News 09.08.16
8 September 2016 News
A 20-year-old man is severely injured following a stabbing incident in Green Lake County. A criminal complaint says on Tuesday morning around 7:45am, the Green Lake County Dispatch received a 911 call of a male subject laying on the ground near in the intersection of Bridge and John Streets in Markesan. Markesan police arrived at the scene and found the man bleeding from his head with several cuts to his face and arms. The man told police he was injured in an altercation with a 21-year-old man at a residence on Bridge Street. The victim was flown to Theda Clark Medical Center in Neenah for treatment. During the investigation, contact was made with the suspect. He was transported to Theda Care in Berlin for treatment then taken into custody. He is charged with first degree reckless injury. Names had not yet been released.
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Disability rights organizations have asked child protection officials to intervene in an Appleton teenager’s plan to go without her ventilator and end her life. Fourteen-year-old Jerika Bolen suffers from spinal muscular atrophy type two. The incurable disease destroys nerve cells that control voluntary muscle activity. Jerika’s movement is mostly limited to her head and hands. She said she is in constant pain. Her mother, Jen Bolen, agrees with her daughter’s wishes to enter hospice care. Carrie Ann Lucas, executive director of Disabled Parents Rights, says the Windsor, Colorado-based organization and several others have asked Outagamie County child protection services to step in. Lucas says Jerika needs intervention, not assistance in ending her life which could continue for years. She says Jerika is being medically neglected, but should not be removed from her home.
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A 64 year old Fond du Lac woman faces charges following a shoplifting incident and low speed pursuit with police. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says the woman is accused of shoplifting several items from Walmart. Klein says the woman led the officer on a low speed pursuit south on Rolling Meadows Drive to Johnson Street to the Forest Mall parking lot near Kohls Department store. Klein says its clear that the woman knew the police officer was pursuing her. After getting the license plate number the officer stopped the pursuit. The woman was later arrested at her residence in Fond du Lac.
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A Wisconsin appeals court says the state Department of Workforce Development doesn’t have to pay for a man’s master’s degree. The case centers on Michael Morgan, a disabled man who receives help through the DWD’s vocational rehabilitation programs to reach employment goals. DWD paid for his bachelor’s degree and other benefits in 2013 and 2014 to help him become a drug counselor. In January 2014 he asked DWD to fund his master’s degree. The agency refused and a Milwaukee judge upheld that decision. The 1st District Court of Appeals affirmed that ruling Wednesday, finding Morgan wanted to become a counselor, DWD agreed to pay for his bachelor’s degree and he can get a counseling job with that degree.
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Green Bay’s mayor is facing criminal charges of violating state election law. Mayor Jim Schmitt is facing three misdemeanors, including attempted election fraud. Schmitt issued a statement Wednesday in which he acknowledges mistakes in how his campaign finances were handled. Milwaukee County Assistant District Attorney Bruce Landgraf has been reviewing the mayor’s campaign account transactions. The DA’s office says the charges are the result of a plea agreement in which the mayor intends to plead guilty to the three counts. Each count carries a maximum 9 months imprisonment and $10,000 fine upon conviction. Schmitt is accused of accepting contributions over acceptable limits and wrongfully attributing some to relatives. The mayor is also accused of failing to accurately record and verify financial campaign data. Court proceedings have not yet been scheduled.
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Republicans who control the Wisconsin state Assembly say their priorities for next year include raising user fees and possibly implementing toll roads to plug the state’s transportation funding shortfall, continuing a University of Wisconsin System tuition freeze and instituting a back-to-school sales tax holiday. Republican Assembly leaders outlined their priorities at a Capitol news conference Wednesday. Republicans hold a 63-36 majority in the Assembly and are expected to retain control after the election in nine weeks. Much of the agenda as outlined is broad. Republicans say they want lower and more fair taxes, but offer nothing specific. And on road funding, they favor user fees but don’t offer any specific ones to increase or implement other than toll roads on interstates. But toll roads would require federal approval.
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