News 06.01.16
1 June 2016 News
A Fond du Lac woman convicted in the shooting death of a her husband is sentenced to life in prison, but will be eligible for extended supervision down the road. Judge Gary Sharpe says Eve Nance will be eligible to petition for extended supervision in 25 years. The judge cited several factors in his decision including a lack of a previous criminal record, that the victim, Timothy Nance, was abusive toward his wife during their marriage and that this was a crime of passion. District attorney Eric Toney had asked for life in prison without the possibility of extended supervision. Before she was sentenced, Nance apologized for her actions and said she still loves her husband. In January it took a Fond du lac jury only a couple of hours before finding Nance guilty of first degree intentional homicide and hiding a corpse. The charges carry an automatic life prison sentence…but a judge has discretion in allowing for early release on extended supervision. Nance was convicted in the shooting death of her husband Timothy Nance at their Fond du Lac home and disposing his body in Milwaukee.
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Funeral services for long-time Berlin resident Steve Sponholtz will be held this Saturday. The 56-year old Sponholtz passed away last Thursday at Theda-Care Regional Medical Center after an accident at home. Steve was involved in many aspects of the Berlin community, from business to politics and service organizations. He served on the city council and later two terms as mayor, from 1997-2007. Visitation will be this Friday, June 3rd, from 3-8pm at Grace English Lutheran Church in Berlin with funeral services on Saturday at 11:00 in the Berlin High School gymnasium.
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Ten people are displaced following an apartment fire in Fond du Lac County. The fire happened Monday evening around 8:45pm at N10245 County Road G in the Town of Calumet. Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Sgt. Eric Halbach says the fire appeared to have started in a second story bedroom of an apartment and spread throughout the roof of the building. The building is considered a total loss. No one was injured and the American Red Cross is assisting those who have been displaced. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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A woman accused of stabbing her husband to death in Appleton is facing a charge of First Degree Intentional Homicide. 34-year-old Tina Hafeman appeared in court Tuesday. Police say they were called to a home in the 900 Block of N. Durkee Street just after 3:30 a.m. Friday where a relative, not the victim or the wife, said the 35-year-old man had been stabbed. The man, identified as Chad Hafeman, was pronounced dead at a hospital. Capt. Todd Freeman says in a statement that Tina accompanied officers to the police department where she was interviewed and arrested. Sgt. Dave Lund says the couple’s children are being cared for by relatives.
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A new report says Wisconsin’s job creation agency has erroneously awarded more than $412,000 in tax credits to companies over how many jobs they created. The Wisconsin State Journal reports the detail came out in a review by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. The agency first revealed the tax credit issue at a board meeting last month, but the report was the first time the size of the problem was detailed. The agency is reviewing 222 tax credits awarded since 2006 over the way jobs were counted. Based on 18 awards checked so far, more than $448,000 in over-awarded credits. About $36,000 was under-awarded. With so many more credits to check, the overage may go significantly higher. Chief executive Mark Hogan declined to give an estimate to a board committee.
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A U.S. Senate committee probe of health care problems at the Tomah Veterans Affairs Medical Center in western Wisconsin has turned up “systemic failures” in an inspector general’s review of the facility. A staff report by the Republican majority of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released Tuesday finds the VA inspector general’s office discounted evidence and testimony. The report says the office also needlessly narrowed its inquiry and has no standard for measuring wrongdoing. The report says the office’s failure to publish results of an investigation into the Tomah facility “compromised veteran care.” It also says a culture of fear and whistleblower retaliation continues at the facility. VA inspectors in 2014 found that doctors were over-prescribing painkillers. The deaths of three patients remain under investigation.
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