News 04.26.16
26 April 2016 News
A sentencing date is set for a Waupun man convicted of selling the drugs involved in a 2009 overdose death. 33-year-old Christopher Skalitzkey entered a no contest plea in Dodge County Circuit Court to five charges stemming from the death of 25-year-old Shallen Carlene Manske of Juneau. Police responded to a possible overdose call and found Manske unresponsive. She died a short time later. An autopsy showed the death was caused by the drugs or from a pre-existing seizure disorder. Skalitzky will be sentenced in July.
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Fire destroyed a tool and equipment shed in Dodge County. At about 6:45 p.m. Saturday evening, the Beaver Dam Fire Department was notified of a shed fire at W7334 County Road S. The shed and the equipment inside is owned by Delmer Schoppe of Juneau. Beaver Dam Fire Chief Alan Mannel says fire units arrived to find a 50’ x 110’ tool shed well involved in fire. The shed contained a tractor, several other farm implements and a motorhome. No one was injured. Mannel says the shed was a total loss, but crews were able to save the motorhome. Damage is estimated at $75,000. The cause of the fire is believed to be a nearby wood burning furnace.
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The police chief in a northern Wisconsin town where a gunman wounded two prom-goers before being killed by police says his officers prevented a larger tragedy. Chief Eric Roller at a news conference Monday afternoon in Antigo said their response “saved a lot of lives” by preventing the shooter from ending up inside the dance. Roller said his department regularly trains for “active shooter situations” and that officers regularly staff school events. Roller also said 18-year-old Jakob E. Wagner arrived on a bicycle armed with a rifle and that investigators didn’t recover any other weapons. He didn’t reveal a suspected motive for the shooting.
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Gov. Scott Walker signs a bill creating tougher drunken driving penalties. The proposal makes a fourth drunken driving offense a felony regardless of when it occurred. Currently, a fourth offense is a felony only if committed within five years of a third. The legislation also increases the maximum prison sentence for fifth and sixth offenses from three years to five. Maximum sentences for seventh, eighth and ninth offenses increase from five years to seven and a half. The maximum sentence for a 10th or subsequent offense will rise from seven and a half years to a decade. Walker signed the measure Monday. He says the bill sends a message that Wisconsin is serious about drunken driving. Wisconsin remains the only state, however, that doesn’t criminalize a first offense.
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It could be a busy summer for travelers. A new survey from Triple-A found one-third of all Americans plan to take a trip of 50 miles or more from home this summer. Nick Jarmusz (jar-muss) with the auto-club’s Wisconsin chapter says one reason for that is the cost of travel is down significantly. About 69-percent of those traveling have road trips in the works, while national parks and theme parks are the two most popular destinations. This summer marks the 100th anniversary of the U-S National Park system.
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