More Snow on the Way
12/3/08 - We’ll be getting another round of snow this morning and early afternoon. Dodge County could get between 3 to 6 inches by the time everything is over. There was snow over night in the Fox Valley. The Weather Service said a cold front swept across the Badger State overnight. An upper-level disturbance triggered the overnight snow. And colder winds are coming in from the northwest – and forecasters say temperatures will steadily fall during the day. It’s supposed to get down to the single digits and teens statewide tonight. Some lingering flurries are expected tomorrow, and it could get below zero in the far north tomorrow night.
Special Prosecutor Appointed in Carol’s Tours Case
12/03/08 - The Wisconsin Attorney General’s office has assigned a special prosecutor to assist in the investigation and prosecution of Carol’s Tours. The Beaver Dam travel agency closed its doors in January amid a flurry of consumer fraud complaints from customers who deposited money for trips, vacation packages and other obligations which they claim were never fulfilled. The Attorney General named Assistant AG Barbara Oswald as special prosecutor. Oswald previously served as a Dodge County special prosecutor in the Moose Balian case which involved the September 2002 hot-and-run death of Jimmy Gengler in rural Watertown. Those who feel they have a complaint regarding Carol’s Tours and have not previously come forward, are still encouraged to contact the Beaver Dam Police Department to file a formal police report.
Authorities Looking For Child Solicitor
12/03/08 - Randolph police are looking for a man who tried to give a young boy a ride home from school Monday. Authorities say the incident occurred in the 200 block of Hammond Street around 3:30pm. The 9-year-old boy was approached by a man in a vehicle who offered a ride home and hollered “Hey, come back” when the boy walked away. The vehicle is described as a black, 4-door, late-model, Pontiac Grand Am-type with dents on both the front and rear drivers side quarter panels. The man is described as a tall, skinny Caucasian, 25 to 30-years-old with brown hair, last seen wearing a black t-shirt and brown coat, black stocking hat and light colored jeans. Information should be directed to the Randolph Police Department.
Deer Hunt Numbers Down Statewide
12/3/08 - The number of deer killed statewide during the nine-day gun season was down about 20-percent, but that wasn’t the case in our area. Dodge County reported an increase of about 7-percent in total deer harvested. Columbia County killed just five less deer than a year ago while Jefferson County saw an increase of about 17-percent. The statewide total was the lowest since 2002 – the year chronic wasting disease was first found, and fears about it kept hunters home. According to the D-N-R’s preliminary numbers, just under 277-thousand deer were shot in the season that ended Sunday. 21-percent fewer bucks were harvested than a year ago, and 18-and-a-half percent fewer antlerless deer were taken. The D-N-R says a cold, wet spring might have hurt deer reproduction, and the early estimates of up to one-point-seven million deer probably were not accurate. Still, the population remains well above the state’s goal of 709-thousand. The D-N-R’s Keith Warnke said hunting license sales were above a year ago – so it’s not clear if the bad economy had anything to do with the smaller harvest. This was the third-safest hunt on record. One person was shot to death, and eight others were hurt in gun mishaps.
Accident Shuts Down Highway 68
12/3/08 - An accident, involving a semi and mini-van in the Town of Trenton, shutdown Highway 68 for a while last night. The Sheriff’s Department tells us a 30-year-old man was east bound in a semi-truck when a 52-year-old woman driving westbound in a mini-van lost control going around a curve and hit the semi truck’s trailer. The impact broke the back wheels on the trailer. The woman was taken to an area hospital for treatment of minor injuries. The accident occurred around 8:45.
