10/17/24 Hometown Broadcasting News Thursday
17 October 2024 News
THREE ARRESTED FOLLOWING FDL COUNTY PURSUIT
Three people from the Green Bay area were arrested following a nearly 7-mile traffic pursuit in Fond du Lac County late last night. A sheriff’s deputy tried to pull over a vehicle for a traffic violation on Interstate 41 near Military Road at 11:12 pm. As the deputy was walking up to the vehicle to make contact with the driver the vehicle took off. Tire deflation devices deflated the two front tires of the vehicle during the pursuit and a box-in maneuver was used to stop the vehicle. During the subsequent high-risk traffic stop the driver and two passengers were arrested. The driver a 24-year-old Green Bay man, and two passengers a 41-year-old Oneida man and 24-year-old Green Bay woman, were arrested and were taken to the Fond du Lac County Jail. All three were either out on bond on other cases or on parole. They each face new charges for the pursuit and/or for drug or drug paraphernalia possession.
NAME RELEASED IN FATAL DODGE COUNTY TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
Dodge County Sheriff’s officials have released the name of the 45-year-old Palmyra man killed when the car he was driving went off County Road G and struck a parked vehicle and tree in a private driveway and yard Saturday night. He was Jeremy Bock. Deputies were dispatched to the crash on County Road G near Canary Road in the town of Beaver Dam at 8:38 that evening. The car came to a stop after hitting a tree. Bock died at the scene. Excessive speed is believed to be a factor in the crash, which remains under investigation. Bock was the 16th person to die from injuries suffered in a traffic crash in Dodge County this year. According to state Department of Transportation records that is the most the county has seen in a single year since 2021 when there were 15 traffic-related deaths. Last year 11 people died in traffic crashes in Dodge County. The average for the county over the past five years was 11.
VIOLENT SEX OFFENDER TO BE PLACED IN FDL COUNTY SEX OFFENDER HOUSING
A violent sex offender will be placed in the residential structures Fond du Lac County constructed at the Fond du Lac County Highway Department grounds at 1832 South Hickory Street in Fond du Lac. Fifty-four-year-old David Frohn will be residing there beginning tomorrow. In 1991 he was convicted in Fond du Lac County for exposing himself to three boys he did not know. He also threatened to steal a male minor’s watch if the boy refused to touch his genitalia. Frohn will be on GPS monitoring. Sheriff’s deputies frequently visit the highway department grounds to gas up their squads and the Sheriff’s Department keeps cold storage there.
MAJOR RECALL DUE TO LISTERIA CONTAMINATION
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service recently announced BrucePac, a Durant, Oklahoma establishment, is recalling approximately 11.7 million pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry products due to a Listeria contamination. The ready-to-eat meat and poultry items were produced from May 31st to October 8th and were shipped to other establishments and distributors nationwide then distributed to restaurants, schools and institutions. According to the USDA more than 300 items are included in the recall including popular brands sold at major retailers including 7-Eleven, Walmart, Target, Kroger and Meijer. The recall was updated Tuesday. The original recall on October 9th was for about 10 million pounds of products. So far no illnesses have been reported. More information about the recall is available at the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service website.
LEAVITT STEPPING DOWN AS UW OSHKOSH CHANCELLOR
UW Oshkosh Chancellor Andrew Leavitt will be stepping down from his role as Chancellor at the school. That will become effective next June 30th. The change was announced through a blog post on the University’s website. Leavitt will continue to have a role with the UW-Oshkosh as a faculty member and professor of Chemistry. In the blog Leavitt wrote that the institution is on the right track and it won’t lose a step through the leadership transition next summer. Leavitt has served as the UW-Oshkosh Chancellor since 2014. This past April, UW-Oshkosh faculty and staff members gave a vote of no-confidence against Levitt while the college was facing hundreds of staff cuts and budget cutbacks.
YELLOH LAYOFFS
The ceasing of operations of Yelloh, formerly Schwan’s, after 72 years of delivering food to peoples’ homes will have a job impact in Wisconsin. Cyngus Home Services which does business as Yelloh notified the state last month of a total of 79 layoffs. Five of those layoffs will be in Fond du Lac. The rest are at locations in Fennimore, Franklin, Green Bay, Prairie du Sac, River Falls, Sun Prairie, West Salem, and also includes a regional vice president that works remotely. Those employees will be paid through November 22nd. Facilities in those cities will also be closed. Founded as Schwan’s in Marshall, Minnesota, in 1952, the company expanded to serve people nationwide. They delivered frozen meals, food, treats, and ice cream to homes. The company has about 1,100 employees. The last day products may be purchased via Yelloh trucks will be November 8th.
