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HIGHWAY 41 WEBSITE
DRIVERS CAN NOW KEEP UP TO DATE WITH CONSTRUCTION ON HIGHWAY 41 ON THE INTERNET. THE D-O-T HAS LAUNCHED A WEBSITE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE EXPANSION OF 41 IN WINNEBAGO ANDBROWNCOUNTIES. U-S-41-WISCONSIN-DOT-GOV WILL PROVIDE PROJECT DESIGNS ANDWILL TRACK LANE CLOSURES DURING THROUGHOUT THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.
PARKS BUOY MEETING
THE WINNEBAGO COUNTY PARKS COMMITTEE HOLDS A SPECIAL MEETING TODDAY (2:00 MONDAY) TO DISCUSS MAINTAINING BUOYS AND MARKERS DURING THE WINTER. SOME SNOWMOBILE CLUBS AND FISHERMEN BELIEVE THE COUNTY COULD USE THE NAVIGATIONAL MARKERS TO WARN PEOPLE ON THE ICE OF AREAS WHERE THERE COULD BE OPEN WATER. OPPONENTS SAY THAT WOULD CREATE A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY ELSEWHERE ON THE LAKES. TODAY’S PARKS COMMITTEE MEETING STARTS AT 2:00 AT THE COUGHLINBUILDING IN OSHKOSH.
DRUNK WITH A GUN
A FOND DU LAC MAN IS FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES AFTER WAIVING A GUN AT PEOPLE WHILE DRUNK. RYAN DYKSTRA IS CHARGED WITH CARRYING A CONCEALED WEAPON AND POSSESSION OF A FIREARM WHILE INTOXICATED. ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT, DYKSTRA WAS WAIVING AROUND THE HANDGUN AT A GROUP OF PEOPLE IN A PARKING LOT ON BLACKBURN STREET BACK ON FEBRUARY FOURTH. A POLICE OFFICER HAD TO DRAW HIS OWN WEAPON AND ORDER DYKSTRA TO DROP THE GUN THREE TIME BEFORE HE COMPLIED. IF CONVICTED, HE WOULD FACE UP TO SIX MONTHS IN JAIL.
MCKAY PLEA DEAL
A KEWAUSKUM MAN WHO ROBBED THREE PEOPLE AT AN APPLETON A-T-M REACHES A PLEA DEAL WITH PROSECUTORS. EDWARD MCKAY, JUNIOR IS CONVICTED ON CHARGES OF ROBBERY WITH THE USE OF FORCE AND FELONY THEFT. MCKAY WAS ONE OF TWO MEN THAT PULLED A GUN ON USERS OF THE A-T-M AT THE FOX COMMUNITIES CREDIT UNION ON EAST CALUMET STREET LAST AUGUST. HE FACES UP TO TWENTY YEARS IN PRISON WHEN SENTENCED ON MARCH 29TH. HIS ALLEGED ACCOMPLICE—AARON ALGEE—IS SCHEDULED TO STAND TRIAL IN MARCH.
FAILED REGISTERED OFFENDERS
TWO WAUPACA COUNTYMENARE ACCUSED OF FAILING TO REGISTER AS SEX OFFENDERS. DENIS CHECHET NEVER LIVED AT THE FREMONT ADDRESS HE GAVE THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS UPON HIS RELEASE FROM JAIL BACK IN JULY. KAREEM WALLACE NEVER PROVIDED ANY ADDRESS WHILE HE LIVED IN WAUPACA. BOTH MEN FACE UP TO SIX YEARS IN PRISON IF CONVICTED.
COMBINED LOCKS FIRE CAUSE
INVESTIGATORS HAVE PINPOINTED THE CAUSE OF A FIRE THAT DESTROYED THE HOME OF COMBINED LOCKS FIRE CHIEF KEVIN CARNEY. A BATTERY CHARGER ATTACHED TO AN A-T-V SPARKED—CAUSING THE FIRE. THE CARNEY HOME WAS DESTROYED—BUT NO ONE WAS HURT.
STURGEON WATER CLARITY
CONDITIONS ARE LOOKING GOOD FOR STURGEON SPEARERS—AS THEIR SEASON OPENS UP ON SATURDAY. THE D-N-R SAYS THERE IS 16 TO 19 INCHES OF ICE OVER MOST OF LAKE WINNEBAGOAND THE UPRIVER LAKES. WATER CLARITY RANGES FROM EIGHT FEET TO NINETEEN FEET IN MOST AREAS AS WELL. THE D-N-R BELIEVES IT COULD BE A GOOD YEAR FOR BIG STURGEON—AS THEIR OBSERVATIONS HAVE A GROWING NUMBER OF LUNKERS IN THE FISHERY.
OSHKOSH SUPER CANDIDATES
THE OSHKOSH SCHOOL BOARD IS PREPARING FOR A SECOND ROUND OF INTERVIEWS WITH THE FINALISTS FOR SUPERINTENDENT. NEXT WEEK, THE BOARD WILL MEET WITH FORMER MIDDLETOWN, OHIO SUPERINTENDENT STEPHEN PRICE, CURRENT WAUSAU ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT DONALD VIEGUT AND RETIRED DESPLAINES, ILLINOIS SUPERINTENDENT KATHLEEN WILLIAMS. THE THREE WERE SELECTED FROM SIX CANDIDATES WHO INTERVIEWED WITH THE BOARD LAST WEEK. A HIRING DECISION SHOULD BE MADE ON FEBRUARY 19TH.
