News 10.14.16
14 October 2016 News
Another drug arrest is made in Waushara County. Waushara County Sheriff Jeffrey Nett says in early October, the Waushara County Sheriff’s Office, Plainfield Police Dept and members of the Central WI Drug Task Force executed a second drug search warrant in the 300 block of Mill Street in the Village of Plainfield. At that time, Wayne Jones was arrested on drug related charges and bail jumping. Two other occupants, Annamae Jones and Jesse Jones, were also arrested on drug related charges. A fourth individual was arrested on a probation violation. This follows the arrest of three other individuals in August after a search warrant was executed at a residence in the 100 block of East North Street in the Village of Plainfield. Nett says any drug related tips can be directed to Sgt. Nate Klapoetke at 920-787-0475 or Waushara County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-800-5219.
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A correctional officer at the Wisconsin Correctional Facility in Oshkosh is injured when he was attacked by an inmate. According to the Wisconsin Department of Corrections spokesperson Tristan Cook, it happened Oct. 11. Oshkosh Police say the 37-year-old correctional staffer was escorting a 49-year-old inmate at the prison when the inmate attacked him with a “make-shift” knife. Correctional staff were able to subdue the inmate. The correctional officer was taken to Mercy Hospital for non-life threatening injuries to his arm. Police have referred a charge of battery by an inmate to the District Attorney’s Office. The unit where the assault happened has been placed on temporary lockdown during the investigation.
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A Beaver Dam man pleads not guilty to a string of burglaries in August that included two churches and a home in Beaver Dam. Twenty-six year old Kodey Meredith entered the plea Wednesday in Dodge County Circuit Court. He’s facing charges that include six counts of burglary, two counts of criminal damage to religious property, two counts of identity theft, and possession of burglary tools. Meredith is accused of breaking into Grace Presbyterian Church and First Evangelical Lutheran Church and stealing about $16,000 worth of scrip cards, as well as electronics items and an unknown amount of money. He’s also accused of breaking into a home and stealing a checkbook, gift cards, and electronics. A scheduling conference has been set for November 23rd.
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Republican Sen. Ron Johnson and former Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold are preparing for the first of two televised debates in their tightening race. The face-off today comes 25 days before the election. When they first shared a debate stage six years ago, Feingold came in as the more experienced, polished politician and Johnson the underdog newcomer. This year, Johnson enters the debate as the incumbent but still the apparent underdog. Johnson has never led in Marquette University Law School polls over the duration of the campaign. But in the latest one released Wednesday, the race was about even. Today’s debate is in Green Bay and sponsored by the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association. Their second and final debate is scheduled for Tuesday in Milwaukee.
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Wisconsin elections officials are standing firm on information that must be included on an absentee ballot in order for it to be counted. Wisconsin Elections Commission administrator Mike Haas is recommending in a memo that no changes be made to a policy requiring that a person witnessing an absentee ballot being completed fill in their full address. Milwaukee and Racine elections officials have said they’ve received hundreds of ballots with missing information. Haas says in the memo that the commission stands by its guidance to local election officials that the witness address contain at minimum a street number, street name and name of municipality. The Elections Commission was to vote on the recommendation today.
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Wisconsin voters have a better impression of Donald Trump’s running mate Mike Pence than Hillary Clinton’s vice presidential pick Tim Kaine. More than a third of people polled don’t have an opinion of either of them. A Marquette University Law School poll released Wednesday shows 37 percent of registered voters have a positive view of Pence, while 26 percent have a positive opinion of Kaine. The poll was conducted after the first vice presidential debate. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker helped Pence prepare for the debate. Thirty-four percent of respondents say they don’t have an opinion of Pence, while 42 percent didn’t have one of Kaine. The poll of 1,000 registered voters has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 points.
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