It's Wayne Mauser, Local News.
Good morning from the Civic Media Newsdask.
I'm Wayne Mouser.
The 46-year-old Fond du Lac man suspected of threatening to kill the governor was arraigned in Fond du Lac County Court on Tuesday.
Bradley Hartman is charged with three counts of making terrorist threats and four counts of unlawful use of the telephone, charges them from alleged threats made on June 28th.
In the first voicemail, Hartman used a number of expletives threatened to kill the governor three times and dared the victim to call the cops on him.
He also mentioned that the victim just wanted to get the gays and lesbians
from Sheboygan.
Hartman is scheduled to return to court for a status conference in November.
The 41-year-old Fondelach man who led police and sheriff's deputies on a high-speed chase in Fondelach County last month was arraigned yesterday.
Charles Brown pled not guilty to charges stemming from the August 17th chase that occurred on highways 175 and 151 and several county roads.
After stopstakes deflated his tires, he jumped out of a moving car in the middle of highway 151.
He fled on foot into a subdivision, then into a cornfield.
Drones and canines were used to pursue
him and eventually he was captured by officers.
Sheriff's officials say two squad cars were damaged and a deputy suffered minor injuries during the pursuit.
Brown was on probation for a felon in possession of a firearm and cocaine possession and was wanted by the Department of Corrections for a probation violation.
A status hearing is scheduled in the Fondland County case on October 9th.
The Oshkosh Common Council has passed an ordinance calling for a temporary moratorium on data centers to be put in place.
The decision was unanimous.
While the moratorium is in effect, the city will have time to study the issue and develop informed consistent zoning and regulatory standards.
The ordinance does not establish permanent data center regulations or predetermine the outcome of the city's study.
Instead, it temporarily preserves the status quo while staff complete their work.
Meanwhile, the Nina Public Service and Safety Committee is recommending the termination of the city's contract with Flock Safety.
Nina Police Chief Olson says learning about what happened in the city of Sheboygan was a tipping point and the decision was made shortly after.
As of Friday, Nina Police deactivated all Flock accounts and logins.
Public works crews will soon place bags over the cameras.
The recommendation passed Tuesday night and now heads to the Common Council.
Bags have already gone up in Monashia, covering
flock cameras as the City Council Tuesday night took their first step in a 7-1 vote to sever ties with the company.
Manascha Police Chief Matthew Albrecht said he no longer has confidence in flock.
Albrecht said the issue is vendor-specific and while he does not support the contract with flock, he does support ALPR technology as an efficient tool.
Since the technology is already paid for through the end of the year, the Council will cease funding in its next budget and give flock a
30-day notice to remove its cameras.
The council is expected to terminate its contract at its next meeting later this month.
In Wopaka County, funding for flock cameras is also on its way to being cut next year after a vote by the law enforcement committee on Tuesday morning.
Afterward, the sheriff announced a suspension of the cameras saying in a statement, quote, the loss of control over sensitive law enforcement information is a concern we cannot ignore, unquote.
Wopaka County spent $34,500 on
as a contract this year, Monashia did not reveal an exact dollar amount.
Meanwhile, the Oshkosh Common Council unanimously approved a resolution aimed at curbing the semi-annual unsanctioned pub crawl event among University of Wisconsin Oshkosh students.
The resolution allows police officers to break up parties for offenses, including underage drinking, providing alcohol to intoxicated persons, excessive noise or crowding, obstructing streets or sidewalks, littering, disorderly conduct and violent behavior.
Oshkosh Police Chief Dean Smith requested in ordinance
This past spring, one person was shot during pub crawl, the third shooting since the start of last year.
Law enforcement spends about $45,000 to cover each event according to Smith.
A person who refuses to disperse from the party is subject to a $100 fine or $263.50 including court costs.
The event is not a university sanctioned event.
This past spring alone, police booked 10 into jail and issued 41 citations.
Most weren't even university was
Wisconsin Oshkosh students.
They came in for the event.
The next pub crawl is set for October 10th.
During this preparedness month, Fondland County Emergency Management Planning Director encourages residents to be as ready as possible with an emergency plan, an emergency supply kid, and having a way to keep yourself informed during a disaster.
Bob Nelson has more for Civic Media News.
John Ross also notes it's important to have a way to stay informed such as a NOAA weather radio, regular radio, or even apps on your phone.
Ross says Fond du Lac County has a smart 911 app which allows you to load all kinds of information about yourself and family should you need to call 911.
where you can register your home and if you have someone with special health needs or something in there, you can include that information if you choose to, but you can also opt in for emergency alerting and then you will get those messages via your cell phone as well.
