It's Wayne Mauser, local news.
Good morning.
I'm Wayne Mauser for Civic Media News.
Sheriff's officials in Dodge County say a driver injured in a collision between an SUV and semi tractor trailer on August 21st has died.
The crash happened at the intersection of County Highway A and County Highway W.
68-year-old Tony Thompson of Cable, Wisconsin, was driving the SUV that failed to yield the right-of-way from the stop sign and struck the semi.
She and two juvenile passengers in her car were taken to Marshfield Medical Center in Beaver Dam, the driver of the truck, 71-year-old William
Lohmeyer of Milton was assessed by EMS at the scene and released.
Fundal and County Sheriff's officials say a scammer is using the name of one of their captains to try and cheat residents out of their money.
The scammer claims to be Captain Chris Randall of the Sheriff's Office.
They tell the potential victim in regards an urgent legal matter and threaten the victim with an arrest warrant.
Scammers also provide a fraudulent phone number for victims to contact and provide a form of payment to avoid arrest.
The Fondland County Sheriff's Department does have a Chris Randall, he's their captain of operations.
The Sheriff's Office would never request a payment via telephone and urge any residents who have been contacted by this scammer to block the number and contact the Sheriff's Office non-emergency line at 920-929.
Stephen Avery and Brendan Dassier are applying to the Governor's Commutation Advisory Board.
Both were convicted separately in the 2005 murder of Teresa Hallback at the Avery property in Manitowoc County.
According to online court records, Avery submitted an application on Thursday to Manitowar County where a judge would have to sign off on it before it goes to the State Commutations Board.
Brendan Dass, he was a teenager at the time of his conviction.
His application for a juvenile commutation was submitted to a judge earlier this month who offered no opinion but forwarded it to the state.
The Governor's Commutation Board meets again next week after hearing 12 cases last month.
A Cacota Middle School teacher pleaded not
guilty to allegedly sending sexually explicit texts with the person he believed was a 15-year-old girl but actually was an undercover officer.
43-year-old Ty Mackey faces one misdemeanor count of attempting to expose a child to harmful descriptions.
No trial date was set.
He returns to court October 7th for a pretrial conference according to court records.
According to the criminal complaint, Mackey exchanged messages on kick with a person identified as a 15-year-old girl but was
actually an undercover Warsaw police officer.
Hundreds of lines of text from multiple days are quoted in the criminal complaint.
There are no allegations Mackey had any physical contact with anyone, including students in the Kokona School District.
Wisconsin State Patrol pilots will be keeping an eye out for traffic violations from the air this weekend.
Today they will be targeting State Highway 57 in Door County and US Highway 53 in Washburn County.
Tomorrow they'll patrol the skies above I-39, 9094 in Columbia County and US Highway 10 in Wapaka County and Sunday they return to State Highway 57 in Door County.
Aerial enforcement is one way to enhance public safety efforts from the air.
It's much easier to spot drivers or
speeding or driving aggressively.
When a pilot observes a violation, they communicate with ground-based units to initiate a traffic stop.
City officials in Ripon will host their third annual Touch a Truck event tomorrow morning at Barlow Park from 9 until 11.30.
Bob Nelson reports for Civic Media News.
Rippon police officer Lindsay Michaels says it evolved from Rippon's national night out celebration but is still a community building event separate from that celebration.
Just something different for the community but still for us as as the police officers and in law enforcement building those positive relationships and with our community and that's really what national night out is that's what touch a 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.
Flight for Life is also scheduled to make a landing.
There'll be snow cones, cookies and water, and kids activities.
Parks and Recreation Director Ashton Zien says kids can collect stamps in a special passport.
And if they figure out what the letters spell, they'll be entered into a drawing for some nice prizes.
The event is free.
16 different organizations will be participating in Touch a Truck.
I'm Bob Nelson for Civic Media
News.
School District invites families, staff and community members to celebrate a major milestone at Carl Traeger Elementary School next Wednesday.
