Bosak: ‘Juneau Utility Not At Fault’
10/12/09 - Mayor Ron Bosak says Juneau Utilities was not at fault for the puncturing of a gas main Friday afternoon that led to around 150 residents being evacuated. Bosak wouldn’t place the blame with any one person but said it was 100-percent not the utilities fault. He says utility workers were digging within the safe zone as designated by Diggers Hotline when they struck the gas main. The digging was necessary after a semi broke a telephone pole at the corner of North Main and East Center Street. That left about half of the residents in Juneau without power for eight-hours. Bosak says the Utility Commission will be looking into the cost of the damages and he expects the semi-driver to be held responsible.
Money $mart Week
10/12/09 - This is “Money Smart Week” in the state of Wisconsin and Dodge County’s UW Extension office has a number of educational programs planned. The Extension’s Kathy Hetzel says the topics covered range from budgeting to investing to automobile purchases. The week culminates with a Credit Fair on Saturday at the Dodge County Administration Building. Hetzel says the program is geared toward home buyers and covers how to establish or reestablish your credit, smart spending and mortgage financing; participants will also be able to find out their credit score. This morning (Mon), the first of three programs geared at pre-school age children will be held at the Beaver Dam Community Library. “Saving, Spending and Sharing” introduces the basic principals of money to kids at a young age through storytelling and interactive activities. The same program will be offered tomorrow morning at the Horicon Public Library and Thursday morning at the Juneau Public Library. This afternoon at the Beaver Dam Senior Center, the focus will be on identity theft and what it really means to have your identity stolen. More information is available at www.moneysmartWI.org.
Dodge County Population Up 5%
10/12/09 - Dodge County’s population is estimated to have jumped almost 5-percent since 2000. That’s according to numbers just released by the State Department of Administration. They say we’re up about 41-hundred people to just over 90,000. Fond du Lac County was also up 5-percent to 102,000. The numbers show Columbia County has 56,500 in the estimate up 7.5-percent since the census. Jefferson County saw just a slightly smaller increase of 7.3-percent to 81,300 residents. Washington County had the largest increase for nearby counties going up 11-and-a-half-percent to 130,500. For the state as a whole the numbers show an increase of six-percent to five-million-688-thousand residents.
Authorities Work To Piece Together Wreck
10/12/09 - Authorities are trying to piece together an accident that left car parts strewn all of Highway 73 near Highway 151. Sheriff’s officials say their initial investigation shows a car had broken down and was parked on the side of the road unattended. They believe a second vehicle hit the parked car and left the scene around 3am Sunday morning. Among the items found in the road included a checkbook belonging to a 31-year-old Columbia County man. Deputies contacted the man at his home but he was uncooperative. However, they say he did have a bloody ear and scrapes, which they believe came from the accident. Their investigation continues.
Mailboxes Damaged by Explosives
10/12/09 - Two mailboxes in the Town of Rubicon were damaged early Sunday morning after modified explosive devices were set off inside them. The Dodge County Sheriff’s Department says their initial investigation shows the suspects used a Mountain Dew bottle filled with an unknown substance to damage the two mailboxes on Saylesville Road. The damage to the mailboxes was minor. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Sheriff’s Department or the anonymous WE-Tip Hotline at 1-800-78-CRIME.
Girl Injured in Rollover Accident
10/12/09 - A 17-year-old girl was injured yesterday morning after rolling her vehicle in the Town of Beaver Dam. Authorities say the girl was not paying attention when her car rolled over on Prospect Road around 10am. Horicon EMS took the girl to the Beaver Dam hospital. Deputies later cited her for inattentive driving.
Worth Expected to Plead Innocent
10/12/09 - A Fond du Lac man is expected to plead innocent today to helping a man dispose of his girlfriend’s body. Prosecutors said 48-year-old Donald Worth provided the gas-and-oil used by Brandon Mueller to cremate Renee Redmer of Waukesha last year. Worth’s attorney says his client will plead innocent to assisting a felon and helping mutilate a corpse, and they’ll ask for a lower bond. Mueller is accused of strangling the 29-year-old Redmer, and igniting her body in a barrel on Worth’s property. Authorities said Worth and his Mueller’s mother then helped dispose of the victim’s ashes in Lake Winnebago, which was frozen at the time.
Beer Tax Public Hearing Tomorrow in Madison
10/12/09 - For the first time in three decades, Wisconsin lawmakers will hold a public hearing on raising the state's beer tax. The Assembly's Public Safety Committee will hear comments tomorrow. The beer tax has been two-dollars a barrel since 1969. A bill from Madison Democrat Terese Berceau would raise it to 10-dollars a barrel -- and it would raise the cost of a bottle of beer by almost two-and-a-half cents. It would raise 58-million-dollars a year for alcohol treatment and prevention programs, and related law enforcement grants. The beer tax has long been one of the Capitol's biggest sacred cows. Governor Jim Doyle is still against raising it -- and the state's Tavern League and a coalition of brewers has also come out against it. Wisconsin's beer tax is the third-lowest in the nation.
Money Running Out to Retrain WI Workers
10/12/09 - Wisconsin does not have enough money to retrain all the workers who’ve lost their jobs -- even after getting federal stimulus money for that purpose. Some local workforce development agencies have stopped admitting new people into training programs, for fear the money will run out by the time they finish their courses. Local leaders pleaded with state Workforce Development Secretary Roberta Gassman last week for more funding. But the state says it’s doing all it can, and it’s applying for more federal emergency grants to provide the needed retraining. The number of Wisconsin workers who lost their jobs from plant closings is up 31-percent in the first nine months of this year, compared to the same time in 2008.
