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6 May 2022 News
Arrest Warrant Issued For Ripon Man
An arrest warrant has been issued for a 52-year-old Ripon man suspected of stealing a coin machine and prying open two arcade games at the Cobblestone Inn and Suites in Ripon last November. According to the criminal complaint Jimie Lee Neidlinger (pictured) used a dolly to wheel the coin machine out to a waiting car. He allegedly filled his pockets with quarters from the two busted arcade games before leaving the game room with the coin machine. The coin machine was worth $3,000 and had about $600 in it. The two arcade games may have had $50 in change in each of them. An outside door was also damaged when it was pried open. The incident on November 13th was caught on numerous video cameras. Neidlinger faces felony charges of theft and bail jumping and misdemeanor charges for entering a locked coin box and criminal damage to property. All the charges have repeater enhancers added to them.
Oshkosh Parks Vandalized
Oshkosh Police are investigating vandalism incidents that occurred at city parks. Officers received a report that several juveniles damaged property at South Park, the Lake Fly Café located in Menominee Park, and Stevens Park. One juvenile was arrested for causing $1,600 in damage at South Park. Damage occurred at Stevens Park on April 24th and 29th, Menominee Park on April 30th, and South Park on April 30th and May 3rd. If anyone has information about these incidents, please contact the Oshkosh Police Department at (920) 236-5700 Option 1.
Lily Peters Murder Suspect In Court
A criminal complaint for the 14-year-old boy suspected of raping and murdering 10-year-old Lily Peters of Chippewa Falls will become available in the next few days. But it will be heavily redacted to remove the names and ages of the suspect and the victim, even though information about the victim was released during a search for her and the subsequent discovery of her body. However, search warrants executed during the investigation will not be unsealed. That request was made by both the suspect’s attorney Michael Cohen and Chippewa County District Attorney Wade Newell. The boy made a brief appearance in court Thursday. He is being charged as an adult, but his defense team could make a motion to move the case to juvenile court. He is being held in a juvenile detention facility on a $1 million cash bond. A status conference is scheduled in the court case on June 24th.
Calumet County Residents Conned
Calumet County Sheriff’s officials say some residents in the Village of Harrison were conned out of $78,000. Each of the victims received phone calls instructing them to download software on either their computer or mobile device. That allowed the callers to gain access to the victim’s online banking and other investment accounts. The suspects then convert whatever funds they access to cryptocurrency which is difficult to track and is usually sent overseas. The Sheriff’s Office recommends never allowing a third party to access your computer or mobile device and simply to hang up.
Highway 23 Project Starts Monday
Officials with the state’s Department of Transportation tell us construction begins Monday on a 14-mile stretch of State Highway 23 from Seven Hills Drive in Fond du Lac County to Sheboygan County Highway P in the Town of Plymouth. It is the last stretch of the 19 mile project that expanded the divided-highway to 4 lanes and realigned it. Highway 23 will remain open to traffic throughout construction with long-term lane closures during work. Access to side roads and adjacent properties will be maintained through the duration of the project which should be finished by the end of July.
Second Booster For COVID 19
Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller recommends getting a second booster shot for COVID-19 if you’re 50 or older, immunocompromised or are 12 and older and are immunocompromised. She believes eventually everyone will need to get a second booster shot and that it could become an annual thing depending on how variants of COVID develop over time. As of Thursday 55.9 percent of the County’s residents had received at least one dose of the vaccine, 53.4 percent had completed the vaccine series, and 28.2 percent had received a booster shot.
MPTC And Lakeland University Reach Articulation Agreement
Moraine Park Technical College President Bonnie Baerwald and Lakeland University President Dr. Beth Borgen signed an articulation agreement this week. The agreement allows those who get an Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degree at MPTC to transfer those credits to Lakeland University toward a 4-year degree. That would allow those students to start at Lakeland as a confirmed junior saving thousands of dollars annually compared to private or public 4-year college. Baerwald says they hope to put similar agreements in place with other four-year universities including the UW-Oshkosh, UW-Green Bay, UW-Milwaukee, and Marian University. She says it took about eight months to put the agreement together and they had to get permission from the UW Board of Regents last month because of statutory language imbedded in state statute since the early 1970s. Baerwald says partnerships with other schools are nothing new for MPTC because they have had some in place with 4-year private schools for years.
New HR Director Starts For OASD Next Month
The Oshkosh Area School District informed us that Sabrina Johnson will start as the District’s new Executive Director of Human Resources on June 6th. Johnson, an Oshkosh native, is currently the Assistant Vice President for Human Resources at Marian University in Fond du Lac. She has nearly 25 years of HR experience. She will be responsible for advancing the District’s HR strategies and providing dynamic leadership to support the District’s HR needs. The Oshkosh School Board unanimously approved her appointment during the April 27th meeting.
Project Grill Unveiling Today
The unveiling for the 14th Annual Project Grill will be held at Festival Foods in Fond du Lac today. Students from six area high schools will show off the grills they designed and manufactured. The program partners those students with area manufacturers and the end result are working grills that will be unveiled between 11 am and 1 pm. Bernadette Ericksen is the Director of Business Client Services for Envision Greater Fond du Lac. She says over the years more girls have gotten into design and welding courses. High schools involved this year include, Fond du Lac, North Fond du Lac, Winnebago Lutheran Academy, Central Wisconsin Christian (Waupun), Lomira, and Laconia. Their business partners include; J. F. Ahern, Kondex Corporation, Fives Giddings & Lewis, Mercury Marine, Mid-States Aluminum, and Manowske Welding.
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