4/18/23 Hometown Broadcasting News Tuesday
18 April 2023 News
FATAL MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT IN NFDL
North Fond du Lac Police tell us a 33-year-old Town of Friendship man was killed early Saturday morning when he lost control of his motorcycle and it struck a guardrail. Police and EMS responded just before 12:30 that morning to North Pioneer Road. The bike failed to negotiate a curve as it approached Winnebago Street skidded across the roadway and crashed into a guardrail. The motorcycle operator was taken to SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital where he died a short time later. He was not wearing a helmet. Speed, driver inexperience and alcohol were contributing factors in the crash. The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office and State Patrol assisted at the scene.
SHOTS FIRED IN NFDL
No one was injured and no property was damaged when shots were fired in the Lighthouse Point Mobile Home Community in North Fond du Lac around 1:17 Sunday afternoon. Several 911 callers reported 7 to 12 shots fired in rapid succession. Police found 9 millimeter shell casings in the roadway on Swan Drive west of Prospect Drive and a resident supplied security video showing a late model gray truck involved in the incident. Sunday night North Fond du Lac Police, Fond du Lac Police and Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s deputies located the truck and stopped it on Scott Street. A 24-year-old Fond du Lac woman was driving it and was detained for questioning. She was later released when police determined she wasn’t involved in the shooting incident.
NAME RELEASED IN FATAL DODGE COUNTY MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT
Authorities in Dodge County have released the name of the 58-year-old Beaver Dam man killed when his motorcycle struck a pay loader that pulled out of a driveway on State Highway 33 in front of his bike. Sheriff’s investigators say James P. Jansen died at the scene of the accident near Noble Road in the Town of Hubbard last Friday night. After hitting the pay loader the bike went into a ditch and Jansen was ejected. He was wearing a helmet, but lifesaving efforts at the scene were unsuccessful. The 74-year-old Horicon man driving the pay loader was not injured. Deputies were dispatched for the crash at 6:11 pm
SUICIDAL FDL WOMAN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
Fond du Lac Police had to use less-than-lethal means to take a 46-year-old Fond du Lac woman contemplating suicide into custody late Sunday night at Lakeside Park. Officers found the woman on a bridge and she was visually distraught. While trying to build a rapport with her she displayed a knife over her head that had been concealed under a towel. As she approached them she repeatedly told them to kill her. Less-than-lethal munitions were deployed which were not immediately effective in disarming her. Negotiations continued and sympathetic ears prevailed with her giving up the knife. Once in protective custody she was taken to St. Agnes Hospital. She was subsequently placed on emergency detention.
ERIK METZIG BOUND OVER FOR TRIAL
The 25-year-old Fremont man charged for the murders of his parents in their Town of Wolf River home was bound over for trial yesterday. A preliminary hearing was held in Winnebago County court for Erik Metzig who is charged with a pair of first degree intentional homicide charges for the shooting deaths of 72-year-old David Metzig and 71-year-old Jan Metzig. He was subsequently arraigned and pled not guilty to charges. His parents were found dead of gunshot wounds during a welfare check on March 18th. Erik Metzig was living with his parents at the time of the shooting. He was arrested at a YMCA in Kimberly where he allegedly told a staff member he was upset about family and was looking for an apartment. Investigators also found a journal in his bedroom where entries said he wanted to eliminate his parents. Metzig’s next court date is May 30th.
WILD DEER TESTS POSITIVE FOR CWD IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY
The state DNR confirms a wild deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease in Winnebago County in the Town of Nepeuskin. The positive tested deer is also within 10 miles of Waushara County, Green Lake County and Fond du Lac County borders. The deer was a three-year-old doe, reported sick and dispatched by the local sheriff’s department, and is the first confirmed wild deer CWD-positive detected in Winnebago County. The DNR and the Winnebago County Deer Advisory Council will be hosting a public meeting on Tuesday, April 25th from 6 to 8 pm at the Omro Town Hall in Omro. DNR staff will provide information about CWD in Wisconsin, local CWD testing efforts and disease surveillance options being considered. This recent detection of CWD in Winnebago County will renew a three-year baiting and feeding ban in the county, as well as renew a two-year baiting and feeding ban in Waushara County, Green Lake County and Fond du Lac County.
PARTICIPATING IN BIG PHARMA SETTLEMENT
If approved a resolution before the Fond du Lac County Board tonight demonstrates the county’s desire to participate in a Big Pharma Opioid settlement. County Executive Sam Kaufman says the county will need to enter into a memorandum of understanding to participate in the settlement. The resolution authorizes that. The money would have to be used for opioid treatment, enforcement and related expenses. Kaufman says there is no way to know how much the county or state will get through a settlement. He says from a previous settlement they know that rather than pony up money for a settlement some Big Pharma are just declaring bankruptcy to avoid the issue. This particular settlement involves Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Allergen Finance, Walgreen’s, Walmart, CVS Health Corporation and CVS Pharmacy.
QUEEN OF CLEAN
Once she studied to become an elementary school teacher, but now a Ripon woman is known as the “Queen of Clean.” Actually that is the name of the business Rachael Greeningur started. She says it is something she did while studying to be a teacher and found she was good at. Now in addition to herself she has a staff of four in her “Cleaning and Professional Organizing Services.” They will clean homes and businesses for people who need help or aren’t able to themselves. They are hoping to raise $5,000 by September 1st for supplies to clean the home of someone who really needs the help beyond your basic cleaning. They are taking donations and nominations at their website Queen of Clean.social. You can find out more about Rachael’s cleaning service at her website or by calling her at 920-410-4280.
WAUPACA HUNTER SAFETY GROUP RECOGNIZED
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Monday announced the hunter education program 2022 Instructor of the Year and the Group of the Year. The 2022 Instructor of the Year is Richard ‘Rick’ Heisler. Rick has taught hunter education for more than 44 years and has certified more than 3,000 students through traditional and internet + field day courses. He remains active in recruiting and mentoring new instructors and junior instructors. The 2022 Group of the Year is the Waupaca Hunter Safety Group. The Waupaca Hunter Safety Group consistently provides year-round hunter education opportunities in both the traditional and internet + field day courses. They have a large and active group and are consistently recruiting instructors and junior instructors.
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