Ross says most cell phones are set up to receive wireless emergency alerts, but you have to activate some for that option.
I'm Bob
Nelson for Civic Media News.
and supporting books in their collection.
During a special event at the schoolhouse on September 23rd, the Daughters of the American Revolution will sponsor American History Trivia.
I'm Wayne Mauser for Civic Media
Authorities are investigating the cause of a fire at a student high-rise in Madison.
The blaze broke out early Saturday at the domain building in the 400 block of West Jackson Street.
Crews learned a cart in the hallway outside the trash room caught fire.
No injuries were reported and no one was displaced.
Average gas prices fell 1 cent per gallon over the last week, the state average on Tuesday landing at 380 per gallon.
This is 4.9 cents lower than a month ago, but well over 84 cents per gallon higher than this time last year.
The national average price of diesel increased 29.7 cents from last week to stand at 587 per gallon.
Gas-buddy officials say diesel surged in every state, with some jumping nearly 50 cents per gallon in just seven days and breaking the prior all-time high of 582 set in 2022.
Officials at gas-buddy say diesel prices of $6 per gallon are now a realistic possibility in the weeks ahead if Ukraine's attacks on Russian refining infrastructure keep knocking capacity offline.
The national average price of gasoline on Labor Day also set a new all-time record of 409 per gallon.
This is 26 cents higher than the previous record set on Labor Day in 2012.
Gas-buddy officials say, until the global refining supply picture meaningfully improves, diesel prices face continued upward pressure.
Gasoline prices, however, may seasonally slow in the weeks ahead.
New federal funding could keep career services available for thousands in Wisconsin with disabilities.
Governor Evers says the state received just over $11 million for vocational rehabilitation programs.
The services can include job training, employment support, and help for employers on disability-related workplace issues.
The governor criticized lawmakers for earlier funding levels that led to a wait list.
A vested woman is facing multiple felony fraud and theft charges.
This comes after local and state investigators uncovered a years-long embezzlement scheme totaling nearly $1 million from a Schofield real estate management company.
Court documents say 66-year-old Lynn Loss, who worked as an independent contractor, bookkeeper and trustee for the company, funneled over $928,000 in unauthorized payments to herself and her private company.
She's facing multiple charges and is set to appear in court.
September 10.
The televised gubernatorial debate scheduled for October 9 has been canceled.
This, according to the WBA Foundation, which has hosted a televised debate in every Wisconsin gubernatorial and U.S.
Senate contest since 1990.
According to the release on Tuesday, the WBA Foundation said multiple candidates must agree to participate in order to air a debate.
Two invitations were sent, but both were not accepted.
David Crowley's campaign manager said Crowley had accepted the invitation and was looking forward to participating.
Currently, the only confirmed debate will happen on October 21 at Marquette University Law School.
Wisconsin's technical colleges are looking for $168 million in new state funding, saying the money would help meet urgent workforce needs.
The approved request includes almost 60 million for general operations and 23 million for adult basic education.
It also sets aside money for job training grants, college level programs for high school students, and cybersecurity upgrades.
A new bridge connecting Crawford County, Wisconsin and Lansing, Iowa will be opening ahead of schedule.
The old bridge closed traffic in October of last year.
The new bridge had been expected to open in the spring of 2027, but officials say the work is being completed ahead of schedule, and the new bridge will open to traffic in November.
The number of people infected by the Cyclospora parasite continues to increase, despite reaching the end of the U.S.
Cyclosporosis season on August 31.
The CDC says it can take about six weeks to receive reports of new cases, and they'll continue identifying and investigating beyond the season.
From May 1st to August 31st, over 18,000 laboratory confirmed cases were reported by the CDC.
More than 13,000 additional cases are not yet confirmed or are awaiting patient interview and submission to the CDC.
In comparison, only 1,180 cases were reported in 2025 from May to August.
The number of cases being reported by state health departments are much higher, with Michigan being the highest.
As of September 6, over 14,700 cases were reported in neighboring Michigan.
Wisconsin numbers are much lower at 284, updated as of August 26.
Health officials recommend seeking medical attention if you believe you're experiencing symptoms of cyclospora infection.
These include abdominal pain, watery diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, body aches, and fatigue.
Symptoms can develop between 2 and 14 days after exposure and can last for a month or more with a possibility of reoccurrence if not treated.
In other health-related news, measles is spreading in southwestern Wisconsin.
The state's health department is reporting 136 confirmed and six probable cases as of September 4th.
The current outbreak is located in Grant, Iowa and Lafayette counties.
DHS is coordinating with county health departments to identify and notify people who may have been exposed to this highly contagious virus.
Measles can cause serious health complications, including pneumonia, brain damage, and deafness and can sometimes be deadly.
