4/12/22 Hometown Broadcasting News Tuesday
12 April 2022 News
FDL Drug And Gun Bust
Three Fond du Lac men were arrested during a traffic stop in Fond du Lac Sunday afternoon that yielded drugs and guns in the vehicle they were pulled over in. A Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s deputy could smell the odor of marijuana and the driver admitted he and the others in the vehicle were smoking it in the vehicle earlier in the day. During a subsequent search of the vehicle deputies found five handguns, including one that was loaded, additional ammunition, 50 grams of marijuana and THC-related products, drug paraphernalia, and several hundred dollars cash. The three men were taken to the County Jail on drug and firearm related charges. Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt says there is no such thing as a routine traffic stop. (Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s photo)
Interim FDL County Executive To Be Appointed
The Fond du Lac County Board of Supervisors tonight will consider appointing an interim County Executive that can fill in until a new County Executive is elected in June. Board Chairperson and Acting County Executive Marty Farrell will make a recommendation to the board for the position. Longtime County Executive Allen Buechel passed away on March 26th after 29 years in that role. The board will also consider several resolutions that will give American Rescue Plan Act funds received by the county to the Fond du Lac County Authority for housing units and to the Holyland Food Pantry for construction and development of a food pantry in Malone. Each of those efforts will receive $200,000. The Board meets at 6 pm in the legislative chambers of the City-County Government Center in Fond du Lac.
Information Meeting Scheduled For FDL County Highway M Bridge Replacement Project
The Fond du Lac County Highway Department tells us an information meeting will be held next week about the planned County Highway M Bridge replacement project. The meeting will be from 6 to 7 pm on Wednesday, April 20th at the Town of Rosendale Hall on County Highway M. County Highway M will be closed during construction and a detour will be posted. Construction is currently scheduled for 2024. The April 20th meeting will be conducted in an open house format with a variety of exhibits and maps available for review. A representative for the project engineers will be on hand to answer questions throughout the meeting.
Ready To Pivot
Former Ripon Community COVID-19 Task Force member Jeff Puhlmann-Becker says he noticed quite a difference at the polls while he was working the Spring Election a week ago. He says during the Presidential Election in November of 2020 it seemed like everyone who went to the polls was wearing a mask while during the recent election that number was dramatically reduced. He says all along he’s maintained that we need to trust in the science and with the number of people who have been vaccinated and boosted combined with those who went through and survived COVID the positivity rate has been greatly reduced. But he says if we see another upturn with a new variant we have to be ready to pivot back to wearing masks and social distancing.
Envision Greater FDL Annual Meeting
Envision Greater Fond du Lac will host their Annual Meeting on Tuesday, April 26th at the Radisson Hotel & Conference Center in Fond du Lac beginning at 5 pm. The keynote speaker will be Chris Czarnik, author and international speaker. Tracy Qualmann is Envision’s Senior Director of Marketing and Communications. She says Czarnik will cover points covered in his book “Winning the War for Talent.” Awards will be presented for the Business of the Year, the Eden-Schneider Award, Volunteer of the Year, the Entrepreneur of the Year, and Ruth Michels will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Registration is required. Those interested in attending can register online at the Envision website. The annual meeting will start at 5 pm that evening.
Green Lake Summer Concerts
The Green Lake Area Chamber of Commerce is lining up sponsorships for this summer’s concerts in the park. Every Wednesday night starting June 8th from 6:30 to 8:30 there will be a concert in Deacon Mills Park. Chamber Executive Director Lisa Meier says they will have some returning favorites like the Whiskey Belles and some bands that could become new favorites. Meier says they will have a beverage trailer at the concerts and food vendors when they can. She invites interested food vendors or possible concert sponsors to contact the chamber at 920-294-3231 with their inquiries.
MPTC Apprentice Scholarships
A total of 38 Moraine Park apprentices will benefit from $1,500 Tools of the Trade scholarships offered by Ascendium Education Group. Currently, both the construction and industrial trade industries have a high demand for skilled workers. An apprenticeship offers up to five years of real-world work experience while attending school, and businesses gain access to skilled workers with legitimate on-the-job experience. Each student receives a total of $1,500 for the 2022-23 school year. A total of $375,000 in scholarships was awarded to 250 construction and industrial trades apprentices from 15 Wisconsin Technical College System institutions.
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