News 04.12.16
12 April 2016 News
Area students have the ability to learn about city and county government during Student Government Day. The Fond du Lac County Student Government day will be on April 27th at the City/County Government Center in Fond du Lac. County high schools, charter schools and home school students can attend the event – which begins at 8 a.m and ends at 2:30 p.m. The Fond du Lac County Council of the American Legion and Auxiliary sponsor the program with help from County Executive Al Buechel and his staff.
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A Madison man convicted of firing a gun from his vehicle at another vehicle in Fox Lake last September will spend some time in jail. Dodge County Circuit Court Judge John Storck sentenced 22 year old Anthony McCaskill Jr. to 15 months in jail, 5 years probation, and imposed and stayed 7 years in prison. In January, a Dodge County jury found McCaskill guilty on charges of discharging a firearm towards a person, endangering safety/reckless use of a firearm, carrying a concealed weapon, and possession of THC. The incident unfolded September 13th after McCaskill and his girlfriend got into an argument with other people at the Fox Lake Kwik Trip. Then after leaving the convenience store, McCaskill fired shots at the other vehicle while traveling on Highway A. Bullets struck the vehicle, but no one was injured.
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Oshkosh police are still looking for a person involved in a physical assault last week. Oshkosh police say the assault was reported in the 200 block of High Ave. last Thursday. The reporting person said a white male, possibly in his 30’s and being about 5’09” had attacked a 55 year-old man and ran from the scene. Police searched the area, but could not find the suspect. The 55 year-old male sustained a minor injury. Anyone that may have witnessed the incident is asked to contact Oshkosh police.
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A man accused of taking hostages inside a Neenah motorcycle shop, which led to a fatal shooting, pleads not guilty to a long list of charges. Brian Flatoff appeared Monday in Winnebago County Circuit Court, where he was arraigned on 16 felony counts. Prosecutors say Flatoff went to Eagle Nation Cycles on Dec. 5 to confront a man about a motorcycle, but instead took hostages. One of the people inside the shop, Michael Funk, was fatally shot after escaping the building. Neenah police say Funk ignored orders to drop the gun he was carrying. The fatal shooting remains under investigation by the Wisconsin Department of Justice. Charges against the 46-year-old defendant include three counts of attempted homicide, as Flatoff is accused of shooting at officers.
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State officials are warning about phony email ads looking to hire mystery shoppers. State consumer protection administrator Frank Frassetto says it’s a job people know about, but may not understand. Frassetto says the concept of a mystery shopper is to assess a business anonymously and report back to the company that hired them. He says that there are legitimate companies that run these services and that they aren’t going to try to hire you out of the blue over email. The scammers will also run a check fraud scam to pay you with a phony check or try and get you to cash phony gift certificate. If you do get an email like this, simply delete it.
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Democrat Russ Feingold is highlighting his travels across Wisconsin in his first ad of the U.S. Senate race pitting him against Republican incumbent Ron Johnson. Feingold doesn’t mention Johnson in the 60-second ad that began airing Monday. Instead, Feingold touts his traveling to all 72 Wisconsin counties and meeting with voters as he campaigns against Johnson. The ad comes after the conservative group Americans for Prosperity spent $1.1 million on a statewide ad buy for Johnson last week. Johnson has not yet run any ads of his own. Johnson spokesman Brian Reisinger says in response that the senator has been continuously traveling all 72 of Wisconsin’s counties “listening to voters who want a senator who understands what it takes to create manufacturing jobs and keep our country safe.”
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