Hometown Broadcasting News Tuesday 11/30/21
30 November 2021 News
A statewide warrant has been issued for a 52-year-old Ripon man who is charged with felony burglary, bail jumping, criminal damage to property and other charges for breaking into a coin machine at the Washtub Laundromat in Ripon last month. Jimie Lee Neidlinger failed to show up for a preliminary hearing on November 18th and a bench warrant was issued for his arrest. He also forfeited the $2,500 in cash bond he posted. According to the criminal complaint the cost of replacing the machine, a damaged door and the money inside the machine he allegedly broke into was estimated at more than $6,200. Neidlinger is known to frequent the Ripon area. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office at 920-929-3390 or can leave an anonymous tip at 920-906-4777.
Two Injured In FDL County Accident
Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s officials say two people were injured last Friday night when a sedan collided with an SUV at County Highway TC and Highway 151 in the Town of Lamartine. A 25-year-old Fond du Lac man driving the sedan went through the stop sign on County Highway TC at Highway 151 hitting the SUV. The SUV ended up in a ditch and the sedan in the median of Highway 151. No one in the SUV driven by a 19-year-old Menasha woman was injured. The Fond du Lac man and a woman who was a passenger in his vehicle both were taken to St. Agnes Hospital, he with minor injuries and her with serious injuries. The Fond du Lac man was cited for failing to stop at a stop sign and driving without a license.
Mount Calvary Man Suspected Of Driving Under The Influence For The Fourth Time
A 51-year-old Mount Calvary man was arrested for his fourth operating a motor vehicle under the influence offense Saturday night. According to the State Patrol Charles Seibel was pulled over on Winnebago Drive at Fond du Lac County Highway K just after 9:30 that evening. When the trooper approached Seibel the trooper could smell alcohol on Seibel’s breath. Signs of impairment were shown when Seibel took field sobriety tests. A blood sample was taken and Seibel was taken to the Fond du Lac County Jail.
Oshkosh Mask Requirement Continues
The City of Oshkosh has extended its policy requiring employees and visitors inside city-operated buildings to wear face coverings, regardless of their vaccination status. The requirement will remain in place through December 31st and will be re-evaluated at that time. City staff will monitor the COVID case count in Winnebago County and continue to follow CDC guidance. Face coverings will continue to be required on city buses as well.
Senator Johnson On Inflation
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson says the current inflation issues can be blamed on government policies. The federal lawmaker from Oshkosh says the Democratic Administration is spending dollars we don’t have just passing a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill and looking at spending $4 to $5 trillion on another package. He says the last COVID relief package came on the heels of one that was still providing unspent relief monies. He says providing all that money and supplemental relief for those on unemployment created an environment where people didn’t want to go back to work which added to our current supply and delivery issues.
Infrastructure Money On Its Way To Wisconsin
State Senator Joan Ballweg says she’s hoping federal infrastructure monies coming to Wisconsin will be distributed in an even-handed manner. She says too often the lion’s share of federal monies go to projects in the bigger cities while smaller communities with inadequate roads are unable to keep up with needed maintenance because of funding issues. The state lawmaker from Markesan says some of the money will also be targeted for broadband improvement which we found out during virtual schooling because of the pandemic is sorely needed in more rural areas of our state. The state will be receiving about $5.2 billion from the federal infrastructure bill.
COVID Pills
The Vice-President of Pharmacy Services for SSM Health of Wisconsin says pills being developed by Pfizer and Merck could offer relief to those in the initial stages of COVID-19. Mohammad Kharbut says that would be if the pills are administered in the first few days they could prevent hospitalization. In the case of the Merck drug within the first five days and for the Pfizer pills the first three days. Both drug makers are seeking emergency authorization from the FDA and CDC. It would be the first time the agencies approved a COVID treatment that people could take at home.
Oshkosh Police Department Nationally Accredited
The Oshkosh Police Department was recently awarded national accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies. The department was first accredited by the commission in 1994. The Oshkosh Police Department is the only municipal law enforcement agency in the state of Wisconsin that is nationally accredited by the commission. The Oshkosh Police Department extends its thanks to community members that participated in the accreditation process.
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