Hometown Broadcasting News Monday 3/8/21
8 March 2021 News
Oshkosh Woman Charged With Negligent Homicide In Ripon Man’s Death
A 30-year-old Oshkosh woman is charged in Green Lake County court with homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle for a traffic crash that claimed the life of a Ripon man. Kathleen Yoblonski (pictured) is also charged with knowingly operating without a valid license causing death for the accident last October 15th on County Road B east of State Highway 73. Thirty-three-year-old Justin Corson was one of four people inside the vehicle. He was taken to the Ripon Medical Center and was later flown to ThedaCare Regional Medical Center where he died. According to the criminal complaint Yoblonski was going too fast when she tried to negotiate a curve. During a court hearing last Wednesday a competency examination was ordered for Yoblonski and a status hearing in the case was scheduled for Tuesday, April 13th. She is currently being held in the Green Lake County Jail.
New Police Chief In Berlin
Berlin has a new police chief. The Berlin Police and Fire Commission chose Jeffery Engel who starts today. Engel has been with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office in Colorado the past 14 years where he was a lieutenant and watch commander. But he began his law enforcement career in Wisconsin working in the cities of Green Bay and Milwaukee. He has a vast experience in different capacities in law enforcement serving on SWAT and Underwater Investigation units to name a few. His educational experience includes a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice from the UW-Platteville, a Master’s in Public Administration from Concordia University, and a Certified Public Managers credential from the University of Colorado-Denver.
FDL County Safe Restart Could Advance To Phase Three
There’s a good chance that after two weeks of returning to Phase Two of the Fond du Lac County Safe Restart Plan the county will improve to Phase Three today. County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says the county has continued to improve or remain strong in all five key metrics for the benchmark criteria of the dashboard. “If we are still in green or yellow, which is very likely it is a very good possibility that we could be popping into Phase Three for Fond du Lac County starting this Monday at 2 pm. The County’s positivity percentage for the total number of COVID tests is just below 2.8 percent. Mueller says the state recently changed the way it calculates the positivity rate, which is a more accurate depiction of what is going on.
Ripon EMS Chief On Dispatch Transition
Ripon EMS Chief Mitch Matuszeski says there will be a seamless transition when the city transfers its dispatching responsibilities over to Fond du Lac County. He says they’ve formed a committee that is working on the transition, but when the change occurs residents shouldn’t even notice the change but Ripon Guardian Ambulance will still be going out the door when they are dispatched for a medical emergency. As for hiring more people he feels that is something they will do over time, but they will work with the staff that they have as they make the transition. “Personally what I see as far as the future of Ripon EMS is eventually the hiring of some full time employees, no time line for that you know 5 maybe plus years on that.” The transition will likely occur in the fall.
State Representative Dallman Pleased With Committee Assignments
State Representative Alex Dallman says he’s pleased with the committee assignments he was assigned during this session of the state legislature. He will be serving as Vice Chairman of the Colleges and Universities Committee. “I asked to have that since we have Ripon College here in the district as well as having, well everywhere around the state has their technical college areas but in the 41st District we have three different technical college districts.” He’s also serving on the Tourism, Regulating Licensing Reform, Sporting Heritage, and Science Technology and Rural Broadband committees. The state lawmaker from Green Lake says he wanted to serve on the Science Technology and Rural Broadband Committee because of increased importance of broadband access during the pandemic.
Highway 67 Project Virtual Meeting
The state’s Department of Transportation tells us a virtual public construction update meeting will be held tomorrow to discuss the upcoming urban reconstruction of 2.2 miles of State Highway 67 through the village of Campbellsport in Fond du Lac County. No in-person public meetings are being held due to the current health emergency. The virtual meeting will be held on Skype online or by conference call at 6 pm Tuesday evening. Access to the meeting is also available through a link on the project website. For phoning in call 920-785-5851, the access code is 31015938#. Construction begins next Monday and should finish weather-permitting in December.
WIS 67 – Fond du Lac County – Village of Campbellsport Reconstruction (511wi.gov)
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