Nehls Secures Third Term
9/15/10 - Baring a successful write-in campaign, Todd Nehls will serve a third term as Dodge County Sheriff after beating former Sheriff Steve Fitzgerald by a over a two-to-one margin in yesterday’s primary election. In an interview from his victory party last night, Nehls said “Thank you, thank, you, thank you.” He says he will get to work immediately on the goals he’s set forth for his third term. Fitzgerald served nearly 14 years as sheriff before stepping down in 2002 to take a job as US Marshall. Nehls secured over 10,000 votes compared to 4800 for Fitzgerald. Voter turnout in Dodge County was close to 38%.
Barrett, Walker to Face Off in Governors Race
9/15/10 - Milwaukee’s two top leaders won their primaries for Wisconsin governor yesterday. With all but one-percent of the votes in, County Executive Scott Walker had 59-percent of the vote to win the Republican primary. And Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett had 90-percent over businessman Tim John. Walker survived a challenge from home-builder and former Congressman Mark Neumann, who funded most of his campaign with over four-million dollars of his own money. It bought him 39-percent of the vote. In Dodge County, Walker received 56-percent of the vote to Neumann’s 40-percent. It’s the first open race for governor in 28 years, after Democrat Jim Doyle said he would step down. And the primary guarantees that the next governor will come from Milwaukee County for the first time in seven decades.
Walker’s running mate for lieutenant governor will be former Milwaukee T-V anchor Rebecca Kleefisch. She had 47-percent of the vote to 25-percent for Assembly Republican Brett Davis of Oregon. Three other G-O-P hopefuls had 15-percent tops. Barrett’s running mate will be Assembly Majority Leader Tom Nelson of Kaukauna. He had 52-percent to 21 for Milwaukee Senate Democrat Spencer Coggs. Two others shared over a quarter of the vote. The governor and lieutenant governor candidates run separately in the primaries – but each party’s nominees run as teams in November.
In the only other contested primary for a state constitutional office, Democratic Treasurer Dawn Marie Sass won her party’s nomination for a second term. She got two-thirds of the vote against Madison budget analyst Dan Bohrod. Sass will run against Fond du Lac County restaurant manager Kurt Schuller. He won a close G-O-P primary with 37-percent of the vote to 36-percent for Scott Feldt of Janesville. Jim Sanfilippo of Milwaukee took third.
Johnson Easily Wins Republican Primary for U.S. Senate
9/15/10 - Oshkosh businessman Ron Johnson got 85-percent of the vote in winning the Republican U-S Senate bid against incumbent Democrat Russ Feingold. Watertown businessman Dave Westlake had 10-percent. In Dodge County Johnson picked up 78-percent of the vote to Westlake’s 16-percent. Johnson had virtually all the money in the primary, tapping his fortune as a maker of plastic packaging. He says his message will stay the same – that he represents a clear choice with 31 years of real-world business experience against a 30-year career politician in Feingold. Feingold’s camp issued a statement calling Johnson a quote, “extreme partisan.” They said Johnson would not stand up to special interests and lobbyists the way Feingold has in his 18 years in Washington.
County Clerk: Turnout was “Fantastic”
9/15/10 - 38-percent of registered voters in Dodge County came out to the polls for yesterday’s primary election. County Clerk Karen Gibson says it’s great when they get more than 25-percent of registered voters to come out and she called yesterday’s total “fantastic”. There were issues with a couple polling places getting close to running out of ballots but overall the day ran smoothly. Gibson says this was by far the most people to vote in a primary during her eight years in office.
Barrett, Walker to Face Off in Governors Race
9/15/10 - Milwaukee’s two top leaders won their primaries for Wisconsin governor yesterday. With all but one-percent of the votes in, County Executive Scott Walker had 59-percent of the vote to win the Republican primary. And Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett had 90-percent over businessman Tim John. Walker survived a challenge from home-builder and former Congressman Mark Neumann, who funded most of his campaign with over four-million dollars of his own money. It bought him 39-percent of the vote. In Dodge County, Walker received 56-percent of the vote to Neumann’s 40-percent. It’s the first open race for governor in 28 years, after Democrat Jim Doyle said he would step down. And the primary guarantees that the next governor will come from Milwaukee County for the first time in seven decades.
Walker’s running mate for lieutenant governor will be former Milwaukee T-V anchor Rebecca Kleefisch. She had 47-percent of the vote to 25-percent for Assembly Republican Brett Davis of Oregon. Three other G-O-P hopefuls had 15-percent tops. Barrett’s running mate will be Assembly Majority Leader Tom Nelson of Kaukauna. He had 52-percent to 21 for Milwaukee Senate Democrat Spencer Coggs. Two others shared over a quarter of the vote. The governor and lieutenant governor candidates run separately in the primaries – but each party’s nominees run as teams in November.
In the only other contested primary for a state constitutional office, Democratic Treasurer Dawn Marie Sass won her party’s nomination for a second term. She got two-thirds of the vote against Madison budget analyst Dan Bohrod. Sass will run against Fond du Lac County restaurant manager Kurt Schuller. He won a close G-O-P primary with 37-percent of the vote to 36-percent for Scott Feldt of Janesville. Jim Sanfilippo of Milwaukee took third.
