This morning, joining us in the studio, we have Susie Mank, who is the Adult and Teen Services Librarian for the Rip and Public Library.
Good morning.
Pleasure to have you here in the studio.
It's a beautiful fall day.
Okay, so I know that we're about a few more days away from fall.
Yeah,
it's pretty close though.
I
think it starts on the 21st,
which
would be next Monday.
for all intents and purposes, Labor Day kind of signals the beginning of fall.
It does sort of, which means we are back to fall programming at the library.
And that's what we're talking about today.
So I'm going to let you take the cue from that and go ahead.
All right, sounds good.
So we have a couple of upcoming programs that I just wanted to mention.
First of all, our teen group is going to be having a program this Sunday starting at two.
It's street art mural so we have canvases and we have spray paint and markers and we're going to create a mural of sorts which when we're finished we will be putting up in the teen area.
So this is a chance for all those artists out there to come and help us.
do something creative and then have it go up in the library as a permanent display of our teen talent.
So really excited for that program coming up on Sunday at 2.
So I hear that they have their own board called tab now
they do our tab is meeting tonight again So the tab group consists of five teens who will be helping prep and plan programs for the teens And then they help me make decisions about what's happening in the teen area So they decided on a name for the small meeting room that will be theirs in the evenings once
the renovation is completely finished then that small meeting room will be available to the public during the day but at three o'clock it becomes the teen space so they decided that they were going to call it the teen scene studio so it was a combination of this is our teen space but it's also creative space so if you come in the library um we 3d printed the letters for that and those are all up and over the the wall on the
over the door of that meeting room space.
So it looks pretty cool.
We're just about finished with signage in the teen and adult area.
I'm excited to finally have some of that complete and people can start making use of these great spaces we have now.
So Sunday, the teen program starts at 2 o'clock at the library.
We're going to meet upstairs, but then we'll head outside because I'm not painting in the new library.
We're going to do that outside.
Hopefully we'll have good weather for that.
But we'll have all the supplies.
We just need you to come with your ideas.
So no registration required.
So hopefully we'll see a few teens come out and show their talent on Sunday.
Then of course we've got our book club coming up on the 28th.
We are reading Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney and it's one of those with questionable narratives.
So the people telling the story when you get to the end
There's a question about who's a reliable narrator or not, so it's kind of a plot twist going on in that story.
So if you would like to join us for that discussion, we meet at our Savior's Library at 343 Scott Street at 630 on Monday.
And just to caveat, there is construction there, so you might need to do a
around about to get to the church right now because of that construction on Houston.
No matter
where you
go.
Oh, it's construction season.
It's winter and construction season.
You know, it's nice that it's fall, but it's still construction season.
Yeah, so just watch out if you're coming to the church that you have an alternate route because you can't get through sometimes on Scott Street.
How long is that temporary location going to be in effect for your
booklet?
We're hoping to have the rooms in the lower level open by early November.
So I'm hoping just another month or two and then we can start transitioning back.
I would love to be back.
Um, I'm hauling stuff for offsite programming.
So I'm ready to be done hauling things.
So anyway, um, then we have another community event coming up the first Saturday in October.
It's the pause in the park event at Barlow Park.
So we participated last weekend in the touch of truck program at Barlow.
And then on the third, it's the pause in the park.
So if you're a fan of dogs or even if you're not a fan of dogs, but if you have kids, it'll be a great day for kids and family friendly events.
And that's at Barlow Park at 10 o'clock.
And again, hopefully we will have good weather for all of those things that are coming
out.
Any dog experts there?
They do.
It's kind of a,
collaboration event again.
So I have to just double check the name of the group that helps out with that.
A dog's tail is going to do the training techniques and things like that.
So there'll be a story walk.
There'll be dogs you can look at to adopt.
It's just a really great event for families and those who are dog lovers.
So come on out to Barlow Park Saturday, October 3rd, starting at 10 o'clock.