One in four people who get measles in the U.S.
will be hospitalized.
And that's your state news update.
I'm Melissa Kaye for Civic Media News.
Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with Sports Baseball.
The Brewers and Cubs wrapping up their three game series tonight at Ampham Field.
Logan Henderson on the mound from Milwaukee.
The Brewers with a dramatic four to three win last night.
Maurice Laura with a single to drive in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th.
Jackson Churio with a two run homer in the ninth to send it into extra innings.
Manager Pat Murphy.
He loves it.
You know, he loves it and stays after it, believes in himself.
you know, he knows how capable he is and we've seen it all too much in his first three years.
A frustrated Craig Council in the Cubs clubhouse asked about sound Felix pop fly left field to load the bases.
Did you think one guy had a better angle or just right place?
it?
No, no, no, I meant no, I meant like did you feel like
gradual clearing today becoming mostly sunny by later this afternoon with a high in the upper 70s to low 80s tonight mostly clear will drop to the upper 50s to near 60 tomorrow
Mostly sunny with a high in the mid to upper 70s.
I'm meteorologist Sean Cable.
Local news, local sports and local people you know.
Your hometown station 93.1
and
AM 1600 The Wave.
Joining us in the studio this morning.
We have Ashley Nzien who is the director of the Parks and Recreation Department for the city of ribbon and also police officer
Lindsay Michaels
Lindsay Michaels Why don't they have a lot hard time with your last name for some reason but
it's all good
you think with all the Michaels in the area?
We have a problem with that, but thank you for joining us today guys.
Thanks for having us
So touch of truck is coming up and Lindsay, I'd like to start with you because this kind of started as an offshoot of the national night out.
It's involved though.
Correct.
Yeah.
So we
A couple years back decided that we want to do something different for our national night out and so reached out to Ashton to partner with Parks and Rec and came up with the touch of truck event.
Just something different for the community but still for us as the police officers and in law enforcement building those positive relationships with our community and that's really what national night out is.
That's what touch of truck is, is getting kids and families out to the parks and to enjoy this event but also to build those positive relationships with them.
Plus you have an event that's built in just to kind of kick off the fall season too.
Yes, there's so much that happens during the summer and you know school just started so now it's something that we can do with the kids and the families yet to kick off all.
Okay, so Ashton this is going to be a Barlow Park on Saturday?
Yes, correct.
Saturday the 12th from 9 to 11 30.
Okay, and how many different vehicles or participating agencies are we going to see with vehicles there?
So with the vehicles we have 13 or 14 if you count the helicopter As a vehicle, but yeah, so we have 18 total organizations participating and we have 14 organizations with vehicles
Okay, and you're gonna have flight for life there if
They aren't called away on an emergency.
Yeah, or the weather doesn't hold them up.
But yeah, flight for life will be landing at 9 30 a.m.
Okay
on Saturday
and the hours for touch a truck are 9 to 11
30 9 to
11 30.
Yeah, you probably already said that.
It's okay.
It's a free event.
All right.
Yep.
Okay.
Um, some of the other things there, you can have the boys and the girl scouts there.
They're doing separate things.
So, right?
Yeah.
So we have, um, the girls scouts are there too.
They're kind of partnering with the library and they have the romper room set up and the girls scouts are there to, uh, read books with kids and do different things.
And then the boys scouts are actually having, um, bottle rockets where they build and launch off bottle rockets.
Um, that will be there also.
Um, we have
Other things that are going on, we are having snow cones and cookies and water, so people can step underneath the pavilion and take a break to do that.
Also, we're fortunate again this year that DRB fire extinguishers donated prizes.
Each kid when they get there will get a passport, and if they visit each of the vehicles, they will get a stamp in their passport, and they have to unscramble their letters to make a saying, and then they can enter into win one of the prizes.
So that's really exciting.
We also are fortunate that McDonald's, Culver's, and A&W donated tokens, so each kid that attends will get a token for one of those places to get a free cone or french fry.
You know, lots of lots of great things.
And again, like you said, Bob, it's free, you know, and so like no cost to anybody, just come out, have fun.
The helicopter again is going to be landing at 9 30.
And that's this year, it's going to be landing on the baseball field, the outfield of the baseball field.
So to give us a little bit more room there.
Okay.
Okay.
Um, and again, this is coming up this Saturday from 9 a.m.
to 11 30 a.m.
It's called touch a truck, but
How much access do people actually have to the vehicles?
Kids in particular, because you know how they are.
They want to climb into something and experience it.
Yeah, so essentially any vehicle that we have here, kids can interact with them.