UW PAYROLL SYSTEM IN PERIL
THE STATE AUDITOR BELIEVES THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PAYROLL SYSTEM COULD BE COMPROMISED AT ANY TIME. THE AUDITOR CALLS THE SYSTEM “VERY OLD” AND “VERY FRAGILE”—NOT TO MENTION PRONE TO ERRORS THAT COULD COST TAXPAYERS BIG MONEY. THE U-W SYSTEM IS IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING A NEW PAYROLL PROGRAM—AT A COST OF 81-MILLION DOLLARS.
CENSUS OPEN HOUSE PREVIEW
THE U-S CENSUS BUREAU WILL HOLD AN OPEN HOUSE TODAY (MONDAY) AT THEIR NEW OFFICE IN OSHKOSH. THE OFFICE WILL SERVICE 12-COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE OPEN HOUSE RUNS FROM 10:30 TO NOON AT 22-11 OREGON STREET. THE CENSUS CONTINUES TO TAKE APPLICATIONS FOR PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT IN THE FOX VALLEY AS WELL.
SAUER TRIAL SET
AN APRIL 22ND TRIAL DATE IS SET FOR A CAMBRIA MAN ACCUSED OF STEALING MAJOR PIECES OF FARM EQUIPMENT. GENE SAUER IS FACING THREE COUNTS OF FELONY THEFT AFTER ALLEGEDLY TAKING IMPLEMENTS FROM OTHER FARMS AND FROM DEALERSHIPS IN THE WAUPUN AREA LAST YEAR AND USING THEM ON HIS PROPERTY. IF CONVICTED, SAUER WOULD FACE UP TO THIRTY YEARS IN PRISON.
ALBOYD TRIAL SET
AN APRIL 26TH TRIAL DATE IS SET FOR A CHICAGO MAN ACCUSED OF DAMAGING THREE POLICE CARS DURING AN ALLEGED DRUG BUST IN GRAND CHUTE. CEDRIC ALBOYD PLEADS “NOT GUILT” TO CHARGES OF COCAINE DELIVERY, RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT, MAINTAINING A DRUG TRAFFICKING PLACE AND CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. ALBOYD RAMMED THE SQUAD CARS WHILE TRYING TO EVADE ARREST OUTSIDE A RESTAURANT NEAR THE FOX RIVER MALL LAST NOVEMBER. IF CONVICTED, HE WOULD FACE UP TO 55-YEARS IN PRISON.
MAHOSKY PLEA DEAL
AN APPLETONMAN WHO CAUSED SERIOUS INJURIES TO HIS INFANT DAUGHTER REACHES A PLEA DEAL WITH PROSECUTORS. ANTHONY MAHOSKY IS CONVICTED ON ONE COUNT OF FELONY CHILD ABUSE CAUSING GREAT BODILY HARM. MAHOSKY WAS INVOLVED IN A DISTURBANCE LAST AUGUST WHERE THE ONE YEAR OLD GIRL SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES. HE FACES UP TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON WHEN SENTENCED ON APRIL FIRST.
WAUPUN SCHOOL DEFICIT
THE WAUPUNSCHOOL DISTRICT COULD FACE A THREE-POINT-FOUR MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET DEFICIT OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. THE DISTRICTSHUTDOWNSCHOOLSAND RECONFIGURED GRADES TO OFFSET A MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT THIS YEAR. OFFICIALS SAY DECLINING REVENUES AND INCREASING COSTS COULD PUT THE DISTRICT MORE THAN THREE-MILLION IN THE HOLE BY 2013.
JANUARY SAFE MONTH
JANUARY WAS THE SAFEST MONTH ON WISCONSIN ROADWAYS SINCE THE END OF WORLD WAR TWO. JUST 21-PEOPLE DIED IN TRAFFIC-RELATED CRASHES—THE FEWEST FOR ANY MONTH SINCE 1943—WHEN GAS RATIONING LIMITED AUTO TRAVEL. FEW WINTER STORMS AND SAFER VEHICLES ARE CREDITED FOR THE DECLINE IN FATALITIES.
FRISBIE MOTIONS PREVIEW
A WINNEBAGO COUNTY JUDGE WILL DECIDE TODAY (MONDAY, 3:30) IF CHARGES WILL GO FORWARD AGAINST A FREMONT MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING A FRIEND IN A DRUNK BOATING CRASH. ATTORNIES FOR TODD FRISBIE ARGUE PROSECUTORS HAVE COME UP WITH NO NEW EVIDENCE TO REFILE CHARGES AGAINST THEIR CLIENT. FRISBIE WAS ALLEGEDLY DRUNK AT THE CONTROLS OF A POWER BOAT THAT HIT A DOCK ON LAKE BUTTE DES MORTS BACK IN 2005—KILLING ALAN RICHARDS OF MICHIGAN. FORMER WINNEBAGO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY BILL LENNON DISMISSED THE CHARGES RIGHT BEFORE FRISBIE WAS TO GO TO TRIAL. THE HOMICIDE BY INTOXICATED USE OF A VEHICLE CHARGES WERE RE-FILED LAST YEAR.