The event highlights the completion of a referendum-funded building edition and a brand new, fully inclusive playground.
The ribbon-cutting ceremony will begin at 4.15.
Following the brief ceremony, attendees are invited to explore the playground and tour the new wing, which will remain open for self-guided tours until 5.15.
The edition expands the school's overall capacity to serve up to 600 students in grades K through 5 and features four kindergarten classrooms.
I'm Wayne Mauser for Civic Media News.
For Civic Media News, I'm Connie Feldman.
As the nation pauses today to remember the 9-11 attacks, one Wisconsin community is launching a $4 million project aimed at making sure people never forget that fateful day a quarter of a century ago.
The Wisconsin 9-11 Memorial and Education Center chose the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks to launch a capital campaign to build a permanent indoor education center in Key Wascom.
Organizers say visitors will learn about the nearly 3,000 people killed in the attacks, including the 18 victims with ties to Wisconsin.
The memorial will highlight the first responders, military personnel, and ordinary Americans who answered an extraordinary moment with courage and sacrifice.
Key Wascom High School graduate,
Haberman was killed in the North Tower on 9-11.
Haberman was in New York on her first business trip.
Kiewaskam's current outdoor exhibit includes a beam of steel recovered from the tower where Haberman was killed in the World Trade Center.
Organized to say, the campaign comes at a critical moment as an entire generation of Americans has now grown up with little or no personal memory of September 11.
A new lawsuit could force Wisconsin courts to decide whether the state constitution protects a right to abortion.
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin is challenging the 24-hour waiting period and a law that prevents advanced practice clinicians from providing abortion care.
The group says the restrictions create unnecessary government interference.
Wisconsin Right to Life argues the lawsuit goes beyond protecting private medical decisions.
Wisconsin is joining other states and asking the federal government to step up efforts against robocalls, which officials say are costing Americans billions of dollars.
The coalition wants the FCC to acquire phone companies to verify and regularly monitor the businesses that help route calls across the country.
It's also calling for stronger protections against fake caller ID numbers and penalties for providers that let illegal calls through.
Stephen Avery and Brendan Dassey are going directly to Governor Evers in hopes of reducing their time behind bars.
Court records show Avery and Dassey are both applying to the Governor's Commutation Advisory Board.
Both were convicted separately in the 2005 murder of Teresa Halbach in Manitowoc County.
Avery submitted an application yesterday in Manitowoc County.
A judge would have to sign off on it before it goes to the state commutations board.
Dassie, who was a teenager at the time of his conviction, submitted his application for a juvenile commutation earlier this month.
The judge forwarded it to the state.
Avery and Dassie are both serving life terms for the murder of the young photographer.
A school teacher in Verona is facing charges accused of having sexual contact with an underage student.
Police say Holland Nelson was charged with sexual assault this week following an investigation into a reported sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student in 2019.
Officers began investigating after hearing the student had a quote, a fair, with their middle school band teacher having reconnected with the educator through Snapchat.
The 34-year-old faces up to six years in prison if convicted.
Flags are flying at half staff around our state today in honor of the tragic events that happened on this date exactly a quarter of a century ago.
Wisconsin is marking the 25th anniversary of 9-11 through statewide memorial events and community volunteer efforts.
Governor Tony Evers declared September 11th a day of service and remembrance, encouraging people to perform acts of kindness and volunteer in their local communities.
The annual 9-11 memorial steer climb at Lambeau Field will take place tomorrow.
The yearly event brings thousands together to honor the firefighters who made the ultimate sacrifice that day.
And that's your state news update.
I'm Connie Feldman for Civic Media News.
Badger football tomorrow.
Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with sports.
The Wisconsin Badgers kick off their home schedule with a night game tomorrow against Western Illinois.
Game time 615 head coach Luke Fickle on facing an uncommon opponent like the Western Illinois Leathernecks.
You know, what do you look for in a week like this?
And you know, with a different opponent, like we look for the same things.
We look for the guys who prepare in a very similar way.
We look for guys that take everything as serious as it was last week.
