News 06.02.16
2 June 2016 News
An Opioid forum will be held today in Ripon and the Fond du Lac County District Attorney is encouraging people to attend. Eric Toney says the information is valuable and people should be aware of the “four pillar” approach to opioid and heroin problems. The approach includes Prevention and Education, Harm Reduction, Law Enforcement and Treatment. Toney says forums have been held throughout Fond du Lac County, including Ripon, on prior occasions. The forum starts at 5:30pm at Ripon High School. Toney is sponsoring the event, along with the Ripon Police Department and Drug Free Communities of Fond du Lac County.
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A man imprisoned for embezzling more than $400,000 from Ripon College is sentencing to additional time behind bars for new criminal charges in Ozaukee County. Ronald Haefner is serving six years in prison for embezzling from Ripon College where he was fired as the IT director in 2013. He pleaded guilty to 10 charges in Fond du Lac County last year. The latest charges in Ozaukee County say the 56-year-old former Mequon man avoided more than $57,000 in taxes on the money he took from the college. Haefner pleaded no contest to tax fraud in Ozaukee County Circuit Court Tuesday and was sentenced to another 18 months in prison. The sentence runs concurrently to the time he has been serving at Oakhill Correctional Institution in Oregon.
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The Fond du Lac County Emergency Management director says a preliminary review shows that homeowners and the county will not be eligible for any disaster assistance following the Brandon tornado. Jim McNabb says preliminary damage estimates are well below the threshold to receive state or federal disaster aid. McNabb says the monetary threshold is nearly $400,000 and current estimates put the damage totals at “well under $100,000.” Brandon police Chief Tom Dornbrook says almost all of the property owners are covered by homeowner’s insurance. Dornbrook says residents are very appreciative of Alliant Energy crews who had power restored to the village four hours after the tornado hit.
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Sheriff’s authorities say two people have died and two others have been injured in a head-on collision in Columbia County at the end of the Memorial Day weekend. Officials say there were two people in one pickup truck and two in the other when the vehicles collided Monday about 7:20 p.m. on Highway 33 in the Town of Fort Winnebago. The two occupants of one pickup were killed. Authorities identify the dead as the driver, 24-year-old Adam Chester of Pardeeville, and passenger 24-year-old Jacob Bachman of Baraboo. The two people in the other vehicle were taken to Divine Savior Hospital in Portage. There’s no word on their conditions. Investigators say speed and alcohol appear to be contributing factors in the crash.
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Milwaukee police are looking for two suspects who were in a stolen vehicle that crashed into a car and killed two people, including a young boy. The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victims as 46-year-old Danielle Triggs and 8-year-old Taeshawn Griffin. Triggs died in Friday’s crash. Griffin died Sunday at Children’s Hospital. Family members say Triggs was Taeshawn’s grandmother and was on the way to a movie with two other children and two adults when their vehicle was struck by a stolen SUV speeding through a stop sign. Two men in the stolen vehicle fled on foot following the crash. The SUV had been reported stolen in Racine County about a month ago.
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Manitowoc officials say city employees will be trained how to properly handle the American flag after a U.S. Army veteran complained about seeing flags piled up like “dirty laundry” after Memorial Day. Clarence Launderville posted to Facebook on Tuesday morning a photo of American flags piled on top of each other in the back of a Public Works vehicle. He says he heard from angry citizens and apologetic officials after he posted the photo. Mayor Justin Nickels posted to Facebook a statement from Public Infrastructure director Dan Koski in response to the photo. The statement said a policy will be developed and employees will be trained to ensure the American flag is properly handled in the future.
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