(Rubicon) Dodge County authorities have identified those involved in a vehicle versus semi crash in the town of Rubicon last Tuesday. Authorities say 23-year-old Sultan Al Zein from Milwaukee failed to stop at a stop sign and was struck by a semi operated by 35-year-old Volodymr Kozmyn from Illinois. Al Zein suffered life-threatening injuries and was arrested for his first OWI offense. The driver of the semi was uninjured.
(Waupun)The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office saw a number of OWI and drug arrests over the weekend. The agency says outside of responding to other calls for service, their deputies made or assisted with drug or impaired driving arrests during 17 contacts between Friday and Sunday. They also made numerous other traffic contacts that resulted in non-criminal citations. A few of the contacts the sheriff’s office highlighted includes arresting 40-year-old Joshua Westra of Waupun for his First Offense OWI and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
(Juneau) The Dodge County Board recently approved its 2025 budget. The $196-million-dollar document includes a tax levy of $36-million. The mill rate of $3.50 per-one-thousand-dollars of assessed value is a seven-cent drop from what taxpayers saw in the current budget year. Equalized property values for Dodge County came in at $10.4-billion-dollars.
(Columbus) The Dodge County Board recently approved spending American Rescue Plan Act dollars to install vault toilets at Astico Park. The board accepted the low bid offer of $274,050 from Huffcutt Concrete of Chippewa Falls for the supply, delivery, and installation of a prefab restroom and shower building at the park located near Columbus. The replacement of the old picnic shelter and installing a restroom/shower building at Astico Park was identified in the 2023 County Parks and Open Space Plan and was subsequently approved in the 2024 Capital lmprovement Plan.
(Beaver Dam) Based in Racine, the Veterans Outreach of Wisconsin is an organization that works to make a difference in the lives of at-risk veteran households in every community across the state. The organization has two parts, with one being a tiny home village and the other being a marketplace. The organization says the biggest need right now is shelf stable items such as dinners and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. In person and online donations from the community are always welcome.
