News 12.07.16
7 December 2016 News
The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office and the Fox Lake Police Department are currently investigating a suspicious death that occurred in the City of Fox Lake. Authorities are releasing few details as the case is an ongoing and active investigation. Investigators are looking for information related to a blue 2016 Dodge Ram 2500 Mega Cab pickup truck being driven in the Fox Lake area over the weekend. If anyone has any information about a vehicle matching this description, please contact the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office at 920-386-3726.
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Jurors in Dane County Circuit Court will decide how much insurance money should be paid to the parents of a doctor who was killed in an ambulance crash. Dr. Stanley Phillips and three other medical workers were heading to Appleton to bring a baby to Meriter Hospital in Madison for surgery on July 10, 2013 when the ambulance crashed on Highway 26 near Rosendale. The attorney for the doctor’s parents argued in court Monday that Phillips intended to help take care of them financially in their retirement. Meriter’s insurance company agreed to pay medical bills, funeral costs and an amount for loss of companionship. Jurors will decide whether additional payments are warranted for pain and suffering and for loss of support.
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The Fond du Lac County District Attorney says he hopes a Washington County Circuit judge rescinds his order to place a child sex offender at a town of Eldorado residence. Residents packed the Eldorado Town Hall Monday night for a public information meeting. DA Eric Toney says it appears the Department of Health Services was trying to place Terry Olson at a Nitschke Road residence without input from local law enforcement or the town. Sheriff Mick Fink questions if the judge was even aware that a probation and parole agent questioned if placing Olson at the home was the morally right thing to do because children live in the immediate area. Toney says he would think the judge would be upset if he wasn’t provided that information. A motion hearing asking the judge to reconsider his order is scheduled for Thursday, the same day Olson is scheduled to be placed at the home.
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University of Wisconsin System officials are poised to raise out-of-state and graduate tuition again to help offset the impact of Gov. Scott Walker’s resident undergraduate tuition freeze. The Board of Regents is scheduled to vote on a plan today that would raise out-of-state and graduate tuition by hundreds of dollars at six four-year campuses and all the system’s two-year schools. The largest increase would come at UW-Madison, which has proposed raising nonresident undergraduate tuition by $2,000 in each of the next two years and raising tuition for some graduate programs by as much as $5,000 annually. The regents in 2015 approved raising nonresident and graduate tuition at eight four-year campuses and this past spring signed off on raising nonresident and graduate tuition at five schools.
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A dentist resigns from his position at a Wisconsin Veterans Affairs hospital amid accusations he treated hundreds of patients with improperly cleaned equipment. The VA in Tomah, Wisconsin, announced the dentist’s resignation Friday, ahead of a scheduled Monday meeting of a panel used in situations that could warrant firing. The hospital’s acting medical director, Victoria Brahm, says that an investigation was launched after a dental assistant reported last month that the dentist hadn’t properly cleaned equipment. Brahm says the dental equipment might have been cleaned, but it didn’t meet VA standards. The dentist’s name wasn’t released. Brahm says 592 veterans who received care from the dentist can receive free screenings for hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV. She says the risk of contracting an infection is low.
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Gov. Scott Walker says he’s open to having the state help pay for a new juvenile corrections center in Milwaukee County. Currently, the state’s two secure juvenile facilities share a campus north of Wausau. Lincoln Hills School for Boys and Copper Lake School for Girls have been under criminal investigation for allegations of prisoner abuse and child neglect. Milwaukee County officials want to keep juvenile offenders closer to home, instead of sending them 200 miles away where it’s difficult for families to visit. The Republican governor says the county would be responsible for the cost of operating a new facility. Counties receive state aid to help pay for the cost of juvenile corrections. Any state funding for a new juvenile center would need support from Republicans who control the Legislature.
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