That's one of the things that when we send out requests for vehicles to participate is that kids will be touching vehicles, interacting with them.
For example, DPW is bringing a mini excavator, so obviously it won't be on, but it has buttons that can push, things that can move around.
as a make-believe pretend that it's on.
If you walk up and down the street there or one of the parking lot at Barlow Park, you will hear a lot of horns honking because the kids get in there and they just want to push the horns of the vehicles.
So, you know, it can get loud.
And one year we had to be like, okay, no more horn honking, but they're having fun.
I know FFA last year had a beautiful new brand new tractor and they let the kids go in that and explore to actually a lot of adults wanted to get in there and see if they had a heated seats, a cooler.
It was, it was fantastic.
They got everything in those.
They do.
It's amazing.
That's like jumping in a farmer's truck nowadays.
It's got every modern convenience in it.
Yeah.
yes
but yeah so all right so the passport thing how does that work do you have to go from vehicle to vehicle or do you have a station set up or
so um so we have a table at the very start the entrance table so you'll stop there grab a passport you don't really have to go in order in the vehicles you just have to make sure you stop at
every vehicle that has a stamp.
When people arrive, they'll get a map with all the vehicles, all the vehicle names.
And each vehicle that has a stamp or each organization that has a stamp is starred.
So people will know which ones they need to step out to get the letter
stamp.
Okay.
Yeah.
And then do they turn in?
Even at the end, with their name on it, I guess you got to have the names.
Yeah, so
they'll keep the passport, but they just show proof that they figured out the word, unscramble the word, and
then
they'll get a ticket that they can put into the prize box.
Nice.
Who's going to roll the drum, so to speak on that.
I don't remember
who did
that.
I know.
I mean, you got a lot of different organizations that are going to be there, so somebody's got to do you proud.
There you go.
We're going to ask
somebody.
We also have other organizations that are joining us, ASTOP and Solutions Center from Phonlet County.
They're coming and they'll be there to hand out materials and raise awareness for what they do.
And then we also have, again, last year we had this also, we're going to have some big...
pools filled with sand where kids can dig for gems and I got some like Fool's Gold, you know, so they can they can dig away and find some treasures in there.
So yeah, really just a lot of great different things to explore for the kids.
So you actually have Fool's Gold on here in Pyrite?
Something that represents
something that represents
it.
Yes, I think it's probably spray-painted gold rocks, but it looks pretty fancy.
I
think back in the days the con was the salt mines with with fake gold.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes, and then you sell the shares of the mines.
That's right.
That's right.
All right.
All right.
So again to recap this is Saturday.
It's a free event and it's for
kids of all ages, shall we say?
Absolutely.
Yeah, kids, families, come on out and join us from 9 to 11 at Barlow Park.
Okay.
Ashton, anything else you want to add?
I don't think so.
Okay.
She's good.
All right.
Ashton Zien and Lindsay Michaels are joining us this morning from the Parks and Rec Department and Police Departments here in Rippon.
We appreciate them doing so.
Joining us in the studio this morning.
We have Ashley Nzien who is the director of the Parks and Recreation Department for the city of ribbon and also police officer
Lindsay Michaels
Lindsay Michaels Why don't they have a lot hard time with your last name for some reason but
it's all good
you think with all the Michaels in the area?
We have a problem with that, but thank you for joining us today guys.
Thanks for having us
So touch of truck is coming up and Lindsay, I'd like to start with you because this kind of started as an offshoot of the national night out.
It's involved though.
Correct.
Yeah.
So we
A couple years back decided that we want to do something different for our national night out and so reached out to Ashton to partner with Parks and Rec and came up with the touch of truck event.
Just something different for the community but still for us as the police officers and in law enforcement building those positive relationships with our community and that's really what national night out is.
That's what touch of truck is, is getting kids and families out to the parks and to enjoy this event but also to build those positive relationships with them.
Plus you have an event that's built in just to kind of kick off the fall season too.
Yes, there's so much that happens during the summer and you know school just started so now it's something that we can do with the kids and the families yet to kick off all.
Okay, so Ashton this is going to be a Barlow Park on Saturday?
Yes, correct.
Saturday the 12th from 9 to 11 30.
Okay, and how many different vehicles or participating agencies are we going to see with vehicles there?
So with the vehicles we have 13 or 14 if you count the helicopter As a vehicle, but yeah, so we have 18 total organizations participating and we have 14 organizations with vehicles
Okay, and you're gonna have flight for life there if
They aren't called away on an emergency.
Yeah, or the weather doesn't hold them up.
But yeah, flight for life will be landing at 9 30 a.m.
Okay
on Saturday
and the hours for touch a truck are 9 to 11
30 9 to
11 30.
