LEDGEVIEW, WI (WTAQ) – A popular Brown County park is getting some attention after mounting complaints about some of the activities going on there.
The warm weather brings many visitors to Fonferek Glen in Ledgeview.
It’s a beautiful Brown County park….but county officials are trying to crack down on safety violations and illegal activity there….things like underage drinking and pot.
It’s an issue Matt Kriese, Brown County Assistant Parks Director, say they’re trying to deal with.
“we’re not goiung to put up with any illegal activity at the park, and that message is going spread quick”
Neighbors, like Sandi Corrigan, complain the park has become a party spot for kids.
I think it’s turning into a kind of party spot…kids, up to no good”
Some want a sheriff’s deputy assigned to the park fulltime during the summer.
County Supervisor Pat Evans is sympathetic to their concerens….but is reluctant to go that far.
“once you say ‘Let’s put a sheriff deputy at Fonferek’s it’s ‘Hey, you need a sheriff deputy over here, we need one over here.” just really inefficient use of taxpayer dollars.”
The county is also working on other improvements to the area.
It added nearly 50 new parking spots.
And it’s installing an electronic gate to help keep people out after-hours.
