Konkels Kids Korner

N3688 Hwy Tt, Columbus, WI 53925 · Dodge County

4cited violations

2marked serious

3inspection visits

0enforcement actions

Program

Type: Family child care
Licensed capacity: 8
Ages: 6 weeks – 12 years, 11 months
Hours: 06:00 AM-07:00 PM (Jan-Dec)
Licensee: Donna Konkel
Contact: Konkel, Donna
Phone: 920-623-5288
YoungStar: 2 Stars
Regulated since: 03/15/1989
DCF IDs: Facility 131624 · Provider 0000563730/001
Official record: DCF Child Care Finder

Violations by category

Cleanliness & sanitation 1
Safety & premises 2
Staff background & training 1

Year by year

Year	Violations	Serious	Main categories
2026	1	1	Safety & premises (1)
2025	1	0	Cleanliness & sanitation (1)
2024	2	1	Safety & premises (1), Staff background & training (1)

Inspection visits

May 28, 2026 Licensing visit · 330 rules checked, 1 not met 1 serious
- Safety & premises Serious
  Children had access to harmful materials when there was a bottle of oral rinse on an open shelf, within arms reach, and had a label "Keep Out of Reach of Children".
  
  DCF 250.06(2)(c) — Access To Materials Potentially Harmful To Children
DCF visit report · Correction plan (PDF)
Jul 16, 2025 Licensing visit · 286 rules checked, 1 not met
- Cleanliness & sanitation
  Children's hands were not washed with soap and running water before a meal when 6 children over the age of one, wiped their hands with a wet cloth before eating lunch.
  
  DCF 250.07(6)(g)1. — Hand & Face Washing
DCF visit report · Correction plan (PDF)
Nov 4, 2024 Licensing visit · 442 rules checked, 2 not met 1 serious
- Staff background & training Serious
  Each employee, volunteer, or substitute did not receive an orientation before the individual began working with children when a volunteer who started working with children in 2022, has not received an orientation.
  
  DCF 250.05(4)(a) — Staff Orientation - Documentation
- Safety & premises
  An operable fire extinguisher did not have a minimum rating of 2A-10BC when the fire extinguisher in the kitchen had a minimum rating.
  
  DCF 250.06(4)(b) — Fire Extinguisher
DCF visit report · Correction plan (PDF)

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DCF publishes about 3 years of monitoring. Older history, complaint files and self-reported incidents require a public records request. Wisconsin's public records law (Wis. Stat. §§ 19.31–19.39) gives anyone the right to ask. You don't have to say why. Electronic copies are generally free.

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Send to: DCF Records Custodian · DCFRecordsRequest@wisconsin.gov · fax (608) 422-7161 · 201 W. Washington Avenue, Madison, WI 53703
Copy: DCF Southern Regional Licensing Office · DCFPlicBRLSRO@wisconsin.gov · 608-422-6765

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Letter text

Dear Records Custodian,

Under Wisconsin's public records law, Wis. Stat. §§ 19.31–19.39, I request copies of the following records for the child care program Konkels Kids Korner, N3688 Hwy Tt, Columbus, WI 53925 (DCF facility number 131624; provider number 0000563730, location 001; applicant/licensee number 1100007610), for January 1, 2019 to the present:

1. Every licensing or certification monitoring, renewal and follow-up visit report, including noncompliance statements, compliance statements and rule-monitoring summaries.
2. Every complaint investigation: intake summaries, investigation reports, and the finding for each allegation.
3. Every warning letter, order, forfeiture or other enforcement action, with related correspondence.
4. Every plan of correction the program submitted, and the department's response.
5. Every incident the program reported to the department (for example under DCF 251.04(3) or 250.04(3)): injuries requiring medical care, prohibited actions, suspected abuse or neglect, communicable disease, and children whose whereabouts were unknown.

I understand that child and reporter identities, and material made confidential by Wis. Stat. § 48.981, may be redacted; please release the remainder and cite the basis for anything withheld. Please provide the records electronically (PDF by email). If the estimated cost exceeds $5.00, please send me an estimate before proceeding. Please confirm receipt of this request.

Thank you,

[Your name]
[Email] · [Phone]

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Source: Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, via the Child Care Finder and the licensed and certified directories. History last read Sep 30, 2026. Violation text is DCF's own wording. The categories are ours, added to help you scan.