News 12.12.16
12 December 2016 News
One person is injured following a one vehicle accident in Fond du Lac County. The accident happened Friday night just before midnight on Lakeshore Drive in the Town of Friendship. Investigation shows the driver of a southbound vehicle failed to maintain control traveled over the center line and then off the roadway, striking a tree. The operator and lone occupant, a 29-year-old female from Oshkosh, was transported by ambulance for treatment of non-life threatening injuries. Police say speed and alcohol are believed to be factors in the crash. The name of the driver has not been released.
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The Village of Rosendale and Drug Free Communities of Fond du Lac County invites Rosendale and area residents to a ribbon cutting for a new Drug Drop Box. The ceremony will be held on Thursday, December 15 at 3:30 pm in the lobby of the Rosendale Municipal Building. The Drug Drop Box is available year-round Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Fond du Lac County now has a total of nine Drug Drop Boxes. They are available to all county residents to bring their old, expired or no longer needed prescription medications for disposal year-round. Since opening the first Drug Drop Box in the State of Wisconsin at the City of Fond du Lac Police Department, more than 12 million pills have been collected in Fond du Lac County.
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A Dane County jury awards $100,000 to the parents of a doctor who was killed in an ambulance crash in 2013. But the jury last week gave no award for pain and suffering Dr. Stanley Phillips may have experienced. The verdict won’t give Phillips’ parents more money than they have already received. Phillips and three other medical workers were heading to Appleton to bring a baby to Meriter Hospital in Madison for surgery when the ambulance crashed on Highway 26 near Rosendale. The attorney for the doctor’s parents argued in court Monday that Phillips intended to help take care of them financially in their retirement. Meriter’s insurance company agreed to pay medical bills, funeral costs and an amount for loss of companionship.
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Higher fees, more electricity, rental cabins and corporate sponsorships could be in store for Wisconsin’s state parks. The 2015 state budget removed all state support from the parks and raised admission fees. Analysts say the move is projected to create an annual $1.4 million deficit in the parks account. The Department of Natural Resources has released a number of recommendations for raising money, including expanding electrical service to hundreds of campsites for recreational vehicle users, creating rental lodging and selling naming rights to park facilities. The recommendations come as Gov. Scott Walker is crafting the next state budget. Democrats say the recommendations would make the parks too expensive for families.
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A German company that makes a popular liqueur is not raising a shot glass to the Milwaukee Bucks’ redesigned logo. Mast-Jägermeister has filed formal opposition with an appeal board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office about the registration of the logo. The company contends it “has established exclusive rights in the DEER HEAD Marks through use in commerce in the United States” going back to 1968. It cites numerous reasons to oppose registration for the NBA team, including the possibility that people might confuse the two companies or believe they are connected or affiliated. Both logos feature forward-looking deer with large antlers inside a circle or partial circle in about the same proportions. Neither the Bucks nor Jägermeister have made any other comments.
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In a frenzy of online shopping, customers keep track of all those orders thanks to confirmation emails from retailers. However, security experts warn customers to watch out for fake shipping emails. The Wisconsin Department of Consumer Protection says these scammers will use the names and logos of well-known shipping companies like FedEx. These phonies include links to “unsubscribe” or to click on an attachment for a shipping label. DO NOT CLICK. These links could install malware on your computer or attempt to get your personal information. Just delete the email. These scammers even send these emails to people who aren’t expecting packages, so no inbox is immune.
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