News 08.10.16
10 August 2016 News
A New Mexico man has died due to injuries suffered in a plane crash in Fond du Lac County. 78-year-old David D Spence was the pilot of a plane that crashed the morning of July 28th at the NW corner of the Fond du Lac County Airport. Witnesses told police the plane had just taken off from the airport, appeared to experience a mechanical issue and crashed while attempting to return to the airport. Spencer was transported to Theda Clark Medical Center in Neenah with critical injuries. A passenger in the plane, 71-year-old Rafael J Chaves, also from New Mexico, was transported to Theda Clark Regional Medical Center with serious injuries. There is no update on his status. The FAA continues to investigate.
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Authorities have identified the man shot and killed following a standoff with police. Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt says the man has been identified as 59 year old James Quealy of Beaver Dam. Authorities were called to an apartment complex in Beaver Dam Friday evening for a report of a suicidal man. Dodge County Sheriff’s deputies and officers from the Beaver Dam Police Department surrounded the area and received information the man wanted to commit suicide by being shot by an officer. Schmidt said the person was seen waving a gun around and at one point turned the weapon toward a deputy and fired. The deputy, who has nine years on the job, returned fire. Quealy was pronounced dead at the scene. The deputy wasn’t hurt but was immediately placed on administrative leave. The state Justice Department is investigating.
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Sawdust Days are an Oshkosh tradition some are trying to change. There have been some issues at Sawdust Days in recent years, including an incident at this year’s 4th of July fireworks show, when a 16-year-old needed to be tased after not leaving when told to. The event is now in its 45th year and attracts more than 40,000 people to the Oshkosh area. Oshkosh Advisory Park Board Committee members expressed concerns about the event at their meeting Monday night. Organizers say the city is charging more money for park fees, policing, and other costs, making it hard to continue to fund the event. This year’s bill was $23,624 when it was $15,000-$16,000 in the past, making it hard to continue to help the community. But, despite the increased costs, organizers say the event will go on. Policing and other issues concerning this year’s incident after fireworks are expected to be discussed at tonights City Council meeting.
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University of Wisconsin System leaders plan to ask Gov. Scott Walker to lift a tuition freeze and give them about $40 million more in aid in the next state budget. Republicans froze in-state tuition in the 2013-15 budget. They extended the freeze and cut $250 million from the system in the 2015-17 budget. System President Ray Cross says the system’s 2017-19 budget request will ask lawmakers to allow regents to set tuition rates and for an additional $42.5 million to help shorten time to graduation, expand programs offering high school students college credits and expand student internship programs. He says the budget won’t include any requests for additional money to fund fringe benefits and utility expenses. Cross says it’s time to re-invest in the system.
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A Sheboygan Falls woman is due back in court next week to enter a plea to charges that she killed her 2-year-old son. Sheboygan County District Attorney Joe DeCecco (deh-CHEK’-oh) says a plea of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect is most likely. Court records do not list an attorney for 27-year-old Katlyn Kinateder. A criminal complaint says that in an interview with investigators, Kinateder admitted to suffocating her son, Dexter, with a plastic grocery bag. The complaint says she told officers she had lost her mind and wanted to die. She said she came at officers with a knife because she wanted them to shoot her. The charging document says Kinateder told officers she had stopped taking medication for depression and anxiety about nine months earlier.
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Attorneys are fighting a decision to charge as an adult a 14-year-old girl accused of trying to kill her brother’s girlfriend in Wisconsin. Kali Jade Bookey told police she used shards of broken bowls to cut the throat of her 15-year-old victim in New Richmond last month. Authorities say Bookey told investigators she was jealous of her brother’s relationship with the girl and that she told her victim she was a psychopath looking for her first kill. She is charged with attempted first-degree intentional homicide. After a hearing Monday, defense attorney John Kucinski said he’ll try to move her case to juvenile court. He says it’s illogical to automatically prosecute a 14-year-old as an adult. The judge could take months to decide whether Bookey should be tried as an adult.
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