4/12/23 Hometown Broadcasting News Wednesday
12 April 2023 News
RIPON DEATH INVESTIGATION
Ripon Police are hoping video from surveillance cameras will help them come up with answers in the death of an 18-year-old Ripon man whose body was found on a city sidewalk last Friday morning. Police Chief Bill Wallner says if you know anything please give them a call at 920-748-2888. They are also asking anyone that has home security cameras, and may reside in the area of Tygert Street, Hall Street, East Jackson Street, Houston Street, Scott Street, and Stanton Street to review those camera systems and report any video images found between Thursday evening at 6:45 pm and Friday morning at 6 am. Chief Wallner says they are hoping anyone seen in the videos or anything suspicious may help them come up with answers.
OSHKOSH MAN BOUND OVER FOR TRIAL FOR FATAL FDL COUNTY ACCIDENT
A preliminary hearing was waived by a 56-year-old Oshkosh man charged with drunken driving homicide for a Fond du Lac County accident that killed a 58-year-old Waukesha man and seriously injured a 62-year-old Waukesha woman. Brian Sippel was in court last Friday for the hearing. He was subsequently arraigned and pled not guilty to the seven felony charges stemming from the January 14th accident on Highway 151 above Interstate 41 near the on ramp to I-41. His pickup truck was traveling at highway speeds as it approached stop lights and struck two vehicles from behind that were stopped for the lights. Sippel is being held in the Fond du Lac County Jail on a $1 million cash bond. A status hearing is scheduled in the case for June 5th.
VEHICULAR HOMICIDE TRIAL UNDERWAY FOR FDL MAN
A jury trial is underway in Dodge County for a 48-year-old former Horicon man on vehicular homicide charges. The trial began yesterday for Daniel Bryfczynski and is scheduled through Friday if needed. He’s facing four felony and two misdemeanor charges. Prosecutors say he had multiple drugs in his system when he fell asleep at the wheel of his pickup truck and crossed over the centerline on State Highway 33 and hit another car. The accident on June 16th of 2021 in the town of Oak Grove killed a 50-year-old Lake Mills woman, injured a 12-year-old passenger in her car, and hurt a passenger in Bryfczynski’s truck. He allegedly admitted to investigators he had smoked marijuana while he was out fishing that day. But a blood test revealed he also had cocaine, ketamine, and opiates in his system.
BERLIN MAN CHARGED WITH TWELFTH OWI OFFENSE
A 52-year-old Berlin man is facing his 12th operating while intoxicated offense after being arrested in Waupaca on March 25th. According to the criminal complaint police were called to a Hardee’s after a worker noticed “open intoxicants” in Scott Hein’s car, plus Hein was slurring his speech leading the employee to believe he may be intoxicated. When an officer arrived the officer saw several empty beer cans and bottles in Hein’s vehicle. Hein told the officer he had two beers in Manawa about four hours earlier. Hein’s OWI convictions date back to 1990 the most recent was in 2013. He was sentenced to four years in prison for that conviction. Hein is currently free after posting a $25,000 cash bond and will return to court for the remainder of an adjourned appearance on April 18th.
HIGH SPEED CHASES DANGEROUS TREND
Fond du Lac County Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt recently gave a presentation to the District Attorney’s Office about the increasing number of dangerous high speed chases they’ve seen in the county. Through this past weekend there had been 16 such pursuits. There were a total of 40 high-speed vehicle chases in the county last year and Waldschmidt says if the trend continues they will finish the year with 50 to 60. He says most times a driver flees because they’ve committed more serious crimes and often it’s tied to drug use or trafficking. He is planning to give a similar presentation about the dangerous high speed chases to the county’s five circuit court judges. Waldschmidt hopes that prosecutors and judges will respond by making it a priority that those caught participating in high speed chases will get the message that it is not acceptable to do that in Fond du Lac County.
STATE PATROL AERIAL PATROL IN FDL TODAY FOR INTERSTATE 41
The Wisconsin State Patrol pilots will be keeping an eye out for traffic violations from the air today in Fond du Lac County. Specifically the effort is for drivers who will be speeding or driving aggressively on Interstate 41. When a pilot observes a violation, they communicate with ground-based units to initiate a traffic stop. A similar effort was held in Brown County for Interstate 43 Monday and there is another coming up Saturday for Interstate 41 in Outagamie County.
RIPON COMMON COUNCIL APPROVES ALLOWING DOGS IN PARKS
The Ripon Common Council Tuesday night unanimously approved amending a city ordinance to allow dogs in city parks and cemeteries. Dogs must be on a leash and all waste has to be picked up and disposed of. The city will be providing waste stations with bags in the parks. Dogs on radio collars will not be allowed. Mayor Ted Grant took time to remind the public that dogs will not be permitted within 20 feet of any public building, athletic field, fenced court, playground structure, and at such other locations posted by the city. Any dog that displays aggressive behavior toward, causes injury to another dog, wildlife, or any person, or is loud and disturbing any person, program, or event will be removed from the park. City Administrator Adam Sonntag says the ordinance will be strictly enforced.
OSHKOSH COMMON COUNCIL VACANCY
The Oshkosh Common Council is accepting applications from city residents to fill an anticipated vacancy in an at-large council seat. The vacant seat is a result of Council Member Matt Mugerauer being elected as Mayor. The appointment to the at-large seat would run through April of 2024. Interested residents should submit a completed Council Candidate Questionnaire to the City Clerk. Questionnaires may be found on the City of Oshkosh website. Completed Questionnaires must be turned in to the City Clerk’s office no later than 4:30 pm on Thursday, April 20th. Applicants may be asked to make a five-minute presentation at the Tuesday, April 25th meeting of the Oshkosh Common Council. The Council will make an appointment at the regular Council meeting that evening.
PRESENTATION AT RIPON COLLEGE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF ORGAN DONATION
Eighteen students in a psychology class at Ripon College are finding out about organ donation by putting together a presentation on the subject at the college. Share Your Spare-The Importance of Organ Donation will be presented in the C.J. Rodman Fine Arts Center in Demmer Recital Hall next Monday evening from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. There will be a book signing prior to that at 5:30. Panelists will include those who have donated organs, those who are in need of organs, and other speakers. Kassidy Walters is a senior at Ripon College. She says through this effort and the class she is learning about the importance of altruism and public awareness. She says people on a waiting list for organ donations are typically on the list for 6 to 7 years which is an eternity when you are receiving kidney dialysis. More than 3,000 Wisconsinites are waiting for an organ, tissue or eye donation. April is National Donate Life Month.
BLOOD DRIVE SCHEDULED IN RIPON
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital will be hosting a community blood drive from 12 to 3 pm on Tuesday, May 16th. The drive-through ImpactLife-is open to the public. Donors will get their choice of a gift card or a baseball hat. To sign up visit bloodcenter.org. Participants are asked to bring a picture ID. Donors should make sure to eat a healthy meal and drink plenty of water before donating.
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