News 09.12.16
12 September 2016 News
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson wants answers from the Veterans Administration after a Wisconsin veteran killed himself. Johnson on Friday sent a letter to Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald, asking for all documents about 29-year-old Brian Rossell of Wausau, whose body was found Thursday in Lake Wausau. Rossell’s mother says her son had sought help from the Tomah VA this summer and was turned away. Johnson chairs the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. In his letter, Johnson says Rossell’s apparent suicide “underscores concerns that the VA has yet to take full ownership of the systemic failures of the Tomah” facility. The Tomah facility was dubbed “Candy Land” by some veterans for its prescribing practices. The VA did not immediately respond to requests from The Associated Press for comment Saturday.
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Authorities say a Waterford man was killed in an all-terrain vehicle crash in east-central Wisconsin. The Waupaca County Sheriff’s Office says the crash was reported early Saturday afternoon in the Town of St. Lawrence. Post-Crescent Media reports officers arrived and confirmed the man was dead. Investigators believe the man was unable to negotiate a curve, went into a ditch, hit a tree and was thrown from the ATV. He was not wearing a helmet. The name of the victim was not immediately released.
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Authorities say one man was killed and another seriously hurt when a boat crashed into a large rock in northeastern Wisconsin’s Door County. The Door County Sheriff’s Department says the crash was reported late Friday. The crash happened on the shore in the town of Liberty Grove. The owner of the 23-foot high-performance boat, a 54-year-old man from Illinois, was killed. A 40-year-old man from Washington Island was seriously injured.
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A 66-year-old Minocqua man has died after he was struck by lightning while walking his dog during a thunderstorm. Bryan Jennings was hit by lightning outside his home about 6:30 a.m. Tuesday. Police say Jennings was unresponsive when medical help arrived. He was taken to a hospital in Minocqua before being transferred to the University of Wisconsin Hospital burn center in Madison, where he died Thursday. The Oneida County medical examiner’s office confirmed Jennings’ death Friday Jennings was a Minocqua town supervisor. Police say his five-month-old dog was not hurt.
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