BALANCING THE FDL COUNTY BUDGET
Fond du Lac County Executive Sam Kaufman says the 2025 County Budget is the third he has worked on as the county’s top official and the most difficult of the three. He says they had to trim $4 million from the budget, but managed to do that to balance the budget. He says like anyone that makes a living the county too has to live within its means. Some of the overall figures for the budget include a proposed levy of $51.8 million, an increase of $426,137 dollars. The tax rate is about 35 cents less at $4.40 per thousand dollars of value on a property. Kaufman told the County Board Tuesday night that the county may have to take a role as the need for EMS and firefighters increases over the next four years. He says ironically the state this week announced a $4.6 billion surplus. He feels that some of that surplus should go into shared revenue to help with the cost of providing ambulance and fire protection.
2025 Budget Message | Fond du Lac County (wi.gov)
GENERAL SCHOOL AIDS ANNOUNCED
The State’s Department of Public Instruction has posted information on general school aids for the 2024-2025 academic year. The information is updated from estimates released in July. General school aid amounts for school districts are calculated using student counts and year-end financial data from the previous school year. DPI officials say state aid is increasing by over $234 million from the 2023-2024 academic year. The Ripon Area School District will receive over $14 million, up nearly 5 percent. The Oshkosh Area School District is getting $82.2 million an increase of over 10 percent. The Wautoma Area School District will get over $7 million which is up 5.3 percent. The Rosendale-Brandon School District is getting $7.3 million which is an increase of 5.5 percent. The Berlin Area School District will receive $12.5 million, an increase of 3.8 percent. The Waupun School District will get $17.2 million, which is an increase of 3.5 percent. Out of the 421 school districts in the state 276 are receiving more general aid, 137 are getting cuts in aid, and eight will see no change.
PERTUSSIS CASES CONTINUE TO INCREASE
Dodge County Public Health is reminding residents that pertussis or whooping cough continues to circulate throughout the community and statewide. As of the end of last month Wisconsin had confirmed 849 cases, impacting 54 counties since January 1st. Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory illness. According to Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services, 42 percent of the cases involve adolescents aged 11 to 18 years. Pertussis affects individuals of all ages, with cases ranging from 1 to 82 years. Particularly concerning 42 infants have been diagnosed with pertussis this year, with eight requiring hospitalization. To prevent the spread and protect against severe symptoms or hospitalization, DHS urges residents to make sure they and their children are up to date on their pertussis vaccine. More information about pertussis is available at the DHS website.
Immunizations: Whooping Cough (Pertussis) | Wisconsin Department of Health Services
ADVOCAP CHILD CARE INCUBATOR
ADVOCAP is developing what might be the first child care incubator in the nation. ADVOCAP Executive Director Tanya Marcoe says they bought some land in Oshkosh and are constructing a child care incubator on Jackson Street. She says it would be similar to a business incubator with aspiring in-home child care businesses using the space to grow and develop their own business. She says they already have over 60 individuals interested and once they are up and running will operator four incubators with different shifts. Marcoe says they would like to get in some UW-Oshkosh students in the child care field interested in the incubator because they could have their own small business already started when they graduate. She says that would be perfect to help out third shift workers with children. She says their Business Development Director Kathy Doyle could also help people with their questions about business plans, insurance, licensing, and how many children they could manage through child care. For more information call 920-922-7760.
BERLIN SWIM LESSONS
The Berlin Area School District for the first time is offering fall swim lessons at its pool. The District had taken over some of the city’s parks and recreation activities particularly offering swimming. District Superintendent Emmett Durtschi says they hadn’t offered fall swim lessons before, but are offering 8 week courses this fall. He says the first session was well attended by residents and nonresidents. He says they had 84 swimmers at their first session and about a quarter of them were nonresidents. Durtschi says it’s real simple to sign up for lessons just by going to the District’s website. He says they will be offering another 8 weeks of swim lessons during the winter. All of their instructors are certified.
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