News 07.20.17
20 July 2017 News
Three Fond du Lac County highway workers have been recognized for saving the life of a woman who was trapped in a burning car after a two-vehicle collision. Highway Commissioner Tom Janke says they stopped at the accident scene earlier this month. He says the three individuals used the fire extinguishers they have in their vehicles and were assisted by other people at the scene. Janke says from his understanding, the vehicle would have continued to burn and the outcome could have been significantly different. Jim Guell, Steve Reilly and Dan Hornburg were on their way to construction project when they stopped to assist. The woman was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
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A transient worker from Texas told investigators he attacked a Waupun woman last Thanksgiving because he was lonely. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after a Fond du Lac jury last week found Juan Antonio Arriaga guilty of multiple charges including attempted kidnapping. District Attorney Eric Toney says Arriaga approached the 22 year old woman from behind as she was walking home from a bar. Toney says fortunately for the victim a police officer on routine patrol spotted the incident and returned to the scene to investigate. He says before the attack Arriaga was watching the victim walk by his apartment. Toney says he believes a long prison sentence is warranted given the nature of the crime.
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Flooding last week destroyed all the cash in the vault of a southeastern Wisconsin bank. Fox River State Bank president Keith Polleck refused to disclose how much money was ruined, but says the Federal Reserve will have to replace every dollar. Polleck says the vault at the bank in Burlington, 35 miles southwest of Milwaukee, is water resistant but not waterproof. As the Fox River rose above flood stage, water flooded the bank, rising up to 21 inches deep inside the facility. Now that the river is back below flood stage, restoration crews have started to clean up. Carpets have been ripped out. Drywall is being replaced. The bank’s documents are drying, though most are backed up electronically.
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Gov. Scott Walker has signed into law a bill that won bipartisan support in the Legislature requiring private schools in Wisconsin’s voucher program to conduct employee background checks. Walker signed the bill making mostly technical changes for the state’s voucher schools on Wednesday. The new law eliminates academic benchmarks the voucher schools must currently meet. The state Department of Public Instruction supports that change because the schools would still be subject to state report cards. It also changes numerous deadlines and application requirements that backers say will improve the administration of the program. The new law won support from both advocates for school choice and the state Department of Public Instruction. No one registered against it.
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