1/20/25 Hometown Broadcasting News Monday
20 January 2025 News
FATAL CRASH IN COLUMBIA COUNTY
A 16-year-old girl from Pardeeville was killed in a one-vehicle accident in Columbia County’s Town of Wyocena Sunday morning. Just after 7:30 am Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to West Bush Road for a report of a vehicle that had crashed into a tree and was upside down. When deputies and first responders arrived they found a heavily damaged vehicle and its driver, the lone occupant, who was unresponsive. The teen had died at the scene. Speed appears to be a factor in the crash. Initial evidence shows that the vehicle was approaching Groth Road; it lost control and entered a ditch where it struck a tree. The driver was wearing her seatbelt.
ANOTHER SHOOTING INCIDENT IN FDL
Fond du Lac Police handled another shooting incident Thursday. Police officers arrested a 21-year-old Fond du Lac man that evening on a traffic stop following a shooting in the 400 block of West Scott Street. Chief Aaron Goldstein says the weapon involved was an air-powered rifle designed to shoot pellets. He says any firearm has the potential to cause harm. They initially responded to an apartment complex in the 400 block of West Scott Street for a report of a man that had shot a shotgun two to three times. He fled in a vehicle. Later an officer located him in his vehicle. The 21-year-ol was taken into custody. A short time after that, officers were informed of a 30-year-old Fond du Lac man at St. Agnes Hospital with a gunshot wound. The man was involved in the shooting at West Scott Street. He had been shot at three times with an air-powered rifle designed to shoot pellets. Two shots missed and one shot hit the victim’s upper arm. The suspect was taken to the Fond du Lac County Jail, where he faces multiple criminal charges. The victim was treated and released from the hospital.
QUEST MURRAY PARK
The Ripon School Board has given the go ahead to the unification of Quest Charter School and Murray Park Elementary School. District Superintendent Mary Whitrock says the charter school’s agreement comes up for renewal at the end of this school year. She says after seeing what was accomplished with the merger of the Journey Charter School and Barlow Park Elementary, the Quest Governance Board asked about doing the same. Jesse Johnson who started out as a teacher at Quest is the principal for Murray Park Quest Elementary School. She says she is pleased to have been able to work her way up through the school since Quest started in 2010. She began as the school’s principal last July. Quest was a project based learning charter school. Whitrock says that innovation will be incorporated into the curriculum when the two schools merge in the fall. She adds that the two schools already had done quite a bit of collaboration.
SERVING ON BOARDS AND COMMITTEES ENCOURAGED
Berlin Schools Superintendent Emmett Durtschi says he is glad he had the opportunity to serve on the Berlin City Council during the past two years. His time with the Council ends in April. He says with his duties as superintendent of the school district he has plenty on his plate. However, he urges others to become involved and consider serving on a city council, committee, board or a school board if only to see how the process works. Durtschi says he got involved in local politics because he wanted to participate in the community and as one of the largest employers in the city it was important the school district maintain its connection with the city.
SPRING FISH AND WILDLIFE HEARINGS
The Wisconsin Conservation Congress invites all residents to take part in its annual spring hearing process. Each year residents have an opportunity to submit ideas as resolutions to the WCC. Wisconsinites can submit proposed resolutions via the online process through February 24th. Resolutions must have a concern of statewide impact; be practical, achievable and reasonable; and must be within the mission and vision of the Wisconsin Conservation Congress. You may submit no more than two resolutions per year. Those interested in submitting a resolution are encouraged to reach out to the resolution review committee or their WCC County Chair for guidance in drafting a resolution. Additional tips on preparing a resolution are available on the WCC and DNR’s Spring Hearings webpage. The spring hearing will begin April 14th and close on April 16th.
ANNUAL SPRING HEARING AND PUBLIC INPUT OPPORTUNITY | Wisconsin Conservation Congress | Wisconsin DNR
MLK EVENTS TODAY
Events will be held in the area today in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Marian University will hold its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Community Prayer Breakfast in the Stayer Center Dining Room from 7:30 to 8:30 am. The Center for Diversity and Inclusion at Ripon College will be hosting a reading from Where Do We Go From Here? By Martin Luther King Jr. The reading will take place in the MLK Lounge on the Ripon College campus from 9:30 to 10:30 am. The Fond du Lac School District’s “Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.” event will be held from 10 am to 12 pm at the Goodrich Little Theater. Bread of Life Cathedral of Hope on Ruggles Street in Fond du Lac will be holding a community wide MLK service tonight at 6:30 pm.
EXCELLENCE IN CONSTRUCTION AWARDS
Five Wisconsin construction companies received excellence in construction awards at the Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s annual contractor-engineer conference held this past week in Wisconsin Dells. Top winners included an asphalt paving project in Outagamie County, a concrete paving project in La Crosse County, a grading project in Outagamie County, a small bridge project in Fond du Lac County, a large bridge project in Milwaukee County and a large project in Milwaukee County. Sheet Piling Services, located in Custer, received an excellence in small structures award for the West Division Street bridge over the West Branch of the Fond du Lac River in Fond du Lac County. The bridge is located near a rail line that sees more than 45 trains per day.
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