Local News Briefs Tuesday 12/16/14

Dense fog contributed to a vehicle versus pedestrian accident on County Highway II in Winnebago County Monday morning. A man living at 3541 County Highway II went out to get his newspaper and was hit by a passing vehicle. The victim suffered minor injuries to his hand and head and was taken to a local hospital. There were dense fog conditions at the time of the accident and the driver was cited for going too fast for conditions. The accident was reported shortly before 6 a.m.

Mayville Man Gets Prison For 7^th OWI

A seventh drunken driving offense earns a 66-year-old Mayville man three years in prison and five years of extended supervision. John Shelley was recently sentenced in Dodge County Court after pleading “no contest” to a felony OWI charge. During a traffic stop in Mayville last June a breath test showed his blood alcohol content was greater that twice the legal limit for intoxication (.188). Shelley argued with the arresting officer about the number of drunken driving convictions he had saying it “was not that much.”

Drug Store Robbery Sheboygan County Crime Of The Week

Sheboygan County Sheriff’s officials continue their investigation into three robberies and an attempted burglary at Glander Prescription Plus in the Town of Sheboygan. The crimes occurred on Sunday, August 24th, Thursday September 25th and Saturday, November 29th. Prescription medication was the target of the robberies and a handgun was displayed during the November 29th robbery. The suspect was a white man, 6 feet tall and 200 pounds. Anyone with information is asked to call 920-459-3114 or the Crime Stoppers number at 1-877-283-8436.

Portion Of Everett Street Closed Today

Fond du Lac’s Public Works tells us Everett Street will be closed between 3rd Street and 4th Street today. The closure begins at 7:00 a.m. and the street will reopen by the end of the day. The closure is due to utility work on Everett Street.

FDL County Board Preview

The Fond du Lac County Board has a busy agenda tonight for its last meeting of 2014. The meeting will include about a 20 minute presentation on a Facilities Master Plan for the UW-Fond du Lac. County Executive Al Buechel says the projects in the plan will be accomplished over time. The County Agricultural Society will ask that a $50,000 loan made to the County Fair will be extended for a couple more years. Buechel says they are able to pay $10,000 of the loan back at this time. Supervisors will also be asked to approve a three-party agreement with Red Top Cab Company and West Bend Air to sublease space at the County Airport. West Bend Air runs the County’s Flight Based Operations and manages the airport. Red Top is a division of Hertz Rentals and would rent cars at the airport. Buechel says they would have about 10 to 15 stalls to rent cars. The Board meets at 7 p.m. at the City-County Government Center in Fond du Lac.

FDL Fire Dept Official Learns About Command And Control

Fond du Lac Division Chief of Fire Prevention Troy Haase recently attended a training session with other firefighters on how to manage multi alarm incidents. Haase says it was about command and control and helped him learn more about incident command roles and assigning resources. He says in Fond du Lac a one-alarm fire can mean assigning a number of resources depending on the size of the fire. He says it becomes a two, three or more alarm fire if they have to call for mutual aid and depending on how much aid they have to ask for. He says at the training session he attended fires were simulated with a different view of the fire in five different rooms. He says instructors took them through the correct process given the scenario. He says one scenario involved a fire at a 20 story high rise.

Youth Use Of E Cigarettes Triples

The Tobacco Control Coordinator for Five Counties for Tobacco Free Living, which includes Fond du Lac County, says there are still too many unknowns when it comes to E cigarettes. Sandy Bernier says she was glad to see the County recently adopt an E cigarette ban for its County-owned facilities. A recent survey showed fewer adults are smoking and sales of tobacco to youth had also declined, But Bernier says at the same time more children are smoking E cigarettes than ever before. She says that use has tripled. She says unfortunately some youth attracted to the candy-flavored taste of E cigarettes are taking a shortcut and drinking the liquid nicotine in the vials for E cigarettes and liquid nicotine is poisonous. She says the public should be concerned about the use of E cigarettes especially when it comes to access by youth.

Shop With A Cop A Success

More than 140 children participated in Fond du Lac County’s version of the “Shop with a Cop” program at the Walmart in Fond du Lac last Thursday night. Donna Whitty of the Sheriff’s Department says they are grateful to the store and all the law enforcement that took part in the program. She says 143 children had their holidays brightened as a result of the program. Whitty says each child got a $50 gift certificate to shop for others. She says they got a free toy, Santa and Mrs. Claus was there, and Walmart gave free coats to the kids. She says there’s even a lady in the community who knits scarves and mittens for the kids that they receive at the event.

Lucky FDL Shopper Will Win In Downtown Gift Certificate Raffle

The Downtown Fond du Lac Partnership will be rewarding one of those who chooses to shop in Downtown Fond du Lac this Christmas season with $500 in downtown gift certificates. Partnership Director Amy Hansen says to be entered into the raffle drawing you have to do a couple of things. She says shop at 3 downtown businesses, keep the receipts, staple them to en entry form and drop the completed form off at their offices at 30 S. Portland or send them by mail. Entry forms are available at downtown businesses, the KFIZ studios and Partnership Office. Entries have to be received by December 30th and the winner will be announced on December 31st.

Habitat For Humanity Donation Appreciated

The Plaid Squirrel and Kreative Kraftwerks recently donated 20 percent of their sales to Habitat for Humanity of Fond du Lac County during the Small Business Saturday on Saturday, November 29th. They raised the money by offering unique gift baskets to their shoppers. Habitat Executive Director Paul Osterholm says the effort raised nearly $400 for Habitat. He says Habitat is appreciative of the effort.