News 05.24.18
24 May 2018 News
A bomb threat phoned in to a Campbellsport business turns out to be a scam. Campbellsport police chief Tom Dornbrook says shortly before noon Tuesday a caller told the clerk at the Dollar General store there was a bomb and not to call police. Dornbrook says similar calls were made in at least three other communities. He says in those calls the caller told the clerk to activate a pre-paid debit card and the bomb would be deactivated. In Campbellsport, schools were placed on lockdown and a day care center next to the business was evacuated. A search of the store found nothing.
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The Department of Natural Resources’ board approves a public hearing on Gov. Scott Walker’s new chronic wasting disease regulations. The board voted unanimously Wednesday to set the hearing for June 11 in Portage. The hearing will center on a potential scope statement summarizing the rules. The statement is the first step in promulgating the regulations. Walker announced earlier this month that he has directed the DNR to write regulations banning movement of whole deer carcasses out of CWD-affected counties unless the carcasses are headed to a taxidermist or meat processor. He also has ordered state agriculture officials to draft rules requiring enhanced deer farm fencing and banning the movement of live deer from farms in CWD-affected counties.
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A new report shows more Wisconsin communities are imposing wheel taxes to help fund road repairs. The Wisconsin Policy Forum’s report found that until 2011 only four communities had such a tax. By the end of 2017, 27 communities had imposed a tax. Revenues from the tax nearly tripled from $7.1 million to $20.7 million during those years. The report suggests more communities are turning to wheel taxes because state road aids aren’t keeping pace with inflation and local property tax levies have been limited. Gov. Scott Walker said in reaction to the report that he’s not looking to limit local governments’ ability to impose wheel taxes. He says the decision to impose such taxes is a local one. The Wisconsin Policy Forum released the report Tuesday.
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Gov. Scott Walker is suggesting he’s open to lifting the statute of limitations on civil child sex abuse lawsuits. Women’s March of Wisconsin has asked all candidates for elected office to support a version of the Child Victims Act, a legislative template that lifts states’ statute of limitations on civil child sexual abuse lawsuits. The governor told reporters during a question-and-answer period at the executive mansion Tuesday that he hadn’t seen the specifics of the call. But he wants to support victims and perpetrators accountable “no matter how far back you go.” Democrats introduced a version of the Child Victims Act in 2015 but Republicans who control the Legislature didn’t give it a hearing in either the Assembly or Senate. Walker faces re-election in November.
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