So, and then in October we're getting our gaming gear back on.
So we have two gaming events coming up.
One is October 10th.
It's an all ages gaming for those board game enthusiasts.
So we have a staff member who is a big board game.
aficionado and he's going to be there helping out if you don't know how to play a board game he'll do some training and tutoring or if you just want to come and play with other board game enthusiasts this is your chance to do that it's kind of an open-ended program it'll start at noon and go to three and it's just kind of a drop-in event.
The library owns a fair amount of board games for checkout
We're excited to have those out of storage and able to be circulated again.
So don't forget to check out everything that we own that you can borrow Before you buy or just borrow and play and just have a variety of things available to you The other gaming program is our tabletop role-playing game time, which is Sunday October 11th starting at 1 o'clock They do we have some
tabletop gaming experts that run that program and so tabletop game playing is like role-playing games.
It's like D&D, Dungeons & Dragons, and other role-playing type games.
So that's for people.
It's a little different than board games because these games there's a storyline and you have characters and sometimes you have to do character building and then the storyline can change depending on how you react.
So if you like the storytelling and thinking on your feet and building characters who can do various things, that's the kind of game time this is.
So they do D&D, but they do other tabletop role-playing games as well at that program.
And that goes from one until four on Sunday, October 11th.
So a lot of gaming opportunities coming up at the library, and those will continue to be available now.
Both of these programs will just be in the adult section at some of our new areas and spaces where we have multiple tables set up in an area with lots of chairs.
Meeting rooms downstairs aren't quite open yet.
We saw have plenty of space for that upstairs So just watch for people upstairs right now for those activities
Do you have to register for the gaming or no with
no registration required drop-in programs?
Those are the best now you can come and go and do whatever fits your time schedule so and then
The other big program that we're doing for adults is starting Wednesday, October 7th.
That's our planning ahead program.
That's a series of six programs on consecutive Wednesdays at 10 o'clock.
And again, because of space at this point, we're just holding that at the Rip and Senior Activity Center.
That's a series of six classes dealing with end of life choices.
So planning ahead so that if something were happened to you, you've got your
power of medical attorney in place, you've got financial things in place, you've got funeral planning done.
There are so many people that don't think ahead to those kinds of things.
And then when they pass away, the family is left holding the bag.
And there's a lot of
family issues that arise when the wishes of the person aren't being followed or aren't even known.
So making sure that people plan for those kinds of things so that you leave a good legacy and you don't leave strife in your family because you didn't make those decisions.
So that's a six-week course.
We do ask that you register for that, but that registration is through the UW extension.
So there is a website and a phone number on our website.
a link to where you need to register.
And it's also on our printed calendar.
So there's lots of places to find that link.
But we do ask that you register.
Registration goes through October 1st.
So you have plenty of time to get in there and get done yet for that.
But that is six weeks.
And it's repeated class.
So every Wednesday at 10 o'clock, it runs about an hour and a half.
And we'll have coffee and snacks for you.
Round that out.
So lots of great things going on at the library again and programs.
It's exciting to get back into doing regular programming again.
Susie, thank you very much for joining us this morning.
Appreciate your time.
Thank you.
And Susie Meng, who is the Adult and Teen Services Librarian for the Rippon Public Library.
This morning, joining us in the studio, we have Susie Mank, who is the Adult and Teen Services Librarian for the Rip and Public Library.
Good morning.
Pleasure to have you here in the studio.
It's a beautiful fall day.
Okay, so I know that we're about a few more days away from fall.
Yeah,
it's pretty close though.
I
think it starts on the 21st,
which
would be next Monday.
for all intents and purposes, Labor Day kind of signals the beginning of fall.
It does sort of, which means we are back to fall programming at the library.
And that's what we're talking about today.
So I'm going to let you take the cue from that and go ahead.
All right, sounds good.
So we have a couple of upcoming programs that I just wanted to mention.
