FL Council Approves Economic Incentives
11/19/09 - The Fox Lake City Council is doing what it can to keep a local business in their city. Last night the council approved economic incentives to hold on to Electronic Components and Services, INC. The incentives are in the form of sewer user rate adjustments. City officials say ECS is their largest customer in terms of sanitary sewer use and account for between $50,000 and $60,000 in yearly revenue. The incentives include a 10-percent decrease in their rates for 1-year followed by another three-years at their 2009 rates. The incentives are expected to reduce the yearly revenue from the company by about $4,000. ECS manufactures circuit boards for a variety of products.
2010 Budget Passes in Fox Lake
11/19/09 - The City of Fox Lake passed their 2010 budget last night. The $3.1-million document has a tax levy of nearly $555,700. City Administrator Bill Petracek says they had a number of large expenses this year and were still able to limit the impact on the tax payers. He says the council took into consideration the current state of the economy when deciding on the 1.5-percent tax levy increase. By state statute municipalities can raise their tax levy by 3-percent on an annual basis. Residents will see a tax rate of $7.34 per 1,000 of assessed value. That’s an 8-cent jump from a year ago. That means the owner of a property valued at $150,000 would pay about $1110 for the city portion of their tax bill. That’s an increase of 21-dollars over this year.
FRSD Approves Purchase of Community Hall
11/19/09 - Fall River School’s approved purchase of the former Community Hall last night. The Board decided to accept the Village’s counter offer of $103 thousand dollars. School officials believe the building would pay for itself in a few years by providing shelter for the School Bus fleet currently stored outdoors. The District had been searching for a “Bus Barn,” but a new facility would cost $300 thousand dollars. The primary use will be Bus storage, however, a number of other uses are being considered. The District still has to close on the property before they can begin any weatherization or renovations.
Columbus Compliance Check Nets Two Offenders
11/19/09 - Two of the 12 businesses licensed to sell alcohol in Columbus failed a recent compliance check by authorities. Lieutenant Dennis Weiner says Pick ‘N Save and the Cardinal Ale House both sold to underage customers. Citations were issued to the employees that served the underage patron. Weiner says while he wasn’t discouraged by the failure rate he was upset with the actions of one of the businesses checked. He says an establishment realized what was happening and called another business to warn them about the compliance check. Weiner says when one licensee calls another it taints the entire operation and he plans to contact the city attorney to see if any laws were broken. Weiner would not divulge which business was involved in that incident.
Reetz Funeral Set for Tomorrow
11/19/09 - Funeral services will be held tomorrow in West Bend for a 14-year-old boy who was strangled, allegedly by his step-father. A silent walk and a candlelight vigil for Cody Reetz are also planned tomorrow night in his home town of Grafton. The step-father, 37-year-old Charles Avey, is charged with homicide. Authorities said he strangled the boy with a necktie last Sunday night, and left his body in an empty vehicle outside of a store in Germantown. Prosecutors said Avey did it to get back at Cody’s mother, for telling police that Avey hit her numerous times in the head with a hammer a week before. Yesterday, Cody’s parents held a news conference to talk about their son. Trista Avey said the boy always had a smile on his face, and Allen Reetz said he was always outside skate-boarding and jumped off ramps with his bike. He called Cody a “daredevil” who had no fear. His parents divorced over 10 years ago, but they kept doing things together with him.
Neosho Couple Charged for Public Sex Act
11/19/09 - Authorities have charged a Neosho couple with lewd and lascivious behavior for performing a sex act in public to irk their neighbors. 33-year-old Mark Albert and 43-year-old Kimberly Ferguson were charged earlier this week. According to the criminal complaint the couple performed the sex act on their porch, which was in full view of a neighbor and several others, including a 9-year-old child. Authorities say the couple allegedly threw an object through the neighbor’s window and taunted them before performing the sex act.
H1N1 Flu Death Numbers Continue to Rise
11/19/09 - State officials reported more H1N1 flu deaths in the past week than in the first nine months of the year. The Health Services Department reported 11 deaths in the past week, bringing the total to 22 since September first, and 31 for the year. Dodge County has one H1N1 flu related death. Four-hundred-five people have been hospitalized from the H1N1 flu since the beginning of September – and 82-percent of those people had underlying medical conditions. And the total number of cases has risen to 38-hundred-18 confirmed, with another 17-hundred cases listed as probable. Health officials say the rate of flu cases is going down modestly – but the presence of H-1-N-1 is still widespread.
