A 3-foot-wide hole in the Tygert Street bridge has forced the city of Ripon to begin taking steps to address long-standing safety concerns with the bridge.

Joe Schulz
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Joe Schulz served as the reporter of the Green Laker in 2019 and 2020, before being hired as a reporter for the Commonwealth in October 2020. He is from Oshkosh and graduated from UW-Oshkosh in December 2020 with a bachelor's degree in journalism.
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