Hometown Broadcasting News Friday 4/9/21
9 April 2021 News
Dallman Bill Passes Assembly Committee
State Representative Alex Dallman of Green Lake introduced and testified on a bill during a Committee on Jobs and Economy meeting this week. Dallman says the bill will require the Department of Tourism to award grants to nonprofit organizations whose primary purpose is the promotion and development of tourism in Wisconsin and to assist those organizations who remain operational in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. It would also require the availability of amusement industry grants which will provide relief for organizations that own or operate amusement or theme parks in Wisconsin. Dallman says the bill would provide relief to small tourism businesses that have suffered during the pandemic. The bill was passed by the committee and goes to the full State Assembly for consideration.
Waupun School Board Race Going To Recount
A school board race in Waupun will apparently be going to a recount. In Tuesday’s election Jodi Schultz defeated Jessica Standke by one vote in the race for a seat on the board representing the Fox Lake/Westford area. Schultz got 807 votes and Standke 806. Standke is seeking a recount, which would likely take place next week.
Oshkosh Drive Through Job Fair
A Drive-Thru Job Fair is planned for Thursday, April 22nd at the Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce. The fair is from 3 to 6 pm that day. Packets with career opportunities from 75 companies will be handed out to interested job applicants. Due to COVID concerns for an in-person job fair, the drive-thru job fair is designed to get information about career opportunities into the hands of those seeking a new role. Job seekers won’t need to exit their vehicle, but are asked to wear a mask. There will be a limited supply of packets available so its first come, first served.
Oshkosh Man Denied Insurance License Application
An Oshkosh man’s application for an insurance license was denied last month by the Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance. Officials say Kenneth Jour Tresvant II was denied based on allegations of owing delinquent child support, having a criminal conviction that may be substantially related to insurance marketing type conduct. He also failed to disclose an administrative action taken by the State of Michigan on a licensing application, failed to obtain a federal crime waiver, and failed to respond promptly to inquiries from the Commissioner’s Office.
Michigan Having Problems With COVID
Jeff Puhlmann-Becker of the Ripon Community COVID-19 Task Force says Michigan is going through now what Wisconsin did last November with the pandemic. Michigan is now being called the epicenter for the pandemic in the U.S. Puhlmann-Becker says circumstances are a little different than they were back then. “The big difference between today and back in November is 32 percent of the population of this country has at least one dose of the vaccine which exists now which didn’t exist back then and 19 percent of the population is fully vaccinated. So that helps but it should not make us complacent about the potential for spread.” Puhlmann-Becker says with as many people being vaccinated one of the newer issues is whether or not a person should be able to keep information about their vaccination status confidential.
Slowly Getting Back To Normal
Ripon Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jason Mansmith says it is good to see business begin to get back to normal as the pandemic continues. “We are seeing that and we are seeing people coming to visit being you know cognizant and aware of the choices that they have. There are still several our businesses that are still choosing to have people mask up.” He says we’ve been fortunate with the number of people who have chosen to support local businesses during the past year, which was tough on everyone. Even the Ripon Area Chamber of Commerce had to resort to work at home and doing things virtually during the height of the epidemic.
Congressman Grothman On Duckworth Comments
Congressman Glenn Grothman says he’s surprised more wasn’t made about a statement U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth made about appointees to President Biden’s cabinet. The senator made a statement that she wouldn’t vote for anymore appointees if they were white unless they were gay. Grothman says being a U.S. Senator carries a lot of power with it and Duckworth is a senator from a larger state. “That’s Tammy Duckworth you know and Illinois is a big state we’re not talking about Massachusetts here. A state until the relatively recent past would routinely elect Republicans governor and we have a U.S. Senator, ‘No sorry that’s the only way we are going to vote for anybody.” The federal lawmaker from Glenbeulah feels someone from the Biden Administration must have talked with her because she backed off on that threat.
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