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18 October 2021 News
Oshkosh House Fire Displaces Family
A family of four in Oshkosh was displaced by an early Sunday morning fire. Oshkosh Fire Department officials say they got a call at 1:15 Sunday morning to 1241 Jackson Street for a house fire. No one was in the home when fire crews arrived. Firefighters had difficulty getting the fire out particularly on the uppermost floor. In order to put the fire completely out heavy construction equipment was used to take the house down. The cause of the fire is being determined. The family is being helped by the Red Cross.
Oshkosh Woman Killed Trying To Prevent Car Theft
Police in Wauwatosa say a 47-year-old Oshkosh woman was run down and killed trying to intervene in an attempted car theft early Thursday morning. Sunita Suratu Balogun-Olayiwola saw teens trying to steal a car from the parking lot of a Holiday Inn in Wauwatosa. She tried to stop them, but Police say one of the teen’s got into her Jeep and struck here with it. The rest of the teens got into the Jeep and drove away. A witness saw the teens abandoning the Jeep in Milwaukee Thursday night. Police arrested two boys and two girls ranging in age from 13 to 15 years of age. They could be charged as adults. During a press conference Friday afternoon Wauwatosa Police Captain Jack Morrison expressed his condolences to Sunita’s family.
Two Injured In Dodge County Crash
Two people were injured when a passenger car and a semi-tractor trailer truck collided on State Highway 33 in Dodge County’s Town of Oak Grove Friday morning. The Sheriff’s Office says the accident happened about 6:30 am east of the intersection with Sunset Road. Investigators learned the car crossed over the centerline and the two vehicles collided. The driver of the car suffered serious injuries and was flown to Aurora Hospital in the Summit. The truck driver wasn’t injured, but a passenger suffered minor injuries. Highway 33 was closed for just under 4 hours while the crash was being investigated.
FDL County Board Vacancy
Applications are being taken for a vacancy on the Fond du Lac County Board of Supervisors. County supervisor Monica Walk resigned from her District 25 seat. That district includes Wards 5 and 6 in the City of Fond du Lac and Ward 4 in the Town of Fond du Lac. The term for that seat expires next April 19th. Those who are interested in the sat should submit a resume and cover letter to the Fond du Lac County Clerk at PO Box 1557, Fond du Lac, WI 54936 as soon as possible. Applications will be reviewed starting October 29th and the review will continue until the position is filled.
Vaccine Effective In Numbers
Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says the more people who receive the COVID-19 vaccine the more effective the vaccine is against the virus. Mueller spent part of her day Friday at the Fond du Lac County Fairgrounds where people were receiving the Pfizer vaccine booster. Soon vaccine will be available for 5 to 11-year-old children. Mueller says the more people who are vaccinated against the virus the more effective it will be in stopping the spread of the coronavirus. She says the Delta variant has shown us that it is possible to get COVID-19 even if you are fully vaccinated, but she says the vaccine still provides protection against hospitalization and death. She says in the future they hope to hold vaccine booster clinics for those who received the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines.
Congressman Grothman On Border Visit
Congressman Glenn Grothman visited the U.S./Mexico border in Yuma, Arizona over the weekend. He says like his previous trips to the border in Texas illegal immigrants were streaming across the border. He says they were coming from a number of countries including Venezuela, Cuba, Haiti, Brazil, and Columbia. He says the people he saw crossing the border in Yuma differed from those he saw crossing in Texas. The federal lawmaker from Glenbeulah says for one thing they were well-dressed and manicured, and some almost had a sense of entitlement. He says if the Biden Administration wants to tighten security along the border it should go back to some of the measures President Trump put in place including agreements with those border countries.
Hospital Name Change
As part of a rebranding process SSM Health hospitals and clinics in Wisconsin went through a name change. That included the Agnesian Healthcare hospitals in Ripon and Waupun, which DeAnn Thurmer is the president of. So they will be known as SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital and SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital. Thurmer says stakeholders in the hospital in Ripon had a hand in that renaming process. She says the hospital auxiliary’s name will also reflect that change. Other SSM Health facilities in the area include SSM Health Fond du Lac Regional Clinic, SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital-Fond du Lac, and SSM Health Express Clinic.
Shuttle Flight Veteran Featured Guest At Wright Brothers Memorial Banquet
Robert “Hoot” Gibson, a five-time space shuttle flight veteran whose aviation background ranges from military jets to air racing, is this year’s featured guest at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s annual Wright Brothers Memorial Banquet on December 17th at the EAA Aviation Museum in Oshkosh. Tickets for the event are currently available at the EAA Aviation Museum website. Attendance is limited to 350. Tickets for EAA members are $65 and $85 for nonmembers. Doors open on December 17th at 5 pm, with the dinner starting at 6:30 pm.
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