News 05.10.16
10 May 2016 News
No one is injured following a tractor-trailer crash in Winnebago County. The accident happened Saturday afternoon around 1:15pm at State Highway 26 and County Road N in the Town of Nekimi. Investigation shows the operator of the tractor-trailer had driven into a ditch and tipped on its side. The trailer was hauling frozen food and another tractor-trailer had to be sent to the scene to transfer the contents of the trailer before it could be pulled from the ditch. Police say clean up took several hours as soft ground made it difficult to get equipment to the tractor-trailer and debris was scattered around the area. No other vehicles were involved in the accident.
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A UW Fond du Lac student housing project appears to be back on track. A Fond du Lac County committee this week will consider a resolution authorizing the county and UW-Fond du lac to approve Madison-based MDC, LLC in association with MPEG, LLC as the developer. Fond du Lac County executive Al Buechel says if the county board approves the project at their meeting this month construction would get underway soon. The facility would open in time for the fall 2017 semester. The project has been delayed twice before, but Buechel says he is confident this time it will move forward if the county board approves the new developer. The 84 bed complex would be located on the UW Fond du Lac campus adjacent to the physical education building.
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Fond du Lac state representative Jeremy Thiesfeldt says he is disappointed but not surprised that a federal judge continues to hold up a Highway 23 expansion project. Judge Lynn Adelman denied a motion by the state DOT to restart the project to widen Highway 23 to four lanes between Plymouth and Fond du lac. Thiesfeldt says he will encourage the DOT to appeal the judge’s latest ruling. Regardless of the current situation, the Fond du Lac County Highway Commissioner says he believes the expansion project will occur at some point in the future. Fond du Lac County Highway Commissioner Tom Janke says the argument that traffic counts don’t warrant the project doesn’t make sense to him. He says traffic projections are somewhat ambiguous and believes that traffic is going up, not down. Janke says the 151 Bypass is a good example of traffic counts increasing once the improvements are done.
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A 25-year-old woman from southern Wisconsin has been chosen as the state’s 69th Alice in Dairyland. Ann O’Leary of Evansville was crowned Saturday night after three days of product demonstrations, tours and interviews in Dodge County. O’Leary grew up showing Jersey and Holstein cattle. She is 2014 biology and neuroscience graduate of Carthage College, and will start her Wisconsin Department of Agriculture duties on June 6. Her job will be to educate the public about the importance of agriculture in Wisconsin.
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An archaeological study finds thousands of cultural artifacts at a proposed 18-hole golf course the Kohler Co. plans for the shore of Lake Michigan. Some of the artifacts date back more than 2,000 years. A federal official says the relics could affect the eventual design of Kohler’s planned high-end course in Sheboygan County. The company said last week it believes it can build the course while respecting past cultures that lived there. According to the report, archaeologists found more than 25,000 prehistoric and historic artifacts in 96 digs across 195 acres. Excavations turned up pottery fragments, stone tools and arrows. Environmental groups and neighbors in the Town of Wilson have objected to the course, citing concerns about the impacts on shoreline dunes and wetlands.
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Administrators of Wisconsin’s only high school focused on helping students recover from drug and alcohol addiction say financial difficulties may force them to close it. Horizon High School opened in 2005 in Madison to educate students who are at least 30 days sober. Fifteen students are enrolled this year. School board president Michael Christopher says the private nonprofit school will face a deficit of $10,500 each month in the coming school year if it continues to offer therapeutic services. Horizon director Traci Tisserand Goll says the facility doesn’t have typical school hours. Staff members are in communication with their students on weekends and holidays. The school is supported by other school districts, including Madison. But, administrators say that support has waned.
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No one in Wisconsin won the big jackpot, but three winners can claim $50,000 from Saturday’s Powerball drawing. The Wisconsin Lottery says the winning tickets were sold at these spots:
Kenosha: Pick ‘n Save at 5710 75th Street in Kenosha
Markesan: Landmark Convenience Store at 544 North Margaret Street in Markesan
Milwaukee: Welcome Mart at 350 North Plankinton Avenue in Milwaukee
The May 7th winning numbers were 5-25-26-44 and 66; Powerball 9; Power Play 2. Winners have 180 days from the drawing to claim the prize. Lottery officials say someone who bought a ticket in Trenton, New Jersey won the $430 million jackpot.
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