12/27/22 Hometown Broadcasting News Tuesday
27 December 2022 News
Snowbound Rescue
Fond du Lac County Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt is commending Sheriff’s deputies, firefighters, EMS, and County Highway snowplow drivers for working together to rescue and stabilize a patient on Christmas Day. Shortly after noon responders were sent to a rural address in the Town of Alto for a report of a man in his seventies who amputated two fingers while trying to clear snow plugged in his snow blower. When Deputy Andrew Jagfeld arrived, he found the man’s 800 foot plus long driveway drifted over by several feet of snow. With the teamwork of two snowplow drivers, deputies with med bags, and Ripon Guardian Ambulance the rescuers were able to get to the man, get him stabilized and to a hospital. Sheriff Waldschmidt says it was great work by all involved. (Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s photo)
FDL County Vehicle Pursuit Covers 23 Miles
A Marathon County man is facing numerous charges for a drug-fueled run from the law in Fond du Lac County last Wednesday night on I-41. During the nearly 23 mile pursuit the 40-year-old Hatley, Wisconsin man struck a vehicle that was part of traffic backed up from a disabled vehicle which was occupied by 4 people including two children. He also drove the wrong way, turned off his lights, and drove over snow-covered roads despite having one tire flattened by a tire deflation device. The chase concluded in Oshkosh when the man got out of the moving vehicle and ran. The vehicle came to rest a short distance later without hitting any property. The man was taken into custody with the help of a Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s K9. He was suspected of being under the influence of heroin, marijuana, and other illegal substances. He was out on bond from a Milwaukee County cocaine trafficking charge. The pursuit began on I-41 near Fond du Lac County Highway N in the Town of Eldorado.
FDL Man Charged With Reckless Homicide
A 49-year-old Fond du Lac man is facing a first degree reckless homicide charge for allegedly supplying the drugs that led to a fatal overdose for a Fond du Lac resident. Fredrick Ware is also facing two counts of heroin and one count of cocaine trafficking. He is being held in the Fond du Lac County Jail on a $250,000 cash bond and has a preliminary hearing on March 10th. According to the criminal complaint Ware supplied the drugs that led to the victim’s death on February 15th of this year. An autopsy determined the victim died of alprazolam, fentanyl, and methamphetamine toxicity. Other charges stem from two controlled drug buys orchestrated by a Fond du Lac Police Detective who also is a member of the Lake Winnebago Area MEG Unit, and a traffic stop.
Turner Named New Waupaca County DA
Governor Tony Evers recently announced his appointment of Kat Turner to serve as Waupaca County District Attorney. The appointment fills a vacancy created by District Attorney Veronica Isherwood’s resignation. Turner will serve for the remainder of the unexpired term that ends in January of 2025. Turner has been serving as an assistant district attorney in the Waupaca County District Attorney’s Office since this past February prosecuting criminal and traffic matters. Previously she served with the Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Office in Oshkosh and later in Stevens Point. As an assistant state public defender in the Stevens Point office, she practiced in Waupaca County and served as a panel member for the Waupaca County Treatment Court. Turner lives in Waupaca with her wife and children.
Press Release: Gov. Evers Appoints Kat Turner as Waupaca County District Attorney (govdelivery.com)
FDL Woman Named Miss Wisconsin
The Miss Wisconsin Scholarship Organization has announced Kylene Spanbauer, a 23-year-old Fond du Lac native has accepted the job of Miss Wisconsin 2022. Officials say Spanbauer, the former Miss Harbor Cities winner, and first runner up to Miss Wisconsin 2022 in Oshkosh this past June takes over as Miss Wisconsin after Grace Stanke was recently crowned Miss America. Spanbauer is an accomplished baton twirler, and her social impact initiative is “No Means No: Sexual Assault Education.” She will travel the state promoting that initiative.
Vehicle Break Ins
The Christmas shopping season is running its course, but Green Lake County Chief Deputy Matt Vande Kolk reminds residents to lock up their vehicles and remove any valuables no matter what time of year it is. He says recently Berlin Police caught an individual who was entering vehicles and taking valuables. Vande Kolk says that thief was caught but the victims made it easy for the thief because they didn’t lock their vehicles. He also recommends removing any personal information from your vehicle that a thief could use to commit identity theft. Vande Kolk also cautions with cold mornings people let their cars run to warm up, but he says it you’re going to do that make sure you can lock it while it is running.
Inhalant Vaccine Being Developed For COVID-19
A former member of the Ripon Community COVID-19 Task Force says vaccine drug makers are working on a vaccine that would be inhaled instead of injected into a person to prevent or stop the spread of the coronavirus. Jeff Puhlmann-Becker says COVID -19 is primarily spread through the air so an inhalant vaccine might be more effective because it would get into your airway faster to stop the virus. He says scientists are working on vaccines for COVID that would prevent new variants and the hope in the future is to develop one that takes out the disease entirely. The COVID-19 pandemic has been in the United States since February of 2020.
Little White School House
Work is continuing toward moving the Little White School House in Ripon to the former Marine Credit Union site on West Fond du Lac Street. Ripon Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Mandy Kimes says they had a busy last few months of the year with organizing and putting on Septemberfest and Dickens of a Christmas, and moving into their new location in the former Carnegie Building. She says it is a historical landmark, which adds step to the process. She says it will change the way they receive tourists and hopefully will transform the Little White School House into a year-round visitor center and museum.
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