5/28/24 Hometown Broadcasting News Tuesday
28 May 2024 News
PARDEEVILLE MAN ARRESTED AFTER FIGHT WITH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES
While investigating an animal welfare complaint in the Town of Wyocena Friday a Columbia County Sheriff’s deputy got into a struggle with a 46-year-old Pardeeville man. Brent Paul has several open felony cases with bond conditions that don’t allow drinking alcohol. Paul was allegedly impaired, possessed alcoholic beverages, and fought against the deputy’s attempts to arrest him. Additional deputies arrived and a taser was used. A search warrant turned up firearms which Paul also was not allowed to possess. Two deputies suffered injuries while trying to take Paul into custody and needed medical treatment. Pau was arrested and taken to the Columbia County Jail. Charges being referred against him include battery to law enforcement, resisting an officer causing a soft tissue injury, four counts of felony bail jumping, four counts of felon in possession of a firearm, and two counts of possession of pepper spray. (Columbia County Sheriff’s photo).
SPARTA MAN SENTENCED FOR FIREBOMBING IN FDL
Fond du Lac County Judge Anthony Nehls last Friday sentenced 26-year-old Elliot Schneider to 18 years in prison and 12 years of extended supervision for for firebombing a home in Fond du Lac in 2016. Schneider had pled no contest to felony counts of being party to property damage by means of explosive and reckless endangerment. Last December Schneider was sentenced to 12 years in prison in a separate case after he was convicted of child sexual assault. His sentence for the firebombing and bail jumping will begin when the other sentence ends. Prosecutors accused Schneider of building a bomb and paying another man to plant it at the home of a Fond du Lac man whom Schneider believed had stolen money from him. The bomb was placed in a mailbox and when it exploded injured one person and sent debris into the home’s living room starting a fire in another room.
WOMAN INJURED IN WASHINGTON COUNTY ACCIDENT DIES
Washington County Sheriff’s officials say a 93-year-old Town of Farmington woman has died from the injuries she received in a two-vehicle crash on Monday, May 20th. The accident happened at the intersection of U.S. Highway 45 and Washington County Highway H in the Town of Kewaskum. Sheriff’s officials say a 64-year-old Town of Farmington resident was heading south on U.S. Highway 45 and attempted to make a left turn onto County Highway H eastbound. A northbound vehicle on U.S. Highway 45 driven by a 69-year-old Campbellsport area resident collided with the southbound vehicle at the intersection. The elderly Town of Farmington woman was a passenger in the southbound vehicle. She was taken to Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa where she subsequently died from her injuries. It was Washington County’s second traffic fatality of the year.
SHOPLIFTER ARRESTED AFTER FLEEING FDL POLICE
Fond du Lac Police arrested a 37-year-old Milwaukee woman who tried to flee from a traffic stop after shoplifting at the Walmart Store on North Rolling Meadows Drive. Police arrived as she was leaving the parking lot Sunday evening and tried to stop the vehicle, but it ran a red light at the North Rolling Meadows Drive and West Johnson Street intersection. The suspect vehicle then fled south on Interstate 41. Officers pursued the vehicle which reached speeds of 88 miles an hour before exiting onto South Hickory Street and pulling over. The woman was taken into custody for felony retail theft, fleeing from an officer, felony bail jumping, second offense possession of marijuana, a probation/parole warrant, and two Waukesha County warrants for shoplifting and retail theft. Fond du Lac Police were assisted by the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office.
HOUSE FIRE IN KEWASKUM
There was a frantic effort Saturday morning to rescue three residents from a burning home at 4350 Highway 28 in the Town of Kewaskum. The homeowner reported the residence was on fire and three residents were trapped inside. A Kewaskum police officer and several area residents were able to assist the home occupants after a window was broken out. Two of the residents were treated on the scene and another was taken to an area hospital for smoke inhalation. One of the Good Samaritans was treated for minor cuts, and another was taken to an area hospital for a laceration to the hand. The Kewaskum police officer was treated at a local hospital for smoke inhalation. The Kewaskum Fire Department and ten others fought the fire. No firefighters were injured. The American Red Cross was requested to assist the family.
