Third Campbellsport Crash Victim Dies
2/5/12 - Three teens have now died from injuries sustained in a Fond du Lac County SUV accident. It happened just west of Campbellsport early Saturday morning. 16-year-old Katie Berg died Sunday at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee after being flown from the crash site Saturday with critical injuries. Berg was one of nine girls from the Campbellsport School District inside the Chevy Tahoe. 15-year-old Sabrina Stahl and 17-year-old Caitlin Scannell were also killed. Three 16-year-old’s and a 17-year-old were taken to Children’s Hospital in Milwaukee with serious injuries. The driver, Carly Ottery and another 18-year-old were last listed in satisfactory condition at St. Agnes Hospital. The accident happened just after 3:30am Saturday on Beechnut Drive in the Town of Ashford. Ottery was reportedly traveling at a high rate of speed when lost control of the SUV and it entered a field, rolling several times. Some of the girls were not wearing seatbelts.
Lomira Woman Killed In Fond du Lac County Wreck
2/5/12 - A Lomira woman killed in a one-vehicle rollover crash in Fond du Lac County has been identified as Jennifer Lynn Borges. The 43-year-old was driving south on Highway H in the Town of Ashford shortly before 10pm Saturday when her car left the roadway, entered the ditch and rolled over. Borges was the only occupant, was not wearing a seat belt and became pinned underneath. Alcohol is believed to be a factor. The accident remains under investigation.
Visitation, Memorial, Military Honors Today for Johnson
2/5/12 - First Lt. David Johnson will be remembered today in his hometown of Mayville. The 24-year-old was killed in Afghanistan by an Improvised Explosive Device on January 25th while defending his country. There will be a visitation Sunday at Mayville High School beginning at noon until a memorial service starts at 2pm. At 4pm, Johnson will be taken to the Veterans Memorial of Mayville in the City Park, where military rights and the flag folding presentation will take place. The public is invited to attend.
Click below to see video of the January 27 Wreath Ceremony:
Honor Flight: Pearl Harbor Deadline Monday
2/5/12 - Pearl Harbor survivors have until Monday to sign-up for what’s billed as a “once-in-a-lifetime Honor Flight to Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii.” The Old Glory Honor Flight hub that departs out of Appleton is asking the approximately 40 Pearl Harbor survivors that live in the state of Wisconsin to contact their office immediately. The non-profit chapter is planning a tropical trip to the Aloha State. They define Pearl Harbor survivor as any veteran stationed on the island of Oahu or within three nautical miles at the time of the attack on December 7, 1941. Honor Flight is a nationwide program with regional chapters that has traditionally flown World War II veterans to their memorial in Washington DC at no cost to them. The Appleton hub says they remain committed to that primary mission, but Honor Flight Pearl Harbor is another way to say thank you to veterans for their service and sacrifice. Organizers are hoping Pearl Harbor survivors will contact them by tomorrow’s application deadline. They are also actively seeking donations to finance the trip for survivors, their caregivers and support staff. More information is available at www.oldgloryhonorflight.org.
Pearl Harbor Survivors can apply by calling 1-888-635-9838. Old Glory Honor Flight is a registered 501(c)3 organization. Make checks payable to “Old Glory Honor Flight” and write "Return To Pearl" in the memo section of the check. Donate via PayPal at: http://www.oldgloryhonorflight.org/return_to_pearl.html
Still Time To View Pearl Harbor Exhibit at DCHS
2/5/12 - The Dodge County Historical Society is hosting a traveling exhibit on Pearl Harbor until the end of the month. Historical Society President Glen Link says the National World War II Museum exhibit is entitled “Infamy.” It includes photographs and stories detailing that fateful day when the Japanese attacked the US naval base in Hawaii resulting in more than twenty-four-hundred (2400) Americans being killed and over eleven-hundred (1100) being wounded. The Doge County Historical Society is located at 105 Park Avenue in Beaver Dam, right next door to the new police station, and is open Wednesday through Saturday from 1pm to 4pm.
Dodge County Fair Announces Country Acts
2/5/12 - The Dodge County Fair Association has announced the country acts for this year’s five-day event. Thursday night will feature the Eli Young Band while Friday night is Jake Owen and Saturday night’s grandstand act is Jerrod Niemann. The fair will be held August 15 through August 19.
Kennedy Has Listening Session On Tuesday
2/5/12 - Beaver Dam Mayor Tom Kennedy has listening sessions scheduled for Tuesday. City residents are invited to meet with the mayor without appointment, in a one-on-one setting, on the first and third Tuesday of every month. Kennedy says he wants constituents to have the opportunity to speak with him the day after each regular meeting of the common council. The listening sessions are held in Room 109 on the first floor of City Hall from 10am until noon and again from 5pm to 6pm. If the regular meeting hours do not fit into your schedule, residents are encouraged to schedule a private meeting through the mayor’s office.
Dodge County Tree Sales Deadline Extended
2/5/12 - The deadline to order from the Small Packet Tree sales program in Dodge County has been extended. The Land Conservation Department still has several tree and shrub species for sale, and most are still available, except for Sugar Maple and Hazelnut which have sold out. Other tree species close to being sold out include Red Oak, Swamp White Oak, and Tamarack. Species still available in good numbers include White Oak, White Cedar, White Pine, Colorado Blue Spruce, Norway Spruce, White Spruce, Red Dogwood, American Cranberry Bush, Frasier Fir, and Bur Oak. The trees are sold in bundles of 25 for $24 per bundle. The deadline to place orders has been moved to February 24. For more information or to get an order form, contact the Dodge County Land Conservation Department at 386-3660.
