News 06.06.18
6 June 2018 News
The state Department of Corrections is investigating a staff assault at the state mental health facility. Sources say two psychiatric care technicians, one male and one female, were attacked by an inmate at the Winnebago Resource Center near Oshkosh. The male technician was stabbed with a pencil and the female had her hair pulled and was thrown to the ground. They were treated and released from the hospital. The inmate, Donald Olson, is serving time for attempted homicide.
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A mother and son arrested following a drug bust in Waupun have made their initial court appearances. Thirty three year old Justina Keizer is charged with 11 counts including maintaining a drug trafficking place, possession of cocaine, THC, and illegally obtained prescription medication. Bail was set at $1500 cash. Her son, 18 year old Kodi Whitt, is charged with possession of cocaine and drug paraphernalia and bail jumping. He is free on a $500 signature bond. Deputy police chief Jeremy Rasch says investigators believe Keizer and Whitt were selling drugs out of their West Franklin Street home. Rasch says even more disturbing is the fact that two younger children, ages 11 and 14, also lived out the house. Rasch says police received numerous tips from the public about suspicious activity at the house. He says this case is a perfect example of the importance of the public being the eyes and ears of the police department. Preliminary hearings for both are scheduled for June 15.
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The state agriculture department is joining forces with the University of Wisconsin System to create a dairy industry task force as the industry struggles with collapsed milk and other commodity prices. Gov. Scott Walker announced creation of the task force Tuesday. He says officials from UW and the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection will come up with recommendations on ways to maintain a viable and profitable dairy industry in the state.Prices have been low for the last three years because of an abundance of milk on the market. Wisconsin lost 500 dairy farms in 2017 while the total number of milk-cow herds is down about 20 percent from five years ago.Walker says creation of the task force will bring industry experts together to create solutions to help farmers, processors and allied industries.
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The state Supreme Court is eliminating a regulatory hurdle for a large-scale dairy farm in central Wisconsin. Golden Sands Dairy wants to create a 6,400-acre farm in Wood County. A state appeals court blocked the project in 2017 because the Town of Saratoga re-zoned the land for preservation four months after the dairy filed a building permit application. The Supreme Court reversed the appellate ruling Tuesday. The court ruled in a 5-2 decision that once a building permit application is filed the applicant has a right to use all of the property as it’s zoned at the time of the permit filing.
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