Name Released in Highway 26 Death
10/29/09 - Authorities have released the name of the Beaver Dam man killed in a car accident yesterday morning. 18-year-old Pearce Lunde (Lund) died after his car crossed the center line of Highway 26 and collided with a northbound semi-trailer around 6:30 a.m. yesterday. The accident happened in between Watertown and Clyman. Authorities say Lunde was pronounced dead at the scene. The 57-year-old Milwaukee man driving the semi was taken to the hospital. The Sheriff’s Department initial investigation shows speed was not a factor. The driver of the semi attempted to steer out of the way of the oncoming car, but authorities say the collision was unavoidable. It was the eleventh fatal accident on Dodge County roads this year. There were 17 fatalities by this time last year.
Referendum Will Decide Future of Elementary Building Too
10/29/09 - The referendum next week that, if approved, would allow the city and town of Fox Lake to detach from the Waupun School District and join the Randolph School District will also determine the future of the Fox Lake Elementary building. The closure of the school was one of the main reasons cited for detachment. Superintendent Randy Refsland says the building has been appraised at $311,000 but the school board has not come up with a selling price yet. He says if the detachment goes through, the building will become an asset in negotiations with Randolph as they determine what would go with Fox Lake to their new district. If the detachment doesn’t go through the board will have to make a decision whether to go forward with the sale.
Poll: Former Governor Thompson Still Love by WI Residents
10/29/09 - Wisconsinites still love Tommy Thompson. A new poll asked residents who they consider to be favorable among the announced and potential candidates for governor next year. And former Governor Thompson got a 57-percent favorable rating, while Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett was second at 29-percent. Saint Norbert College and Wisconsin Public Radio conducted the poll earlier this month. Thompson, a Republican, spent 14 years as Wisconsin’s governor – and he left nine years ago to become President Bush’s health secretary. He’s said to thinking about entering the race for governor, or maybe the U-S Senate race against incumbent Russ Feingold. Barrett is considering a candidacy for governor as a Democrat, and he won’t announce his plans until next month. Among the announced candidates for governor, Republican Scott Walker has a 26-percent favorable rating. Former G-O-P Congressman Mark Neumann is at 20-percent. The poll surveyed 400 Wisconsin adults. The error margin is plus-or-minus five-percent.
Drunk Drivers Will Be Able to Keep License Cards
10/29/09 - A state committee has voted to let those arrested for drunk driving keep their license cards for identification only. Right now, police confiscate the licenses of those who fail sobriety tests, or refuse to take them. But some lawmakers say it’s too harsh of a punishment, because drivers lose the I-D’s they need to cash checks, buy cold medicines, and board airplanes. Yesterday, the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee voted 10-to-4 to let suspected O-W-I offenders keep their licenses, while still having their driving privileges suspended. Republicans cast all the no votes. Racine’s Robin Vos says it makes a drunk driver’s punishment less severe – and it’s sending the wrong message at a time when people are demanding tougher O-W-I laws. Milwaukee Senate Democrat Lena Taylor says the police will still know if people are driving illegally when they stop them. The bill allows judges to make drivers surrender their license cards if they believe it’s necessary. Also yesterday, the finance panel delayed action on the proposed drunk driving reform package because a disagreement remains over how to pay for it. A Senate panel has endorsed a higher liquor tax, but Assembly leaders are against that.
Cheaper Prescriptions Coming to WI
10/29/09 - A state committee has voted to let Wisconsinites take advantage of those four-dollar prescription deals they see advertised nationally. The Assembly’s health panel voted 10-to-2 yesterday to exempt prescription drugs from Wisconsin’s minimum mark-up law. Walmart says the law forces them to sell some of their four-dollar medicines for nine-dollars in the Badger State. And Milwaukee Democrat Tom Richards says the national discounts would be a big help for seniors who pay thousands of dollars a year for medicines – even if they have Medicare Part-“D.” But Tom Engels of the state’s Pharmacy Society says smaller drug stores cannot afford to match Walmart’s four-dollar price for drugs which cost 15-dollars wholesale – and they can’t make up for the losses elsewhere, like the big stores can. Also, Engels says he doesn’t want people splitting up their health care records among different druggists. In the past, the group has said it would make people more susceptible to getting drugs by mistake. Richards said he was sympathetic to the small drug stores, and would come up with an amendment to his bill. He said he hopes the full Assembly can pass it by the end of the year. Governor Jim Doyle’s office supports the measure.
