men suspected of sexually assaulting a sex trafficking victim in Green Lake County were sentenced this week. Ember Rivera and Rolando Corado Gonzalez were convicted on amended charges of exposing themselves to a minor and were sentenced to 18 months in prison and 2 years of extended supervision. Four others are awaiting their turns in court. Two of them have plea and sentencing hearings in Green Lake County court on October 27th, while two more are awaiting trial on federal human trafficking charges. Last November the Green Lake County Sheriff’s Office rescued a young girl after she escaped from the residence she was being held in in the Town of Manchester. Her captors were believed to be undocumented immigrants from Guatemala.
Scandinavia Woman Facing Charge In Dodge County
A 32-year-old Scandinavia woman was charged this week in Dodge County court for allegedly mailing an illegal drug into Fox Lake Correctional Institution. Amber Testdorf is facing a felony charge for mailing an inmate an envelope containing Suboxone. It was behind the stamp on the letter. Prison staff knew it was coming they had recorded a conversation between Testdorf and the inmate in which the inmate told her how to do it. She will make an initial court appearance on the charge she is facing September 14th.
COVID Immunity Questioned
Health officials this week reported two people in the world that previously had COVID-19 had gotten it again. One of them was in the area of China where the initial outbreak occurred last December or January. Ripon Community COVID-19 Task Force member Jeff Puhlmann-Becker says we still don’t know that much about the virus and how it works if you’ve already had it. “There just doesn’t seem to be a consensus whether you’re safe from getting it and if you are for how long is it 3 months, 6 months, lifetime nobody seems to know because it hasn’t been around long enough to know anything.” He says they are big questions in terms of tackling the virus and getting us to a place that is safe for all of us.
Free COVID Testing In FDL
Free COVID-19 community testing will be available at the new Fond du Lac County Highway Garage in Fond du Lac today and tomorrow. It’s being done in collaboration between the Wisconsin National Guard, the Fond du Lac County Health Department, Fond du Lac County and Agnesian HealthCare. The community testing site is available to those ages five and older. Testing is from 11 am to 7 pm today and Saturday from 8 am to 4 pm. Its drive-through testing so the public is asked to remain in their vehicles and wear a mask. Pre-registration can be handled online. The highway garage is located at 1820 South Hickory Street in Fond du Lac.
FDL County GOP Chairman On RNC
The chairman of the Republican Party of Fond du Lac County says COVID-19 forced Republican National Convention organizers to do things differently than past conventions, but for the most part they worked. Rohn Bishop attended the last two conventions as a delegate, but wasn’t able to attend this year’s RNC in Charlotte, North Carolina. He says without the usual crowds speeches were more to the point. “The speeches can be a little bit more scripted the crowd you don’t have audiences you are speaking to so the speeches don’t run over because of the crowd cheering or not cheering or whatever.” Bishop did like some of the outdoors venues used for speeches like Fort McHenry where Mike Pence gave his acceptance speech. On the other hand Bishop says he did miss the usual roll call for nominations.
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