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MAN DIES AFTER FALLING THROUGH ICE
ON FOX RIVER IN BERLIN
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Authorities are still investigating
the death of a Wild Rose man, after his truck fell through the ice
on the Fox River in Berlin. Rescuers found 45-year-old Kenneth
Nigbor inside the truck, after it fell about 10-to-15 feet from the
shore on Saturday. He was taken to a Berlin hospital, where he was
pronounced dead.
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WAUPUN MAN ARRESTED IN RIPON FOR
GUN INCIDENT
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Waupun man arrested following a gun incident in Ripon is charged.
24-year-old Ryan Dykstra is charged in Fond du Lac County with
carrying a concealed weapon and operating a firearm while
intoxicated. Ripon Police responded to a report of an
intoxicated man with a gun near a parking lot on Blackburn Street
around 1 a.m. February 4th. Officers found Dykstra with a 9 mm
handgun in a group of people and ordered Dykstra to drop the weapon.
Police say it took three times before Dykstra to comply. Dykstra
is free on a thousand dollar signature bond. He will be back
in court March 8th for a pre-trial conference.
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FDL'S D.A. OFFICE OFFERS DIVERSION
PROGRAM
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The
Fond du lac County District Attorney’s Office wants to give young
non-violent offenders a second chance. The DA’s Office has
received a three-year, $240,000 grant for a non-violent misdemeanor
diversion program. Under the program, non-violent offenders, primary
age 25 and under, with limited or no prior criminal record can have
their misdemeanor charges held open for a 12-month diversion period.
The charges will be dismissed if the offender successfully completes
an individually tailored supervision. Newly hired intern and special
prosecutor, Heather Orth, will be the program’s Diversion
Coordinator. District Attorney Dan Kaminsky says the program is
designed to pay for itself with participant fees of $25 a month and
a one time $150 start-up fee. Kaminsky says pending county board
approval, the grant funds and future program fees will be held in a
segregated account exclusively for the program. The county
board is expected to take action on the grant at their meeting
Tuesday night.
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RANDOLPH MAN CHARGED IN CRASH
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Randolph man charged in connection with a one-vehicle crash in Dodge
County that killed his friend waived his right to a preliminary
hearing. 22-year-old Anthony Crescio is facing charges of
homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle and knowingly operating
with a revoked license causing death. Crescio is accused of
driving drunk in December when his vehicle spun out of control on a
curve and rolled over in a ditch on Highway 73 in the town of
Westford. A passenger in the car, 22-year-old Dustin
Vredevelde was pronounced dead at the scene. According to a
criminal complaint Crescio repeatedly told authorities that he was
not driving the vehicle. If convicted, Crescio faces up to 40
years in prison.
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CLINICS
SET UP IN FDL COUNTY FOR HELP WITH HOMESTEAD TAX CREDITS
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The
Fond du Lac County Department of Senior Services is holding Clinics
this week and next to help residents file for homestead tax credits.
Senior Services Benefits Specialist, Julie Hilbert, says the clinics
will be held in
Waupun February 8th, at the Ripon Senior Center February 9th, in
Campbellsport February 10th, and Brandon on February 11th. If you
can’t make it to one of the clinics, you can call Hilbert at the
Fond du Lac Senior Center at 929-3251.
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PAY ATTENTION TO JOGGERS AND
WALKERS
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The
City of Ripon staff is asking all drivers to slow down and be
attentive to the joggers and walkers through downtown Ripon.
City administrator Steve Barg says complaints have come in
recently regarding motorists not paying proper attention to people
moving through the crosswalks.
Barg says making sure to stop prior to the white line and
allow pedestrians the time to cross the road before entering the
intersection will help alleviate the issue.
If you have any questions, please call the Ripon Police
Department at 748-2888.
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OPEN ENROLLMENT FOR RIPON SCHOOL
DISTRICT
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The
Ripon Board of Education approved an Open Enrollment policy that has
more than 50 additional seats available for students to come to
Ripon for the 2010-11 school year.
Ripon School Superintendent Richard Zimman says nine of the
fourteen grade levels are open to new students from other school
districts who have an interest in going to Ripon.
Five of the grade levels are closed due to being at capacity.
Those are 1st, 3rd, 4th, 9th,
and 10th grade. The
state’s Open Enrollment application period for next school year is
February 1st – 19th.
The online application may be completed at the school
district office.