10/29/09 - Authorities have released the name of the Beaver Dam man killed in a car accident yesterday morning. 18-year-old Pearce Lunde (Lund) died after his car crossed the center line of Highway 26 and collided with a northbound semi-trailer around 6:30 a.m. yesterday. The accident happened in between Watertown and Clyman. Authorities say Lunde was pronounced dead at the scene. The 57-year-old Milwaukee man driving the semi was taken to the hospital. The Sheriff’s Department initial investigation shows speed was not a factor. The driver of the semi attempted to steer out of the way of the oncoming car, but authorities say the collision was unavoidable. It was the eleventh fatal accident on Dodge County roads this year. There were 17 fatalities by this time last year.
Referendum Will Decide Future of Elementary Building Too
10/29/09 - The referendum next week that, if approved, would allow the city and town of Fox Lake to detach from the Waupun School District and join the Randolph School District will also determine the future of the Fox Lake Elementary building. The closure of the school was one of the main reasons cited for detachment. Superintendent Randy Refsland says the building has been appraised at $311,000 but the school board has not come up with a selling price yet. He says if the detachment goes through, the building will become an asset in negotiations with Randolph as they determine what would go with Fox Lake to their new district. If the detachment doesn’t go through the board will have to make a decision whether to go forward with the sale.
Poll: Former Governor Thompson Still Love by WI Residents
10/29/09 - Wisconsinites still love Tommy Thompson. A new poll asked residents who they consider to be favorable among the announced and potential candidates for governor next year. And former Governor Thompson got a 57-percent favorable rating, while Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett was second at 29-percent. Saint Norbert College and Wisconsin Public Radio conducted the poll earlier this month. Thompson, a Republican, spent 14 years as Wisconsin’s governor – and he left nine years ago to become President Bush’s health secretary. He’s said to thinking about entering the race for governor, or maybe the U-S Senate race against incumbent Russ Feingold. Barrett is considering a candidacy for governor as a Democrat, and he won’t announce his plans until next month. Among the announced candidates for governor, Republican Scott Walker has a 26-percent favorable rating. Former G-O-P Congressman Mark Neumann is at 20-percent. The poll surveyed 400 Wisconsin adults. The error margin is plus-or-minus five-percent.
Drunk Drivers Will Be Able to Keep License Cards
10/29/09 - A state committee has voted to let those arrested for drunk driving keep their license cards for identification only. Right now, police confiscate the licenses of those who fail sobriety tests, or refuse to take them. But some lawmakers say it’s too harsh of a punishment, because drivers lose the I-D’s they need to cash checks, buy cold medicines, and board airplanes. Yesterday, the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee voted 10-to-4 to let suspected O-W-I offenders keep their licenses, while still having their driving privileges suspended. Republicans cast all the no votes. Racine’s Robin Vos says it makes a drunk driver’s punishment less severe – and it’s sending the wrong message at a time when people are demanding tougher O-W-I laws. Milwaukee Senate Democrat Lena Taylor says the police will still know if people are driving illegally when they stop them. The bill allows judges to make drivers surrender their license cards if they believe it’s necessary. Also yesterday, the finance panel delayed action on the proposed drunk driving reform package because a disagreement remains over how to pay for it. A Senate panel has endorsed a higher liquor tax, but Assembly leaders are against that.
Cheaper Prescriptions Coming to WI
10/29/09 - A state committee has voted to let Wisconsinites take advantage of those four-dollar prescription deals they see advertised nationally. The Assembly’s health panel voted 10-to-2 yesterday to exempt prescription drugs from Wisconsin’s minimum mark-up law. Walmart says the law forces them to sell some of their four-dollar medicines for nine-dollars in the Badger State. And Milwaukee Democrat Tom Richards says the national discounts would be a big help for seniors who pay thousands of dollars a year for medicines – even if they have Medicare Part-“D.” But Tom Engels of the state’s Pharmacy Society says smaller drug stores cannot afford to match Walmart’s four-dollar price for drugs which cost 15-dollars wholesale – and they can’t make up for the losses elsewhere, like the big stores can. Also, Engels says he doesn’t want people splitting up their health care records among different druggists. In the past, the group has said it would make people more susceptible to getting drugs by mistake. Richards said he was sympathetic to the small drug stores, and would come up with an amendment to his bill. He said he hopes the full Assembly can pass it by the end of the year. Governor Jim Doyle’s office supports the measure.
Immigration Crackdown Results in 34 Arrests
10/29/09 - State justice agents say 34 illegal immigrants with criminal histories have been arrested in a sweep throughout southeast Wisconsin. Attorney General J-B Van Hollen announced the arrests today. State and federal agents began the sweep 15 days ago, and they completed it last Friday. The arrests occurred in 11 cities including Beaver Dam, Neosho, Fort Atkinson and Jefferson. Van Hollen said all the immigrants committed crimes that included sexual assault, drug possession, and battery.
