6/22/23 Hometown Broadcasting News Thursday
22 June 2023 News
TRUCK HITS HOME IN BERLIN
A construction truck at the Brown-Wilcox construction project in Berlin Wednesday morning rolled off the property and crashed into a neighboring home. It happened about 8:30 am near the intersection of Center Street and Park Avenue. According to the Berlin Journal Newspapers a gas line was severed and several homes in that immediate area were ordered to evacuate. The homeowner was inside the house with her dog when the accident occurred. The truck driver pounded on her door and said he could smell gas and that she should leave. She and the dog were not injured. Alliant Energy turned off power until the gas line could be repaired and gas levels were safe.
NAMES RELEASED IN FATAL CALUMET COUNTY ACCIDENT
Officials at the Calumet County Sheriff’s Office have identified the 37-year-old Brillion man killed in a two vehicle crash at County Highways KK and D in the Town of Woodville Saturday afternoon. Christopher Robley died at the scene of the collision between his pickup truck and an SUV. Seventy-three-year-old Louis Maylander of Appleton was driving his SUV east on County Highway KK and stopped at the stop sign. He then pulled out in front of Robley’s northbound truck. Traffic on County Highway D does not have a stop sign. Maylander remains hospitalized in critical condition. His passenger, 73-year-old Kaeleen Maylander also of Appleton is in fair condition at the hospital she was taken to. The accident happened around 3:30 Saturday afternoon.
WASHINGTON COUNTY BOMB THREATS SUSPECT ARRESTED
A 19-year-old Milwaukee man is facing charges in Washington and Waukesha County after allegedly making two bomb threats to a former employer. Washington County Sheriff’s officials say Dmarion Hatten Nash allegedly called in both threats to Quest Engineering in the Village of Richfield on May 31st, a day after he was fired from the company. He was arrested Monday afternoon with the assistance of the Menomonee Falls Police Department. He allegedly resisted officers’ attempts to take him into custody. Washington County Sheriff’s investigators with the assistance of a technology support contractor for Quest Engineering were able to identify Nash as the person who had called in the bomb threats. Sheriff Martin Schulteis says Quest Engineering estimates their losses at around $42,000 dollars in lost wages and productivity from the company being shut down for several hours during the investigation. In addition six different fire departments, several public safety agencies, and a private bus company assisted with evacuation efforts.
APPEAL BY OSHKOSH MAN DENIED
A state appeals court Wednesday rejected a 38-year-old Oshkosh man’s request for a reduced sentence in the death of a 10-month-old baby boy. In August of 2021 Freddy Colon was sentenced to 15 years in prison and 10 years of extended supervision on a neglecting a child causing death charge. In his appeal Colon argued the Winnebago County judge that sentenced him wasn’t aware of discussions during a plea hearing about him failing to take action to prevent the child’s death not actively causing it. Colon argued that was a new factor and he should be resentenced and not get the maximum penalty. In a four-page decision the appeals court said Colon failed to show the existence of a new factor. The charge stemmed from an incident in December of 2018 in which the infant he was caring for suffered a severe head injury, brain swelling and a skull fracture. Colon was originally charged with reckless homicide.
REPRESENTATIVE PLUMER ON HISTORIC SHARED REVENUE LAW
State Representative Jon Plumer says getting the historic local shared revenue legislation signed into law Tuesday by the Governor was a monumental task. He says it took months of negotiations but in the end every municipality will see a minimum 20 percent increase in shared revenue. He says the additional revenue will help fund police, fire, EMS, roads, and local infrastructure. The state lawmaker from Lodi says he has gotten a lot of positive feedback the past few weeks about the increase in shared revenue. It also includes some reforms such as permanently repealing the personal property tax, stops communities from defunding their police, and requires all school districts to track crimes that occur on school grounds and provide an accountability report.
SENATOR JOHNSON ON TRUMP INDICTMENT
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson says former President Donald Trump shouldn’t have been indicted over the alleged hoarding of sensitive government documents after he left office. The U.S. Justice Department last Friday charged the former president with 37 criminal counts. Senator Johnson says former presidents have always been able to use their discretion in considering what is classified and what is not. He says if there is a dispute it is usually settled in civil court. The federal lawmaker from Oshkosh says there should not have been a SWAT raid on Trump’s personal residence which turned up the documents used to indict him. Johnson says we are entering a third federal election in which federal law enforcement has interfered with the election.
COVER GIRL
The President and CEO of Envision Greater Fond du Lac graced the cover of the Insight Magazine. The publication features stories about business and people in northeastern Wisconsin. This month a special section featured the 40 Under 40 Awards. Envision’s Sadie Vander Velde was proud to be featured on the cover. She says one of the biggest problems for businesses is attracting and retaining talented employees under the age of 30. Vander Velde says they received the magazine’s recognition for their aggressive approach to marketing and promoting Fond du Lac County as a place younger people would want to live, work, and play. (Insight Magazine photo).
WEBSTER STANLEY BRICK GIVEAWAY
The Oshkosh Area School District will be giving away free keepsake bricks from the former Webster Stanley Elementary and Middle School. The giveaway will take place in the parking lot of the District Administration Office on South Eagle Street from 10 am to 12:30 pm next Wednesday and from 4 to 6 pm next Thursday. Three bricks per person will be allowed, on a first come basis. The school closed at the end of the 2022-2023 school year. Demotion of the building began earlier this month. Once demolition is complete, construction of the new Menominee Elementary School will begin, which will open in the fall of 2024.
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