Senior Citizens Will Get Tax Break Despite Budget Woes
12/3/08 - Almost a quarter-million senior citizens in Wisconsin will get a new tax break next year – and it’s still on the books despite the state’s huge budget deficits. Legislators agreed in 2005 to phase out taxes on Social Security benefits for the middle class and the wealthy. Lower-income seniors are already exempt. But the rest will get a new deduction on their next income tax returns averaging 518-dollars. Lawmakers of both parties happily took credit, and Governor Jim Doyle used it in his 2006 re-election campaign to prove he had cut taxes. But the economy went south since then. Now, lawmakers are talking about raising taxes-and-fees to wipe out the largest deficit in the state’s history. Doyle spokesman Lee Sensenbrenner says everything is on the table – although the governor is looking more at cutting spending than raising taxes. Former G-O-P Assembly Speaker John Gard championed the tax break. And he says it would be a slap-in-the-face if lawmakers who approved now go back on it. The total cost of the tax break is 118-million-dollars for next year. Only 15 states tax Social Security benefits to various degrees. Iowa and Missouri are phasing theirs out.
Lodi HS Exchange Program To Return From Thailand Sunday
12/03/08 - A dozen people from Lodi High School will return Sunday from Thailand – where they were stranded when protestors shut down Bangkok’s two airports. Nine students and three staffers were on a three-week exchange program. They never got in harm’s way, because they were based in a smaller community about 75 miles from Bangkok. The protests came from a group demanding the resignation of Thailand’s prime minister and ruling government. The Lodi group had planned to leave Bangkok last Sunday. But they had to change those plans. Now, they’ll fly from Phuket to Singapore on Friday. They’ll get to get Tokyo on Saturday for a long flight to Chicago. And they plan to be back in Lodi late on Sunday. Lodi principal Laura Love has been in constant contact with the group – which includes two of her children. She says they’ve been (quote) “treated like royalty.” And they have not witnessed any violence.
Fixing A Hole
12/03/08 - Excess water usage at the Columbus outdoor pool has been a concern for most of the 2008 season. The City Council was told the pool had been using an average of 18 thousand one hundred sixty gallons per day at an average daily cost of $66.80. The DPW started to excavate and search pool edge piping connecting the pool to the City Water supply. A recent find was an open gasket buried under four inches of reinforced concrete. The leak caused gutter damage and could have cost over $2,000 in excess water bills. DPW and Water and Light officials are meeting on Dec. 16th to discuss the gasket problem and the cost for the correction.
12/3/08 - We’ll be getting another round of snow this morning and early afternoon. Dodge County could get between 3 to 6 inches by the time everything is over. There was snow over night in the Fox Valley. The Weather Service said a cold front swept across the Badger State overnight. An upper-level disturbance triggered the overnight snow. And colder winds are coming in from the northwest – and forecasters say temperatures will steadily fall during the day. It’s supposed to get down to the single digits and teens statewide tonight. Some lingering flurries are expected tomorrow, and it could get below zero in the far north tomorrow night.
Special Prosecutor Appointed in Carol’s Tours Case
12/03/08 - The Wisconsin Attorney General’s office has assigned a special prosecutor to assist in the investigation and prosecution of Carol’s Tours. The Beaver Dam travel agency closed its doors in January amid a flurry of consumer fraud complaints from customers who deposited money for trips, vacation packages and other obligations which they claim were never fulfilled. The Attorney General named Assistant AG Barbara Oswald as special prosecutor. Oswald previously served as a Dodge County special prosecutor in the Moose Balian case which involved the September 2002 hot-and-run death of Jimmy Gengler in rural Watertown. Those who feel they have a complaint regarding Carol’s Tours and have not previously come forward, are still encouraged to contact the Beaver Dam Police Department to file a formal police report.
Authorities Looking For Child Solicitor
12/03/08 - Randolph police are looking for a man who tried to give a young boy a ride home from school Monday. Authorities say the incident occurred in the 200 block of Hammond Street around 3:30pm. The 9-year-old boy was approached by a man in a vehicle who offered a ride home and hollered “Hey, come back” when the boy walked away. The vehicle is described as a black, 4-door, late-model, Pontiac Grand Am-type with dents on both the front and rear drivers side quarter panels. The man is described as a tall, skinny Caucasian, 25 to 30-years-old with brown hair, last seen wearing a black t-shirt and brown coat, black stocking hat and light colored jeans. Information should be directed to the Randolph Police Department.
