Tuesday News 5/7/19
7 May 2019 News
Corrections Officers Attacked At Waupun Correctional
Three corrections offcers at Waupun Correctional Institution were injured over the weekend. The three officers were taken to Waupun Memorial Hospital where they were treated and released. The officers were attacked by an inmate in the health service unit of the prison. One officer was reportedly choked during the incident.
Sex Offender Being Released In Oshkosh
Oshkosh Police are advising the public that a 51-year-old sex offender will be moving to 1105 A Jefferson Street on Tuesday, May 14th. Anthony Russ exposed himself to 8 and 11-year-old girls and had sexual contact with them. He was convicted of first degree sexual assault of a child and causing a child to view or listen to sexual activity in May of 2008 and assault and battery in July of 1999. He will be on electronic monitoring.
Mumps Reported In FDL County
Fond du Lac County recently had a case of mumps reported. County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says it was diagnosed by a doctor. It involved a 6-year-old girl who had attended a Studio L Dance rehearsal in Lomira on April 27th. Mueller says they sent a letter out advising parents and did follow up with some of the people closer to the girl. Mueller notes it’s a good example of why we should be properly protected with measles, mumps, rubella vaccine. It’s the fifth reported case of mumps in the state this year.
Playground Risks Part Of Growing Up
The organizer of the nature playground at Barlow Park Elementary School in Ripon says kids need to take risks as part of their play. Kat Griffith says we’ve convinced ourselves that the best way to raise children is to remove all possible risks and dangers. She notes high school physical education instructors are concerned that kids not taking minor risks grow up not knowing their own bodies. “And what that is leading to is a bunch of kids who don’t know their own bodies, they don’t know the physics of the natural world, they don’t actually know how to protect themselves and they are actually very accident prone once you put them in an environment where you haven’t removed all the dangers they don’t know what to do.” Griffith says when they first opened the nature playground kids were getting pinched fingers from the boards and logs, but after two weeks the kids had adapted and the pinched fingers stopped. She feels those kids are now safer than they were before.
Grothman Fighting For Trade Agreement
Congressman Glenn Grothman would like to see a trade agreement President Trump negotiated with Canada and Mexico make its way to the House floor. The federal lawmaker from Glenbeulah feels it’s a lot better than a previous agreement negotiated by President Clinton over 20 years ago. Grothman believes it’s being held up on purpose. “The agriculture groups want it, the business groups want it, the unions want it, everybody seems to want it and it is beginning to be a little bit of a concern out there that some people wonder if the reason it is not on the floor of the House right away is just because people don’t want to give Donald Trump a victory.” Grothman notes both Canada and Mexico have already approved the agreement.
Tourism Spending Increases In Wisconsin
Total tourism spending in 2018 was up in area counties. According to the state’s Department of Tourism total tourism spending in Fond du Lac County was up nearly 3 percent to $256.1 million. Green Lake County saw a 7.3 percent increase to $64.6 million. Other area counties also increases Dodge (up 3.5 percent/$159.2 million), Waushara (+2.3 percent/$103.4 million), and Winnebago County (+5 percent/$492.8 million). Overall total business sales related to tourism in Wisconsin last year increased nearly 5 percent to $21.5 billion. This is National Travel and Tourism Week.
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Ripon College Catalyst Day A Success
Ripon College recently show-cased Catalyst Curriculum and the semester-long projects of juniors during Catalyst Day. Catalyst involves 300 students tasked with developing solutions to prominent real-world issues outlined by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Ripon College Acting President Ed Wingenbach says Catalyst Day on April 24th was a huge event for the college. “We had four different large rooms with panels of students doing 25 minute presentations. There were probably 100 to 150 people in everyone of those rooms. Other students come and see it, we had people from the community employers came out, trustees, it was a pretty big event.” Wingenbach says the professional presentations mimic what they will be asked to do for employers once they graduate. The presentations were live-streamed on the Ripon College web site.
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