More Travel Expected for Thanksgiving
11/19/09 - More Wisconsinites plan to drive home for Thanksgiving. The Triple-“A” says about three-percent more people will hit the road than a year ago – when traffic was down dramatically due to the meltdowns in the financial and housing industries. Nationally, traffic is expected to be up about two-percent. And the Triple-“A” says it’s because of higher consumer confidence and better financial markets. But the bad news for motorists is that gasoline will be about 55-cents a gallon more than last Thanksgiving weekend. Unleaded regular now averages 2.61-a-gallon in the Badger State. Meanwhile, the Triple-“A” says air traffic will be down by almost seven-percent this Thanksgiving. That’s because of airline budget concerns, reduced capacity by carriers, and extra charges for fliers.
Madison Medical Unit Will Deploy
11/19/09 - The Army Reserve now says they’ve found replacements for the seven members of a Madison-based unit killed-or-wounded at Fort Hood. And the 467th Medical Detachment group will take off for Afghanistan in December or January. None of the four unit members wounded in the shooting spree will be going. Captain Robert LaFountain says they’ll remain on an active duty status until they’re either declared as battle-ready – or they’re sent home on a reserve status. Three Wisconsinites were among the wounded and two others were killed. The unit provides counseling to U-S troops. Madison’s unit sent 15 members to Fort Hood for training.
Health Care Costs Expected to Rise for Employees
11/19/09 - Wisconsin employees can expect to pay a larger share of their health costs next year. That’s according to a survey of companies by the benefit consulting firm of Mercer. Many small firms kept their costs in check by raising deductibles this year – and the survey by Mercer said larger companies would join them in 2010. 41-percent of firms said they’ll increase their workers’ share of deductibles, co-pays, out-of-packet maximums. And 46-percent said workers would pay a higher share of their monthly premiums. Yesterday, Mercer said those premiums are 22-percent higher in Wisconsin than they are nationally.
11/19/09 - The Fox Lake City Council is doing what it can to keep a local business in their city. Last night the council approved economic incentives to hold on to Electronic Components and Services, INC. The incentives are in the form of sewer user rate adjustments. City officials say ECS is their largest customer in terms of sanitary sewer use and account for between $50,000 and $60,000 in yearly revenue. The incentives include a 10-percent decrease in their rates for 1-year followed by another three-years at their 2009 rates. The incentives are expected to reduce the yearly revenue from the company by about $4,000. ECS manufactures circuit boards for a variety of products.
2010 Budget Passes in Fox Lake
11/19/09 - The City of Fox Lake passed their 2010 budget last night. The $3.1-million document has a tax levy of nearly $555,700. City Administrator Bill Petracek says they had a number of large expenses this year and were still able to limit the impact on the tax payers. He says the council took into consideration the current state of the economy when deciding on the 1.5-percent tax levy increase. By state statute municipalities can raise their tax levy by 3-percent on an annual basis. Residents will see a tax rate of $7.34 per 1,000 of assessed value. That’s an 8-cent jump from a year ago. That means the owner of a property valued at $150,000 would pay about $1110 for the city portion of their tax bill. That’s an increase of 21-dollars over this year.
FRSD Approves Purchase of Community Hall
11/19/09 - Fall River School’s approved purchase of the former Community Hall last night. The Board decided to accept the Village’s counter offer of $103 thousand dollars. School officials believe the building would pay for itself in a few years by providing shelter for the School Bus fleet currently stored outdoors. The District had been searching for a “Bus Barn,” but a new facility would cost $300 thousand dollars. The primary use will be Bus storage, however, a number of other uses are being considered. The District still has to close on the property before they can begin any weatherization or renovations.
Columbus Compliance Check Nets Two Offenders
11/19/09 - Two of the 12 businesses licensed to sell alcohol in Columbus failed a recent compliance check by authorities. Lieutenant Dennis Weiner says Pick ‘N Save and the Cardinal Ale House both sold to underage customers. Citations were issued to the employees that served the underage patron. Weiner says while he wasn’t discouraged by the failure rate he was upset with the actions of one of the businesses checked. He says an establishment realized what was happening and called another business to warn them about the compliance check. Weiner says when one licensee calls another it taints the entire operation and he plans to contact the city attorney to see if any laws were broken. Weiner would not divulge which business was involved in that incident.