Deer Hunt Numbers Down Statewide
12/3/08 - The number of deer killed statewide during the nine-day gun season was down about 20-percent, but that wasn’t the case in our area. Dodge County reported an increase of about 7-percent in total deer harvested. Columbia County killed just five less deer than a year ago while Jefferson County saw an increase of about 17-percent. The statewide total was the lowest since 2002 – the year chronic wasting disease was first found, and fears about it kept hunters home. According to the D-N-R’s preliminary numbers, just under 277-thousand deer were shot in the season that ended Sunday. 21-percent fewer bucks were harvested than a year ago, and 18-and-a-half percent fewer antlerless deer were taken. The D-N-R says a cold, wet spring might have hurt deer reproduction, and the early estimates of up to one-point-seven million deer probably were not accurate. Still, the population remains well above the state’s goal of 709-thousand. The D-N-R’s Keith Warnke said hunting license sales were above a year ago – so it’s not clear if the bad economy had anything to do with the smaller harvest. This was the third-safest hunt on record. One person was shot to death, and eight others were hurt in gun mishaps.
Accident Shuts Down Highway 68
12/3/08 - An accident, involving a semi and mini-van in the Town of Trenton, shutdown Highway 68 for a while last night. The Sheriff’s Department tells us a 30-year-old man was east bound in a semi-truck when a 52-year-old woman driving westbound in a mini-van lost control going around a curve and hit the semi truck’s trailer. The impact broke the back wheels on the trailer. The woman was taken to an area hospital for treatment of minor injuries. The accident occurred around 8:45.
Senior Citizens Will Get Tax Break Despite Budget Woes
12/3/08 - Almost a quarter-million senior citizens in Wisconsin will get a new tax break next year – and it’s still on the books despite the state’s huge budget deficits. Legislators agreed in 2005 to phase out taxes on Social Security benefits for the middle class and the wealthy. Lower-income seniors are already exempt. But the rest will get a new deduction on their next income tax returns averaging 518-dollars. Lawmakers of both parties happily took credit, and Governor Jim Doyle used it in his 2006 re-election campaign to prove he had cut taxes. But the economy went south since then. Now, lawmakers are talking about raising taxes-and-fees to wipe out the largest deficit in the state’s history. Doyle spokesman Lee Sensenbrenner says everything is on the table – although the governor is looking more at cutting spending than raising taxes. Former G-O-P Assembly Speaker John Gard championed the tax break. And he says it would be a slap-in-the-face if lawmakers who approved now go back on it. The total cost of the tax break is 118-million-dollars for next year. Only 15 states tax Social Security benefits to various degrees. Iowa and Missouri are phasing theirs out.
Lodi HS Exchange Program To Return From Thailand Sunday
12/03/08 - A dozen people from Lodi High School will return Sunday from Thailand – where they were stranded when protestors shut down Bangkok’s two airports. Nine students and three staffers were on a three-week exchange program. They never got in harm’s way, because they were based in a smaller community about 75 miles from Bangkok. The protests came from a group demanding the resignation of Thailand’s prime minister and ruling government. The Lodi group had planned to leave Bangkok last Sunday. But they had to change those plans. Now, they’ll fly from Phuket to Singapore on Friday. They’ll get to get Tokyo on Saturday for a long flight to Chicago. And they plan to be back in Lodi late on Sunday. Lodi principal Laura Love has been in constant contact with the group – which includes two of her children. She says they’ve been (quote) “treated like royalty.” And they have not witnessed any violence.
Fixing A Hole
12/03/08 - Excess water usage at the Columbus outdoor pool has been a concern for most of the 2008 season. The City Council was told the pool had been using an average of 18 thousand one hundred sixty gallons per day at an average daily cost of $66.80. The DPW started to excavate and search pool edge piping connecting the pool to the City Water supply. A recent find was an open gasket buried under four inches of reinforced concrete. The leak caused gutter damage and could have cost over $2,000 in excess water bills. DPW and Water and Light officials are meeting on Dec. 16th to discuss the gasket problem and the cost for the correction.
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