That'll tell us a lot about the discipline and the maturity of our team.
And that's also a part of us growing.
up to
NFL.
The Packers play the Vikings and their new quarterback, Tyler Murray, linebacker, Zaire Franklin will be playing his first game for Green Bay.
Talked about what he sees on tape of Murray.
Obviously dynamic playmaker at every level of ball that he's played, you know, can make the big throw down the field on the sidelines.
Also extremely explosive with his legs too.
So obviously, you know, he's the starting quarterback there for a reason.
Baseball Brewers opening a three game series tonight in Milwaukee against the Reds with sports on Mike Clemens.
It is going to be mostly sunny today with a high in the upper 70s this afternoon.
Tonight, mostly clear, we'll drop into the low to mid 60s for a low tomorrow, sunny and breezy with a high right around 80.
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 Linda the Kramer who is the children's librarian for the Rip and Public Library.
It's Patriot Day.
Yeah, day of service and remembrance.
Yes.
So
yes,
we wanted to mention that yeah a lot of activities going on that way
and you know I was thinking about that on my way over and I thought you know we do have a lot of books in our library and in fact there's a nice display in the adult section right now on on
9-11.
And in the children's department, I have quite a few books in there about military service and, you know, families dealing with that kind of thing.
So a lot of really lovely books and historical books as
well
on the date.
Yeah, it still brings up some real grief for folks, you know, every time they remember it.
So yeah, for sure.
Obviously, it's one of those events that we shouldn't forget.
So
right.
More modern history, but now coming up at the library you have some programs that you wanted to mention now You're doing something tomorrow that has other city departments
Right, right.
It is the annual touch a truck event.
It is the event of the year for kids who love vehicles It's um, it's pretty exciting it is by the ribbon
Police Department and Parks and Rec, and they engage as many other city departments as they can to participate in the event.
So it's a wonderful showing of collaboration for the city of Ripon.
The library will be there with our station.
I bring a little mini touch the truck.
I bring all the foot to
floor
vehicles so the kids can just be ramming around and all those
things
out on, you know, we should mention it's at Barlow Park, which is accessible
at 219 West Griswold Street.
It's a free event.
You just come and show up and enjoy yourself.
Come visit us at the library station.
Take a load off.
It's a nice place to sit down.
We're usually in a shaded area and we'll have activities and books.
The Girl Scouts of the Northwest Great Lakes region, otherwise known to me as Gissin' Wiggle,
And so I remember how it goes.
They will be there right next to us, you know, partnering in activities and some Girl Scouts will be there reading to kids, engaging with kids.
I'm going to have one of those just because I had to buy one for the summer reading program theme, which was
unearth this story.
So we did a lot of dinosaur stuff this summer.
So I have one of those blow up dinosaur costumes, which I don't care who you are or what the season is.
It's funny.
Yeah, it
is.
It's just everybody's fascinated by it.
So anyway,
it's supposed to be terrifying, but it doesn't come across that way.
No, no,
it's so funny.
So
anyway,
so that is tomorrow from nine.
to 11.30 a.m.
at Barlow Park.
So again, that's accessible at 219 West Griswold Street.
So we hope to see you there.
The other event I'd like to mention is Storytime is Underway.
So that is Thursday mornings at 10 a.m.
So don't miss us.
We have a grand time.
Always have fun.
Touch on some early literacy components that
caregivers can just incorporate easily and naturally into their day and feel empowered.
by knowing they're preparing their kid to be ready to read and make connections with other people who are doing the most wonderful thing you will ever do, the most joyful thing you ever do, raise a young human being, but it is also the hardest thing you will ever do.
So it's great to have those connections.
And I will mention just if anyone is out there wondering and thinking, oh, well, that's just for moms and their kids.
It is not.
I think that probably
It's about a 50-50 split between whether or not it is a parent accompanying a child to story time or whether it's a caregiver, a babysitter, a daycare provider, a grandparent, some other family member.
So do come check us out.
It's a very friendly environment.
