Honor Flight An Honor
11/21/01 - A Beaver Dam veteran who was aboard this weeks “Honor Flight” to the World War II Memorial in Washington DC said it was a once in a lifetime opportunity. Leroy Klug (pictured), who served in the Army Air Corps in Italy from 1942 to 1945, said you just wouldn’t believe how beautiful the memorial is until you see it. Klug was one of 10 Dodge County veterans to participate in the “Honor Flight” program, which allows vets to fly to their memorial in the nation’s capital for free. He says when they arrived at the Memorial they were greeted by Senator’s Herb Kohl and Bob Dole. Klug left his Beaver Dam home at 1:30am Wednesday morning and was back at home 23 hours later. A bit tiring, but Klug says if someone said tomorrow he could go again (quote) “he’d be ready.” Funds are still being raised for a Spring 2009 flight. Information can be found at: Veterans Service Office, PO Box 994, Port Washington WI 53074-0994. Checks should be made out to “Stars and Stripes Honor Flight c/o the Flag Day Foundation.Or you can call Mark Grams at 386-3798.
State Budget Deficit Increases
11/21/08 - Wisconsin’s state government will tighten its belt some more. That’s after we learned yesterday that the current budget is now 346-million-dollars in the red – and the deficit in the next budget has grown again, to five-point-four billion dollars. Governor Jim Doyle announced immediate spending cuts. He wants 500 state vehicles sold – 30-million dollars in state grants canceled – and 28-hundred state jobs vacated, a quarter through retirements and such. Administration Secretary Michael Morgan calls the deficit in next year’s budget the largest in state history. It’s caused, of course, by a drop in state tax revenues resulting from the fact that we’re spending less and borrowing less. Doyle again promised to protect schools, but they won’t get all they want. He again called for new taxes on hospitals and oil profits, and kept vowing to hold the line on sales-and-income taxes.
Home Sales Down in Third Quarter
11/21/08 - Existing home sales in Dodge County were down nearly 29% in the third quarter of 2008, as compared to 2007. According to the Wisconsin Realtors Association, in the third quarter of this year there were 114 homes sold, compared to 160 homes the previous year. The median price of homes in Dodge County went down 4.9% to $129,100. Columbia County, meanwhile, experienced a 33% drop in overall home sales while the price of existing homes declined by 6.7%. In Jefferson County, there was a 32% decrease in overall sales while the price of existing homes went down 5.8%. Statewide, overall sales dropped nearly 17% in the third quarter, that’s compared to a 10.6% decrease throughout the rest of the Midwest region. The average home price in Wisconsin fell by 5.3% to $160,000 as compared to 2007. Nationally sales were down just 7.7% over the last year.
Juneau Passes Budget
11/21/08 - The City of Juneau’s mill rate for 2009 will stay exactly the same as this year’s. That’s after the common council passed the ’09 budget last night. According to Clerk-Treasurer Dennis Sheldon, the rate will be $7.56 per $1,000 of assessed value. Sheldon says keeping it at the same rate was a request from the Finance Committee and it forced him to make tough cuts, including a number from the capital improvements budget. The total tax levy this year will be around $1.15-million.
Buske Approved as Alderman in Juneau
11/21/08 - Juneau has a new alderman in Ward Three. That’s after the common council approved Mayor Ron Bosak’s appointment of Jason Buske last night. Buske will replace Dennis Druecke who resigned for personal reasons late last month. Buske will sit on a number of committees, including Public Works and Personnel. Buske will take over the seat from Druecke until next April when an election will be held to fill the seat permanently.
Fall River Fire Group Looking at Options for EMS
11/21/08 - The Fall River Fire Group will be working with Columbus area officials investigating possibilities to improve Ambulance services for local taxpayers. Officials from the Village of Fall River and the townships of Fountain Prairie, Hampden, and Ostego met this week to form two study groups. One group will be interviewing private sector Ambulance providers. The second will investigate the feasibility of developing an EMS District that would ensure each participating municipality to have a say in the operation.
