News 04.13.08
13 April 2018 News
Fond du Lac County sheriff Mick Fink says if a Marinette judge doesn’t reverse his decision to place a violent child sex offender in Fond du Lac County then he wants a Fond du Lac judge to issue a restraining order to protect the public. The judge ordered that Jeffrey Butler be temporarily placed at a Nitschke Road residence in the town of Eldorado. Fink says he has been notified by the state that Butler is scheduled to arrive at the home at 11am Monday. Fink says he takes issue with the Marinette County Circuit judge who stated in his court order that public safety concerns were not an issue at the Nitschke Road residence. Fink also says he doesn’t have faith in the chaperone services for violent sex offenders on supervised release. A review of the records shows the state Department of Health Services paid Matt Talbot Recovery Services of Milwaukee more than $1 million to hire chaperones to provide “life-skills” to sexually violent persons on supervised release. Fink says he learned last fall that a chaperone was having sex with Fond du Lac County sex offender, James Broeders, when he was living at the Nitschke Road home. Broeder’s parole was revoked last fall and he was returned to the Sand Ridge Treatment facility for violent sex offenders.
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A Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s deputy used Narcan to revive a Fond du lac man who apparently overdosed on heroin prior to a motor vehicle crash. Shortly before 7:30am Wednesday, rescue personnel were called to the scene on Rienzi Road near Highway K where they found the driver unconscious with a hypodemeric needle in his hand. A sheriff’s deputy administered Narcan and the subject regained consciousness. The operator of the vehicle, a 35 year old Fond du Lac area man was not injured in the crash and taken into custody for Possession of a Restricted Controlled Substance.
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Wisconsin farmers strapped by stagnant dairy and grain markets are expressing interest in growing industrial hemp this year. Brian Kuhn is the director of the plant industry bureau at the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. He says more than 50 producers have applied since March for one-time licenses to grow industrial hemp. Kuhn says farmers should be careful not to rely on the crop to solve their financial problems. He says farmers also must pay attention to rules for selling hemp, which differ from rules for selling corn, soybeans and other mainstream crops. State lawmakers approved a research pilot program in November allowing farmers to grow industrial hemp. The crop is used for rope, clothing, milk, soaps, building materials and biofuels.
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he won’t appoint a replacement for Milwaukee sheriff and will instead let the county’s interim sheriff serve the remainder of David Clarke’s term. The Republican governor said in his announcement Wednesday that it would be best to let voters pick a replacement in November. That means interim Sheriff Richard Schmidt will keep his role until Jan. 7, 2019. Schmidt has not said whether he will run for the office. The sheriff’s office was created when Clarke resigned on Aug. 31 to go work for a political action committee that supports President Donald Trump. Walker at one point considered 18 candidates to fill Clarke’s role.
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