It's a very, with the new children's wing, it's very conducive to
meeting the needs of kids who can't sit?
That's the other thing.
People think, well, my kid can't sit.
It's like, guess what?
Kids in motion can listen and learn.
They
can.
So it's just, it's just the act of being there and the support and the, um, the community that comes out of that experience.
And then after story time, I always have some kind of a simple little craft or activity, little enrichment things for the kids to do.
And then people hang out and play with toys from the toy library.
And, um, a lot of times the crowd doesn't leave till it's lunchtime.
almost so yeah anyway so that's a little bit more about story time than I usually share but if you haven't checked it out please do I do want to mention for teens parents of teens caregivers of teens if you if they haven't been to the library send them over with our renovation we now have a dedicated space for teens
And our adult and teen services librarian, Susie Mank, has started a teen advisory board.
It's called TAB, Teen Advisory Board.
And
so they are directing decisions about how the space is arranged and decorated and also about the programming for teens.
So their first program that they decided they wanted to do is called a street art mural.
So think about street art, paint cans.
spray paint cans and and so that is going to happen this street art mural painting is going to happen on Sunday September 20th from 2 to 3 30 p.m And honestly, I can't let me check here.
I can't remember whether you have to register for that.
I don't think you do
No, but do wear your older clothing in case you get paint on it or you know wear something that you just want to look really hip and cool once you get a whole bunch of sprayed paint
on it.
So
so anyway, but no it there is not registration for that come as you are some Sunday September 20 2 to 3 30 p.m at the library and Then the other event I thought I would just quickly mention is that the first Saturday of October
So mark your calendars in advance.
Parks and Rec, Rip and Public Library, and A Dog's Tale are partnering on an event called Pause in the Park.
So
there'll be, you know, it's all about people who love and support.
Dogs as family members and the people who care for them.
So there will be informational booths.
There will be just fun things to do Being going bluey will be there Now ribbon
does
have a dog
park
don't they yeah
We should, I should get in touch with the dog park.
Yeah.
I
don't think we've, I don't think
we've touched.
So where is this
going to be held?
This
will also be at Barlow Park.
Okay.
Yeah.
This will be
at
Barlow Park and there will be adoptable dogs there from some of the organizations, um, the Green Lake area animal shelter and, um,
Second Chance North,
which
is a rescue.
Both of our dogs are from Second Chance North.
We love
everyone and everybody who supports dogs.
Animal House Feed, we're going to have some raffle baskets.
I know for sure Animal House Feed is sending something to the event.
It'll just be a lot of fun.
And here are the Girl Scouts again, Giss and Wiggle.
They, their theme right now is called Fur Ever Friends.
So yeah, so they have a lot of programming and activities really well suited to this event.
So they're going to be at this as well.
So yeah, so that's Saturday, October 3rd from 10 to 1130 at Barlow Park.
in Rippon here and again that's 219 West Griswold Street.
Yeah, so that's events.
Alright, so I got one question to ask you.
Now, originally, the renovation project was supposed to be completed this month, but I know that they had some stuff that came up that they had to do, so.
Well, it will be finished.
The construction work and the, you know, the contractors in the building will be done by the deadline, September 30th.
The thing for the public to understand, though, is that just because they have left the building, there is a lot of chaos that remains because we have staff, as staff has have been
you
know,
flexing and moving our working spaces and other things all over the building in different places for the past, you know, eight months or so.
Um, yeah, nine months.
So it's, um, we have a lot of the staff has a lot of work to do once the contractors leave the building in terms of cleaning up, reorganizing, getting signage up.
We're even going to paint some walls.
There wasn't funding to paint, um, all of the rooms in the lower levels.
So we're going to be doing things like that.
So,
Take a breath and be patient.
The lower level may not be completely accessible until November 1st.
So if anyone is looking to get back into those meeting rooms, which are downstairs, we're going to try to do that as quickly as we can.
Bring those online.
They may not all come online again at the same time.
So currently, we've decided that we will take reservations
Like you could call today and we will take reservations beginning at November 1 and later.
