Thursday News 3/28/19
28 March 2019 News
Highway 23 Expansion Project Green Lighted
The state’s Department of Transportation says the expansion project for a 19-mile stretch of State Highway 23 from Fond du Lac to Plymouth will begin in May. Neither the Federal Highway Administration nor DOT received a claim against the project that runs between Highway 151 in Fond du Lac County and County Highway P near Plymouth. The project would be for a four-lane, on-alignment, divided highway. Several intersections would also be approved. Work would begin in May and wrap up in 2022.
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Name Released In Fatal Sheboygan Pedestrian Accident
Police in Sheboygan have identified the pedestrian was hit and killed by a vehicle late Monday morning. It happened on Taylor Drive south of Erie Avenue. Sixty-one-year-old Timothy Brown of Sheboygan was walking in a southbound lane when the southbound vehicle struck him. Police are looking for witnesses to the crash.
Burial Rates Go Up For Ripon Cemeteries
The City of Ripon has raised its rates for being buried in one of the city’s cemeteries. Public Works Director Mike Ehrenberg was asked about that at the Common Council meeting this week. He told Council members in the past the city had charged $500, but often it ended up losing money because it would cost $500 more to do the work involved. He says for instance it cost $725 for a recent burial and that doesn’t take into consideration what crews will have to do when they come back to do more work on the site later this spring. Rates have been raised to $900 for adults and more for disinternment. Ehrenberg notes last year the city had 20 burials. Rates had not been raised since 1996.
Chicken Keeping Ordinance Being Drafted In Waupun
Waupun’s Common Council is having an ordinance drafted that would allow residents to house chickens within the city limits. A petition with about 500 signatures got the ball rolling on a possible ordinance. During the Council’s meeting Tuesday night speakers were evenly split on the issue. City Administrator Kathy Schlieve says they’ve looked at other cities with ordinances allowing backyard poultry. She says there are a number of factors that have to be considered including the number of birds that could be kept on a parcel. A draft of the ordinance should be completed by the end of April.
Flu Season Is Not Over
The public health officer for the Fond du Lac County Health Department says influenza is still a concern. Kim Mueller was talking about the well being of flood victims, but took time out from that to also mention that they are still getting reports about people testing positive for the flu. She says it is still not to late to get a flu shot. “There is a more virulent strain H3N2 is circulating it is more virulent and the good news is that it is located in the vaccine.” Mueller cautions flu season isn’t over yet. She also urges those who are sick with the flu to stay home from work or school and for others to avoid those who are sick.
Waupun Madison Street Project Begins Monday
Officials in Waupun tell us work from the bridge on North Madison Street south through the Lincoln Street intersection is slated to begin on or around April 1st, depending on the weather. The project will proceed in phases. It’s hoped the first phase will be completed by early August ahead of the Waupun Truck N Show. The second phase starts June 1st and will run through early December. Madison Street will be closed during construction which will effect routes to and from Rock River Intermediate School.
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