News 04.25.16
25 April 2016 News
A man accused of fatally shooting his wife in a Portage hotel parking lot enters a plea of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect. Police say 51-year-old Kevin Krueger of Friesland was in court Thursday for his arraignment hearing. He’s accused of fatally shooting his wife in February. Charges against him include first-degree intentional homicide. Judge Todd Hepler accepted the plea. Hepler ordered that Krueger undergo a psychological evaluation.
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A longtime Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s deputy is retiring. Nick Evans is retiring after 34 years of service. The Sheriff’s Office marked the occasion Friday afternoon with the traditional “ramp walk” ceremony in front of the office. Evans began his career at age 19 working in the Fond du Lac County Jail. He was a member of the Sheriff’s Office Honor Guard, a former SWAT team member and helped form the department’s accident reconstruction team.
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New guidelines for bond have been set for the sister of a Fond du lac woman convicted in the shooting death of her husband and accused of helping her sister dispose of the body. During another hearing Friday, a judge ordered 36-year-old Tina Ewell must post $1,500 of her own funds and prove the source for her $5,000 cash bond. She must also surrender her passport. Ewell is the sister of Eve Nance. Nance was convicted in January of first degree intentional homicide and hiding a corpse. She will be sentenced next month. Police say Nance shot and killed Timothy Nance at their Fond du Lac home. Police believe Ewell knew about the homicide and helped her sister dispose of the body.
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Starting this summer you won’t need change to park in three parking ramps in downtown Appleton. The city’s Common Council approved a $650,000 contract for technology that will allow drivers to use credit cards in the red, green and yellow ramps. The contract also provides for intercoms where drivers can contact attendants for help. The city-owned blue ramp, which is behind City Center will not have the new technology installed. The ramp is scheduled to be demolished by 2020 as it reaches the end of its lifespan. The Soldier’s Square ramp, which is owned by the YMCA, is also not part of the contract. Tapco has been selected to install the pay stations. City leaders say the company submitted the lowest of three bids.
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Republican Gov. Scott Walker is considering Democrats’ suggestions for changing tactics in the fight against chronic wasting disease as infection rates climb. The Department of Natural Resources ended efforts to thin the herd in infected areas in 2010 amid intense public backlash. The agency’s new plan calls for monitoring the disease with limited eradication efforts. Last month the agency announced that more than nine percent of the 3,133 deer tested in 2015 were infected, the highest prevalence rate the state has seen since CWD was discovered here in 2002. Walker’s chief-of-staff met with Democratic state Reps. Chris Danou and Nick Milroy. Their suggestions included adopting Illinois’ strategy of continuing to thin the herd in infected areas. Walker spokesman Tom Evenson says the governor’s office is evaluating the proposals.
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Democratic legislators are pushing for additional funding to educate Wisconsin voters about the state’s voter identification requirement. The Government Accountability Board spent about $700,000 on the statewide “Bring It to the Ballot” campaign in 2011 when the voter ID law passed. But legal challenges put the law on hold until this year. This year’s budget didn’t include funding to reboot the campaign, so the board has relied on a website and asking media to run its public service announcements. Madison Democratic Rep. Chris Taylor urged the board to request as much as it can in additional funds from the state’s finance committee. The committee has $267,200 available in supplemental funds. GAB spokesman Reid Magney says the board may consider the request at its Tuesday meeting.
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