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17 December 2020 News
Waupaca Man Bound Over For Trial In Teen’s Murder
A 44-year-old Waupaca man suspected of shooting and killing an 18-year-old Waupaca man was bound over for trial during a preliminary hearing in Waupaca County court Wednesday. William Zelenski of Waupaca is charged with first degree intentional homicide in the death of Ryleee Manente-Powell. The teen’s mother 35-year-old Tiffany Powell is charged with being party to her son’s death. She returns to court March 15th for a status hearing. According to the criminal complaint Zelenski suspected the victim and another teen of burglarizing his home in October. Zelenski had befriended the boy’s mother and the two confronted the victim about the theft on Van Street. Zelenski was armed with a shotgun. After the shooting Zelenski called 9-1-1 and claimed the teen had attacked him.
Moderna Vaccine Will Be Used For Nursing Home Staff And Residents First
The Director of Housing and Clinical Services for LeadingAge Wisconsin a senior living advocacy agency says they are waiting for FDA approval of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine to distribute to nursing home staff and residents. Robin Wolzenburg says Pfizer’s vaccine, which came out first, is going to staff in hospitals and clinics. She says Moderna’s vaccine will be used to vaccinate nursing home staff and residents and after that assisted living centers will be prioritized. “Those will be allocated to all long-term care staff and nursing home residents first and I’m saying nursing home and not assisted living for a reason. If you are a campus for instance and you have a nursing home connected to your assisted living all under the same roof all of the staff will get vaccinated and all of the nursing home residents first.” She says while nursing home staff might be a little hesitant about the vaccine, residents and their families are excited about the prospect of getting their loved ones vaccinated. Wolzenburg is also a member of the Ripon Community COVID-19 Task Force.
Michels Looking Forward To New Role With The Ripon Police Department
Ripon Police Sergeant Lindsey Michels will be returning to the roll of School Resource Officer starting January 1st. She will also take on the role of Community Liaison Officer. Police Chief Bill Wallner says Michels will be giving up her Sergeant stripes becoming an officer again, but she’s looking forward to it and has been filling it in the interim. “She’s excited to be back in that role she’s already hit the ground running with both feet and obviously her experience in that position and her relationships that she had in the past with the school district, the personnel and students has all been a plus for her in that role.” She had previously served as the School Resource Officer from 2015 to 2017. In the role as Community Liaison Officer she will handle organizing some of the department’s community relations events like National Night Out. She will also handle some of the code enforcement. With Sergeant Gary Durkee’s impending retirement the department will be looking at filing two sergeant’s positions from within.
OASD Athletics Attendance Policy
Beginning today the Oshkosh Area School District will allow two family members per student –athlete to attend home winter sports events in 2020-21. No admission fee will be charged and additional information will be shared with families by their child’s head coach. No tickets will be sold or available to the public. For road games the district will abide by the home school’s policies. All family members in attendance at district home events must wear masks and sit socially distanced. No food or beverage carry-ins will be allowed and no concessions will be provided. Spectators must arrive no more than 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start and will be required to leave immediately following the conclusion of the event.
Alliant Energy Food Box Program
Alliant Energy is helping to spread some extra holiday cheer to families through a new holiday food box program. With a $100,000 donation from Alliant Energy, 2,000 food boxes are being delivered to families across 14 communities in Iowa and Wisconsin-just in time for a special holiday meal. In Wisconsin, Alliant Energy’s partnership with Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin provides 1,000 food boxes to families. That effort coordinated the delivery to seven food pantries including the Fondy Food Pantry in Fond du Lac, Portage Pantry in Portage and Waushara County Food Pantry in Wautoma.
Oshkosh Holiday Garbage And Recycling Reminder
The City of Oshkosh Sanitation Division is reminding residents that due to the City’s observance of the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays, there will be no garbage or recycling collection on Friday, December 25th and Friday, January 1st. Collections for the remainder of the week will be one day later. Garbage and recycling scheduled for pickup on December 25th moves to Saturday, December 26th and collections for Friday, January 1st will move to Saturday, January 2nd. Regular services will resume on Monday, January 4th. Residential curbside Christmas tree collection will take place on the regularly scheduled garbage collection day the weeks of January 4th through the 8th and January 18th through the 22nd.
Envision Greater FDL Gift Certificates
The Golden Ticket promotion may be over, but Envision Greater Fond du Lac gift certificates are still available than can be used at any of the 600 member businesses in the greater Fond du Lac area. Joe Venhuizen is Envision’s Director of Membership and Programs. He says they are a great holiday gift and support local businesses keeping that money circulating in the community. “We have our own gift certificates that we sell, which are very broadly applicable to any of our member businesses so you have about 600 places when you can spend these gift certificates and I personally use them.” He says it is a good way to give people the gift of choice. To find out more about Envision gift certificates go to the Envision website and click on the Services tab.
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