Hometown Broadcasting News Wednesday 5/26/21
26 May 2021 News
Dodge County Participating In Click It Or Ticket Campaign
The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office is among the thousands of law enforcement agencies across the country participating in the Click It or Ticket campaign that began Monday and runs through June 6th. Sergeant Jermey Wolfe says with an increased number of cars flooding the roads for the upcoming Memorial Day holiday, it’s vital that we get the word out about the importance of wearing a seat belt. Currently, 89 percent of Wisconsin motorists wear safety belts. The 11 percent who fail to buckle up accounted for 43 percent of all the drivers and passengers killed in Wisconsin traffic crashes in 2020. Failure to fasten a seat belt is among the most common traffic violations in Wisconsin, resulting in more than 27,000 traffic convictions last year.
Boys And Girls Club Coming To Ripon
The Ripon Commonwealth Press is reporting that the Boys & Girls Club of the Tri-County Area is purchasing the former Republican House at 303 Blackburn Street in Ripon for the site of a Boys & Girls Club. The Boys & Girls Club made the announcement Tuesday that an offer to purchase was accepted by the current owner of the Republican House site. The amount of the purchase wasn’t reported, but apparently a private gift to the Boys & Girls Club helped make the purchase possible. Plans are to put up a new state-of-the-art building on the site.
Caravan Will Be Part Of RHS Graduation Again
Seniors at the Ripon High School graduate this Saturday. School District Superintendent Mary Whitrock says in addition to the traditional ceremony they will at the request of the Class of 2021 have a caravan prior to the 11 am ceremony. “You know we will have our regular ceremony held with graduates and up to eight guests for each graduate and then the class has requested to also have a caravan.” She says the caravan will go through Watson Street in Downtown Ripon and will make its way through Barlow Park before going back to the high school for the graduation ceremony. Whitrock says the 2021 class will be well represented with its graduates.
Ending Sanctuary Cities Act
Congressman Glenn Grothman recently reintroduced legislation that would end the sanctuary cities act. He says not enforcing our current immigration laws is a public safety issue. The federal lawmaker from Glenbeulah says if we are going to enforce our immigration laws we all have be on the same page. “Right now there are a lot of cities including I believe Madison, Wisconsin in which you are not allowed to help enforce immigration laws you can’t ask people whether or not they are here legally or illegally. It’s a real problem, obviously if you are going to enforce immigration laws you need the cooperation of local law enforcement.” Under Congressman Grothman’s bill state and local governments that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities wouldn’t be able to receive any federal grants. It would also protect state and local governments from federal or state lawsuits brought by illegal aliens. In addition, any law enforcement officer following federal immigration law would be protected from discharge or discrimination from any state or local government with a sanctuary policy.
Pilot Proficiency Center Could Help Produce Next Miracle
Chances are most pilots aren’t going to face what Captain Sully Sullenberger and co-pilot Jeff Skiles faced during the “Miracle on the Hudson”, but the EAA’s new pilot proficiency center will help them sharpen their skills. Dick Knapinski of EAA says the pilot proficiency center that will be part of the EAA Aviation Center’s $6.2 million expansion will allow pilots to continue their training in the event that they too may someday face their own crisis in the air. “You have done the training to have the decision-making skills to know what to do and how to make that series of decisions that can lead to a safe ending even to a situation like that.” Knapinski says they had Skiles on staff at EAA for about three years and he had interesting stories about attending the premiere for the movie “Sully,” which detailed the heroics of safely landing a jetliner full of passengers on the Hudson River after two bird strikes took out their engines.
Pollock Community Water Park Opening For The Season
The Pollock Community Water Park in Oshkosh opens for the season on Saturday, June 12th with modified hours and capacity limits to keep staff and patrons safe. The pool season will run through August 18th. The pool will be open daily with lap swimming, river walking and tot time from 10 to 11:30 am. From Noon to 3 pm there will be open swimming and a second open swim time is from 4 to 7 pm. From 11:30 am to Noon and 3 to 4 pm the facility will be closed for cleaning and sanitizing. Capacity will be limited to 600 patrons at any given time which is 50 percent of capacity.
Oshkosh Sanitation Reminder
The City of Oshkosh Sanitation Division is reminding residents that due to the City’s observance of Memorial Day, there will be no garbage or recycling collection next Monday. Collections for the remainder of the week will be one day later. Garbage and recycling collection scheduled for Friday, June 4th moves to Saturday, June 5th. Regular services will resume on Monday, June 7th. The City’s yard waste drop-off center will also be closed next Monday.
Gas Prices Still High
The Wisconsin AAA says drivers will be greeted this weekend with the most expensive Memorial Day weekend gas prices since 2014. The national average has stabilized following the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack, but pump prices are likely to fluctuate leading up to the holiday weekend. Over the past weekend, the national gas price average declined a penny to $3.08, the first decrease in two weeks. On average it is 17 cents more than last month and $1.12 more expensive than last year. Wisconsin is among the nation’s top 10 largest weekly changes with the price of gas dropping 2 cents a gallon to $2.86 a gallon.
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