12/4/23 Hometown Broadcasting News Monday
4 December 2023 News
STABBING IN FDL
Police in Fond du Lac have arrested a 29-year-old Fond du Lac man suspected of stabbing his roommate Saturday morning. Police were called to a residence at 33 East Johnson Street for a report of a man who had been stabbed. The victim, a 40-year-old Fond du Lac man, was taken to St. Agnes Hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries to his arm. The suspect was taken to the hospital where he was treated for minor injuries and then was taken to the Fond du Lac County Jail.
COVID CASES ON THE RISE IN FDL COUNTY
The state’s Department of Health Services says cases of COVID-19, RSV, and Flu are on the rise and the number of those cases will increase over the holidays. Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says the County has seen the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations increase recently. Mueller says the severity of COVID over the past few years has diminished and they haven’t had a COVID death in some time, but she says with people now spending the winter months indoors COVID cases will increase. Mueller recommends being vaccinated against COVID, RSV, and the Flu. She suggests getting it done a couple of weeks before you attend a large gathering so the vaccine in your system has reached its full strength. To find out where you can get vaccinated talk to your health care provider or go to vaccines.gov on the internet.
BERLIN SCHOOLS REPORT CARDS
Berlin Schools Superintendent Emmett Durtschi says the District’s Elementary and Middle Schools met expectations in the latest Department of Public Instruction’s district reports cards. But the high school met few expectations. He says part of that was tied to a reduction in the number of students at the high school who were eligible for free and reduced school lunches. He says overall they need to see growth in math and literacy scores. Meanwhile, at the high school they did see the graduation rate pick up which he in part attributes to the work they’ve done with the alternative high school students. The Berlin Area School District’s overall school report card grade was 60.2, which meets expectations. The high school’s score was 56.4, the Clay Lamberton Elementary School score was 66.9, and the Middle School a 59.3.
Berlin Area School District – State Report Cards
EYE AND TISSUE DONATIONS MAKE A DIFFERENCE
A Development Specialist for the Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin says people don’t realize what a difference eye, tissue and organ donations can make in a person’s life. Anne Otter can and does. Otter had corneal transplants for both of her eyes 33 years ago and has been working for the eye bank for the past 17 years. She says she’s met with donor families who found solace in the fact that their loved one has lived on through donations. Otter says about 50,000 corneal transplants are performed in the US each year and the surgery has a 95 percent success rate. She says in addition about 2.5 million people benefit from the gift of tissue. Tissue donation is not as common as eye, but even people with cancer or poor vision, can give the gift of sight, but when someone is able to give the gift of tissue, they can help as many as 75 people through transplantation.
BLACK BEAR HARVEST AUTHORIZATION APPLICATIONS COMING DUE
The state’s Department of Natural Resources is reminding black bear hunters that applications for the 2024 season are due at the end of the day this Sunday. Hunters can purchase applications for permit drawings online through the Go Wild website or the DNR’s license portal, or at an authorized license agent. Preliminary estimates show hunters harvested more than 2,900 bears during the 2023 black bear season. Final harvest totals will be available at a later date. In the meantime, DNR staff and the Bear Advisory Committee are determining recommendations and harvest quotas for the 2024 bear season. The drawing for 2024 harvest authorizations will take place in early February. (DNR photo).
CHANGE FOR HORICON BANK SATURDAY HOURS IN RIPON
Starting January 2nd Horicon Bank’s Ripon Main location drive up at 400 Watson Street will be open on Saturdays from 9 am to 12 pm. To staff the Ripon Main location on Saturdays, Horicon Banks’s location inside Webster’s Marketplace will not offer traditional banking at the teller line on Saturdays beginning January 2nd. While the teller line may not be available on Saturdays inside of Webster’s Marketplace, the bank will continue to offer extended hours at their My Virtual Teller machine by making the switch. The machine is also located inside of Webster’s. The tellers on the screen are Horicon Bank employees in the branch network. My Virtual Teller is also available extended hours Monday through Fridays from 7 am to 6 pm and Saturdays from 7 am to 2 pm.
THEDACARE EXPANSION CONTINUES
ThedaCare is marking the next phase of completion in the $100 million investment to modernize ThedaCare Regional Medical Center in Neenah. Last Friday the retail pharmacy opened at the hospital campus. The location features onsite services as well as curbside pick-up. Pharmacy services are available to patients, community members and ThedaCare team members. Through the end of 2023, hours of operation will be Monday through Friday 8:30 am to 5 pm, and Saturday and Sunday from 9 am to 3 pm. The pharmacy will be closed from 12:30 to 1 pm, as well as major holidays. In January the pharmacy will expand hours to be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Patients and community members will have the opportunity to pick up a new prescription or refill existing medications in a convenient setting at the hospital campus.
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