Monday, October 20, 2008

Top Stories October 20th

Police Investigating Two Church Break-In’s

10/20/08 - Beaver Dam police are investigating two more break-in’s this morning both at area churches. One occurred at Trinity Church – United Methodist on Oneida Street. Yellow police tape cordoned off a side entryway and detectives were walking the property taking pictures. A break-in is also being investigated at First Lutheran Church on North Center Street. The break-in’s come on the heels of the arrest of two teens last week suspected in a number of other break-in’s in the area.

Teens Injured in Accident Sunday Night

10/20/08 - Six teenagers were injured in a one-vehicle rollover just after 8 p.m. last night. According to Dodge County Sheriff Todd Nehls, the accident occurred just after 8 p.m. in the town of Calamus near the intersection of Highway S and Jay Rd. Nehls says the 15-year-old driver lost control, struck an embankment and rolled over. It’s believed none of the passengers were wearing seatbelts. All were transported to the Beaver Dam Community Hospital with significant injures but none are considered life threatening. Nehls says the teens were between 14 and 18-years-old.

Eauslin Facing More Charges

10/20/08 - A third set of child molestation charges have been filed against a Lowell man. Wayne Eauslin had a preliminary hearing late last week for the repeated sexual assault of a girl in 2001. The victim is now a teenager. The 36-year-old was bound over for trial. Eauslin is now charged with a total of five felonies in three separate cases for allegedly molesting four different girls. In one of the other cases, he is accused of assaulting a preteen girl while she slept this past summer. In the third case, Eauslin entered a “not guilty” plea to charges that assaulted an 8 and 10-year-old girl in a bathroom in the summer of 2007. In both of those cases he entered “not guilty” pleas. He will have an arraignment hearing on the newest charges on October 29. If convicted on all counts, Eauslin faces up to 150-years in prison.

Two Fires Over the Weekend


10/20/08 - A woman was displaced from her apartment following a microwave oven and coffee maker fire in Beaver Dam Saturday afternoon. Firemen were called to the apartment on the first floor of the building at 800 South Lincoln around 4:30pm. The fire was extinguished upon the department’s arrival. The building was evacuated and ventilated because of the smoke. There was minor damage; however, it was enough to call in the Red Cross to assist the occupant who was expected to be back in her apartment by today. Firemen were on the scene for about an hour.

Also on Saturday, firemen were called to 217 York St. to investigate smoke from a chimney. Officials said a fuel oil fired boiler malfunctioned. Firemen were on the scene for about a half hour. The house is owned by an Illinois man.

Gas Down

10/20/08 - We’re starting the work week off with the price of gas 13 cents lower than the end of the work week. The price of gas at some Beaver Dam gas stations is $2.82 cents, down from $2.95 on Friday. Waupun is at $2.84. Mayville is at $2.85. Fond du Lac is averaging $2.89.
Johnson Creek and Watertown are at $2.91. The statewide average is $2.86, four cents below the national average. The low price in the state is $2.60 in Algoma. The high price is $3.09 in Sister Bay.

Lawton Speaks at Wayland

10/20/08 - Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton delivered a speech on “Women in Politics” Friday afternoon at Wayland Academy. Lawton, who is the first woman in the Wisconsin governor’s office, says that gender is still an issue, in Madison and in Washington. She said it is essential that women let their voices be heard if government is going to reflect the needs of all people. Lawton spoke as part of the First Annual "Women of Wayland Conference." On Saturday, the Wayland Board of Trustees seated former network television correspondent and Class of 1963 alum Susan Peterson, who became the first female chair of the board in its 153-year history.

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