News 03.13.17
13 March 2018 News
A Fox Lake man is in custody following a high speed chase in Fond du lac and Dodge counties. The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office notified Waupun police and the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office of a vehicle pursuit heading toward Waupun Sunday. The 11 mile pursuit continued southbound on Highway M and Highway 151 when the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office terminated the pursuit north of Beaver Dam. The vehicle then reversed direction and fled northbound on 151 following an attempted traffic stop at Wolf Road, then southbound on Interstate 41 with speeds reaching 110 miles an hour. The chase was terminated a second time near Highway B. An hour and a half later the 31 year old suspect was arrested outside Saint Agnes Hospital in Fond du Lac.
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Officials plan to burn down the rest of a Beaver Dam apartment building where an explosion killed a man last week. Mayor Rebecca Glewen says the controlled burn is scheduled Wednesday. Glewen says some surrounding apartment complexes will be evacuated prior to the burn, and nearby roads will be closed. She says heat from the controlled burn will “render the situation finally safe.” The mayor says no one is allowed back in the building. A fund has been started for the displaced residents. The explosion happened Monday at the Village Glen Apartments. A man inside the unit was killed. His name has not been released. Explosive experts detonated the rest of the unit Wednesday because of the volatile chemicals still inside.
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Wisconsin tourism officials are launching a new television ad campaign spotlighting a wheelchair basketball star and the state’s German heritage. One ad features Matt Scott, a Paralympian wheelchair basketball player, explaining he vacations in Wisconsin because it’s easy to get around, the food is good, he can go to concerts and he can always find a wheelchair basketball game. The other ad keys on Gemutlichkeit, (guh-moot’-lick-kite), a German term that roughly translates as a comfortable or cozy feeling. The ad says that feeling describes Wisconsin and portrays a party with a polka party.
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A Wisconsin cheese-making company is in the midst of a $2 million project to establish a flock of 1,500 sheep known for their high quality milk production. Ms. J and Co. farm officials hope the Assaf sheep will be a gateway to higher profit margins, deeper flavors and more variety. The sheep are a synthetic breed created in Israel in the 1950s. The breed is known for its higher quality and higher milk production. Jeff Wideman, lead cheesemaker at Maple Leaf Cheese, and his business partner Shirley Knox are working with Mariana Marques de Almeida, a senior animal scientist, agricultural engineer and an expert in Assaf sheep genetics. Almeida has spent nearly seven years working with Assaf sheep and making cheese. Milking is still likely a few years away. The group is focusing on lambing and creating a genetically pure breed of the sheep through multiple rounds of breeding cycles. About 160 lambs were born this winter, with more scheduled to be born in March and April. Wisconsin has nearly 1.3 million dairy cows across more than 9,000 farms, according to the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board. Laurel Kieffer, a former dairy sheep farmer, says only about 2,500 sheep on about a dozen farms in the state are being milked.
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