News 07.29.16
29 July 2016 News
Two men are injured after a small plane crashed at Fond du Lac County Airport. The crash happened Thursday morning. Police say white smoke burst from the engine as an ambulance arrived. Fond du Lac Sheriff’s Office captain of operations Rick Olig says the victims were men. He described their injuries as critical. Both were flown to the hospital. Fond du Lac fire Chief Peter O’Leary says the single engine aircraft crashed on the northwest corner of the airport property, several hundred yards west of a runway. Olig says witnesses told authorities the plane was flying low and appeared as if it was going to land when it abruptly banked and crashed. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the crash’s cause.
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Less than a year after the state tried unsuccessfully to place a violent sex offender from Milwaukee at a town of Eldorado residence…the Department of Health Services is again recommending placing another out of county sex offender in the same location. The state wants to place Terry Olson, a convicted child sex offender from Washington County at a residence on Nitschke Road in Eldorado. Fond du Lac County Sheriff Mick Fink says he has written a letter to the supervised release specialist at the Sand Ridge Treatment Center for violent sex offenders expressing his opposition to the proposed placement. Neighbors say there are several children who live close to the home. Following a public uproar last fall a Milwaukee judge nixed plans to place violent sex offender Clint Rhymes of Milwaukee at the residence.
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Waupun mayor Kyle Clark has officially resigned. At this week’s council meeting, Clark resigned as mayor effective immediately. Clark stated he was stepping down to continue cardio-rehabilitation after suffering a massive heart attack in December. The council voted to hold the mayoral race on the April 2017 ballot. They did not fill the seat at this time. They are soliciting the public for interest and will discuss the matter at their August Council meeting. Council president l Mike Johnson serve as acting mayor until the position is filled.
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A state senator says some radios didn’t work at Green Bay’s maximum security prison the day a corrections officer was attacked. State Sen. Dave Hansen, D-Green Bay, is requesting an independent review of problems at the Green Bay Correctional Institution in Allouez. In a letter to state Corrections Secretary Jon Litscher, Hansen is also calling for immediate purchase of equipment to improve employees’ safety, such as working radios and “blind-spot mirrors.” Officer John McKee suffered second- and third-degree burns over 40 percent of his body when an inmate attacked him with boiling water on July 18. The prison remains on lockdown. The attack is being investigated. State officials say measures they’ve taken to improve staffing levels at the prison are having a positive effect.
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Unemployment is down in nearly all Wisconsin cities and counties. The state Department of Workforce Development reported Wednesday that unemployment rates decreased or remained the same in 29 of the state’s 32 largest cities in June. The rates also went down or remained the same in all but four counties. The only counties that saw increases were St. Croix, Taylor, Pierce and Douglas. Menominee County had the highest unemployment rate at 9.1 percent. Dane County was lowest at 3.3 percent. Racine had the highest unemployment of any city at 6.9 percent, while Fitchburg was lowest at 3.2 percent. The local rates aren’t seasonally adjusted so they’re not comparable to the state unemployment rate, which stood at 4.2 percent in June.
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The Milwaukee Medical Examiner’s Office is investigating another probable heat-related death. The office says Thursday that it is investigating the death of a 54-year-old man who was brought to the VA Hospital on Monday after collapsing in a parking lot. The man was walking to work at Miller Park Stadium at the time. He had a body temperature of 109 degrees when admitted to the hospital. He died Wednesday night. The medical examiner’s office is also investigating the probable heat-related death of a 60-year-old man. That man also died Wednesday after he was found in his home. He had a body temperature of 103 degrees. The National Weather Service says Milwaukee has seen a string of days with highs in the mid to upper 80s.
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