Teen Killed May Have Fallen Asleep at the Wheel
11/30/09 - A high school soccer player was killed in a weekend traffic crash in Dodge County. Authorities identified him as 17-year-old Nathaniel Rehbein – but his father told reporters he’s better known as Nate Strobel. Authorities said the teen was driving on a town road early Saturday when the car went into a ditch, hit a culvert, went airborne, and landed on its top. Investigators said speed appeared to be a factor. Nate’s father Al Strobel said his son might have fallen asleep. The crash happened about a half-mile from his home. Nate was a junior at Hartford Union High School. Meanwhile, Green County authorities said 48-year-old Stevelyn Knutson of rural Belleville died Saturday night in a one-car crash on Highway 92 near Belleville. Investigators said his vehicle overturned and he was ejected – and alcohol was apparently a factor.
Heffron White House Set to Host Santa Clause Again
11/30/09 - A holiday tradition in Beaver Dam continues this weekend as Santa Claus will be making yet another appearance at the Heffron White House. Tom Heffron says his family has been hosting Santa for the past 26 years, just as his parents did for over 40 years. Heffron says not only will Jolly Ole’ St. Nick be making a personal appearance, but he’ll be bringing along Mrs. Claus, in addition to Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman and a sleigh full of elves. Santa will be at the Heffron House, 112 Washington Street in Beaver Dam, from Noon until 2pm Saturday. The event is free and parents are encouraged to bring their camera. Heffron says the age range for kids on Santa’s lap last year was 2-week’s old to 90 years-young.
Waupun Sets Tax Rate
11/30/09 - Tax payers in the city of Waupun will see a lower tax rate for 2010. That’s after the city council passed their 2010 budget recently. The $6.8-million dollar document has a tax levy of $2.3-million. For Dodge County residents that will result in a tax rate of 6.19 per 1,000 of assessed value, which is down 4-cents from this year. That means a resident of a property valued at $130,000 would pay just more than $800 for the city portion of their tax bill. Residents on the Fond du Lac County side of the city will pay 6.34 per 1,000 of assessed value, a 16-cent decrease from ’09.
Ohlemiller Trial Date Set
11/30/09 - A jury trial has been set for a Beaver Dam man accused of molesting three young girls. Howard Ohlemiller is charged with two felony counts of 1st Degree Sexual Assault of a Child Under the Age of 13 and one count of 2nd Degree Sexual Assault of a Child for offenses that allegedly occurred over a two-year period ending in April. The 79-year-old is accused of assaulting a young teenager and two pre-teens on a weekly basis before he would pay them for house cleaning services. According to the criminal complaint, Ohlemiller admitted the incidents to authorities, saying that the girls were at fault for initiating the activity. The trial is slated to begin December 15th. He faces a maximum 160 years in prison if convicted on all counts.
Libecki Pleads Not Guilty to ’99 Murder
11/30/09 - The Dodge County man charged with the 1999 murder of a co-worker in Germantown has pleaded not guilty. 49-year-old Mark Libecki of Theresa is accused of killing 22-year-old Theresa Wesolowski of Milwaukee. Her body was found near her car about a block from the Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation, where the two worked. She had 46 stab wounds, including two to the heart. In 2003, the F-B-I concluded that Wesolowski’s killer knew her, and police were confident that D-N-A evidence would help crack the case. In 2006, authorities said they discovered that Libecki’s D-N-A was on the victim’s hands. Investigators then found an S-U-V that Libecki owned at the time – and a blood stain in a seat cushion had Wesolowski’s D-N-A. The victim’s husband Frank said his wife and Libecki worked the same shift at Smurfit-Stone, but he didn’t know of any closer relationship than that. He said it was hard to believe that Libecki kept working at the same place for 10 years before he was arrested.
Deer Harvest Numbers Expected to be Down Dramatically
11/30/09 - Wisconsin’s gun deer hunting season came to a quiet end yesterday. D-N-R warden Michael Young of the Fox Valley said everything worked against the hunters this year – including warm weather, standing corn, and excess water in the fields where the deer could hide. The statewide deer harvest was down 25-percent in last weekend’s opening – and some registration stations expect the final totals to be even lower. Thanksgiving normally has the second-highest number of deer shot after the opening weekend – but Young said he saw only limited hunting on the holiday. Hunters have until five this afternoon to register their animals. We did not get a single report of a hunter being shot-to-death during the season. The D-N-R said five people were wounded in hunting accidents in the opening weekend – and those reports have been few-and-far-between during the week.
Seniors Struggle with Choosing Health Plan
11/30/09 - Many Wisconsin seniors say it’s too much work to compare the dozens of Part-“D” prescription drug plans offered by Medicare. But Tom Frazier of the Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups says people better check their plans – because the average premiums have gone up 50-percent since 2006. They’ll rise 11-percent next year alone. Wisconsin’s new average will be around 43-dollars a month. Also, the costs of specific drugs vary from year-to-year – and they vary widely among the plans. Medicare has an on-line tool to help people find the best plans for them. It’s at Medicare-Dot-Gov. The deadline to change plans is the end of December. But for plans that no longer exist, seniors have until January 31st to pick a new one.
More State Employees Expected to be Laid Off
11/30/09 - Just over 200 state employees were recently told they might be laid off. Twenty have been let go – and state Employment Relations Director Jennifer Donnelly says more layoffs are on the way. But for now, she cannot predict how many. Meanwhile, the Wisconsin State Journal says more state positions are being left vacant as employees quit or retire. The total was over 31-hundred as of late October – about 32-percent more than the number of state jobs vacant in November of last year. It’s all being done to help cover the state’s seven-billion-dollar budget shortfall. In May, Governor Jim Doyle said around 700 state jobs could be eliminated. Layoff notices have been given in the departments of agriculture, administration, health services, and commerce.
