News 05.04.16
4 May 2016 News
Brunswick Corporation reports it has been the victim of an email phishing incident that resulted in the potential unauthorized disclosure of 2015 W-2 information of a large number of current and former employees. The incident occurred Friday, April 29, and the Company learned of it later that day. Brunswick is informing affected individuals, as well as notifying the IRS and cooperating with other agencies as appropriate. The Company is actively investigating to fully understand the incident, and to prevent incidents of this nature in the future. Brunswick is offering credit monitoring and reporting, identity theft assistance services and identity theft insurance free to every affected individual. At this time, the Company has no reason to believe that its information systems or any customer data or other employee information have been compromised. Brunswick noted that this was not a technical intrusion of its information systems, but rather a criminal scam that plays on human nature.
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A delayed Highway 23 expansion project between Fond du lac and Plymouth is still on hold following a federal judge’s ruling. On Friday U.S. Eastern District judge Lynn Adelman denied a motion by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration to restart the construction project. Adelman earlier halted the project following a lawsuit filed by the environmental group 1000 Friends of Wisconsin. State senator Devin Lemahieu says the judge’s order amounts to obstruction. State Representative Jeremy Thiesfeldt says the project delay is weighing heavily on residents. Area lawmakers and local transportation officials have argued the expansion to four lanes is necessary to improve traffic flow and safety. There have been several serious injury and fatal crashes on that stretch of 23 since the judge initially halted the project.
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212 pounds of prescription drugs were collected during the Waushara County Prescription Drug Take Back day. Waushara County Sheriff Jeffrey Nett says the state-wide effort took place on April 30th. Citizens were able to drop off their old and un-used prescription drugs for proper disposal. Nett says the program keeps the drugs out of landfills and drinking water supplies. The Wisconsin Department of Justice collects all the drugs from law enforcement around the state. The DOJ then takes the drugs to a facility that destroys them. This included the drugs that were collected at the Sheriff’s Office Prescription Drug Drop Box located in the lobby as well as the drop off location in Hancock.
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It’s been one year since a deadly shooting in the Fox Valley on the Trestle Trail Bridge. Menasha Police say Sergio Valencia Del Toro fired 18 rounds from his semi-automatic handgun, killing Adam Bentdahl, Jonathan Stoffel, his 11-year-old daughter Olivia Stoffel, and critically injuring wife and mother Erin Stoffel. The shooter then used a second handgun to shoot himself. He later died at a local hospital. Town of Menasha police officer, Jason Weber, says there’s been talk of a permanent memorial being placed near the bridge to honor the victims, but so far nothing has been finalized.
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Traffic crashes on Wisconsin roads claimed 38 lives last month. The state Department of Transportation says preliminary figures show last month tied for the fourth safest month of April on Wisconsin roads since World War Two. Traffic fatalities were also 12 fewer than the same month last year, but one more than the five year average. As of April 30th, 161 people have died as a result of traffic crashes in the state. Those figures include 14 pedestrians, four motorcyclists, and three bicyclists. The year-to-date total is 11 more than the same period during 2015 and 26 more than the five-year average.
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One of the two Wisconsin girls accused of trying to kill a classmate to appease a fictional horror character called Slender Man is appealing a judge’s decision that keeps her in a secure facility. A petition filed with the Court of Appeals says the decision against allowing the 13-year-old girl to live with her grandparents under strict monitoring amounts to excessive bail because she’s no longer dangerous. The petition says the $500,000 bail is way beyond what’s needed to secure her appearance in court. A Waukesha County judge last month refused to reduce the bond for the girl and the 14-year-old charged with nearly killing a classmate by stabbing her 19 times. The appeals court did not indicate if it will consider the petition.
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