WHITTON BOUND OVER

AN APPLETON MAN ACCUSED OF DOWNLOADING MORE THAN 37-THOUSAND IMAGES OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY IS HEADING TO TRIAL. PAUL WHITTON WAIVES HIS RIGHT TO A PRELIMINARY HEARING IN OUTAGAMIE COUNTY COURT ON FORTY FELONY COUNTS. ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT, TECHNICIANS AT A COMPUTER REPAIR SHOP DISCOVERED THE IMAGES WHILE WORKING ON WHITTON’S HARD DRIVE BACK IN THE SUMMER OF 2006. NO TRIAL DATE HAS BEEN SET YET. IF CONVICTED, WHITTON WOULD FACE UP TO A THOUSAND YEARS IN PRISON.

NICHOLS FIREWORKS CRACKDOWN

OSHKOSH POLICE ARE CRACKING DOWN ON ILLEGAL FIREWORKS THIS SUMMER. CRIME PREVENTION OFFICER JOE NICHOLS SAYS THEY PRESENT A DANGER TO THE PUBLIC. THE FINE FOR POSSESSION OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS IS 217-DOLLARS.

OSHKOSH BILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT

THE OSHKOSH CORPORATION SAYS A BILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT WITH THE PENTAGON MEANS THEY WILL BE HIRING. ON TUESDAY, THE ARMY ANNOUNCED AN ORDER FOR MORE THAN 22-HUNDRED MINE-RESISTANT AMBUSH-PROTECTED ALL TERRAIN VEHICLES. OSHKOSH IS WORKING ON A PRODUCTION SCHEDULE THEY HOPE WILL BEGIN LATER THIS MONTH. OSHKOSH CORPORATION STOCK ROSE MORE THAN 25-PERCENT IN AFTER HOURS TRADING ON TUESDAY.

COURTHOUSE EVACUATION

A LETTER SENT FROM THE OSHKOSH CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION RESULTS IN THE EVACUATION OF THE BROWN COUNTY COURTHOUSE. A JUDGE OPENED THE LETTER TUESDAY TO FIND A WHITE POWDER AND A THREATENING LETTER INSIDE. SHERIFF’S CAPTAIN DAVID KONRATH SAYS IT TURNED OUT TO BE DRYWALL. AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CONTENTS OF THE LETTER CONTINUES.

CALCO POND SEARCH

THE REPORT OF A MISSING CHILD IN THE TOWN OF HARRISON TURNS OUT TO BE A FALSE ALARM. A NEIGHBOR CALLED THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT AFTER SEEING A BOY PLAYING NEAR A RETENTION POND ALONG COUNTY HIGHWAY “K-K” TUESDAY MORNING. THE NEIGHBOR WAS CONCERNED AFTER THE BOY DISAPPEARED—BUT A BIKE WAS LEFT BEHIND. A SEARCH OF THE RETENTION POND TURNED UP NOTHING—AND THERE WERE NO MISSING CHILDREN REPORTED ON TUESDAY.

E-A-A AND THE ECONOMY

IT LOOKS LIKE THE RECESSION WON’T BE KEEPING AVIATION ENTHUSIASTS AWAY FROM THE E-A-A AIRVENTURE THIS YEAR. SPOKESMAN DICK KNAPINSKI SAYS ADVANCE TICKET SALES ARE STRONG. AIRVENTURE ATTENDANCE HELD STEADY LAST YEAR. THIS YEAR’S FLY-IN STARTS JULY 27TH.

PUBLIC ENEMIES REACT

NOT EVERYONE SAW WHAT THEY HOPED TO SEE IN LAST NIGHT’S PREMIER OF “PUBLIC ENEMIES” IN OSHKOSH. TONY MCNAMARA WORKED AS AN EXTRA IN THE FILM—BUT COULDN’T FIND HIMSELF IN ANY SCENES. HE ATTENDED A SPECIAL “SNEAK PREVIEW” SCREENING OF THE FILM IN OSHKOSH LAST NIGHT.

ENEMIES TOURISM

IF YOU FILM IT—THEY WILL COME. THAT IS THE HOPE OF OSHKOSH OFFICIALS NOW THAT THE MOVIE “PUBLIC ENEMIES” IS PLAYING IN THEATERS NATIONWIDE. OSHKOSH PUBLIC MUSEUM DIRECTOR BRAD LARSON THINKS MOVIEGOERS WILL WANT MORE “ENEMIES” EXPERIENCES—LIKE THE NEW EXHIBIT AT HIS FACILITY. THE OSHKOSH PUBLIC MUSEUM DISPLAY RUNS THROUGH OCTOBER.