Milwaukee Student To Perform At Grammy’s
2/5/12 - Milwaukee high school student Felix Ramsey will perform as part of the production of the 2012 Grammy Awards show a week from today (Sunday). Ramsey is a junior at Milwaukee High School of Arts and he is one of the eight students taking part in the show, out of 500 who qualified. Ramsey has been center stage in the bright lights before. He made it all the way to Hollywood on last season’s American Idol competition.
Food Stamp Audit Uncovers Suspicious Purchases
2/5/12 - Wisconsinites who get food stamps for the poor spent 33-million dollars of those benefits in other states last year. And state auditors said they found about 324-thousand dollars in spending that was suspicious. Wisconsin Food-Share recipients are allowed to use their benefits to buy food in other states. And the Legislative Audit Bureau said most cases involve people who live near the state's borders or those who take trips. But the audit showed that some Food-Share cards were used in Wisconsin on the same day that the cards' account numbers were used in other states. And 151-thousand-dollars in benefits were spent entirely in states that are not Wisconsin's neighbors. The audit said the suspicious out-of-state spending was done by just four-hundredths of one-percent of the 382-thousand Wisconsin families and individuals getting Food-Share benefits. Assembly Republican Samantha Kerkman, who co-chairs the Legislature's Joint Audit Committee, said she was not surprised by the report. She says more background checks are needed for recipients.
Professor Says Job Figures Show Confidence
2/5/12 - U-S employers added 257-thousand private sector jobs in January, and Marquette professor Abdur Chowdhury says it reflects rising confidence among private companies. The national jobless rate went down for the fifth straight month, and it's now at eight-point-three percent -- its lowest since February of 2009. We won't know until later this month if Wisconsin can finally share in the national good news. The Badger State is the only one to lose private sector jobs in each of the last six months, even though the state's jobless rate went down slightly for all of last year.
Green Bay Seeks To Stop Voucher Expansion
2/5/12 - The Green Bay School Board is trying to stop the state's private school voucher program from taking effect in that district. The Board unanimously voted to ask Governor Scott Walker and area legislators to pass a bill that keeps the voucher program from expanding beyond Milwaukee County and Racine. The Senate has passed the bill, but the Assembly has not -- and Green Bay school officials want it to pass before the legislative session ends in March. The voucher program gives tax-funded aid to low-income kids to attend private schools, with the goal of getting a better education and escaping poverty. But public schools object in part because they lose state aid in the process. Senate G-O-P President Mike Ellis stirred the issue last week when he was secretly recorded in a Madison restaurant saying he'd like to see parts of school districts be covered. To make his point, he called Green Bay Preble High School a "sewer" -- something he later apologized for.
MSOE Offering BOGO
2/5/12 - In the shoe store they call it “BOGO” – buy one, get one free. That’s basically what Milwaukee School of Engineering is offering its students. Starting next fall, students who graduate with a Bachelor’s Degree can earn a tuition-free Master’s Degree. All they have to do is continue full-time and earn good grades. A private engineering firm in downtown Milwaukee has about 25 hundred students. The program could save those students about 32 thousand dollars in tuition if they complete it.
Speaker Pro Tem Packing Heat On Assembly Floor
2/5/12 - The man who presides over the Wisconsin Assembly floor sessions now carries a hidden gun to the podium on occasion. Republican Speaker Pro Tem Bill Kramer of Waukesha says he hopes he never has to use the Glock-26 semi-automatic sub-compact weapon he carries. But Kramer told the Associated Press he needs the gun, considering the intense atmosphere in State Capitol. Like thousands of other Wisconsinites, Kramer obtained a state concealed carry permit just a couple weeks after the hidden weapons' law was adopted last November first. Republican leaders decided to allow concealed weapons in the Assembly galleries -- but they're banned in the Senate's galleries.
Three Accused of Stealing $12K In Perfume
2/5/12 - Madison police charge three women with shoplifting more than 12 thousand dollars worth of perfume over a two-day period last November. Investigators say the three intended to sell the perfume they took from Sephora at the West Towne Mall. Jasmine Usher, Letisha Larry and Miranda Watkins face felony charges. Usher reportedly called a Madison police detective three days after the second shoplifting incident to admit she was involved. She said she was selling the perfume to support herself and her children. Larry called Detective Darrel Monroe the same day. A month later Usher was arrested again and charged with retail theft.
Facebook, Twitter More Addictive Than Cigarettes
2/5/12 - Are you fanatic about Facebook or hooked on Twitter? A new Midwest study says social media can be more addictive than even cigarettes. The University of Chicago tested 250 people, and found that their fix for alcohol or nicotine is less than their need to check their friends or status on-line. The survey indicated that sex and sleep are the two most longed-for events of the day -- but in the end, social media is the hardest thing to resist. Meanwhile, teens who used to avoid Twitter are going back to tweeting, now that more of their parents and grandparents are making friends on Facebook. The Pew Internet-and-American Life Project recently found that 16-percent of young people age 12-to-17 use Twitter -- double the percentage from just two years ago.
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