We're leaving October off of the calendar in terms of booking meeting rooms.
Hopefully, we'll get some of those things rolling before November 1, but as of right now, that's our functional plan.
Linda, thank you very much for joining us this morning.
Thank you.
Always a pleasure.
Appreciate it.
This is Linda DeCramer, who is the Children's Librarian for the Rippin Public Library.
Joining us in the studio this morning.
We have Linda the Kramer who is the children's librarian for the Rip and Public Library.
It's Patriot Day.
Yeah, day of service and remembrance.
Yes.
So
yes,
we wanted to mention that yeah a lot of activities going on that way
and you know I was thinking about that on my way over and I thought you know we do have a lot of books in our library and in fact there's a nice display in the adult section right now on on
9-11.
And in the children's department, I have quite a few books in there about military service and, you know, families dealing with that kind of thing.
So a lot of really lovely books and historical books as
well
on the date.
Yeah, it still brings up some real grief for folks, you know, every time they remember it.
So yeah, for sure.
Obviously, it's one of those events that we shouldn't forget.
So
right.
More modern history, but now coming up at the library you have some programs that you wanted to mention now You're doing something tomorrow that has other city departments
Right, right.
It is the annual touch a truck event.
It is the event of the year for kids who love vehicles It's um, it's pretty exciting it is by the ribbon
Police Department and Parks and Rec, and they engage as many other city departments as they can to participate in the event.
So it's a wonderful showing of collaboration for the city of Ripon.
The library will be there with our station.
I bring a little mini touch the truck.
I bring all the foot to
floor
vehicles so the kids can just be ramming around and all those
things
out on, you know, we should mention it's at Barlow Park, which is accessible
at 219 West Griswold Street.
It's a free event.
You just come and show up and enjoy yourself.
Come visit us at the library station.
Take a load off.
It's a nice place to sit down.
We're usually in a shaded area and we'll have activities and books.
The Girl Scouts of the Northwest Great Lakes region, otherwise known to me as Gissin' Wiggle,
And so I remember how it goes.
They will be there right next to us, you know, partnering in activities and some Girl Scouts will be there reading to kids, engaging with kids.
I'm going to have one of those just because I had to buy one for the summer reading program theme, which was
unearth this story.
So we did a lot of dinosaur stuff this summer.
So I have one of those blow up dinosaur costumes, which I don't care who you are or what the season is.
It's funny.
Yeah, it
is.
It's just everybody's fascinated by it.
So anyway,
it's supposed to be terrifying, but it doesn't come across that way.
No, no,
it's so funny.
So
anyway,
so that is tomorrow from nine.
to 11.30 a.m.
at Barlow Park.
So again, that's accessible at 219 West Griswold Street.
So we hope to see you there.
The other event I'd like to mention is Storytime is Underway.
So that is Thursday mornings at 10 a.m.
So don't miss us.
We have a grand time.
Always have fun.
Touch on some early literacy components that
caregivers can just incorporate easily and naturally into their day and feel empowered.
by knowing they're preparing their kid to be ready to read and make connections with other people who are doing the most wonderful thing you will ever do, the most joyful thing you ever do, raise a young human being, but it is also the hardest thing you will ever do.
So it's great to have those connections.
And I will mention just if anyone is out there wondering and thinking, oh, well, that's just for moms and their kids.
It is not.
I think that probably
It's about a 50-50 split between whether or not it is a parent accompanying a child to story time or whether it's a caregiver, a babysitter, a daycare provider, a grandparent, some other family member.
So do come check us out.
It's a very friendly environment.
It's a very, with the new children's wing, it's very conducive to
meeting the needs of kids who can't sit?
That's the other thing.
People think, well, my kid can't sit.
It's like, guess what?
Kids in motion can listen and learn.
They
can.
So it's just, it's just the act of being there and the support and the, um, the community that comes out of that experience.
And then after story time, I always have some kind of a simple little craft or activity, little enrichment things for the kids to do.