First of all, our teen group is going to be having a program this Sunday starting at two.
It's street art mural so we have canvases and we have spray paint and markers and we're going to create a mural of sorts which when we're finished we will be putting up in the teen area.
So this is a chance for all those artists out there to come and help us.
do something creative and then have it go up in the library as a permanent display of our teen talent.
So really excited for that program coming up on Sunday at 2.
So I hear that they have their own board called tab now
they do our tab is meeting tonight again So the tab group consists of five teens who will be helping prep and plan programs for the teens And then they help me make decisions about what's happening in the teen area So they decided on a name for the small meeting room that will be theirs in the evenings once
the renovation is completely finished then that small meeting room will be available to the public during the day but at three o'clock it becomes the teen space so they decided that they were going to call it the teen scene studio so it was a combination of this is our teen space but it's also creative space so if you come in the library um we 3d printed the letters for that and those are all up and over the the wall on the
over the door of that meeting room space.
So it looks pretty cool.
We're just about finished with signage in the teen and adult area.
I'm excited to finally have some of that complete and people can start making use of these great spaces we have now.
So Sunday, the teen program starts at 2 o'clock at the library.
We're going to meet upstairs, but then we'll head outside because I'm not painting in the new library.
We're going to do that outside.
Hopefully we'll have good weather for that.
But we'll have all the supplies.
We just need you to come with your ideas.
So no registration required.
So hopefully we'll see a few teens come out and show their talent on Sunday.
Then of course we've got our book club coming up on the 28th.
We are reading Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney and it's one of those with questionable narratives.
So the people telling the story when you get to the end
There's a question about who's a reliable narrator or not, so it's kind of a plot twist going on in that story.
So if you would like to join us for that discussion, we meet at our Savior's Library at 343 Scott Street at 630 on Monday.
And just to caveat, there is construction there, so you might need to do a
around about to get to the church right now because of that construction on Houston.
No matter
where you
go.
Oh, it's construction season.
It's winter and construction season.
You know, it's nice that it's fall, but it's still construction season.
Yeah, so just watch out if you're coming to the church that you have an alternate route because you can't get through sometimes on Scott Street.
How long is that temporary location going to be in effect for your
booklet?
We're hoping to have the rooms in the lower level open by early November.
So I'm hoping just another month or two and then we can start transitioning back.
I would love to be back.
Um, I'm hauling stuff for offsite programming.
So I'm ready to be done hauling things.
So anyway, um, then we have another community event coming up the first Saturday in October.
It's the pause in the park event at Barlow Park.
So we participated last weekend in the touch of truck program at Barlow.
And then on the third, it's the pause in the park.
So if you're a fan of dogs or even if you're not a fan of dogs, but if you have kids, it'll be a great day for kids and family friendly events.
And that's at Barlow Park at 10 o'clock.
And again, hopefully we will have good weather for all of those things that are coming
out.
Any dog experts there?
They do.
It's kind of a,
collaboration event again.
So I have to just double check the name of the group that helps out with that.
A dog's tail is going to do the training techniques and things like that.
So there'll be a story walk.
There'll be dogs you can look at to adopt.
It's just a really great event for families and those who are dog lovers.
So come on out to Barlow Park Saturday, October 3rd, starting at 10 o'clock.
So, and then in October we're getting our gaming gear back on.
So we have two gaming events coming up.
One is October 10th.
It's an all ages gaming for those board game enthusiasts.
So we have a staff member who is a big board game.
aficionado and he's going to be there helping out if you don't know how to play a board game he'll do some training and tutoring or if you just want to come and play with other board game enthusiasts this is your chance to do that it's kind of an open-ended program it'll start at noon and go to three and it's just kind of a drop-in event.
The library owns a fair amount of board games for checkout
We're excited to have those out of storage and able to be circulated again.
