News 01.31.17
31 January 2017 News
Two people are rescued after their truck partially broke through the ice on Lake Winneconne. The incident happened Sunday night shortly before 10:30 p.m. near the Trauba Road boat landing. Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Craig Quick says firefighters used an airboat to get to the truck. Quick says one individual was stuck inside the vehicle and the other was on the roof. A 24-year-old Greenville man was medically evaluated at the scene, and a 22-year-old Green Bay woman was transported to Theda Clark Regional Medical center in Neenah for treatment of non-life threatening injuries. The incident remains under investigation.
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A Fond du Lac High School student who wrote a threatening note found in a hallway at Fond du Lac High School this month waives his preliminary hearing. Seventeen year old Austin Hill was bound over for trial on a charge of making terrorist threats. According to a criminal complaint Hill wrote on the note, “Open at your own risk” It included rap lyrics with a racial slur and the statement “going to shoot up the school tomorrow 6th period, 12:30.” Hill told investigators it was a “stupid mistake.” According to the complaint police received a tip from another student that Hill wrote the note after he was prompted by other students to get them out of school. Police determined the note was not a credible threat, but stepped up security at the school. Another 16-year-old student dropped the note in the hallway outside the boys’ bathroom near the English wing. That student was referred to juvenile authorities for being party to the crime of making a terrorist threat.
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The names of two people injured after a car drove into the back of a semi in Dodge County are released. Investigation shows the driver of the car, 24-year-old John Petri of Horicon, failed to stop for a stop sign while traveling east on County highway W. Petri then struck an empty fuel tank trailer that was traveling north on County Highway A. Petri was transported to Beaver Dam Community Hospital. A passenger in the car, 24-year-old Jacob Steiner of Juneau, was transported to Oconomowoc Hospital. Police say alcohol is believed to be a factor in the crash. The 57-year-old semi driver from Watertown was not injured. The accident happened Saturday morning around 3:30 a.m. at the intersection of County Highway A and W in the Town of Oak Grove.
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Wisconsin legislators have passed nearly 20 bills to curb opioid abuse over the last three years but people are still dying by the hundreds. State data shows 622 people died of opioid-related overdoses in 2014 and 614 in 2015, the two highest annual death totals since 2003. Gov. Scott Walker has called a special session to pass more measures, including granting addicts legal immunity and having addicts civilly committed. Social justice groups say it’s not enough. Critics say the state needs to do even more and treat opioids like a full-blown epidemic.
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President Donald Trump is planning to deliver a speech on the economy in Milwaukee on Thursday. The White House confirmed the planned visit on Monday, which comes two weeks into Trump’s presidency. His last trip to Wisconsin was in December as part of his victory tour. Trump is making the stop amid continued backlash from the executive order he released Friday temporarily banning refugees and travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries. Trump is slated to announce his pick for a vacant U.S. Supreme Court seat today. No other details about his planned Thursday trip to Wisconsin have been released.
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Attorney General Brad Schimel and a sexual assault prevention group have launched a new initiative to help victims track evidence in their cases. The Department of Justice and the Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault announced the creation of the By Your Side campaign Monday. The campaign is designed to reach out to all sexual assault victims who had an evidence kit collected following an exam by a sexual assault nurse. Victims can call 1-800-466-6564 or go to ByYourSideWI.org to begin locating their kits and explore options for DNA testing. The website also offers contact information for support services. More than 6,000 sexual assault evidence kits were sitting untested on Wisconsin shelves in 2014. DOJ received $4 million in federal grants in September 2015 to accelerate testing.
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