Hometown Broadcasting News Thursday 4/8/21
8 April 2021 News
Green Bay Man Charged For Chase With Town Of Ripon Police
A 20-year-old Green Bay man is facing a felony fleeing charge for a high speed pursuit last week that started on Highway 44 in the Town of Ripon and ended when he crashed into a parked pickup truck in Ripon. Town of Ripon Police Captain Howard Stibb clocked the vehicle Diego Rodriguez (pictured) was driving going 89 miles an hour in the 55 mile an hour zone. According to the criminal complaint police found marijuana on the 17-year-old girl who was with Rodriguez in the vehicle. Rodriguez made his initial appearance in Fond du Lac County court last week he was released on a $1,500 signature bond and has a preliminary hearing on May 20th.
Ripon Voters Differ On Some Races
Voters in Ripon differed a little in their voting in some of the statewide and county races. They did favor Pecatonia Area School District Administrator Jill Underly over former Brown Deer School District Superintendent Deborah Kerr in the State Superintendent of Schools race giving Underly 510 votes to 320 for Kerr. But Ripon voters liked Jeffrey Davis over winner Shelley Grogan in the race for Court of Appeals Judge in District 2 giving Davis 487 votes and Grogan 326. They also liked civil litigator Laura Lavey over the winner of the Fond du Lac County Judge race Andrew Christenson with Lavey receiving 409 votes to Christenson’s 401 votes. But two-thirds of the Ripon voters voting in the Fond du Lac County Executive race liked the winner Allen Buechel better giving him 492 votes to his challenger Rick Gedemer’s 250 votes.
State Budget Listening Session In Ripon
State Representative Alex Dallman will be hosting a budget listening session in Ripon with Joint Finance Committee Co-Chair, State Representative Mark Born next Monday. The session will provide an opportunity for constituents to be able to bring forward questions, concerns, or requests to Representative Dallman and Representative Born about issues related to the budget. The session will be at the Ripon Town Hall on Douglas Street from 1 to 2 pm next Monday afternoon.
Grothman On Border Issues
Congressman Glenn Grothman says there has been an influx of illegal immigrants along the U.S. southern border with Mexico since President Joe Biden took office. The federal lawmaker from Glenbeulah says President Trump had gotten the numbers down to about 10,000 people a month, but President Biden ended several agreements the U.S. had with Mexico and other Central American countries that has resulted in the increase of illegal immigrants to as much as 3,000 a day. He says President Trump would have been able to reduce those numbers further, but the U.S. border patrols are understaffed. Congressman Grothman plans to visit the border in the El Paso area in the near future.
Creating A Broadband Coverage Map
The Director of Administrations for Fond du Lac County says a broadband access survey they are conducting in conjunction with Envision Greater Fond du Lac will allow them to create a coverage map. Erin Gerred says it will be helpful in attracting potential broadband providers and show them where there are gaps in coverage. Gerred says grants are available to help providers with costs for providing broadband in areas that are unserved or underserved. The survey is available at the Envision website under the About tab.
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