Reetz Funeral Set for Tomorrow
11/19/09 - Funeral services will be held tomorrow in West Bend for a 14-year-old boy who was strangled, allegedly by his step-father. A silent walk and a candlelight vigil for Cody Reetz are also planned tomorrow night in his home town of Grafton. The step-father, 37-year-old Charles Avey, is charged with homicide. Authorities said he strangled the boy with a necktie last Sunday night, and left his body in an empty vehicle outside of a store in Germantown. Prosecutors said Avey did it to get back at Cody’s mother, for telling police that Avey hit her numerous times in the head with a hammer a week before. Yesterday, Cody’s parents held a news conference to talk about their son. Trista Avey said the boy always had a smile on his face, and Allen Reetz said he was always outside skate-boarding and jumped off ramps with his bike. He called Cody a “daredevil” who had no fear. His parents divorced over 10 years ago, but they kept doing things together with him.
Neosho Couple Charged for Public Sex Act
11/19/09 - Authorities have charged a Neosho couple with lewd and lascivious behavior for performing a sex act in public to irk their neighbors. 33-year-old Mark Albert and 43-year-old Kimberly Ferguson were charged earlier this week. According to the criminal complaint the couple performed the sex act on their porch, which was in full view of a neighbor and several others, including a 9-year-old child. Authorities say the couple allegedly threw an object through the neighbor’s window and taunted them before performing the sex act.
H1N1 Flu Death Numbers Continue to Rise
11/19/09 - State officials reported more H1N1 flu deaths in the past week than in the first nine months of the year. The Health Services Department reported 11 deaths in the past week, bringing the total to 22 since September first, and 31 for the year. Dodge County has one H1N1 flu related death. Four-hundred-five people have been hospitalized from the H1N1 flu since the beginning of September – and 82-percent of those people had underlying medical conditions. And the total number of cases has risen to 38-hundred-18 confirmed, with another 17-hundred cases listed as probable. Health officials say the rate of flu cases is going down modestly – but the presence of H-1-N-1 is still widespread.
More Travel Expected for Thanksgiving
11/19/09 - More Wisconsinites plan to drive home for Thanksgiving. The Triple-“A” says about three-percent more people will hit the road than a year ago – when traffic was down dramatically due to the meltdowns in the financial and housing industries. Nationally, traffic is expected to be up about two-percent. And the Triple-“A” says it’s because of higher consumer confidence and better financial markets. But the bad news for motorists is that gasoline will be about 55-cents a gallon more than last Thanksgiving weekend. Unleaded regular now averages 2.61-a-gallon in the Badger State. Meanwhile, the Triple-“A” says air traffic will be down by almost seven-percent this Thanksgiving. That’s because of airline budget concerns, reduced capacity by carriers, and extra charges for fliers.
Madison Medical Unit Will Deploy
11/19/09 - The Army Reserve now says they’ve found replacements for the seven members of a Madison-based unit killed-or-wounded at Fort Hood. And the 467th Medical Detachment group will take off for Afghanistan in December or January. None of the four unit members wounded in the shooting spree will be going. Captain Robert LaFountain says they’ll remain on an active duty status until they’re either declared as battle-ready – or they’re sent home on a reserve status. Three Wisconsinites were among the wounded and two others were killed. The unit provides counseling to U-S troops. Madison’s unit sent 15 members to Fort Hood for training.
Health Care Costs Expected to Rise for Employees
11/19/09 - Wisconsin employees can expect to pay a larger share of their health costs next year. That’s according to a survey of companies by the benefit consulting firm of Mercer. Many small firms kept their costs in check by raising deductibles this year – and the survey by Mercer said larger companies would join them in 2010. 41-percent of firms said they’ll increase their workers’ share of deductibles, co-pays, out-of-packet maximums. And 46-percent said workers would pay a higher share of their monthly premiums. Yesterday, Mercer said those premiums are 22-percent higher in Wisconsin than they are nationally.
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