WIAA GANNETT TRIAL DELAYED
THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE W-I-A-A AND THE WISCONSIN NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION OVER BROADCAST RIGHTS FOR HIGH SCHOOL SPORTING EVENTS WILL NOT BE SETTLED BEFORE MARCH MADNESS. A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS PUSHED BACK THE TRIAL—WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO START TODAY (MONDAY)—TO JUNE 28TH. THE NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION AND GANNETT ARE SUING THE W-I-A-A TO STREAM LIVE COVERAGE OF PLAYOFF GAMES WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY THE BROADCAST RIGHTS CHARGED TO RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS. THE W-I-A-A MAINTAINS THEY HAVE EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO THE BROADCASTS OF THOSE EVENTS. THE DISPUTE STEMMED FROM THE APPLETON POST CRESCENTSTREAMING A FOOTBALL PLAYOFF GAME INVOLVING APPLETONNORTHHIGH SCHOOL—WITHOUT W-I-A-A PERMISSION--BACK IN 2008.
APPLETON SCHOOL CUTS PREVIEW
THE APPLETON SCHOOL BOARD VOTES TONIGHT (MONDAY) ON A SERIES OF POTENTIAL BUDGET CUTS FOR 2011. THE BOARD WILL CONSIDER RECOMMENDATIONS TO TRIM 27-POSITIONS NEXT YEAR—AND CONSOLIDATE A MIDDLE SCHOOL. SEVERAL PROGRAMS WOULD ALSO BE CUT. THE APPLETONSCHOOL DISTRICT IS LOOKING AT A TWO-POINT-FOUR MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT.
BERLIN VEHICLE THROUGH ICE
A WILD ROSE MAN IS DEAD AFTER HIS TRUCK GOES THROUGH THE ICE ON THE FOXRIVER IN BERLIN. KENNETH NIGBOR WAS JUST TWELVE FEET FROM SHORE WHEN HIS TRUCK BROKE THROUGH JUST BEFORE 2:30 SATURDAY MORNING. HE WAS UNRESPONSIVE AFTER DIVERS PULLED HIM FROM THE VEHICLE—AND HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD A SHORT TIME LATER AT BERLINMEMORIALHOSPITAL.
TRUCK GOES THROUGH ON WINNECONNE
A WEST BENDMAN IS OKAY AFTER HIS TRUCK GOES THROUGH THE ICE ON LAKEWINNECONNE. MATTHEW PARRY WAS DRIVING TO HIS ICE SHANTY AT ABOUT 6:00 SATURDAY MORNING WHEN THE VEHICLE BROKE THROUGH. PARRY WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE AND CALL FOR HELP ON A CELL PHONE.
GREENVILLEMAN KILLED IN CRASH
A GREENVILLEMAN IS KILLED IN A SNOWMOBILE CRASH IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN. THE FORESTCOUNTYSHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT SAYS GORDON GREGORY SMASHED INTO A TREE WHILE RIDING ALONG A TRAIL IN THE TOWN OF FREEDOM SATURDAY MORNING. THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
ANOTHER MENASHA POLLING PLACE
THE CITY OF MENASHA IS ADDING ANOTHER POLLING PLACE FOR THE SPRING ELECTIONS. GROWTH IN THE CALUMETCOUNTYPORTION OF THE CITYHAS MADE IT NECESSARY TO ADD POLLS TO CLOVISGROVEELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THAT GIVES THE CITYFIVE POLLING PLACES.
FONDY SCHOOL BOARD PREVIEW
THE FOND DU LAC SCHOOL BOARD VOTES TONIGHT (MONDAY) TO REFINANCE ITS DEBT. THE DISTRICT BELIEVES IT CAN SAVE ABOUT 274-THOUSAND DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS BY REFINANCING SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS IN DEBT.
THIRD COUNCIL MEMBER
A THIRD MEMBER OF THE OSHKOSHCITY COUNCIL SAYS IT’S TIME TO REVIEW
THE CITY’S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE,,,BURKE
TOWER TOLD WOSH NEWS THIS MORNING
PLAY BURKE Q; WITH THAT
MAYOR PAUL ESSLINGER AND COUNCIL MEMBER TONY PALMERI HAVE
INTRODUCED A RESOLUTION TO REVIEW THE CURRENT ARRANGEMENT…
UNDER THE CURRENT PACT, THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE GETS 65 THOUSAND
DOLLARS A YEAR FROM THE CITYAND 15 PERCENT OF HOTEL ROOM
TAXES…THE COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS THE RESOLUTION TOMORROW
NIGHT.
WINTER STORM
ANOTHER MAJOR WINTER STORM IS ON THE WAY… IN ALL UP TO NINE INCHES OF SNOW COULD FALL IN OSHKOSHAND
FOND DU LAC WITH ABOUT THREE TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE
APPLETONAND GREEN BAY AREA…
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