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Central Wisconsin high school sports conference delays start of season

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The Wisconsin Valley Conference has delayed the start of their fall high school sports season.

Following a discussion between superintendents and health officials from the league’s four-county footprint officials announced that no events will be held before mid-September.

Sports considered to be a low risk for COVID-19 transmission like golf, cross country, and swimming will begin practice September 1st and competition by the 17th. Sports considered High-risk like football, volleyball, and soccer may begin practice by the 7th with games beginning after the 25th.

The decision breaks from the WIAA’s recommendation that low-risk sports begin in late August with all others starting up in early September, and comes after health officials wrote a letter to all conference schools urging them to successfully complete at least four weeks of in-person classes before starting interscholastic competition.

Two arrested for OWI after weekend boat crash on Lake Butte Des Morts

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A boat collision that sent eight people into the water near Lake Butte Des Morts over the weekend resulted in no serious injuries – and two being arrested for OWI.

Winnebago County Sheriff’s Patrol Captain Greg Ciancolo says alcohol wasn’t the only factor.

“Both boats in this scenario did have legal lighting on them, but certainly being on the waterway at night, depth perception becomes an issue as well as reaction time.”

A larger boat was going just 2-3mph when it was hit by a much faster, smaller vessel – which ended up on top of it.

Wisconsin DOJ warns of sophisticated counterfeiting ring in Wisconsin

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A statewide crime alert has been issued over an apparent counterfeiting ring that’s making its way through the state.

Brown County Sheriff’s detective Roman Aronstein says the group of criminals has been passing extremely well made fake 100 dollar bills that even have a security thread inside.  

“What they’ll do as though I use chemicals to remove the ink off of that currency and then they will print a different, higher level denomination bill to that such as a $100 bill. When you are looking at the security thread don’t just look for the thread itself. When held up to the lights the thread will reveal the actual denomination that the bill should be.”

Aronstein says the fakes are extremely sophisticated, and will pass most basic checks against phony bills including testing markers.“There’s absolutely no shame in missing one of these. These individuals travel the state and frequently the country and they’re good at what they do. It’s okay for you to miss some of the signs.”

So far the bills have mostly been passed in big box stores like Walmart, where the crooks prefer to buy small gift cards in order to get as much change as possible.  

If anyone has information concerning this case, please call the Brown County Sheriff’s Office at 920-448-4230.

Remember to take care of yourself as you work from home, says UW-Madison prof

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As weeks turn into months of working from home, experts remind you to get back into a routine to help yourself through the pandemic.

UW-Madison professor Christine Whelan says her family takes the time it would usually take going to the office to get up and move. 

“We walk around, we walk around the neighborhood, I will drink my cup of coffee and then we will go back and settle in. So kind of think about that time as the commute in to our days.”

She reminds people to remember to take breaks and don’t sit at their computer all day. Get up and move, find a workout routine, and normalize the sorts of meals you eat, rather than just snacking all day.

“We used to spend so much time thinking about good ergonomics at the office and so many of us right now are hunched over the kitchen table.”

She also says people shouldn’t feel embarrassed or ashamed if they find out they’re getting work done faster, and that some people work better in environments outside an office. 

Monday COVID-19 numbers: Lowest number of new infections in several weeks

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The Department of Health Services is reporting that just 404 new cases of COVID-19 have been detected on Monday. That’s around 5.6% of all tests that came in since Sunday. One more person has died from the disease.

Additionally, new studies are showing that a majority of the deaths due to COVID-19 have been in Wisconsin’s elderly population, with no reported deaths among children and teenagers.  Only 49 of those victims were people under the age of 50.

Green Bay company gets federal contract to help produce PPE

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A Green Bay company is getting a federal contract to help produce PPE and masks.

The Pentagon has awarded NPS Corporation $2,750,000 to create specialized fibers that go into making respirators and filter masks.

CEO Andrew Hetzel tells FOX 11 that the funding is part of the CARES Act. Those fibers will go to companies around the country as part of an effort to bring more of the production of PPE back to US soil.

Hetzel says the contract should create at least 30 new jobs.

Don’t expect more mask ordinances, says head of League of Municipalities

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Mask mandates likely won’t be coming to your community.

Wisconsin League of Municipalities Executive Director Jerry Deschane said Wednesday that the “overwhelming majority” of cities won’t adopt mask mandates to limit the spread of COVID-19.

On a call organized by Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, Deschane said local leaders are frustrated, but “don’t necessarily have the tools to act.”

Deschane and Wisconsin Counties Association Executive Director Mark O’Connell described a “patchwork” of local regulations in response to COVID-19.

Wisconsin starts annual shared revenue payments to local governments

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State officials are distributing their first major payment of the year to local municipalities and school districts.

That’s just under 1 point 4 billion dollars in shared revenue to the community. State Revenue Secretary Peter Barca says these funds help ensure that local property taxes can stay low. 

“The Governor, Governor Evers has really championed the idea of trying to take more off the property tax reliance, knowing that many people just strictly can’t afford it.”

Barca says these funds help offset state and local property taxes, and make up the lion’s share of a lot of state spending. 

“School aids are by far the biggest expenditure of all the local relief. It’s six billion dollars that goes back every year.”

State revenue sharing began in 1911 with the enactment of the state income tax.

Bad seeds: DATCP issues warning about unsolicited packets

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Unsolicited seed packages have been arriving in mailboxes across the country, including Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer protection says they should not be planted, or even opened.

DATCP Spokeswoman Grace Atherton said the source of the seeds is unknown, but are likely from China. “We don’t have definitive evidence that they are all from China but that’s what appears to be happening so far.”

Those seeds could introduce invasive species to areas where they’re planted, and that could damage existing crops or livestock. Atherton said planting any unknown seeds from an unknown source could have devastating effects.

If you have received a package of seeds, keep it sealed or seal it back up, don’t plant them, and contact DATCP for proper disposal.

WIAA prepares to restart high school sports this fall

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The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletics Association has approved a two tier schedule to reopen high school sports this season.

Low contact and impact sports are set to start in August, with higher contact sports to start in September. WIAA director Dave Anderson says that these openings are dependent on how active COVID-19 is in an area. 

“But the opportunity to play a game is going to be dependent upon what the temperature is, if you will, in our region. Does our local, Regional, tribal, you know, Department of Health say we are at the appropriate stage in our area to allow games to go forward?”

Anderson says more directives on how sports will run and how safety will be maintained will be going out to schools soon. 

“That guidance on how to proceed will be out to all of our members schools more specifically than the summer contact guidance.”

High school football will run with just a six game schedule and three weeks of playoffs.