So don't forget to check out everything that we own that you can borrow Before you buy or just borrow and play and just have a variety of things available to you The other gaming program is our tabletop role-playing game time, which is Sunday October 11th starting at 1 o'clock They do we have some
tabletop gaming experts that run that program and so tabletop game playing is like role-playing games.
It's like D&D, Dungeons & Dragons, and other role-playing type games.
So that's for people.
It's a little different than board games because these games there's a storyline and you have characters and sometimes you have to do character building and then the storyline can change depending on how you react.
So if you like the storytelling and thinking on your feet and building characters who can do various things, that's the kind of game time this is.
So they do D&D, but they do other tabletop role-playing games as well at that program.
And that goes from one until four on Sunday, October 11th.
So a lot of gaming opportunities coming up at the library, and those will continue to be available now.
Both of these programs will just be in the adult section at some of our new areas and spaces where we have multiple tables set up in an area with lots of chairs.
Meeting rooms downstairs aren't quite open yet.
We saw have plenty of space for that upstairs So just watch for people upstairs right now for those activities
Do you have to register for the gaming or no with
no registration required drop-in programs?
Those are the best now you can come and go and do whatever fits your time schedule so and then
The other big program that we're doing for adults is starting Wednesday, October 7th.
That's our planning ahead program.
That's a series of six programs on consecutive Wednesdays at 10 o'clock.
And again, because of space at this point, we're just holding that at the Rip and Senior Activity Center.
That's a series of six classes dealing with end of life choices.
So planning ahead so that if something were happened to you, you've got your
power of medical attorney in place, you've got financial things in place, you've got funeral planning done.
There are so many people that don't think ahead to those kinds of things.
And then when they pass away, the family is left holding the bag.
And there's a lot of
family issues that arise when the wishes of the person aren't being followed or aren't even known.
So making sure that people plan for those kinds of things so that you leave a good legacy and you don't leave strife in your family because you didn't make those decisions.
So that's a six-week course.
We do ask that you register for that, but that registration is through the UW extension.
So there is a website and a phone number on our website.
a link to where you need to register.
And it's also on our printed calendar.
So there's lots of places to find that link.
But we do ask that you register.
Registration goes through October 1st.
So you have plenty of time to get in there and get done yet for that.
But that is six weeks.
And it's repeated class.
So every Wednesday at 10 o'clock, it runs about an hour and a half.
And we'll have coffee and snacks for you.
Round that out.
So lots of great things going on at the library again and programs.
It's exciting to get back into doing regular programming again.
Susie, thank you very much for joining us this morning.
Appreciate your time.
Thank you.
And Susie Meng, who is the Adult and Teen Services Librarian for the Rippon Public Library.
It's Wayne Mauser, Local News.
Good morning.
I'm Wayne Mauser for Civic Media News.
A false emergency call that claimed a stabbing and a fatal shooting prompted a large law enforcement and emergency response to a home in the village of Harrison on Tuesday.
At about 6.48 p.m., the Calumet County Sheriff's Office responded to a residence on Winding Trail Drive after a reported emergency.
The report was later determined to be false in an incident commonly known as swatting.
During the initial call, the caller reported that he had been stabbed in the chest and had shot his wife with a firearm.
The caller also claimed his wife was deceased.
Deputies contacted the homeowner and determined there were no signs of a homicide, weapons-related incident, or other emergency at the residence.
Deputies also determined there was no ongoing threat to the public related to the incident.
Swatting is a criminal act in which someone makes a false emergency report intended to prompt a significant law enforcement, fire, or EMS response.
Authorities said these incidents are inherently dangerous because responding personnel must treat reported emergencies as legitimate until they can safely determine otherwise.
False emergency reports also place the public and first responders at risk and divert law enforcement, fire, and EMS resources from legitimate calls for service.
Office was assisted by Harrison Fire Rescue, Gold Cross Ambulance, and Brilliant Police.
The incident remains under investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Cali-Med Sheriff's Office at 920-849-2335.
