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24 September 2018 News
Johnson Pleased To See Opioid Bills Package Passed
US Senator Ron Johnson was pleased to see the Senate’s passage of a bipartisan bill designed to help combat the opioid epidemic in the country. He notes there were 64,000 deaths last year due to drugs and this year there have been 72,000. Johnson says his own family is familiar with the toll opioid abuse can take. He says, ” You know our family, I think probably almost every family in America has been touched in some way, shape or form. In our case it was a nephew who died from an overdose This is effecting every community, it is not isolated within America.” Johnson recently introduced a bill that tries to do something about the overdoses caused by the deadly drug fentanyl.
FEMA In The Area This Week To Do Damage Assessment
Federal Emergency Management Agency representatives will be in the area this week to conduct a preliminary damage assessment. Fond du Lac County Communications and Emergency Management Director Bobbi Hicken says they will be looking at a couple of houses in the county, but won’t be actually going inside of them. She says despite the more than 10 tornadoes that went through the county on August 28th not many homes were destroyed or damaged. She says, “We were very fortunate that we actually didn’t have a lot of homes that were destroyed or sustained major damage.” FEMA officials will be touring 17 different Wisconsin counties doing a preliminary damage assessment of damage done by flooding and tornadoes. It’s estimated the total damage costs comes to more than $230 million. Among those 17 counties are, Adams, Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, and Marquette counties.
FDL County Board Of Health Takes Up Marijuana Referendum Issue
Fond du Lac County’s Board of Health next month will decide if they back putting an advisory referendum before voters that asks them if marijuana should be legalized for adult use. County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says typically the board does not get involved in ballot questions. She says, “Putting questions on or off a ballot wouldn’t be something that we would typically discuss. But if you are talking about legalizing marijuana in general that would be a topic that public health would have an opinion on.” Mueller feels if marijuana were legal it would be easier for kids to have access to it and poison control calls would increase. The referendum would ask if the state legislature should legalize marijuana for adult use, just for medicinal use or if it should still be a criminal offense to use and possess it. The Board of Health meets October 2nd.
Prostitution Arrest At Clyman Strip Club
Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt caught two people engaging in the act of prostitution while he was doing a routine check at the Hardware Store Gentlemen’s Club in Clyman Thursday. The dancer, a 25-year-old Milwaukee woman, and the customer a 64-year-old Columbus man were arrested on prostitution charges. In August Village of Clyman officials adopted an ordinance with a demerit system that could lead to suspension or revocation of a liquor license for any business that fails to follow the law. Federal officials previously charged 45-year-old Christopher Childs of Hartford with sex trafficking for forcing four women to dance at the strip club and perform sex acts for money he kept.
Police Familiar With Campbellsport Booze Thief
Campbellsport Police Chief Tom Dornbrook says they are familiar with the man who got away with a case of vodka and some high-priced booze from the Campbellsport Piggly Wiggly this past Tuesday. The suspect got away while police were pursuing him when the driver pulled over and let him out. Officers managed to catch up with the driver. The man had abandoned his vehicle and run into a cornfield. He eluded officers until they got a call about someone trying to hitch hike in the area. The driver was from Fond du Lac and wasn’t familiar with the terrain. He had about 20 mosquitoes on his forehead when he was handcuffed. As for the other suspect Dornbrook says they know who he is because he’s been involved in similar thefts. That suspect got away after running into a mobile home park.
Two Area Counties Will Benefit From Broadband Expansion Grants
Governor Scott Walker and the state’s Public Service Commission recently announced $7 million in Broadband Expansion Grants. The 37 new grants will extend high-speed internet access to as many as 1,100 business locations and 14,000 residential locations. Locally Bug Tussel Wireless, LLC is getting grants for two projects. A nearly $103,000 grant will enable the company to build one wireless tower in the Town of Deerfield in Waushara County. That will allow the wireless service to reach 81 businesses and 229 homes in the area. A second grant for a similar amount will allow the company to build a tower in the area of Little Green Lake in Green Lake County. Wireless service in that area will impact 14 businesses and 257 homes.
Second Round Of School Safety Grants Being Awarded
School Districts in Wautoma and Lomira are among the 66 schools and school districts receiving school safety grants in a second round of grants awarded by the state’s Department of Justice. The Wautoma Area School District was awarded a $75,312 grant and the Lomira School District is getting $49,350. The second round of grants will focus on advanced initiatives that bolster student mental health.
FDL Job Center Open House
The Fond du Lac Job Center will hold an open house Wednesday from 2 to 5 pm. It will feature tours of the recently remodeled facility and a celebration of the 10th anniversary of Job Center of Wisconsin-Wisconsin’s online job board. A special presentation honoring J.F. Ahern Company and Grande Cheese Company will be held at 3 pm. Fond du Lac County Executive Al Buechel will also provide remarks. Refreshments will be served.
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