And then people hang out and play with toys from the toy library.
And, um, a lot of times the crowd doesn't leave till it's lunchtime.
almost so yeah anyway so that's a little bit more about story time than I usually share but if you haven't checked it out please do I do want to mention for teens parents of teens caregivers of teens if you if they haven't been to the library send them over with our renovation we now have a dedicated space for teens
And our adult and teen services librarian, Susie Mank, has started a teen advisory board.
It's called TAB, Teen Advisory Board.
And
so they are directing decisions about how the space is arranged and decorated and also about the programming for teens.
So their first program that they decided they wanted to do is called a street art mural.
So think about street art, paint cans.
spray paint cans and and so that is going to happen this street art mural painting is going to happen on Sunday September 20th from 2 to 3 30 p.m And honestly, I can't let me check here.
I can't remember whether you have to register for that.
I don't think you do
No, but do wear your older clothing in case you get paint on it or you know wear something that you just want to look really hip and cool once you get a whole bunch of sprayed paint
on it.
So
so anyway, but no it there is not registration for that come as you are some Sunday September 20 2 to 3 30 p.m at the library and Then the other event I thought I would just quickly mention is that the first Saturday of October
So mark your calendars in advance.
Parks and Rec, Rip and Public Library, and A Dog's Tale are partnering on an event called Pause in the Park.
So
there'll be, you know, it's all about people who love and support.
Dogs as family members and the people who care for them.
So there will be informational booths.
There will be just fun things to do Being going bluey will be there Now ribbon
does
have a dog
park
don't they yeah
We should, I should get in touch with the dog park.
Yeah.
I
don't think we've, I don't think
we've touched.
So where is this
going to be held?
This
will also be at Barlow Park.
Okay.
Yeah.
This will be
at
Barlow Park and there will be adoptable dogs there from some of the organizations, um, the Green Lake area animal shelter and, um,
Second Chance North,
which
is a rescue.
Both of our dogs are from Second Chance North.
We love
everyone and everybody who supports dogs.
Animal House Feed, we're going to have some raffle baskets.
I know for sure Animal House Feed is sending something to the event.
It'll just be a lot of fun.
And here are the Girl Scouts again, Giss and Wiggle.
They, their theme right now is called Fur Ever Friends.
So yeah, so they have a lot of programming and activities really well suited to this event.
So they're going to be at this as well.
So yeah, so that's Saturday, October 3rd from 10 to 1130 at Barlow Park.
in Rippon here and again that's 219 West Griswold Street.
Yeah, so that's events.
Alright, so I got one question to ask you.
Now, originally, the renovation project was supposed to be completed this month, but I know that they had some stuff that came up that they had to do, so.
Well, it will be finished.
The construction work and the, you know, the contractors in the building will be done by the deadline, September 30th.
The thing for the public to understand, though, is that just because they have left the building, there is a lot of chaos that remains because we have staff, as staff has have been
you
know,
flexing and moving our working spaces and other things all over the building in different places for the past, you know, eight months or so.
Um, yeah, nine months.
So it's, um, we have a lot of the staff has a lot of work to do once the contractors leave the building in terms of cleaning up, reorganizing, getting signage up.
We're even going to paint some walls.
There wasn't funding to paint, um, all of the rooms in the lower levels.
So we're going to be doing things like that.
So,
Take a breath and be patient.
The lower level may not be completely accessible until November 1st.
So if anyone is looking to get back into those meeting rooms, which are downstairs, we're going to try to do that as quickly as we can.
Bring those online.
They may not all come online again at the same time.
So currently, we've decided that we will take reservations
Like you could call today and we will take reservations beginning at November 1 and later.
We're leaving October off of the calendar in terms of booking meeting rooms.
Hopefully, we'll get some of those things rolling before November 1, but as of right now, that's our functional plan.
Linda, thank you very much for joining us this morning.
Thank you.
Always a pleasure.
Appreciate it.
This is Linda DeCramer, who is the Children's Librarian for the Rippin Public Library.