Swine Flu Update
10/29/09 - State officials reported three new swine flu deaths Wednesday that occurred over the past week. Two of them were in Milwaukee County, and one was in Eau Claire County. On Tuesday, Oconto County health officials announced the death of a woman from the H-1-N-1 virus, who had an underlying health condition. No other information was disclosed about that death. And state health spokeswoman Stephanie Marquis had no information about ages, genders, hometowns, or health backgrounds about any of the four deaths. This brings to five the number of Wisconsin deaths from swine flu since September first, and 14 for the year. The state reported 18-hundred-62 confirmed cases of the H-1-N-1 virus since August 31st. Dane County continued to have the most, with 217. Milwaukee County had 105 confirmed cases. The virus has hospitalized 70 people statewide.
Local hospitals are taking steps to separate those with flu-like symptoms from other patients. Beaver Dam Community Hospital Emergency Room Director Pam Flock says they have designated their waiting areas for contagious patients to separate them from those with injuries or other non-contagious ailments. She says if your symptoms are not extreme you should stay at home. But Flock says you should contact your child’s doctor immediately if they have a fever over 102 degrees, fever rash, trouble breathing, blue skin or lips, extreme sleepiness, vomiting or they refuse to eat or drink fluids. Your doctor should also be notified immediately if you infant is not wanting to be held. For adults, they should seek medical care if they experience difficulty breathing or shortness of breath, pain or pressure in the chest or abdomen, sudden dizziness, confusion or persistent vomiting. Flock also says those with flu-like symptoms should wear a protective face mask and use hand sanitizer frequently when visiting the hospital.
Waupun Memorial Hospital has temporarily raised the minimum age for visitors to the hospital, in an effort to prevent the spread of the H1N1 virus to patients. Officials with Agnesian HealthCare say visitors to any of their nursing home or hospital campuses must be 18 years of age or older. Families are also encouraged to limit all visitors to hospitalized and nursing home patients to immediate family members during the flu season.
Oconomowoc Murder Manhunt Nationwide
10/29/09 - The manhunt has gone national for the killer of 39 year old Kimberly Smith. She was found dead October first in her Oconomowoc home. A Waukesha County judge has issued an arrest warrant for 26 year old Justin Welch. He's a parole violator from California. DNA samples put Welch inside the victim's home. Investigators say they don't know what the connection might be between suspect and victim, or if Welch even knew Smith. Some officials say it is possible the two met on the Internet.
Richards: ‘Next of Kin Located’
10/29/09 - Columbia County authorities have finally been able to contact the family of a man found dead this past weekend near Lodi. 39-year-old Brian K. McCarra was found dead Saturday near Summerville Park Road with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Sheriff Dennis Richards put out a public appeal earlier this week seeking family contact information. Richards says they have received a return phone call from McCarra’s aunt, who lives in Minnesota and arrangements were immediately made to notify the victim’s father who lives in Mississippi.
Poh Sentenced For Resisting/ OWI
10/29/09 - An Oconomowoc man will spend almost three years in jail on OWI and Resisting Arrest charges from two separate cases. In 2007, James A. Poh was arrested after a run-in with Mayville Police at his ex-girlfriends house. According to the criminal complaint, authorities questioned the 43-year-old after his ex called police to her residence fearing for her safety. Poh was uncooperative and officers tried unsuccessfully to subdue him with a Tazer stun gun. He eventually complied and was placed in the back of a squad car, where he used his teeth to pull the red lights loose from the back windshield, chewed apart an antenna cable and ripped off an LED light bar. Officers then hogtied Poh, who proceeded to repeatedly slam his head into the cage of the squad car, causing a laceration to his forehead. As blood dripped down his face, he caught it in his mouth and spit it around the cabin, telling officers he had Hepatitis. He was arrested earlier this year for his third OWI. At sentencing for both cases yesterday, Judge Brian Pfitzinger sentenced Poh to two years in prison for Bail Jumping, three months for the OWI and five months for the 2007 Resisting Arrest case. In addition he had his license revoked for three years followed by three years with an ignition interlock on his car.
If At First You Don’t Succeed…
10/29/09 - Two people were arrested Tuesday night on OWI charges because one of them was unable pay for gas. Workers at a Reeseville filling station called authorities after a Watertown man filled his tank but couldn’t pay. The 31-year-old was taken into custody on suspicion of his third OWI and would have been released to a responsible party. However, that responsible party had allegedly been drinking and was reportedly texting while en route to the jail and crashed her vehicle into a pole in the Town of Portland. The 35-year-old Waterloo woman was transported to the Columbus Community Hospital for treatment of minor injuries and ticketed for her first OWI. Incidentally, the tow-truck operator got stuck while trying to remove her car from the ditch and a second tow company had to be called in.
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