News 09.01.16
1 September 2016 News
An attorney hired by an eastern Wisconsin city wants a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the widow of a man killed by police during a standoff at a motorcycle shop. In July, Theresa Mason-Funk filed a lawsuit claiming the officers used excessive force when they shot 60-year-old Michael Funk at Eagle Nation Cycles in Neenah last December. Funk was a hostage and had drawn his handgun as he tried to escape. Police believed Funk was the hostage taker. In a response Tuesday, an attorney for the city and the officers said any damages suffered by Mason-Funk were caused by the conduct of the man accused in the standoff, Brian Flatoff, and Funk himself “and not by the conduct of the defendants.”
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Authorities have made three arrests following a string of burglaries to numerous Amish homes in four Wisconsin counties. The investigation started August 14th after receiving multiple reports of home burglaries in north-central Columbia County. August 21st, additional reports of home burglaries were reported in Marquette and Columbia Counties. The Columbia County Sheriff’s Department says there was forced entry to some of the homes. The on Sunday, numerous Amish home burglaries were reported in Vernon and Monroe Counties. Columbia County authorities say on Monday, detectives searched two homes and two vehicles for stolen items. The suspects, 21 year old Grant Pulver of Portage, 21 year old Alex Moulton of Portage, and 20 year old Dylan Bartaczewicz of Pardeeville, were arrested for felony burglary. Detectives recovered guns, bows, cash, coins, documents, and safes in the searches. Authorities are working with the victims to get the stolen items returned to the rightful owners. The investigation is ongoing.
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A 37 year old Beaver Dam man who is suspected of robbing the State Bank of Reeseville in Watertown in July may be facing additional charges. Adam Raney is also suspected of holding up Bank Mutual of Beaver Dam and a home invasion in the Town of Beaver Dam in July. He is being held in the Dodge County Jail on a 100,000 cash bond….he will face a hearing in September.
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Wisconsin election officials are questioning how the Department of Transportation will get voting credentials to people who lack photo identification on Election Day. The DOT mails voting credentials to people who try to obtain a photo ID from the agency but lack supporting documents such as birth certificates. State Election Commission members during a meeting Tuesday questioned how the DOT can get such credentials to people who try to get a photo ID on Election Day. Since the agency mails the credentials, those people likely wouldn’t receive their credentials until the next week. They could vote by provisional ballot but the deadline for confirming those ballots is the Friday after the election. People waiting for credentials would see their ballots invalidated.
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Marshfield Clinic will borrow about $1 billion to acquire Ministry Saint Joseph’s Hospital and upgrade its medical facilities in central and northern Wisconsin. The funding would come from the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, a state agency that helps nonprofit organizations finance construction projects. The funding is generated by tax-exempt municipal bonds, not tax dollars. Marshfield Clinic plans to spend about $800 million to purchase and renovate the Marshfield hospital and expand its health care facilities in Stevens Point, Eau Claire, Menomonie, Wausau and other locations. The upgrade and expansion plans include replacing buildings, adding and updating patient rooms, enhancing signage and installing new ventilation and temperature-control systems.
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Police are still looking for the person who fatally shot a Kenosha man who investigators say apparently interrupted an armed robbery. Authorities say 39-year-old Bernard Reavers went to the upper unit of his duplex to lend a vacuum to a tenant when he was shot Aug. 21. The father of three young daughters died Saturday as a result of his injuries. Friends and family say Reavers lived with his girlfriend and daughters in the lower unit and was devoted to his family. A neighbor told police a man with a mask ran from the duplex following the shooting and got into a small, blue or teal four-door sedan.
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