Johnson Easily Wins Republican Primary for U.S. Senate
9/15/10 - Oshkosh businessman Ron Johnson got 85-percent of the vote in winning the Republican U-S Senate bid against incumbent Democrat Russ Feingold. Watertown businessman Dave Westlake had 10-percent. In Dodge County Johnson picked up 78-percent of the vote to Westlake’s 16-percent. Johnson had virtually all the money in the primary, tapping his fortune as a maker of plastic packaging. He says his message will stay the same – that he represents a clear choice with 31 years of real-world business experience against a 30-year career politician in Feingold. Feingold’s camp issued a statement calling Johnson a quote, “extreme partisan.” They said Johnson would not stand up to special interests and lobbyists the way Feingold has in his 18 years in Washington.
County Clerk: Turnout was “Fantastic”
9/15/10 - 38-percent of registered voters in Dodge County came out to the polls for yesterday’s primary election. County Clerk Karen Gibson says it’s great when they get more than 25-percent of registered voters to come out and she called yesterday’s total “fantastic”. There were issues with a couple polling places getting close to running out of ballots but overall the day ran smoothly. Gibson says this was by far the most people to vote in a primary during her eight years in office.
McBride Enters Plea In Child Porn Case
9/15/10 - A Beaver Dam man entered into a plea agreement yesterday (Tu) on charges that he possessed child pornography. Jack McBride pleaded “no contest” to one felony count and had three other counts dismissed, According to the criminal complaint, the 24-year-old used a roommates computer to download and save 14 images of children, some as young as five-years-old. McBride admitted to investigators that he received the pictures but says he was shocked by them as they were not the images he was trying to get. Authorities say he obtained the photos from a file sharing website and told the person who sent them that they were “nice.” McBride faces up to 25 years in prison when he is sentenced next month.
Mayville Man Pleads To Reduced Charges
9/15/10 - A Mayville man who was drunk when he inappropriately touched a 15-year-old girl at a bowling alley has entered into a plea agreement with prosecutors. Weston Leiberg had originally been charged with Sexual Assault of a Child Under the Age of 16 but pled to reduced charges of misdemeanor Disorderly Conduct. The complaint says the 30-year-old Leiberg approached two girls last December and reportedly told one of them she was (quote) “gorgeous” and started to grab and rub her. Police say Leiberg later told them he was drunk and didn’t remember what happened in the incident. A six month jail sentence was imposed and stayed and Leiberg was placed on probation for two years.
Specialty Cheese Fined $25,000
9/15/10 - Specialty Cheese Company, Inc. has agreed to pay $25,000 in forfeitures, costs and penalties for failing to comply with certain environmental laws. The state said the Reeseville company failed to comply with laws governing plans, reports and permits for two of its facilities. They say it also didn’t implement chloride reduction measures at its Lebanon facility and failed to prevent flooding of the ridge and furrow system at both the Leader and Lebanon facilities. Based on photos from an inspection of the Leader facility in March of 2008, the DNR determined that the ridge and furrow system at the facility was overflowing for eleven days. The wastewater drained into a wetland and a tributary of a nearby creek. The DNR says the company cooperated fully with the investigation by implementing a number of fixes including hiring a consultant, renovating the flooded field, and developing compliance plans for 2010 and 2011. The upgrades cost the company $150,000.
Two Plead In Fondy MIS Scandal
9/15/10 - Two of the three men charged in Fond du Lac’s Management Information Systems embezzlement scandal pleaded no contest to charges Monday. Thirty-six-year-old Jason Wianecki of Oshkosh, a former MIS employee, pleaded to a felony and a misdemeanor charge. He was sentenced to five months in jail and three years of probation. Forty-six-year-old Emil Devcic of Milwaukee, owner of a company that was a vendor to the City of Fond du Lac, entered no contest pleas to three felonies. He will be sentenced at a later date. There is also reportedly a plea agreement in place for former MIS worker Jon Lippert. Lippert has sentencing scheduled in November. Charges are expected to be filled against two other former MIS workers and another vendor.
Field Applauds Adopt-A-Highway Volunteers
9/15/10 - Dodge County’s Highway Commission is applauding the efforts of local Adopt-A-Highway volunteers in keeping area roadways free of litter. Brian Field says there are 91 groups that have adopted a section of highway in Dodge County, with a combined total over 1200 volunteers. Field says teams of family members, school groups, service organizations and church groups are encouraged to adopt a stretch of roadway. Equipment is provided by the county. Field says the program has been invaluable and saves the county thousands of dollars a year. Anyone interesting in the program should contact the Dodge County Highway Department (386-3650).
Board Confirms Harley Is Staying Put
9/15/10 - Harley-Davidson is not going anywhere. The company’s board said Tuesday it would keep running its motorcycle plants in Menomonee Falls and Tomahawk. That’s after union workers at both sites agreed yesterday to a new contract which cuts the active union workforce by at least 20-percent at each place. It also freezes their pay, and lets Harley hire lower-paid seasonal workers to fit the company’s ever-changing demand for motorcycles. C-E-O Keith Wandell said changes are never easy – and Harley has asked employees to make difficult decisions. Harley has eliminated hundreds of jobs over the last year-and-a-half, as the weak economy reduced the demand for its high-end motorcycles. Had they not approved the new contract, the company said it would have closed the Tomahawk and Menomonee Falls plants and moved the work to other states where the labor costs are cheaper. Union leaders said their members swallowed hard – and they chose to keep at least some jobs in place, rather than risk losing all of them. Once the contract takes effect in 2012, Harley is expected to have around a-thousand union workers in the Badger State. Also, the state Commerce Department has offered incentives to keep Harley in the state where it was born. Details have not been disclosed.
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