Hometown Broadcasting News Tuesday 5/26/20
26 May 2020 News
Inmate Back In Custody
An inmate from John Burke Correctional Center in Waupun will be facing charges after failing to return Saturday afternoon with a prison transport van he was supposed to pick up other inmates in. Authorities say 35-year-old Joshua Bonin was supposed to pick up those inmates at Taycheedah Correctional in Fond du Lac. The Department of Corrections informed Fond du Lac Police according to GPS the van had been left at the Walmart parking lot. Bonin was found that afternoon at a gas station in Fond du Lac.
Appleton Woman Arrested For OWI In Winnebago County
The State Patrol arrested a 28-year-old Appleton woman Saturday who is suspected of driving while under the influence in Winnebago County. Veronica Vang was stopped on Interstate 41 southbound south of the City of Oshkosh for a moving violation. She failed a field sobriety test. In addition, a search of the vehicle turned up marijuana and she was driving with a 14-year-old girl in the car. She was subsequently arrested for OWI with a passenger under the age of 16 and marijuana possession.
Task Force Was Ready For Court Decision
It may have come as a surprise, but Envision Greater Fond du Lac’s Reopen Fond du Lac Task Force was ready when the State Supreme Court overturned the extension of Governor Tony Evers Safer at Home order. Envision President and CEO Sadie Parafiniuk says they already had a blueprint to help out businesses. “Our task force had already put out resources for businesses on how to reopen safely things that they should start thinking about so when they can open they were ready to go, an employee screening tool, posters to put in your front window. So we had the resources ready.” She was proud that the task force was able to put out the same message county wide that businesses can reopen if they chose, but were asked to do it safely and responsibly and support was available if they needed it.
Collateral Damage For Nursing Homes
A member of the Ripon Community COVID-19 Task Force says the virus itself isn’t the only threat to long-term care assisted living facilities. Jeff Puhlmann-Becker says the pandemic does put the vulnerable population of those facilities at-risk, but the collateral damage is whether those facilities will be able to survive the financial fall-out and other issues. He says it doesn’t help that the state is posting the names of facilities where residents have tested positive for COVID-19. “You don’t need a scarlet letter on you because something that is going around the whole community and whole world happened in your facility despite your best efforts.” He says the facilities have to take extra precautions, some suffer from staff shortages and employees who go home and return to work the next day run the risk of bringing the virus into the facility.
Ripon Summer School Will Be Virtual
The Ripon Area School District will be offering a 5-week virtual summer school. District Superintendent Mary Whitrock says she learned from State Representative Joan Ballweg that the state has put things into place to allow a virtual version of summer school. “With some of the things that have gone through and some of the orders and things have changed we are now able to have a virtual summer school. So we will do that we will launch it the same week that our original summer school was planned. The only change we’ve made is that we are going to run it Monday through Thursday just because that online connectedness is just so much more intense for students.” They also hope to offer an in-person offering in August that might only be a couple of weeks to help kids transition back to school. Summer School will be held virtually June 15th through July 16th.
Grothman Town Hall Meetings Switched To Phone
Congressman Glenn Grothman has changed town hall meetings scheduled for this week to telephone town halls. Meeting information was previously sent out via a mailer. Wednesday he had meetings scheduled at the Maribel Village Hall from 10 to 11 a.m. and the Reedsville Village Hall from 2 to 3 p.m. Thursday meetings were scheduled at the Nekimi Town Office in Oshkosh from 11 a.m. to Noon, the Rushford Town Hall in Eureka from 3 to 4 p.m., and the Poy Sippi Public Library from 5 to 6 p.m.
Joan Ballweg Scholarships Awarded
State Representative Joan Ballweg of Markesan has presented five $500 scholarships to five deserving high school seniors in the 41st State Assembly District. The 16th Annual Joan Ballweg Leadership Scholarships were presented to Patrick Derleth of the Lourdes Academy, Theo Rauch of Ripon High School, Erin Pease of Adams-Friendship High School, Alissa St. Louis of Princeton High School, and Allison Wendt of Berlin High School. Derleth will be going to St. Mary’s University of Minnesota, Pease will be attending the U-W Madison, Rauch will attend the University of Notre Dame, St. Louis will attend the U-W Lacrosse, and Wendt plans to go to the U-W Eau Claire.
NEBAT Announces Grants
National Exchange Bank & Trust, in partnership with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago has awarded $10,000 grants to ADVOCAP of Fond du Lac and the Arc of Fond du Lac. The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago is offering a COVID-19 Relief Program to support all its member institutions and the communities they serve as they respond to the pandemic. ADVOCAP is a community action agency serving Fond du Lac, Green Lake, and Winnebago counties. The Arc of Fond du Lac helps clients with intellectual and developmental disabilities become independent.
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