News 01.30.18
30 January 2018 News
Icy roads are to blame for a multiple vehicle crash on Interstate 41 in Fond du Lac County. Sheriff’s captain Ryan Waldschmidt says the three vehicle crash happened shortly after 6pm Sunday, shutting down the right lane on 41 near County Highway B. Waldschmidt says deputies that responded to the scene reported the highway had iced over. Nobody was seriously injured and motorists reported there were snowmobiles in the roadway.
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A Fond du Lac County Board supervisor plans to make an official announcement next month that he is running for the state legislature. Ken Depperman says he plans to run for the 59th Assembly District seat currently held by Republican state representative Jesse Kremer of Kewaskum . Kremer is not running for re-election. Depperman says will run as a Republican. Depperman says one of the biggest issues facing the state is funding roads. Depperman says he is running for re-election to the county board in April. He also serves as chairman for the town of Auburn. The 59th Assembly District includes portions of Fond du Lac, Calumet, Washington and Sheboygan counties.
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Federal court data show that a Wisconsin district had the highest amount of farm bankruptcies in the country last year. The Western District of Wisconsin had 28 farm bankruptcy cases in 2017. The district is made up of 44 counties and includes more than half of the state’s geographic area. There are 94 federal court districts in the U.S. Wisconsin farmers are earning less because of low commodity prices for corn, soybeans and milk. Simultaneously, input costs have remained steady or increased. Paul Mitchell is director of the Renk Agribusiness Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He says more farmers are turning to seed or equipment companies for lines of credit instead of traditional agriculture lenders, something that could lead to more bankruptcy cases.
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A state trial is underway for a Wisconsin man already convicted in federal court of stealing weapons from a Janesville gun shop after sending a rambling anti-government manifesto to the White House. Joseph Jakubowski is on trial in Rock County for burglary while arming himself, theft and possession of burglary tools, charges that carry a maximum 24½ years in prison upon conviction. A jury was seated Monday for the trial. Jakubowski admitted in his federal trial last fall that he took 18 firearms from the gun shop, Armageddon Supplies. He then drove to a rural road, set his SUV on fire and disappeared. He was captured 10 days later 130 miles away in western Wisconsin where he told the landowner he just wanted to live “off the grid.”
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