News 10.19.16
19 October 2016 News
An Oshkosh woman is sentenced to three years in prison and three years extended supervision after striking a pedestrian with her vehicle and driving with him on the hood for two blocks. 30-year-old Jamie L. Salvinski was sentenced last week on one count of drunken driving causing injury. A charge of hit and run involving great bodily harm was dismissed and read into the record. According to a criminal complaint, on July 4th, Salvinski struck two vehicles and a pedestrian just before 11 p.m. near East Irving Avenue and Grand Street in Oshkosh. The 37-year-old male victim was able to hold on to the windshield until Salvinski hit the brakes, causing the man to fall off the hood. The man suffered a broken clavicle and a broken scapula in his left shoulder. During the investigation, police found the bumper and license plate of Salvinski’s vehicle at the scene. Police went to her home, where she was arrested. In addition to the prison time, Salvinski also received tickets for hit and run of property and of an unattended vehicle.
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Fond du Lac County continues to see an increase in heroin and opioid abuse and local officials say the numbers are staggering. At a forum Monday night, the District Attorney, police and Drug Free Communities of Fond du Lac County presented a Report Card to the Community with an update on efforts to combat the epidemic. In 2013 and 2014 nine people died in Fond du lac County from opioid overdoses, 12 recorded deaths last year, and seven people so far this year. District Attorney Eric Toney says his office continues to see a steady number of complaints filed. Toney says the biggest win they can see is if they can get to people before they start using and prevent that from happening. Toney says while intervention is important, so is doing more to make sure the drug addict gets treatment.
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The sister of a Fond du lac woman convicted in the shooting death of her husband and accused of helping her sister dispose of the body is scheduled to go on trial next week. Tina Ewell is charged with party to the crime of hiding a corpse, resisting arrest and harboring a felon. Ewell is the sister of Eve Nance. Nance was sentenced earlier this year to life in prison, but will be able to petition for extended supervision after 25 years in the shooting death of her husband Timothy Nance. Police believe Ewell knew about the homicide and helped her sister dispose of the body. At a hearing last week, Fond du Lac judge Peter Grimm agreed to allow the jury to see autopsy photos at Ewell’s trial. At the preliminary hearing police detective Bill Ledger testified that he did not believe Nance could have moved the body by herself.
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Nearly two dozen Republican lawmakers plan to introduce a package of rural health care bills next session that seek to improve health care, education and technology. The $3.5 million package is part of the Rural Wisconsin Initiative. Republican state representative Ed Brooks of Reedsburg says he wants to draft legislation aimed at bolstering an aging health care workforce by training more workers in specialties needed the most such as OB-GYN and mental health. Brooks says young residents are leaving rural areas and need incentives to stay in order for communities to thrive. Steven Rush, vice president of workforce and clinical practice at the Wisconsin Hospital Association, says many health care professionals, such as nurses, often stay where they’re trained.
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A new report shows the state finished the last fiscal year in the black. Gov. Scott Walker’s Department of Administration released a report Monday showing the state finished the year that ended June 30 with $313.8 million left over. The report says the state collected $15.1 billion in general-purpose revenue taxes, which include individual and corporate income taxes, sales tax and excise taxes. That’s up 3.8 percent from the previous year. Expenditures total $15.3 billion, $103 million less than the $15.4 billion allocated for spending in the state budget. State aid to municipalities and school districts accounted for 51 percent of spending. Aid to individuals and organizations represented 25.8 percent.
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A federal judge signs off on new handouts explaining how people who lack photo identification can get alternative voting credentials. U.S. District Judge James Peterson ordered the Wisconsin Department of Transportation last week to clarify the process for obtaining the credentials in the wake of media reports that showed Division of Motor Vehicle employees were giving people inaccurate information about what documents they needed and how long it would take to receive the credentials. He ordered the agency to produce simple, one-page explanations of the process to distribute to voting advocacy groups and to applicants as they leave DMV stations so they know what they’ll receive. He also ordered DOT to clarify an online explanation. Online court records show Peterson approved the handouts and website clarifications on Friday.
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