News 07.28.16
28 July 2016 News
One person is injured following a two-vehicle accident in Winnebago County. The accident happened Wednesday morning around 12:30 a.m. on I-41 northbound, just south of Highway 26. Police were initially responding to a one-vehicle accident in which a pick up truck struck the median and came to rest on its side. While en route, police received information that a car had struck the truck. The driver of the car was transported to Theda Clark Medical Center in Neenah with serious but not life threatening injuries. Police say two passengers in the car were taken to an Oshkosh hospital with non life threatening injuries. The driver of the truck, a 30-year-old Menasha man, was not injured. He was arrested for operating while intoxicated.
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It’s not your average stray pet. The Humane Society says a Monitor lizard was found roaming around the north side of Oshkosh. The lizard, which is about 3-feet long, was captured and taken to the Oshkosh Area Humane Society before being transferred to the Fox Valley Humane Association in Appleton. Oshkosh staff says this lizard definitely is someone’s pet because it is in good condition. There’s no word if the lizard got loose or it was intentionally released. The Monitor lizard is native to Africa, Asia, and Australia. Pet Monitor lizards are said to take a lot of care. This is the second report of an exotic pet on the loose in Oshkosh this summer.
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A Reeseville man charged with striking and killing a pedestrian with his pickup truck last year makes his initial court appearance. Twenty-one year old Cody Buechel is charged with homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle and possession of drug paraphernalia in Dodge County Circuit Court. The September 27th crash killed 17 year old Lukas Jaeger of Juneau. It happened on County Highway G at Well Road. Jaeger was walking in the west ditch with several friends, when Buechel’s truck drove off of the roadway and into the ditch, striking and killing him. Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt says an investigation revealed that Buechel had inhaled “Dust Off,” a refrigerant-based propellant dust cleaner, minutes prior to driving. Also, two smoking devices commonly used for smoking marijuana were found in Buechel’s truck. A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for September 15th.
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The Republican co-chair of the Legislature’s budget committee is at odds with Gov. Scott Walker over road funding in Wisconsin. Rep. John Nygren on Wednesday called for tax and fee increases to be considered as a way to help plug a transportation budget shortfall that’s approaching $1 billion. Walker has refused to consider raising taxes or fees to pay for roads, unless there’s a corresponding cut somewhere else. Nygren called the news conference to urge Walker, lawmakers and the public to be open-minded about how to pay for transportation. Walker issued a statement just before the news conference, reiterating his opposition to tax or fee increases. The issue is expected to be one of the largest the Legislature faces when writing the next two-year budget in 2017.
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Authorities say an armed suspect is killed by police after a standoff and pursuit that began after shots were fired at an officer. The Tuesday morning incident began in Antigo. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office says an Antigo officer was shot at during a traffic stop, and a high-speed chase followed. The suspect, identified as 50-year-old Scot Minard of Eagle River, was stopped in the township of Pine River, but stayed armed during an hour-long standoff. Minard was shot and killed by law enforcement. Lincoln County Sheriff’s Lt. Timothy Fischer says no officers were injured. The Wisconsin Department of Justice’s Division of Criminal Investigation is leading the investigation of the officer-involved shooting, at the request of local law enforcement.
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A Wisconsin state appeals court rules that two girls accused of trying to kill their classmate in an attempt to please the fictional horror character Slender Man should be tried as adults. The 2nd District Appeals court on Wednesday affirmed a lower court’s determination that it was reasonable to try both girls as adults. The girls could appeal the rulings to the state Supreme Court. The girls were 12 years old in 2014 when, authorities say, they lured their classmate into woods in Waukesha after a birthday sleepover and repeatedly stabbed her. The victim, who was also 12, was found along a road, bleeding from wounds that nearly killed her.
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