Ehrke Sentenced
11/21/08 - A Columbus man was sentenced to 20 months in prison yesterday on sexual assault, false imprisonment and domestic abuse charges in two separate cases. In April, Jeremy Ehrke held a woman against her will at his residence; choking her, holding a knife to her throat and pointing a .22 caliber gun at her head. In the other case, the 19-year-old had charges that he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl dismissed but read into the record. As the Assistant District Attorney presented his case, Ehrke looked on with what Judge Andrew Bissonnette called a “smug look.” In a press release, Assistant DA James Sempf said, “I’m not surprised the judge sentenced such a young person to prison, given the seriousness of the crimes and the way he behaved in the courtroom.” Ehrke did not speak on his own behalf. In addition to prison time, Ehrke was sentenced to two years and four months of extended supervision.
Economy Not Slowing Down Deer Hunters
11/21/08 - Despite the poor economy, Wisconsin deer hunters are still finding enough in their stashes to go after that trophy buck. The D-N-R said almost 511-thousand licenses were sold as of midnight last night. And licensing administrator Diane Brookbank is confident that 120-thousand more will be sold before the nine-day gun opens on Saturday. License sales are up five-percent from last year, but Brookbank said a special four-day hunt in October artificially drove those numbers up. Still, she sees no evidence the economy is keeping hunters home. They’ll go after an estimated one-point-seven million deer – about the same numbers as a year ago.
New Regulations for Hunters
11/21/08 - A new regulation requires a use of a bit more blaze orange while you’re out deer hunting. If you have a ground blind on state land you’ll be required to mark it with about 12 inches of blaze orange. DNR Conservation Warden Doug Bilgo says the new requirement is because of the popularity of camouflage blinds. You have to be able to see the orange from all around. Bilgo says there is many ways to mark your blind including specially manufactured blaze orange hankies, but a hunting jacket or even an orange traffic cone will suffice while you’re in the blind. (KFIZ)
11/21/01 - A Beaver Dam veteran who was aboard this weeks “Honor Flight” to the World War II Memorial in Washington DC said it was a once in a lifetime opportunity. Leroy Klug (pictured), who served in the Army Air Corps in Italy from 1942 to 1945, said you just wouldn’t believe how beautiful the memorial is until you see it. Klug was one of 10 Dodge County veterans to participate in the “Honor Flight” program, which allows vets to fly to their memorial in the nation’s capital for free. He says when they arrived at the Memorial they were greeted by Senator’s Herb Kohl and Bob Dole. Klug left his Beaver Dam home at 1:30am Wednesday morning and was back at home 23 hours later. A bit tiring, but Klug says if someone said tomorrow he could go again (quote) “he’d be ready.” Funds are still being raised for a Spring 2009 flight. Information can be found at: Veterans Service Office, PO Box 994, Port Washington WI 53074-0994. Checks should be made out to “Stars and Stripes Honor Flight c/o the Flag Day Foundation.Or you can call Mark Grams at 386-3798.
State Budget Deficit Increases
11/21/08 - Wisconsin’s state government will tighten its belt some more. That’s after we learned yesterday that the current budget is now 346-million-dollars in the red – and the deficit in the next budget has grown again, to five-point-four billion dollars. Governor Jim Doyle announced immediate spending cuts. He wants 500 state vehicles sold – 30-million dollars in state grants canceled – and 28-hundred state jobs vacated, a quarter through retirements and such. Administration Secretary Michael Morgan calls the deficit in next year’s budget the largest in state history. It’s caused, of course, by a drop in state tax revenues resulting from the fact that we’re spending less and borrowing less. Doyle again promised to protect schools, but they won’t get all they want. He again called for new taxes on hospitals and oil profits, and kept vowing to hold the line on sales-and-income taxes.
