News 04.07.16
7 April 2016 News
An Alliance Laundry Company Official says that without a $1.5 million local incentive package, a proposed expansion of the Alliance Laundry System’s Ripon plant would not be possible. Alliance Plant Manager Todd Kaull told USA Today Network-Wisconsin that the proposal indicates a strong local relationship which allows the company to continue investing in Ripon. Local stakeholders pitched the company a plan which would grant Alliance up to $1,250 for each employee it adds through 2121, if it OK’s a $58 million project to build a corporate office along with adding a warehouse and manufacturing facility at the Ripon Plant. The plan was approved by the Fond du Lac County Board at its meeting on March 24th.
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The Wisconsin Conservation Congress and Department of Natural Resources will hold their spring fish and wildlife hearings in all 72 counties coming up next week. The meetings next Monday will focus on numerous questions and proposals such as creating a Senior Citizen Conservation Patronage License, banning lead fishing tackle and lead shot on DNR managed lands, and a proposal to increase hunting, fishing, and trapping license fees. In our area, the Fond du Lac County meeting will be at the Theisen Middle School in Fond du Lac; the Green Lake County meeting will be in the Green Lake High School’s Multi-Purpose room; the Winnebago County meeting will be in the Webster Stanley Middle School auditorium; the Waushara County meeting will be at the county courthouse, and the Marquette County meeting will be in the Montello High School auditorium. All the meetings will start at 7pm on April 11th.
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A large referendum for the school district in Green Lake means residents will continue to pay the same amount as years prior….for now. Voters passed the $2.4 million referendum, allowing the district to exceed the revenue limit by $550,000 a year for 2016-18, and then raise it to $650,000 a year for 2018-20. The money will be used to fund programs, staff, and technology. The measure passed 773-546.
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Voters have lifted a longstanding ban on alcohol sales in a small northeastern Wisconsin village. Voters in Ephraim approved referendums allowing the sale of beer and wine. The village of about 300 people has been dry since Norwegian Moravians founded it in 1853. Residents unsuccessfully tried to change the ban in 1934 and 1992. Supporters of the change say allowing alcohol sales would improve tourist trade at the village along the water in peninsular Door County, about 70 miles northeast of Green Bay. Opponents say introducing alcohol sales would tarnish the quaint feel of the area and spurn village history.
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Wisconsin election officials predicted a big turnout in Tuesday’s primary — and the voters came through in a big way. Unofficial turnout was 47.4 percent, topping the 40 percent projected by the Government Accountability Board based on high interest in the presidential contests and a tight Supreme Court race. Voters came out in the biggest numbers since at least 1972, when George McGovern won the Democratic primary and Republican Richard Nixon was pursuing a second term. Turnout then was 47.7 percent. Tuesday’s number was calculated from the 2,106,726 ballots cast in the presidential races from a voting-age population of 4.44 million.
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Fewer people were killed last month in Wisconsin traffic crashes compared to a year ago. Preliminary statistics from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation show 33 people died in March due to crashes on the state’s roadways. That’s seven fewer than March of 2015. Over the first three months of the year, traffic crashes in Wisconsin claimed 116 lives — including 11 pedestrians, three bicyclists and two motorcycle operators. The January through March figure is 18 more than the five-year average for the three month period.
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