10/12/09 - Mayor Ron Bosak says Juneau Utilities was not at fault for the puncturing of a gas main Friday afternoon that led to around 150 residents being evacuated. Bosak wouldn’t place the blame with any one person but said it was 100-percent not the utilities fault. He says utility workers were digging within the safe zone as designated by Diggers Hotline when they struck the gas main. The digging was necessary after a semi broke a telephone pole at the corner of North Main and East Center Street. That left about half of the residents in Juneau without power for eight-hours. Bosak says the Utility Commission will be looking into the cost of the damages and he expects the semi-driver to be held responsible.
Money $mart Week
10/12/09 - This is “Money Smart Week” in the state of Wisconsin and Dodge County’s UW Extension office has a number of educational programs planned. The Extension’s Kathy Hetzel says the topics covered range from budgeting to investing to automobile purchases. The week culminates with a Credit Fair on Saturday at the Dodge County Administration Building. Hetzel says the program is geared toward home buyers and covers how to establish or reestablish your credit, smart spending and mortgage financing; participants will also be able to find out their credit score. This morning (Mon), the first of three programs geared at pre-school age children will be held at the Beaver Dam Community Library. “Saving, Spending and Sharing” introduces the basic principals of money to kids at a young age through storytelling and interactive activities. The same program will be offered tomorrow morning at the Horicon Public Library and Thursday morning at the Juneau Public Library. This afternoon at the Beaver Dam Senior Center, the focus will be on identity theft and what it really means to have your identity stolen. More information is available at www.moneysmartWI.org.
Dodge County Population Up 5%
10/12/09 - Dodge County’s population is estimated to have jumped almost 5-percent since 2000. That’s according to numbers just released by the State Department of Administration. They say we’re up about 41-hundred people to just over 90,000. Fond du Lac County was also up 5-percent to 102,000. The numbers show Columbia County has 56,500 in the estimate up 7.5-percent since the census. Jefferson County saw just a slightly smaller increase of 7.3-percent to 81,300 residents. Washington County had the largest increase for nearby counties going up 11-and-a-half-percent to 130,500. For the state as a whole the numbers show an increase of six-percent to five-million-688-thousand residents.
Authorities Work To Piece Together Wreck
10/12/09 - Authorities are trying to piece together an accident that left car parts strewn all of Highway 73 near Highway 151. Sheriff’s officials say their initial investigation shows a car had broken down and was parked on the side of the road unattended. They believe a second vehicle hit the parked car and left the scene around 3am Sunday morning. Among the items found in the road included a checkbook belonging to a 31-year-old Columbia County man. Deputies contacted the man at his home but he was uncooperative. However, they say he did have a bloody ear and scrapes, which they believe came from the accident. Their investigation continues.
Mailboxes Damaged by Explosives
10/12/09 - Two mailboxes in the Town of Rubicon were damaged early Sunday morning after modified explosive devices were set off inside them. The Dodge County Sheriff’s Department says their initial investigation shows the suspects used a Mountain Dew bottle filled with an unknown substance to damage the two mailboxes on Saylesville Road. The damage to the mailboxes was minor. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Sheriff’s Department or the anonymous WE-Tip Hotline at 1-800-78-CRIME.
Girl Injured in Rollover Accident
10/12/09 - A 17-year-old girl was injured yesterday morning after rolling her vehicle in the Town of Beaver Dam. Authorities say the girl was not paying attention when her car rolled over on Prospect Road around 10am. Horicon EMS took the girl to the Beaver Dam hospital. Deputies later cited her for inattentive driving.
Worth Expected to Plead Innocent
10/12/09 - A Fond du Lac man is expected to plead innocent today to helping a man dispose of his girlfriend’s body. Prosecutors said 48-year-old Donald Worth provided the gas-and-oil used by Brandon Mueller to cremate Renee Redmer of Waukesha last year. Worth’s attorney says his client will plead innocent to assisting a felon and helping mutilate a corpse, and they’ll ask for a lower bond. Mueller is accused of strangling the 29-year-old Redmer, and igniting her body in a barrel on Worth’s property. Authorities said Worth and his Mueller’s mother then helped dispose of the victim’s ashes in Lake Winnebago, which was frozen at the time.
Beer Tax Public Hearing Tomorrow in Madison
10/12/09 - For the first time in three decades, Wisconsin lawmakers will hold a public hearing on raising the state's beer tax. The Assembly's Public Safety Committee will hear comments tomorrow. The beer tax has been two-dollars a barrel since 1969. A bill from Madison Democrat Terese Berceau would raise it to 10-dollars a barrel -- and it would raise the cost of a bottle of beer by almost two-and-a-half cents. It would raise 58-million-dollars a year for alcohol treatment and prevention programs, and related law enforcement grants. The beer tax has long been one of the Capitol's biggest sacred cows. Governor Jim Doyle is still against raising it -- and the state's Tavern League and a coalition of brewers has also come out against it. Wisconsin's beer tax is the third-lowest in the nation.
Money Running Out to Retrain WI Workers
10/12/09 - Wisconsin does not have enough money to retrain all the workers who’ve lost their jobs -- even after getting federal stimulus money for that purpose. Some local workforce development agencies have stopped admitting new people into training programs, for fear the money will run out by the time they finish their courses. Local leaders pleaded with state Workforce Development Secretary Roberta Gassman last week for more funding. But the state says it’s doing all it can, and it’s applying for more federal emergency grants to provide the needed retraining. The number of Wisconsin workers who lost their jobs from plant closings is up 31-percent in the first nine months of this year, compared to the same time in 2008.
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