News 10.04.16
4 October 2016 News
Two people are arrested following a drug investigation in Waushara County. Waushara County Sheriff Jeffrey Nett says in August, Waushara County Sheriff’s Office and the Central WI Drug Task Force started a Methamphetamine and Heroin Investigation into a residence in the 100 block of East North St in the Village of Plainfield. Nett says multiple tips had come in regarding drug activity at the residence. IN September, a search warrant was executed at the residence and two people were arrested – Thomas Sagami and Jaclyn Zanto. Sagami is charged with two counts of Manufacture/Deliver Methamphetamine, Maintaining a Drug Trafficking Place, Possession of Heroin, Possession of THC 2nd and subsequent offense and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Zanto is charged with Possession of Heroin, Possession of THC 2nd and subsequent offense, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Felony Bail Jumping.
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Fond du Lac Festivals releases its fundraising totals from this past summer’s Walleye Weekend. Festivals director Leann Doyle says nearly $231,000 in net proceeds go to the 44 organizations participating in the festival. Doyle says more than a million dollars in net profits has been provided to the non-profit organizations supporting Walleye Weekend since 2012.
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A Waupun woman is transported to the hospital after she collapsed at the finish line of a half-marathon race in LaCrosse over the weekend. Shyler Harmsen was competing in the 17th annual Maple Leaf Walk Run event in Riverside Park. Emergency personnel were immediately at the scene, first on bicycles, then with an ambulance, and were seen giving CPR to the victim for at least 10 minutes. Her condition is not known. The half-marathon, a 13.1-mile race, was not complete at the time of the incident, and runners were routed to a sidewalk leading to the park.
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Donald Trump is returning to Wisconsin on Saturday. His state spokesman Matt Schuck confirmed Monday that Trump was coming back to the state, but did not have details yet on where he would go. Trump was just in Wisconsin on Wednesday for a rally in Waukesha outside of Milwaukee. Democrat Hillary Clinton has not been in Wisconsin since the April primary. Bernie Sanders, who won the Wisconsin primary, is campaigning for Clinton in Madison and Milwaukee on Wednesday. The most recent Marquette University Law School poll released Sept. 21 showed the race between Clinton and Trump to be about even in Wisconsin.
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Democrat Russ Feingold continues to increase his fundraising haul as his rematch against Republican Sen. Ron Johnson nears. Feingold reported Monday that he had raised $5.2 million for the three-month period ending in September. That’s up from the $4.1 million he raised the previous quarter and $3.3 million in the first quarter. Johnson has yet to release his latest fundraising numbers. They aren’t due to be reported until Oct. 27. Feingold is slated to appear with his former colleague Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders at a rally Wednesday in Madison. Sanders is coming to both Madison and Green Bay to encourage Democrats to vote early both for Feingold and Hillary Clinton. A Marquette University poll released Sept. 21 showed Feingold with a 6-point advantage over Johnson in the Senate race.
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Another case of a missing boy in Wisconsin has had a positive outcome. Waukesha police say 10-year-old Andrew Ounkham was found safe Monday morning after several hundred volunteers joined law enforcement in the search for the autistic boy. He was last seen running into a large cornfield behind his home in Waukesha late Sunday afternoon. Helicopters, drones and dogs were used in the search for the boy. The search is similar to one in Langlade County. A 3-year-old boy wandered into a cornfield near Antigo Saturday afternoon and was found safe nearly 24 hours later. Volunteers also helped in that search.
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