A Ripon man convicted of providing drugs that led to an overdose death is going to prison. Twenty three year old Michael Manske has been sentenced to a year in prison and five years extended supervision. Manske earlier pleaded no contest to four counts including first degree reckless homicide, maintaining a drug trafficking place, possession of THC and drug parapernalia. Manske was one of five people charged in connection with the death of a man whose body was found on a sidewalk in Ripon in April 2023.
