News 07.06.16
6 July 2016 News
One person is killed and four people received what appear to be minor injuries in a multiple vehicle crash on Interstate 41 in Fond du Lac. Around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, rescue personnel were called to the scene on northbound Interstate 41 near Highway 23. Fond du Lac fire chief Pete O’Leary says the chain reaction crash involved a flat bed truck and semi. Police say the flatbed, which was carrying a van, rear-ended the semi, pushing the semi off the road. The northbound lanes on I-41 were closed. Currently the Wisconsin State Patrol is investigating the crash.
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One person was killed and two others were injured in a two vehicle traffic accident Monday evening in Dodge County. The crash happened on Highway 33 near Pleasant Road in the Town of Fox Lake. The Dodge County Sheriff’s Department says one vehicle was eastbound; the other was westbound, when the two vehicles collided. The driver and lone occupant of the westbound vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the eastbound vehicle suffered life threatening injuries and was flown by Flight for Life to UW Hospital. A passenger in the eastbound vehicle sustained non-life threatening injuries and was transported to Beaver Dam Hospital. The accident remains under investigation.
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An inmate from the Waushara County Jail is back in custody. Waushara County Sheriff Jeffrey Nett says on July 1st, inmate Robert Stowe did not return to jail after he was done with work. Area law enforcement began searching for Stowe. Nett says Monday evening, a Waushara County Sheriff’s Deputy made a traffic stop in the Village of Redgranite. Stowe was a passenger in the vehicle and was arrested. Nett says Stowe will face new charges for not returning to jail.
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Italian police say they have detained a homeless man in the death of an American student whose body was found in the Tiber River. Police identified the suspect as Massimo Galioto, a 40-year-old from Rome. Police say he was taken into custody because he was “seriously implicated” in the murder. Police on Monday pulled the body of Beau Solomon from the Tiber River. The 19-year-old student from Wisconsin had last been seen early Friday morning at a pub, shortly after arriving in Rome. John Cabot University, an English university in the Italian capital, confirmed his death on Monday evening. Solomon had recently completed his first year as a personal finance major at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Investigators say thieves have made off with multiple vehicles from a car dealership. Police saw multiple vehicles racing away from the Porcaro Ford Dealership in Mount Pleasant around 2:30 a.m. Monday. Officers tried to pull them over but they sped away. Police gave up the chase but found one of the vehicles crashed into a median and arrested a 13-year-old boy who tried to flee. The vehicle was on fire but officers extinguished the flames with equipment from their squad cars.
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Organizers are preparing to open a new safari park near Lake Geneva next month. The park is set to open Aug. 1 in the village of Bloomfield, about 5 miles southeast of downtown Lake Geneva. Owner Jay Christie, a former Racine Zoo chief executive officer, says animals will be allowed to roam freely through the 75-acre park. Visitors will ride through the park in tour wagons or vehicles. Each tour will be guided and last about an hour. Christie says he’s buying animals from zoos and private breeders. His list includes camels, bison, zebras, antelope and llamas. The park will open with about 70 animals, although he hopes to get to 150 eventually.
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