11/30/09 - A high school soccer player was killed in a weekend traffic crash in Dodge County. Authorities identified him as 17-year-old Nathaniel Rehbein – but his father told reporters he’s better known as Nate Strobel. Authorities said the teen was driving on a town road early Saturday when the car went into a ditch, hit a culvert, went airborne, and landed on its top. Investigators said speed appeared to be a factor. Nate’s father Al Strobel said his son might have fallen asleep. The crash happened about a half-mile from his home. Nate was a junior at Hartford Union High School. Meanwhile, Green County authorities said 48-year-old Stevelyn Knutson of rural Belleville died Saturday night in a one-car crash on Highway 92 near Belleville. Investigators said his vehicle overturned and he was ejected – and alcohol was apparently a factor.
Heffron White House Set to Host Santa Clause Again
11/30/09 - A holiday tradition in Beaver Dam continues this weekend as Santa Claus will be making yet another appearance at the Heffron White House. Tom Heffron says his family has been hosting Santa for the past 26 years, just as his parents did for over 40 years. Heffron says not only will Jolly Ole’ St. Nick be making a personal appearance, but he’ll be bringing along Mrs. Claus, in addition to Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman and a sleigh full of elves. Santa will be at the Heffron House, 112 Washington Street in Beaver Dam, from Noon until 2pm Saturday. The event is free and parents are encouraged to bring their camera. Heffron says the age range for kids on Santa’s lap last year was 2-week’s old to 90 years-young.
Waupun Sets Tax Rate
11/30/09 - Tax payers in the city of Waupun will see a lower tax rate for 2010. That’s after the city council passed their 2010 budget recently. The $6.8-million dollar document has a tax levy of $2.3-million. For Dodge County residents that will result in a tax rate of 6.19 per 1,000 of assessed value, which is down 4-cents from this year. That means a resident of a property valued at $130,000 would pay just more than $800 for the city portion of their tax bill. Residents on the Fond du Lac County side of the city will pay 6.34 per 1,000 of assessed value, a 16-cent decrease from ’09.
Ohlemiller Trial Date Set
11/30/09 - A jury trial has been set for a Beaver Dam man accused of molesting three young girls. Howard Ohlemiller is charged with two felony counts of 1st Degree Sexual Assault of a Child Under the Age of 13 and one count of 2nd Degree Sexual Assault of a Child for offenses that allegedly occurred over a two-year period ending in April. The 79-year-old is accused of assaulting a young teenager and two pre-teens on a weekly basis before he would pay them for house cleaning services. According to the criminal complaint, Ohlemiller admitted the incidents to authorities, saying that the girls were at fault for initiating the activity. The trial is slated to begin December 15th. He faces a maximum 160 years in prison if convicted on all counts.
Libecki Pleads Not Guilty to ’99 Murder
11/30/09 - The Dodge County man charged with the 1999 murder of a co-worker in Germantown has pleaded not guilty. 49-year-old Mark Libecki of Theresa is accused of killing 22-year-old Theresa Wesolowski of Milwaukee. Her body was found near her car about a block from the Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation, where the two worked. She had 46 stab wounds, including two to the heart. In 2003, the F-B-I concluded that Wesolowski’s killer knew her, and police were confident that D-N-A evidence would help crack the case. In 2006, authorities said they discovered that Libecki’s D-N-A was on the victim’s hands. Investigators then found an S-U-V that Libecki owned at the time – and a blood stain in a seat cushion had Wesolowski’s D-N-A. The victim’s husband Frank said his wife and Libecki worked the same shift at Smurfit-Stone, but he didn’t know of any closer relationship than that. He said it was hard to believe that Libecki kept working at the same place for 10 years before he was arrested.
Deer Harvest Numbers Expected to be Down Dramatically
11/30/09 - Wisconsin’s gun deer hunting season came to a quiet end yesterday. D-N-R warden Michael Young of the Fox Valley said everything worked against the hunters this year – including warm weather, standing corn, and excess water in the fields where the deer could hide. The statewide deer harvest was down 25-percent in last weekend’s opening – and some registration stations expect the final totals to be even lower. Thanksgiving normally has the second-highest number of deer shot after the opening weekend – but Young said he saw only limited hunting on the holiday. Hunters have until five this afternoon to register their animals. We did not get a single report of a hunter being shot-to-death during the season. The D-N-R said five people were wounded in hunting accidents in the opening weekend – and those reports have been few-and-far-between during the week.
Seniors Struggle with Choosing Health Plan
11/30/09 - Many Wisconsin seniors say it’s too much work to compare the dozens of Part-“D” prescription drug plans offered by Medicare. But Tom Frazier of the Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups says people better check their plans – because the average premiums have gone up 50-percent since 2006. They’ll rise 11-percent next year alone. Wisconsin’s new average will be around 43-dollars a month. Also, the costs of specific drugs vary from year-to-year – and they vary widely among the plans. Medicare has an on-line tool to help people find the best plans for them. It’s at Medicare-Dot-Gov. The deadline to change plans is the end of December. But for plans that no longer exist, seniors have until January 31st to pick a new one.
More State Employees Expected to be Laid Off
11/30/09 - Just over 200 state employees were recently told they might be laid off. Twenty have been let go – and state Employment Relations Director Jennifer Donnelly says more layoffs are on the way. But for now, she cannot predict how many. Meanwhile, the Wisconsin State Journal says more state positions are being left vacant as employees quit or retire. The total was over 31-hundred as of late October – about 32-percent more than the number of state jobs vacant in November of last year. It’s all being done to help cover the state’s seven-billion-dollar budget shortfall. In May, Governor Jim Doyle said around 700 state jobs could be eliminated. Layoff notices have been given in the departments of agriculture, administration, health services, and commerce.
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