2/20/23 Hometown Broadcasting News Monday
20 February 2023 News
Three Vehicle Crash on State Hwy 49 in Dodge County
Three people were injured in a three vehicle crash on State Highway 49 in Dodge County’s Town of Leroy Sunday evening. Sheriff’s officials say the crash involved two Kia sedans and a Dodge Grand Caravan. Two women from Waupun were driving the Kias and a Waupun man was driving the Grand Caravan. Flight for Life flew the woman from the first Kia to Aurora Summit Hospital with serious non-life threatening injuries. The woman driving the second Kia was taken to Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee with serious non-life threating injuries and a juvenile who was her passenger was flown by ThedaStar to ThedaCare Regional Medical Center in Neenah with serious injuries. The Waupun man in the Grand Caravan was not injured. The accident east of County Highway YY was reported at 6:10 pm.
Columbia County Drug Bust
A Columbia County Sheriff’s deputy seized over half a pound of methamphetamine and other drugs during a traffic stop on State Highway 16 near Klappstein Road Saturday afternoon. The deputy pulled the vehicle over for a speed and equipment violation. During the stop the deputy’s K9 Jax performed an open-air sniff and indicated there were drugs in the vehicle. During a search of the vehicle the deputy found 245.7 grams of methamphetamine, 6.8 grams of fentanyl, 18.8 grams of crack cocaine, and $5,690 in cash. The operator of the vehicle, 51-year-old Vincent Phillips of Rockford, Illinois, was arrested on multiple charges and was taken to the County Jail in Portage.
Sex Offender Moving To Oshkosh
A 51-year-old sex offender will be moving to Oshkosh on March 2nd. Christopher Blake will be living at 644 Frederick Street. He will be on probation and parole until August 25th, 2061 and will be on electronic monitoring. Blake was convicted in 1990 of fourth degree sexual assault and in 2002 in Winnebago County of two counts of first degree sexual assault of a child. The victim was a 9-year-old girl he knew. Blake is currently incarcerated at Oakhill Correction Institution in Oregon, Wisconsin.
Housing Development Needed in Berlin
The Berlin Common Council last week discussed use of the North Industrial Park. City Alderman Luke Dretske says they have the sewer and water service in place for the park, but they have to be realistic about its uses. He says Berlin doesn’t have the infrastructure, airports or highways that major industrial parks benefit from so they won’t be attracting a large business or manufacturer. He says they can focus on their strong suit being a bedroom community which provides the services that people need to live in the community. An economic development study recommended the City use some of the land in the industrial park for housing. Dretske says that’s a need both in the city and the county. He says the study also suggested using rezoning to subdivide properties in the city for more housing.
Plush Patrol
Will the “Plush Patrol” be coming to Ripon? The City’s new Parks and Recreation Director Ashton Zeien ran the parks and rec program in the City of Juneau before coming to Ripon. She says they ran a variety of programs there including youth and adult athletics, a 5K event, and Wine and Design which involved painting and sampling wines. One of the most popular programs was the “Plush Patrol” which they ran in conjunction with the police department. Zeien says each week a family would bring in a stuffed animal which would go along on patrol as an honorary police officer with one of the real police officers. The officer would take pictures of the honorary police officer working alongside them. At the end of the day the kid that brought in the stuffed animal would get another stuffed animal along with a certificate recognizing the animal they brought in as an honorary police officer. Zeien says people just loved the program and so did the officers.
FDL County Flag Redesign
Fond du Lac County Executive Sam Kaufman says the county flag has been present in the legislative chambers at the City-County Government Center in Fond du Lac since it was first created in the 1960s. He says many county supervisors were unaware of that until County Clerk Lisa Freiberg pointed it out. Kaufman says a contest to redesign the flag isn’t about replacing it, but rather giving it an update to more accurately reflect the county as it is today. The original flag was part of a 4-H project. Kaufman says the flag is a small piece of an effort to modernize the county, its facilities, and the services it provides to residents. To find out more about the contest to redesign the county flag and how to submit your idea call Stephanie Dahlke at 920-929-3154.
Rip City Game-Con
Alexandria Games of Ripon will be partnering with non-profit Mana Oasis to bring Ripon’s first ever board game convention to town, Rip City Game-Con. Mana Oasis is a veteran-owned organization in Juneau, Wisconsin. Its main mission is supporting veterans and first responders by creating a sense of community and increasing awareness around trauma, mental health, and suicide by using trauma-informed tabletop and role-playing gaming. The Mana Oasis community is facilitated by trauma-informed gamemasters and is supported by trauma-informed peer supports. According to a 2012 report from the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs 22 veterans take their own lives every day. Rip City Game-Con 2023 will be held on Saturday, April 15th from 10 am to 10 pm at Alexandria Games. A full schedule of games will be out soon.
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