Thursday News 4/4/19
4 April 2019 News
Winnebago County Sheriff Issues Slow No Wake Order
Winnebago County Sheriff John Matz has signed a “Slow- No- Wake” order. Matz declared a flood emergency and issued the order for Little Lake Butte des Morts and the Fox River from the mouth of Little Lake Butte des Morts to the north county line. The order went into effect Wednesday and will remain in effect until water of the rivers recede to a non-threatening level.
Rosendale Municipal Court Ready To Go
Rosendale will severe it’s ties to Lakeside Municipal Court at the end of the month to begin it’s own court. Lakeside Municipal Court Judge Jerry Jaye says there were no issues, they simply wished to form their own court. “They’ve indicated to us that there was nothing wrong with what was going on with our court they just wanted to try something different and that’s why they formed their own municipal court.” Mark Simon ran unopposed for Rosendale Municipal Court Judge. He got 171 votes. The new court begins its court year on May 1st.
No Major Issues During FDL County Election
Fond du Lac County Clerk Lisa Freiberg says there were very few problems during Tuesday’s Spring Election. “We just had one voting machine that we thought was down, but it turns out the ballots weren’t printed very clearly and so we just had that down for about an hour or so.” She says while the machine was down people used the auxiliary bin like they were trained to. They also had to print an additional 4,000 ballot due to a larger than expected turnout. About 40 percent of registered voters in Fond du Lac County cast their votes. Clerks may have to do a recount for the State Supreme Court race, but barring a special election there should be no other elections in the county this year.
State Lawmaker Pleased To See Highway 23 Expansion Project Back On Track
State Representative Jeremy Thiesfeldt is glad to see the State Highway 23 expansion project from Fond du Lac to Plymouth back on track. Construction will begin in Sheboygan County next month. Thiesfeldt is a longtime advocate of an expansion to four lanes for safety reasons and secondarily to improve commerce. “It’s a shame that it had to take this long, but it is finally good to see the light at the end of the tunnel and it’s getting closer every day.” Thiesfeldt says he knows people who have been injured on the highway because of safety issues. He also says with Highway 151 connectors to the Highway 23 will improve the economy in the area. Nineteen miles of Highway 23 will be improved during the project over the next few years.
Former Governor To Give Presentation On Alzheimer’s Caregiving Today
Former Wisconsin Governor Martin Schreiber does about 140 talks a year, but it is not about politics or economics it’s about his role as a caregiver and loving spouse of someone with Alzheimer’s. His wife Elaine was diagnosed with it 11 years ago. He wrote a book about it, which he will talk about during a presentation at the Markesan Resident Home in Markesan this afternoon at 1:30. He says you have to be compassionate and understanding with the loved one suffering from dementia because they won’t understand your frustration. “I concluded that if Alzheimer’s is bad, ignorance of the disease is worse. When I say ignorance of the disease I don’t mean how the brain works I mean ignorance of the disease how we deal with it.” Schreiber’s presentation is free and open to the public. Copies of his book will be available for purchase.
New Mayor In Oshkosh
Oshkosh has a new mayor. Voters Tuesday chose Lori Palmeri over incumbent Steve Cummings. There were three seats up for re-election on the Oshkosh Common Council. Incumbents Deb Allison-Aasby and Jake Krause were re-elected along with former council member Bob Poeschl. Incumbent Tom Pech was defeated along with challenger Robert Wilcox.
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