FINANCIALS WANT OUT OF LAWSUIT

TWO FINANCIAL FIRMS WANT A LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST THEM BY FIVE WISCONSIN SCHOOL DISTRICTS DISMISSED. STIFEL NICOLAUS AND ROYAL BANK OF CANADA BELIEVE THE DISTRICTS—INCLUDING KIMBERLY—HAVE NOT MET THE BURDEN OF PROOF NEEDED TO TAKE THE MATTER TO TRIAL. THE DISTRICTS CLAIM THE FINANCIAL ADVISORS FAILED TO WARN THEM ABOUT RISKS OF COLLATERALIZED DEBT OBLIGATIONS—WHICH ENDED UP LOSING NEARLY ALL THEIR VALUE LAST YEAR. THE ADVISORS ARGUE THE SCHOOL BOARDS WERE MADE AWARE OF THE RISKS AND SIGNED OFF ON THEM.

ALEXANDER PLEA DEAL

AN OSHKOSH WOMAN ACCUSED OF STABBING HER BOYFRIEND WILL NO T GO TO TRIAL. INSTEAD, LINDA ALEXANDER PLEADS “NO CONTEST” TODAY (TUESDAY) TO ONE COUNT OF SUBSTANTIAL BATTERY. ALEXANDER STABBED THE 53-YEAR OLD MAN IN THE ABDOMEN DURING AN ARGUMENT AT THEIR EVANS STREET HOME LAST MONTH. SHE FACES UP TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON WHEN SENTENCED ON AUGUST 13TH.

BOMBING SUSPECT CHARGES

A LOWELL MAN ACCUSED OF MAKING HOMEMADE EXPLOSIVES IS FACING ADDITIONAL WEAPONS CHARGES. STEPHEN PETERSON IS CHARGED WITH RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT AFTER ALLEGEDLY FIRING GUNSHOTS AT STOP SIGNS, CATTLE AND HOMES IN DODGE COUNTY LAST APRIL. PETERSON WAS ALREADY CHARGED WITH BLOWING UP A PORTABLE TOILET AND MAILBOXES IN THE BEAVER DAM EARLIER THAT SAME MONTH.

LOOMIS BOND SET

BOND IS SET AT 100-THOUSAND DOLLARS CASH FOR A CAMPBELLSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF FIRING A HANDGUN NEAR HIS NEIGHBOR’S HEAD. FRANCIS LOOMIS IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT AND POSSESSION OF A FIREARM WHILE INTOXICATED. ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT, LOOMIS FIRED THE HANDGUN TOWARD HIS NEIGHBOR DURING A DISPUTE LAST WEDNESDAY. IF CONVICTED, HE WOULD FACE UP TO 13-YEARS IN PRISON.

NEENAH DOG BITE

NEENAH POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A DOG THAT BIT A PERSON IN DOTY PARK. THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE ABOUT 2:00 SUNDAY MORNING. THE DOG IS DESCRIBED AS A LAB-GERMAN SHEPARD MIX. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT NEENAH POLICE.

FINED FOR FLIPPING THE BIRD

A FOND DU LAC MAN COULD BE FINED MORE THAN 200-DOLLARS FOR GIVING A POLICE OFFICER “THE FINGER”. THE 20-YEAR OLD MADE THE GESTURE TOWARD A COP PARKED ALONG PIONEER ROAD SUNDAY AFTERNOON. HIS VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER—AND THE MAN WAS GIVEN A CITATION FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT. HE TOLD THE OFFICER HE’D HAD A BAD DAY AT WORK.

MAN BATHES IN SUNDIAL

AN ATTENDEE AT COUNTRY U-S-A APPARENTLY THOUGHT THE SUNDIAL FOUNTAIN IN DOWNTOWN OSHKOSH WAS A BATHTUB. POLICE RECEIVED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF A NAKED MAN WEARING A COWBOY HAT WASHING HIMSELF IN THE FOUNTAIN AT 9:00 SUNDAY MORNING. THE MAN LEFT IN A VAN FILLED WITH CAMPING EQUIPMENT BEFORE POLICE ARRIVED.

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