Rains Lead To Farm Tech Days Cancellation
7/23/10 - Heavy rains led to the cancellation of the final day of Wisconsin’s largest annual farm show in Pierce County. Matt Hanson with Dodge County’s UW Extension office told us that about two inches of rain fell in one hour and the grounds looked like a big lake. Last year, Farm Tech Days was held near Waterloo, and Dodge County organizers were well prepared for the modest rain that had fallen because thunderstorms had forced the early cancellation of the 2008 Farm Tech Days. Hanson says this year’s organizers did not heed the warnings about preparing for inclement weather. Hanson says there was no satellite parking and only one shuttle from the Ellsworth County Fair a half hour away. He says if those steps had been taken the show could have possibly re-opened in the afternoon. Farm Tech Days will be held in Marathon County next year and Hanson says organizers were able to learn firsthand from this year’s event about the importance of being prepared for wet conditions. Thousands of people attended the show on Tuesday and Wednesday. It featured the latest in farm technology and equipment – plus numerous demonstrations and activities. Around 80-thousand people had been expected to attend during the scheduled three days.
Knaup Bound Over in John Doe Burglary
7/23/10 - Probable cause was found yesterday to bind over a former Beaver Dam on charges that he burglarized a home in 2007. Timothy Knaup faces two counts of Burglary and Theft along with a misdemeanor count of Intentionally Pointing A Firearm. The 47-year-old is accused of breaking into a home in Beaver Dam. The home owner reportedly came home and interrupted the burglar, who was armed with a small handgun. He ordered the homeowner at gunpoint to go into a different room, and fled the residence. In a separate case, Knaup was sentenced to five years in prison last year for pointing a loaded gun at police officers who were called to his residence for a domestic incident. Officers safely removed a child and then located Knaup in the basement, with a beer in one hand and a loaded 22-caliber handgun in the other. After refusing to surrender the weapon, which was cocked, officers deployed their Tazer gun and took him into custody. As of result of that felony conviction, his DNA was collected. The State Crime Lab recently connected that DNA to evidence left at the scene of the 2007 burglary. The case had been filed under the name “John Doe” but Timothy Knaup has an arraignment hearing September 8.
Sabbatini Sentenced For 7th OWI
7/23/10 - A Burnett man will spend two and a half years in prison for his seventh OWI. Raymond Sabbatini was in the back of a squad car as the clock struck midnight on New Years. Deputies responded to Highway 33 and Dakota Road in the Town of Herman just before midnight on December 31 after receiving reports of a motorist needing assistance. The 41-year-old was stuck in a snow bank. When authorities arrived on scene he was sitting in the driver’s seat. His blood alcohol level was point .113. Sabbatini will also spend three years on extended supervision and had his license suspended for three years followed by three years with an ignition interlock device on his vehicle.
CPD Incorporates NIXLE
7/23/10 - Columbus Police have been using and testing a new digital communications service called NIXLE for the past two weeks. Chief Daniel Meister said NIXLE messages sent from his department to any citizen who has signed in will give Police a faster way to contact local residents with notices of missing persons, floods, fires or other dangerous situations. The free digital service to email and cell phone users will allow the Police to communicate with many people in the community quicker than ever before.
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