5/9/23 Hometown Broadcasting News Tuesday
9 May 2023 News
FDL MAN FOUND GUILTY OF ATTACKING A POLICE OFFICER
A Fond du Lac County jury Monday found a 45-year-old Fond du Lac man guilty of nine of the 10 charges brought against him for attacking a Fond du Lac Police officer. On January 13th of 2022 police were called to an apartment building on East Merrill Avenue where Jayson Keniston lived after a neighbor reported he was trying to break down their door. Keniston allegedly assaulted the officer in a second floor hallway. The officer suffered a broken nose, fractured finger and other non-life threatening injuries. Keniston will be sentenced on July 14th.
MOTORCYCLIST KILLED IN COLUMBIA COUNTY CRASH
Columbia County Sheriff’s officials tell us a motorcyclist was killed in a crash between the bike and an SUV at the intersection of County Highway K and Smokey Hollow Road in the Town of Arlington Sunday afternoon. A deputy responded within two minutes of the dispatch and provided medical care to the 77-year-old motorcycle rider. Med Flight was called and later pronounced the motorcyclist dead. The 16-year-old SUV driver was not injured. Investigators say the SUV was stopped at the stop sign but then pulled out in front of the motorcycle. Alcohol and speed do not appear to be factors in the crash.
SAND MINE OPPOSITION
The Town of Scandinavia Planning Commission has denied a permit recommendation for a proposed sand mine near Iola. People in Scandinavia living near the Iola Car Show grounds claim it goes against the town’s comprehensive plan. The Commission’s vote last Wednesday night was unanimous, but was not a final decision. The Town Board will meet tomorrow night to vote on its own recommendation. Both recommendations then go to the Waupaca County Zoning Committee which does have the final say. In October residents received a letter from Faulks Brothers Construction and the Iola Car Show. It explained the project which involves the removal of sand and gravel to construct level parking lots in six different areas of the car show property. Faulks Construction would need to open a pit to extract and process the materials. Two parcels of land would be affected by the excavations: the larger is in the Town of Scandinavia and the smaller one in the Village of Iola. Opponents have concerns about groundwater, potential blasting and crushing of rocks, and loss of wildlife.
JURY TRIAL SCHEDULED FOR HORICON MAN IN TRIPLE FATAL ACCIDENT
A five day jury trial is scheduled in Washington County in October for a 31-year-old Horicon man suspected of causing an accident that led to the death of three people. The trial for Steven Bruskiewicz Jr is scheduled to begin on October 9th. Last October he pled not guilty to charges stemming from the June 22nd 2022 traffic accident. Thirty-year-old Casey Lynn Schwartz of Mayville was heading south on State Highway 164 at Elmwood Road when her vehicle was rear-ended by Bruskiewicz’s vehicle. The collision pushed her car into the northbound lane where it was hit by a northbound vehicle. She, her unborn child, and her infant son died at the scene. A 67-year-old Waukesha man driving the vehicle whose path she was pushed into was also injured in the crash.
POST REFERENDUM ROSENDALE BRANDON SCHOOLS
Rosendale-Brandon School District Superintendent Wayne Weber says they are grateful to voters for passing two referendum questions. One was an operational referendum asking to exceed the district’s revenue caps by $1.5 million a year for two years. The other was a capital referendum asking for permission to borrow $35.7 million to build an addition onto the high school and make renovations to both schools. It would allow the district to consolidate down from four to two schools saving the district more than $900,000 a year. Weber says architectural design work will be worked on this year. Bidding for the projects will be next February and March with groundbreaking at both project sites next spring. Weber says eventually Brandon Elementary and Rosendale Primary will be offered for sale. He says they will be working with the two villages with the hopes that they eventually can be repurposed.
CARP A YEARLY PROBLEM FOR GREEN LAKE
Green Lake Association Chief Executive Officer Stephanie Prellwitz says back in the 1800’s the federal government stocked waterways with carp. Train cars of carp were moved across the country stopping at bridge crossings with workers tossing carp into the water. Carp grow quickly and were a cheap food source. But she says those good intentions didn’t foresee the havoc those carp would wreak on those waterways. She says every year the Green Lake Association and the Green Lake Sanitary District have thousands of pounds of carp removed from Green Lake. She says those carp in particular like the County Highway K marsh. She says the carp cause the most damage when they are spawning rooting up the waterway damaging the plants that anchor sediment in the lake. Otherwise the loose sediment which is full of phosphorous can cause weeds and algae to grow in the lake.
SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE AT THE RIPON PUBLIC LIBRARY THIS SUMMER
This summer’s programming at the Ripon Public Library will be intergenerational and is aptly named “All Together Now.” Linda DeCramer is the library’s Youth Services Librarian. She says they will have programs for kids, teens, adults, kids and families, and seniors. Of course, reading and education are primary goals, but so is having fun. They have a number of collaborators including the Friends of the Library, Ripon Historical Society, Green Lake Festival of Music, the Green Lake Association, Ripon Noon Kiwanis, Bug Tussel Wireless, the Ripon Senior Activity Center, Alexandria Games and more. One of their first activities is a plant swap on Friday and Saturday June 2nd and 3rd. Adult Teen Services Librarian Susie Menk says 12-year-old Emma DeVries came up with that idea. You can find out more about the full list of activities at the Library’s website. Handouts listing the activities will also be available at the Library and other locations in the community.
YOUTH WELCOME CENTER AT AIRVENTURE
A new Youth Welcome Center that serves as the guidepost for all activities aimed at young people is the latest addition for the expanding list for youth at EAA AirVenture of Oshkosh 2023. The 70th edition of the fly-in convention is July 24th through the 30th at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh. EAA’s Director of Education Paul Maloy says, “When we began welcoming those 18-and-under at no charge beginning in 2021, we immediately noticed an increase in the number of families at AirVenture. With that, we wanted to create a way to help them find all available activities on grounds suitable for various age groups.” The Youth Welcome Center, located at the busy Four Corners intersection just west of Boeing Plaza, will be the headquarters for sharing youth-oriented activities for all ages on the grounds, as well as important information for families ranging from restrooms and shade to ATMs and changing/nursing stations.
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