News 05.24.16
24 May 2016 News
Police have released the name of a 12-year-old boy who was killed after being struck by a pickup truck in Dodge County. Maxwell Behmke was riding a dirt bike around 4pm Friday on Highway NN, near North Tyler Road in Rubicon. The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office says Behmke crossed the road on his dirt bike when he was struck by a pickup driven by 34 year old Brandon Lacrosse of Neosho. The boy was not wearing a helmet and was pronounced dead at the scene. The crash remains under investigation.
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The Dodge County Sheriff says law enforcement will be stepping up patrol near a residence where two convicted high risk sex offenders will be living. Two Dodge County judges last week approved placing sex offenders Jonathon Miller and Robert Larson Junior at a residence on the corner of Highway 67 and Butternut Road, just east of Lomira. Sheriff Dale Schmidt says law enforcement will be stepping up enforcement to assuage the fears of concerns of the people who live in that area. Schmidt says they did not have anything that restricts the location based off of what the statute says, but they will be diligent in watching the residence. Miller and Larson will be placed in the residence on or before July first.
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More Americans are expected to hit the roads this week for the traditional kick-off to the summer travel season. AAA projects more than 38 million Americans will travel this Memorial Day weekend. State AAA spokesman Nick Jarmuscz says that is the second-highest Memorial Day travel volume on record and the most since 2005. Jarmuscz says more Wisconsin residents are expected to travel as well. Jarmuscz says the average price for a gallon of unleaded regular is $2.26…down about 30 cents from last year at this time. Jarmuscz says people who are flying to their destination are seeing significantly lower air fares as well. Nearly 34 million (89 percent) holiday travelers will drive to their Memorial Day destinations, an increase of 2.1 percent over last year as a result of lower gas prices. Air travel is expected to increase 1.6 percent over last year, with 2.6 million Americans taking to the skies this Memorial Day.
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker still owes nearly $900,000 on his failed presidential campaign, which ended abruptly last fall. The campaign has been gradually reducing its $1.2 million debt from the end of 2015. According to campaign finance records, the campaign owed $898,676 at the end of April, down about $50,000 from the previous month. The campaign started April with about $25,000 on hand and took in $70,930 during the month. Nearly $50,000 of that income came from Granite Lists, a company that rents out Republican donor lists. The campaign spent $79,655 in April. Walker spent an average of $90,000 a day on his 71-day campaign for president, which ended in September. The largest outstanding debt he owes is $260,000 to FLS Connect for telemarketing and data.
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Tigers are back in the entertainment lineup at Circus World in Baraboo for the first time in more than a decade. Circus World has hired trainer Ryan Holder and his eight captive bred Bengal-Siberian tigers. Holder has deep roots in the circus and its animals. He says his dad was an elephant trainer and as a baby, he would watch the elephants being unloaded from the train for Ringling Brothers performances. While Ringling Brothers announced last year that its touring circuses would phase out elephant acts by 2018 because a shift in public attitudes, Circus World is keeping its elephants and adding tigers. Holder’s tiger demonstrations are scheduled twice a day through the end of August.
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A federal judge is set to hear evidence this week in a trial to decide whether legislative district boundaries that Republicans drew in 2012 are constitutional. Twelve voters who support Democrats filed a lawsuit last summer alleging the state Assembly district boundaries are unfairly designed to help GOP candidates hold legislative seats. They argue the maps dilute voting power based on political beliefs. State attorneys have countered that partisanship is a lawful motive for redrawing the boundaries and the boundaries are in line with past redistricting plans. The trial is set to begin today in front of Judge Barbara Crabb. The proceeding is expected to last three days, and Crabb will likely issue a ruling weeks or months later.
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