Yeah, you probably already said that.
It's okay.
It's a free event.
All right.
Yep.
Okay.
Um, some of the other things there, you can have the boys and the girl scouts there.
They're doing separate things.
So, right?
Yeah.
So we have, um, the girls scouts are there too.
They're kind of partnering with the library and they have the romper room set up and the girls scouts are there to, uh, read books with kids and do different things.
And then the boys scouts are actually having, um, bottle rockets where they build and launch off bottle rockets.
Um, that will be there also.
Um, we have
Other things that are going on, we are having snow cones and cookies and water, so people can step underneath the pavilion and take a break to do that.
Also, we're fortunate again this year that DRB fire extinguishers donated prizes.
Each kid when they get there will get a passport, and if they visit each of the vehicles, they will get a stamp in their passport, and they have to unscramble their letters to make a saying, and then they can enter into win one of the prizes.
So that's really exciting.
We also are fortunate that McDonald's, Culver's, and A&W donated tokens, so each kid that attends will get a token for one of those places to get a free cone or french fry.
You know, lots of lots of great things.
And again, like you said, Bob, it's free, you know, and so like no cost to anybody, just come out, have fun.
The helicopter again is going to be landing at 9 30.
And that's this year, it's going to be landing on the baseball field, the outfield of the baseball field.
So to give us a little bit more room there.
Okay.
Okay.
Um, and again, this is coming up this Saturday from 9 a.m.
to 11 30 a.m.
It's called touch a truck, but
How much access do people actually have to the vehicles?
Kids in particular, because you know how they are.
They want to climb into something and experience it.
Yeah, so essentially any vehicle that we have here, kids can interact with them.
That's one of the things that when we send out requests for vehicles to participate is that kids will be touching vehicles, interacting with them.
For example, DPW is bringing a mini excavator, so obviously it won't be on, but it has buttons that can push, things that can move around.
as a make-believe pretend that it's on.
If you walk up and down the street there or one of the parking lot at Barlow Park, you will hear a lot of horns honking because the kids get in there and they just want to push the horns of the vehicles.
So, you know, it can get loud.
And one year we had to be like, okay, no more horn honking, but they're having fun.
I know FFA last year had a beautiful new brand new tractor and they let the kids go in that and explore to actually a lot of adults wanted to get in there and see if they had a heated seats, a cooler.
It was, it was fantastic.
They got everything in those.
They do.
It's amazing.
That's like jumping in a farmer's truck nowadays.
It's got every modern convenience in it.
Yeah.
yes
but yeah so all right so the passport thing how does that work do you have to go from vehicle to vehicle or do you have a station set up or
so um so we have a table at the very start the entrance table so you'll stop there grab a passport you don't really have to go in order in the vehicles you just have to make sure you stop at
every vehicle that has a stamp.
When people arrive, they'll get a map with all the vehicles, all the vehicle names.
And each vehicle that has a stamp or each organization that has a stamp is starred.
So people will know which ones they need to step out to get the letter
stamp.
Okay.
Yeah.
And then do they turn in?
Even at the end, with their name on it, I guess you got to have the names.
Yeah, so
they'll keep the passport, but they just show proof that they figured out the word, unscramble the word, and
then
they'll get a ticket that they can put into the prize box.
Nice.
Who's going to roll the drum, so to speak on that.
I don't remember
who did
that.
I know.
I mean, you got a lot of different organizations that are going to be there, so somebody's got to do you proud.
There you go.
We're going to ask
somebody.
We also have other organizations that are joining us, ASTOP and Solutions Center from Phonlet County.
They're coming and they'll be there to hand out materials and raise awareness for what they do.
And then we also have, again, last year we had this also, we're going to have some big...
pools filled with sand where kids can dig for gems and I got some like Fool's Gold, you know, so they can they can dig away and find some treasures in there.
So yeah, really just a lot of great different things to explore for the kids.
So you actually have Fool's Gold on here in Pyrite?
Something that represents
something that represents
it.
Yes, I think it's probably spray-painted gold rocks, but it looks pretty fancy.
I
think back in the days the con was the salt mines with with fake gold.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes, and then you sell the shares of the mines.
That's right.
That's right.
All right.
All right.
So again to recap this is Saturday.
It's a free event and it's for
kids of all ages, shall we say?
Absolutely.
Yeah, kids, families, come on out and join us from 9 to 11 at Barlow Park.
Okay.
Ashton, anything else you want to add?
I don't think so.
Okay.
She's good.
All right.
Ashton Zien and Lindsay Michaels are joining us this morning from the Parks and Rec Department and Police Departments here in Rippon.
We appreciate them doing so.