WATERTOWN MAN ARRESTED FOR FOURTH OWI
The State Patrol arrested a 45-year-old Watertown man for his fourth operating while under the influence offense late Saturday night. A trooper stopped the vehicle driven by David Mercier on State Highway 21 in Waushara County’s Town of Marion for going 81 miles an hour in a 55 mile an hour zone. Mercier showed signs of impairment and was arrested after field sobriety testing indicated he was driving while intoxicated.
RIPON GUARDIAN AMBULANCE STAFFING
Ripon Guardian Ambulance EMS Chief Mitch Matuszeski says the day is coming and probably sooner than later when they will have to consider full-time staffing rather than paid on-call volunteers. The ambulance service that serves the City of Ripon, 5 nearby townships, and 2 villages has a staff of 28, down from 36. He says at some point they will have to have talks with those municipalities in the 162 square mile district about future staffing. He says they have a very dedicated staff, but they need more so they won’t burn out the people they have. He points out they will eventually have to shift to a career full- time service in the future. He says when they do make a change to full-time staffing they will use the people they have available now. Matuszeski says the city and municipalities will have to seriously consider combining fire and ambulance services. Though Ripon Guardian Ambulance Service has a staff of 28, they have a core staff of 15.
US SENATOR RON JOHNSON ON NOVEMBER ELECTION
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson recently spoke to the Republican Party faithful during the state convention in Appleton. He says a lot is at stake in next November’s election including the U.S. Presidency, and in Wisconsin Congressional seats and a U.S. Senate seat currently held by Democrat Tammy Baldwin. Johnson is hoping challenger Eric Hovde will unseat Baldwin. Johnson says Democrats have done nothing about the border crisis and he blames them for inflation, high gas prices, high housing costs and a foreign policy he feels has emboldened the United States’ enemies. The federal lawmaker says abortion will be another key issue in the difference between the parties during the fall election. He says Democrats want to make abortions available even late term abortions while Republicans are willing to make exceptions but still want to limit it up to a point in a woman’s pregnancy. Johnson won his 2022 election and is not up for reelection this November.
BERLIN NORTHWEST INDUSTRIAL PARK TASK FORCE
A task force is being created for Berlin’s Northwest Industrial Park. Berlin Common Council President Luke Dretske sits on the city’s plan commission. He suggested a task force be formed to look at vacant properties that the city owns in the park. He says because they are no longer attracting manufacturers and need housing he’s hoping the task force will consider multi-family housing development in the park. Dretske says since he suggested the task force he is hoping the Mayor will appoint him to it. The task force will include the Mayor, a plan commission member, member of the Berlin Community Development Corporation, the planning and development director, and city administrator. Dretske says they will have to take a look at restrictive covenants and rezoning for the park.
NEW SERVANT LEADERSHIP FELLOWS PROGRAM AT RIPON COLLEGE
A new Servant Leadership Fellows program has been announced by Nicholas Eastman, Pieper Chair of Servant Leadership and associate professor of educational studies at Ripon College. A cohort of students will be selected annually for the yearlong program that will include an academic course in the theory of servant leadership in the fall; followed by a servant leadership practicum in the spring. The program is open to juniors and seniors at Ripon College, and participants will be compensated each semester. The first cohort of Servant Leadership Fellows includes 11 students. You can read more about the program in our story at Hometown Broadcasting.com.
MEMORABLE MEALS COOKBOOK
SSM Health recently donated $500 each to food pantries in Ripon and Waupun thanks to a grassroots effort that raised more than $8,375 in total to help feed the hungry in Wisconsin. Traded Treasures/Ripon Community Food Pantry and Waupun Food Pantry each benefitted. Together SSM Health employees created and designed a cookbook featuring family favorite, taste-tested recipes. Entitled Memorable Meals, the cookbook features more than 100 recipes, stories about the dishes and photographs of the many caregivers who submitted them. The collection of recipes, which celebrity the diversity of SSM Health teams, includes foods from around the world from countries such as Colombia, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, and Venezuela. Many of the recipes have been handed down through the generations. All donations, raised through the cookbook sales are benefitting seven food pantries across Dane, Fond du Lac, Green, Rock, and Sauk Counties.
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