The Wapaka County Sheriff's Office put out a plea Tuesday asking the public to help them find a white pickup truck that picked up a large black box that fell off the back of a truck in the Bear Creek area.
The box contained a supply of medicine belonging to a veterinarian.
It was lost in the area of Highway 45 and Blueberry Road.
The driver of the white pickup, or anyone with information that could help identify the vehicle, is asked to call the Sheriff's Office at 715-258-4466.
Photos of the white truck are posted on the Walpaca County Sheriff's Facebook page.
Fondland Police say a 31-year-old sex offender is now living in the city after serving two years in prison for possessing child pornography.
Alan Morrow was convicted of two counts of possession of child pornography in Fondland County in May of 2024.
He was released from prison yesterday and is living at 457 Thomas Street.
He's on electronic monitoring and is not allowed to have unsupervised contact with minors.
and the victim, and is not allowed to consume drugs.
He will be on Wisconsin's sex offender registry for the rest of his life.
U-Washcash's annual day of giving got underway on Tuesday.
Alumni gathered at Reeve Union to celebrate the university and raise funds for student programs.
The university's goal, $250,000, and as of 4.30 yesterday afternoon, it passed that.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources recently concluded the final application cycle for the Lead Service Line Community Outreach Grant.
The grant provided funds to municipal water systems to conduct community outreach and education in support of lead service line replacement projects.
With funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the DNR established the grant in 2024 to bolster outreach and education efforts for lead service line replacement over the course of two application
The grant program awarded over $3.5 million to 21 communities throughout the state.
Although the bipartisan infrastructure law ends later this year, the outreach work funded by the grant will continue through 2028, among the grant recipients throwing the two grant cycles were Beaver Dam, Fond du Lac, and Ripon.
The Children's Librarian for the Ripon Public Library says construction work for the library's renovation should be completed by the targeted date of September 30th.
Bob Nelson reports for Civic Media News.
Linda DeCramer says there'll still be a lot of work staff will have to do because they've had temporary workspaces while different phases of the renovation were being completed.
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 wall.
Meanwhile, they're asking for a library patron's patience because the lower level meeting rooms won't be available until after November 1st.
The Kramer says people can call the library at 920-748-6160 to reserve one of those rooms after November 1st.
She says they
hope to have some of the rooms available before then.
I'm Pop Nelson for Civic Media News.
SSM Health recently awarded a $5,000 community health gift to the WPAN food pantry to help address food insecurity in the WPAN and Alto communities.
The gift was awarded through SSM Health's Community Health Funding Request Program.
The Waupon Food Pantry serves an average of 130 families, representing approximately 360 individuals, and provides a reliable food source for those experiencing food insecurity.
Waupon Memorial Hospital Vice President and Clinical and Operations Administrator Nicole Gill says, quote, access to nutritious food is fundamental to good health, and we are grateful for the important work that Waupon Food Pantry does every day to support our neighbors.
The John Scott Horner chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will host the U.S.
History Trivia Contest next Wednesday at 6.30 p.m.
at the Little White Schoolhouse in Ripon.
The event is free and open to the public.
Free wool donations will support a new flagpole at the schoolhouse.
The contest is open to individuals and teams of two to four people and there will be prizes for the best scores.
The event is limited to 40 people, contestants and spectators.
You can reserve your place by calling 920-650-650.
I'm Wayne Mauser for Civic Media News.
For Civic Media
News, I'm Connie Feldman.
Health officials say they've confirmed the first case of West Nile virus this year in our state in a human
and a horse.
Both cases are in Brown County, though West Nile has been detected in other parts of Wisconsin in birds.
Even as we head into autumn, mosquito bites are still a risk.
West Nile virus can lead to mild flu-like symptoms, but health officials say most people infected with West Nile don't have any symptoms at all.
People who are older or who have chronic health conditions are at higher risk of severe illness.
