News 05.30.16
30 May 2016 News
One person is seriously injured following a one vehicle rollover crash in Fond du Lac County. The accident happened Saturday evening around 9 p.m. on County Road M, south of Olden Road, in the Town of Rosendale. Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Sgt. Eric Halbach says the vehicle was traveling northbound when it drove off the roadway, into the ditch, struck a field driveway entrance and rolled over several times. The male drive and lone occupant of the vehicle was partially ejected and pinned underneath the vehicle. Halbach says the Rosendale Fire Department extricated the subject from the vehicle. He was transported to Theda Clark Medical Center in Neenah with serious injuries. Alcohol is believed to be a factor in the crash. It remains under investigation.
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An eastern Wisconsin village is picking up the pieces after a tornado struck its downtown. The National Weather Service said Saturday morning that an EF1 tornado hit Brandon, a village of about 1,000 people in Fond du Lac County, around 5:40 p.m. on Friday. An EF1 tornado is the second weakest tornado, packing winds up to 112 miles per hour. Police say damage was limited to a four-to-six block area. About 25 homes were damaged with windows knocked out or shingles blown off. No one was injured but the entire village is without power. Utility crews hoped to have power restored to about half the village by evening. The state Department of Transportation said state Highway 49 was closed because of debris on the roadway.
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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 has been bound over for trial. Probable cause was found at a preliminary hearing Friday for Tina Ewell on charges of party to the crime of hiding a corpse, resisting arrest and harboring a felon. Ewell is the sister of Eve Nance. Nance was sentenced earlier Friday to life in prison in the shooting death of her husband Timothy Nance. Police believe Ewell knew about the homicide and helped her sister dispose of the body. Police detective Bill Ledger testified that he did not believe Nance could have moved the body by herself. Ewell is free on a $1500 cash bond.
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Police in Appleton say a robbery suspect shot a female officer and another man during a struggle before killing himself. Police Chief Todd Thomas said during a news conference Saturday the suspect stole cigarettes from two gas stations Friday night and Saturday morning. An officer spotted the suspect and a fight ensued. Two men driving by stopped to help the officer. The suspect took the officer’s gun away, shot her in the hip, shot one of the men in the chest and then shot himself in the head. The chief says the officer and the man’s injuries weren’t life-threatening. He didn’t identify anyone involved, but said the suspect’s death wasn’t the result of the officer’s actions or lack of action.
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Attorneys have wrapped up a federal trial to decide whether Republicans discriminated against Democrats when they redrew state Assembly boundaries five years ago. A group of voters who support Democrats sued last year over the boundaries GOP lawmakers drew up in 2011. They argue the districts marginalize Democrats and have asked a three-judge panel to declare the map unconstitutional. The plaintiffs’ lawyers insisted during closing arguments Friday that the new districts have robbed Democratic supporters of their voice in government. The state’s attorneys countered during their arguments that partisanship is to be expected in redistricting. They say drawing districts for partisan advantage isn’t unconstitutional and is actually democracy in action since duly elected lawmakers are doing the work. The judges aren’t expected to rule for at least several weeks.
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Gov. Scott Walker has released 82 pages of records he wanted to keep secret after a judge ordered them to be made public. The records released late Friday afternoon all related to Walker’s proposed changes in 2015 to the University of Wisconsin’s mission statement. Walker proposed changing the mission statement known as the “Wisconsin Idea,” refocusing it on career readiness instead of public service and seeking a broader truth. He later backed down after a public backlash, saying it was a mistake. The Center for Media and Democracy filed a lawsuit a year ago against Walker, saying he was illegally withholding records related to the creation of the proposal. Dane County Circuit Judge Amy Smith ruled Friday that Walker wrongly withheld 12 email exchanges and six attachments sought by the liberal advocacy group.
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