3/10/22 Hometown Broadcasting News Thursday
10 March 2022 News
Names Released From Fatal FDL County Accident
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office has released the names of those involved in a fatal two-vehicle crash on Highway 151 in Fond du Lac County’s Town of Waupun Tuesday night. Forty-year-old Sarah Lemmenes of Waupun rear-ended another southbound vehicle near Oak Center Road. Her vehicle entered the median where it rolled over ejecting her from it. She died at the scene. Eighteen-year-old Edgar Ruiz of Beaver Dam was driving the other vehicle and he lost control. His vehicle slid into a ditch. Ruiz and his two passengers, 18-year-old Yarelie Banderas and 20-year-old Oscar Ruiz both of Beaver Dam, were taken to Waupun Memorial Hospital where they were treated for non-life threatening injuries and released. Alcohol and speed were believed to be factors in the accident.
FDL County Chase Suspects Charged
Two Green Bay men involved in a high speed chase with Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s deputies last Friday that ended up in the Eldorado Marsh have made their initial court appearances. Bond was set at $25,000 cash for 20-year-old Clayton Dobbe who was driving the vehicle that crashed into a tree once it entered the marsh. He is charged with first degree recklessly endangering safety, fleeing an officer, obstructing an officer, possession of marijuana and felony and misdemeanor counts of bail jumping. His passenger 21-year-old Erick Medina is facing some of the same charges, but as a party to the crime. His bond was set at $500. A search team had to use a drone and heat-detecting technology to locate both of them in the marsh. Both men will be back in court for a preliminary hearing on March 18th.
Ripon Face Covering Policy Amended
The Ripon Common Council last night approved an amendment to the city’s face covering policy for city staff and public officials to reflect the CDC’s new guidelines for COVID-19 community levels. City Alderman Howard Hansen asked, “Do we really need the CDC to tell us what to do locally?” He was informed that the city’s policy would be tied to the community level for Fond du Lac County. If it is low or medium the policy would be suspended and if it is high it would need to be implemented. According to the Fond du Lac County Health Department’s current dashboard the community level is low.
Prison Response Reimbursement Bill
State Senator Joan Ballweg authored legislation which will help local law enforcement and first responders asked to respond to incidents at state prisons and correctional facilities. The bill is on its way to the Governor’s desk. She says those incidents can include death investigations, assaults or batteries on facility staff, certain rape situations or drug investigations. The bill would help reimburse local agencies for those responses and investigations. She notes the Redgranite Police Department has a chief and two other full-time staff members yet in the last five years they were asked to respond to Redgranite Correctional Institution 230 times. She says that takes officers away from the community they are meant to serve. State Representative Kevin Petersen of Waupaca co-authored the legislation.
OASD 24 Hours Of Giving
On Wednesday, March 23rd, the Oshkosh community will come together for 24 hours of giving to support the work of teachers and students in the Oshkosh Area School District. The District’s Education Foundation says a $5,000 matching gift through the JEK foundation would allow supporters to double their donations by participating in the special fundraising campaign. Early giving has already started and will continue through the end of the day on March 23rd. Donations can be made online. Funds raised will help with the costs of classroom materials, grants supporting new and innovative classroom projects, and basic needs items for the most vulnerable students.
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Vaccinations For COVID Leveling Off
A member of the Ripon Community COVID-19 Task Force says we’ve reached the point in Wisconsin where we have nearly stalled out on the number of people being vaccinated. Sixty-four percent of residents have gotten at least one shot in the arm and 60.5 percent have gotten the vaccine series. Jeff Puhlmann-Becker says encouragement and incentives will no longer work, it is now a matter of personal preference. He says an article in The Atlantic equated it to smoking. He says quitting smoking is a lifestyle and behavioral change, whereas getting vaccinated is much less demanding of your time but could also save your life.
Taking Credit
State Representative Alex Dallman says he can’t believe Governor Evers took credit in his State of State Address for the state budget and the way Wisconsin benefitted from that. The state lawmaker from Green Lake says the Joint Finance Committee and Republicans basically rewrote the budget the Governor handed them taking out policy measures and creating some of the biggest tax cuts in the state’s history. Dallman also says he’s disappointed he hasn’t seen more of the Governor during his first year in the State Assembly. Dallman says when the Governor is in the 41st State Assembly District making an appearance he only gets notified about 20 minutes before that visit.
Tackling Inflation
Congressman Glenn Grothman says federal spending to help out the nation during the COVID-19 pandemic helped to create the inflation we are dealing with now. He says inflation hasn’t been this bad since the 1970’s and may be the worst ever for the country. President Joe Biden during his State of the Union speech talked about tackling inflation being his top priority. However, Grothman says going about that by creating more government debt is the wrong way to do it. The federal lawmaker says that will simply drive inflation up even more.
Abracadabra Oshkosh PD Has A Therapy Dog
The Oshkosh Police Department has added a new therapy dog to the department. Magic is a professionally trained, two year old female Golden Retriever who will provide emotional support to both members of the community and police officers. She will be working with the Department’s Behavioral Health Officer Scott Sopata. Since October 2021 he has been responding to behavioral health related calls, highly sensitive/emotional calls for service, as well as being used to support employees of the department after critical incidents. Magic is a very friendly dog, loves to be petted, and always has a smile on her face. Magic will work “her magic” by bringing a sense of calm to high stress situations and will be an important asset to both the department and the City of Oshkosh. She was trained through a program called Journey Together.
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