News 07.26.17
26 July 2017 News
The victim of a fatal two vehicle crash in Dodge County is identified. The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office says 48 year old Chad Sorensen of Waukesha failed to stop at a stop sign at the intersection of County Highway W and Highway A colliding with an SUV. Sorensen died at UW Hospital in Madison. The driver of the SUV, 34 year old JoLean Parsley Gilbert, from rural Juneau was transported to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries. The accident happened Friday morning.
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Residents in western Wisconsin are slowly recovering from a tornado that killed one person, injured 25 and caused at least $10 million in damage. A tornado with wind speeds estimated at 140 mph (225.3 kph) went through Polk, Barron, Rusk and Price counties May 16. Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald says a long-term recovery committee will announce plans for distributing money collected as part of a $1 million challenge grant started by philanthropist Foster Friess. Red Cedar Church Outreach Director Ashley Rayment says the committee’s priority is finding long-term housing solutions for those who’ve lost their homes. Officials say the Prairie Lake Estates trailer park in Chetek suffered some of the greatest damage. About 90 percent of the park has been cleaned up.
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Concerns are rising among lawmakers and others in Wisconsin over what incentives the state may offer to land a massive new Foxconn manufacturing plant. Very little has been said publicly about what tax breaks, subsidies, free land and other financial incentives or promises Gov. Scott Walker and state economic development officials may be extending to attract global electronics giant Foxconn. Company officials say Foxconn is considering Wisconsin and six other states to invest billions and hire thousands of workers at a display panel manufacturing plant. Steve Deller is a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of agriculture and applied economics. He says he hopes “cooler heads prevail when putting these incentive packages together.” He says sometimes states lose sight of the costs of incentives in the race to land major manufacturers.
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It appears the state Bureau of Consumer Protection’s Hotline phone number is being “spoofed.” Frank Frasetto with Wisconsin Consumer Protection says they’ve received a surprising number of reports from consumers who’ve gotten calls that appear to be from the Consumer Protection Hotline. One consumer reported a message left by the caller was about the Wisconsin Do Not Call list. Another lost 500 dollars when told their phone service was going to be disconnected. The Bureau of Consumer Protection does NOT make phone calls to consumers using the 800 number. If they do call a consumer, the number that appears on a caller ID is from the 608 area code.
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