There are things you can do to protect yourself.
They say to use insect repellent, wear long sleeve loose fitting shirts and pants.
use screens on doors and windows to keep mosquitoes out, and drain any standing water in your yard that may have collected in things like bird baths, flower pots, clogged gutters, or tire swings.
Meanwhile, measles has made its way to Marathon County near Wasaw.
Health workers there have confirmed a case of measles in a Marathon County resident.
They say the person contracted measles while traveling outside Wisconsin, and this case is not linked to the measles outbreak in southwestern Wisconsin.
That's where the majority of our states' measles cases have been confirmed, though in addition to the case in Marathon County, there have been single cases confirmed in Dane and Waukesha counties.
According to the DHS's website, Wisconsin has had 164 confirmed cases of measles this year.
163 of those cases were in people who were not vaccinated against the disease.
Federal investigators are now trying to figure out why a small plane carrying Republican candidate for Governor Tom Tiffany lost power and landed in Lake Wasaw.
Recovery crews pulled the Beechcraft K-35 from the water Monday, giving the Federal Aviation Administration a chance to inspect it.
Tiffany and his pilot were hurt but suffered only minor injuries after the emergency landing Saturday night.
The FAA says its investigation could take months.
A Green Bay man arrested for driving into a crowd and injuring four police officers last weekend appeared in court yesterday.
61-year-old Craig Buford is charged with three drunk driving offenses, recklessly endangering safety and fleeing or eluding an officer.
Green Bay police say they were responding to another disturbance at a food truck in downtown Green Bay around 2.30 in the morning Saturday when Buford blocked a car from leaving a parking lot.
causing another disturbance.
The criminal complaint says Buford ignored police ordering him to stop and accelerated through the parking lot hitting a woman in the knee and an officer before turning toward another group of people.
When another officer ran toward Buford, he reportedly squealed his tires and headed toward that officer.
The officer moved out of the way and fired four shots at Buford.
No one was injured by the gunfire.
Buford was arrested a few blocks away.
Police say four officers were treated for injuries, and the Green Bay downtown farmers market scheduled for the following morning was canceled.
A new report estimates tariffs have cost Wisconsin $5.5 billion since the start of 2025.
The National Taxpayers Union Foundation put the cost at about $2,100 per Wisconsin household.
The report says machinery and parts account for the biggest share, with an estimated $525 million in added tariffs.
A recent cancellation leaves Wisconsin voters with just one gubernatorial debate this October.
WTMJTV, the Milwaukee County Intergovernment Council, and UW-Milwaukee pulled the plug after Tiffany's campaign declined and Crowley couldn't confirm the original date.
The October 21st debate on WISN TV and WIS Politics remain the only scheduled meeting between Crowley and Tiffany.
It will be aired on stations across the state.
And that's your state news update.
I'm Connie Feldman for Civic Media News.
A big win for the Brewers.
Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with Sports Baseball.
The Brewers beat the Pirates 5-1 and with that they clinched the National League Central Division.
Manager Pat Murphy on the growth of winning pitcher Jacob Mizorowski this season.
The crew faces the Pirates again.
again tonight.
NFL, there may be changes on the Packers offensive line after Sunday's loss to the Vikings.
Quarterback Jordan Love was hit 18 times during that game in Minnesota.
One of the things that makes him so impressive is his ability to get the ball out accurately with pressure in his face.
Obviously up front, we got to make sure we keep him out of those situations as much as possible, but.
As you know, in the NFL, the quarterback's got to be able to make plays no matter what.
That's the Packers offensive coordinator, Adam Stenevich, with sports on Mike Clemens.
It is going to be partly cloudy today with a high in the low 70s this afternoon, a really, really nice day coming up here today.
Tonight, a few scattered showers.
We're going to drop down into the mid 50s tomorrow, mostly cloudy with highs in the mid to upper 70s.
I'm meteorologist Sean Cable.
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