Home Sales Down in Third Quarter
11/21/08 - Existing home sales in Dodge County were down nearly 29% in the third quarter of 2008, as compared to 2007. According to the Wisconsin Realtors Association, in the third quarter of this year there were 114 homes sold, compared to 160 homes the previous year. The median price of homes in Dodge County went down 4.9% to $129,100. Columbia County, meanwhile, experienced a 33% drop in overall home sales while the price of existing homes declined by 6.7%. In Jefferson County, there was a 32% decrease in overall sales while the price of existing homes went down 5.8%. Statewide, overall sales dropped nearly 17% in the third quarter, that’s compared to a 10.6% decrease throughout the rest of the Midwest region. The average home price in Wisconsin fell by 5.3% to $160,000 as compared to 2007. Nationally sales were down just 7.7% over the last year.
Juneau Passes Budget
11/21/08 - The City of Juneau’s mill rate for 2009 will stay exactly the same as this year’s. That’s after the common council passed the ’09 budget last night. According to Clerk-Treasurer Dennis Sheldon, the rate will be $7.56 per $1,000 of assessed value. Sheldon says keeping it at the same rate was a request from the Finance Committee and it forced him to make tough cuts, including a number from the capital improvements budget. The total tax levy this year will be around $1.15-million.
Buske Approved as Alderman in Juneau
11/21/08 - Juneau has a new alderman in Ward Three. That’s after the common council approved Mayor Ron Bosak’s appointment of Jason Buske last night. Buske will replace Dennis Druecke who resigned for personal reasons late last month. Buske will sit on a number of committees, including Public Works and Personnel. Buske will take over the seat from Druecke until next April when an election will be held to fill the seat permanently.
Fall River Fire Group Looking at Options for EMS
11/21/08 - The Fall River Fire Group will be working with Columbus area officials investigating possibilities to improve Ambulance services for local taxpayers. Officials from the Village of Fall River and the townships of Fountain Prairie, Hampden, and Ostego met this week to form two study groups. One group will be interviewing private sector Ambulance providers. The second will investigate the feasibility of developing an EMS District that would ensure each participating municipality to have a say in the operation.
Ehrke Sentenced
11/21/08 - A Columbus man was sentenced to 20 months in prison yesterday on sexual assault, false imprisonment and domestic abuse charges in two separate cases. In April, Jeremy Ehrke held a woman against her will at his residence; choking her, holding a knife to her throat and pointing a .22 caliber gun at her head. In the other case, the 19-year-old had charges that he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl dismissed but read into the record. As the Assistant District Attorney presented his case, Ehrke looked on with what Judge Andrew Bissonnette called a “smug look.” In a press release, Assistant DA James Sempf said, “I’m not surprised the judge sentenced such a young person to prison, given the seriousness of the crimes and the way he behaved in the courtroom.” Ehrke did not speak on his own behalf. In addition to prison time, Ehrke was sentenced to two years and four months of extended supervision.
Economy Not Slowing Down Deer Hunters
11/21/08 - Despite the poor economy, Wisconsin deer hunters are still finding enough in their stashes to go after that trophy buck. The D-N-R said almost 511-thousand licenses were sold as of midnight last night. And licensing administrator Diane Brookbank is confident that 120-thousand more will be sold before the nine-day gun opens on Saturday. License sales are up five-percent from last year, but Brookbank said a special four-day hunt in October artificially drove those numbers up. Still, she sees no evidence the economy is keeping hunters home. They’ll go after an estimated one-point-seven million deer – about the same numbers as a year ago.
New Regulations for Hunters
11/21/08 - A new regulation requires a use of a bit more blaze orange while you’re out deer hunting. If you have a ground blind on state land you’ll be required to mark it with about 12 inches of blaze orange. DNR Conservation Warden Doug Bilgo says the new requirement is because of the popularity of camouflage blinds. You have to be able to see the orange from all around. Bilgo says there is many ways to mark your blind including specially manufactured blaze orange hankies, but a hunting jacket or even an orange traffic cone will suffice while you’re in the blind. (KFIZ)
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