News 08.19.16
19 August 2016 News
The Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a suspicious incident involving a man trying to talk to children while they were playing outside. Police responded to a call from a residence in the Town of Omro Wednesday afternoon. It was reported a vehicle pulled into a driveway and attempted to talk with some children who were outside. The sheriff’s Office was also made aware of a similar incident happening about two weeks earlier at the same location. The vehicle in both situations is described as an early 2000’s silver or gray Chevrolet Silverado, possible 4 door. The only distinguishing feature is that the suspicious vehicle is believed to have a color-matched topper. The lone male occupant of the vehicle is described as an older white male with white hair, possible facial hair and was wearing sunglasses. A small white dog also accompanied the male inside the vehicle. The Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone with information to contact the department at 920-236-7300.
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Small, rural school districts across Wisconsin will receive additional aid from the state this school year to support general school operations. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction says 141 school districts qualified to share in the $17.7 million budgeted for sparsity aid this year. That’s two more districts than a year ago. Four school districts were added to the list this year: Boyceville Community, Chequamegon, Montello and Shiocton. Two districts on the list last year didn’t qualify this year — Erin and Spring Valley. Eligibility for sparsity aid was expanded this year from 725 to 745 students enrolled. Districts must average fewer than 10 students per square mile of the school district’s geographic area. Those 141 districts will receive $291.16 for every student in last year’s enrollment. Sparsity aid is typically $300 per student, but the number of qualifying districts this year exceeded the aid money allocated in the state budget. Schools will receive the money on the third Monday in September. Schools in our area receiving sparsity aid include:
Green lake — $75,702; Hilbert — $129,566; Montello – $209,058; Oakfield — $145,289; Princeton — $114,426; Tri-County Area — $186,342; and Wild Rose — $161,594
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A Fond du Lac judge denies motions to dismiss two charges against the sister of a Fond du Lac woman convicted of killing her husband. At a motion hearing this week Fond du Lac Judge Peter Grimm denied motions to dismiss charges against Tina Ewell of hiding a corpse and aiding a felon. Police say Ewell helped her sister Eve Nance cover up the murder of Timothy Nance and dispose of the body. Eve Nance was convicted in January of first degree homicide and hiding a corpse. Ewell is scheduled to go on trial in October.
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The Pro Football Hall of Fame is offering refunds to fans who bought tickets to its canceled preseason game this month. The hall announced Thursday that it will reimburse fans for the face value of their tickets, fees and one-night hotel accommodations. It was forced to cancel the Aug. 7 game between Green Bay and Indianapolis after paint congealed and hardened on parts of the field at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton. At least four fans sued the NFL in federal court in northern Ohio over the canceled game. An attorney who brought the lawsuit says the hall’s initial plan to only refund ticket prices was too little. The hall of fame says it also will offer affected fans four tickets to its museum.
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The Sheboygan County woman accused of killing her 2-year-old son says voices told her to take her child’s life. Twenty-seven-year-old Katlyn Kinateder is charged with first-degree intentional homicide and hiding a corpse in the Aug. 4 death of her son Dexter. The lead investigator in the case, Sheboygan Falls Officer Douglas Hall, testified Wednesday in Sheboygan County Circuit Court that Kinateder told him she had “lost her mind” and that “voices told her (Dexter) couldn’t live anymore.” Kinateder is accused of suffocating her child with a plastic bag and hiding his body in a cardboard box. Sheboygan County District Attorney Joe DeCecco says he expects Kinateder will enter a not guilty plea by reason of mental disease or defect. Arraignment is scheduled for Aug. 29.
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A Milwaukee mother says she’s hoping and praying that whoever took her daughter’s life will come forward. Twenty-two-year-old Tyann Bunch was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver while crossing a street in Milwaukee Tuesday. Investigators say a man ran from the car about a block from the scene. Tasha Bunch says that a friend with her daughter told her Tyann was in a hurry to cross the street and ended up getting hit. Bunch says she wants the driver to know that when he struck Tyann, he took a daughter, a sister and an aunt. Bunch says she hasn’t been able to sleep since her daughter died.
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The Ho-Chunk Nation is adding hotels and expanding casinos in Wisconsin. The tribe begins a $153 million building project next month at its gaming operations in Wittenberg, Black River Falls and Wisconsin Dells. The project could add 100 jobs to its workforce in Wisconsin where there are 3,400 Ho-Chunk employees. The Ho-Chunk will build a hotel, restaurant and add about 270 slot machines to its casino in Wittenberg. In Black River Falls, the tribe will build a new hotel, expand and redesign the casino and add 200 slot machines. At the Wisconsin Dells casino, the Ho-Chunk will remodel the hotel, redesign the casino area, add a poker room and an off-track betting area. The Ho-Chunk didn’t announce any immediate plans for its Nekoosa Casino.
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