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BOWL
FOR THE CURE
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FLU
SHOT INFORMATION
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http://www.news.wisc.edu/flu/
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Wisconsin is fortunate to have one of the top Swine Flu researchers
in Dr. Christopher Olsen at the UW School of Veterinary Medicine.
More information and links to national resources can be found
on the UW’s website.
http://www.pandemicflu.gov/
- Nationally, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a
website with links and information for all the various strains of
flu, and updates on the current worldwide situation with swine flu.
www.pandemic.wisconsin.gov
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The Wisconsin Department of Health Services advises people to Stay
Informed—Be Prepared. You
can visit their website and do just that. |
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RIPON ICE SKATING RINK HOURS -
LOCATED NEXT TO VILLAGE GREEN
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Monday and Wednesday 5pm-9pm
Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
4pm-pm
Saturday and Sunday 9am-9pm
Monday From 4pm-5pm will be open to
those wishing to practice some puck handling and Hockey
drills. |
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NEWS
FROM AROUND WISCONSIN
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The Asian
carp summit will be held today at the White House. Wisconsin’s Jim
Doyle and other Midwest governors will meet with a host of federal
officials. Their goal is to keep the bloated carp out of the Great
Lakes. A typical Asian carp can eat 40-percent of its weight each
day in native plants-and-fish. The American Sport-fishing
Association calls it a major threat to its seven-billion-a-year
industry. But some experts like U-W Stevens Point professor Mike
Hansen say the carp is not made to dominate the deepest, coldest
parts of the Great Lakes. Still, he says they could cause problems
in some areas. Wisconsin is part of a lawsuit which seeks to make
Chicago reverse the flow of its sewage. If that happens, Lake
Michigan would no longer be linked to the Mississippi River –
where anglers wear protective gear in some places to avoid being
injured by the jumping Asian carp. Gary Fahnenstiel of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says it’s important to
close that link. But he also wants the state-and-federal leaders to
address problems at the Saint Lawrence Seaway – where oceangoing
ships enter the Great Lakes, and have brought in at least 57
invasive species in their ballast water. The Great Lakes now have at
least 185 foreign species. They include quagga mussels, which have
reduced the natural fish-food for large salmon by 90-percent over
the last 20 years.
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Parents who have money in Wisconsin’s college savings program made
more than expected last year. All 12 investment options in the
Ed-Vest program had gains ranging from three-tenths-of-one percent
in the conservative Wells Fargo Money Market Fund to 79-percent in
Legg Mason’s aggressive portfolio. Acting Ed-Vest director Marty
Olle said all but one of the 12 options out-performed their
benchmarks. And the only one that didn’t meet its goal – the
Vanguard Stock Index portfolio – came close. Meanwhile, more
parents kept taking advantage of Ed-Vest for tax-free college
savings. New accounts rose by two-point-seven percent to just over
250-thousand. Total assets in Ed-Vest and the smaller Tomorrow’s
Scholar program were two-point-two billion dollars as of January
first. That’s up 30-percent from a year ago. A national rating
service said Ed-Vest had the 25th strongest one-year performance
among 52 college savings programs as of September 30th. And over the
last three years, Ed-Vest ranked 13th among 43 U-S programs.
Meanwhile, a new person is about to over-see the Wisconsin funds.
State Treasurer Dawn Marie Sass has appointed James DiUlio (di-you’-lee-oh)
as Ed-Vest’s permanent director.
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Authorities are still investigating the death of a Wild Rose man,
after his truck fell through the ice on the Fox River in Berlin.
Rescuers found 45-year-old Kenneth Nigbor inside the truck, after it
fell about 10-to-15 feet from the shore on Saturday. He was taken to
a Berlin hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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A ticket sold in North Carolina won the 141-million-dollar Powerball
jackpot over the weekend. It was the year’s first jackpot of over
100-million. Wisconsin players did not do well on Saturday. The
biggest prize in Badgerland was 300-dollars, won by three people who
matched four regular numbers and the Power Play multiplier of three.
Almost 26-thousand Wisconsin players won something. Saturday's
numbers were 14, 22, 52, 54, and 59. The Powerball was four. The
jackpot goes back to 20-million dollars on Wednesday night.
Meanwhile, nobody won the jackpot in Friday's Mega-Millions drawing
-- and nobody from Wisconsin won the 10-thousand-dollar second
prize, either. The Mega-Millions' jackpot goes up to 32-million for
the next drawing tomorrow night.
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