News 12.16.16
16 December 2016 News
Fond du Lac County sheriff’s deputies will be stepping up patrol to crack down on drunken driving over the holidays. Sheriff’s captain Ryan Waldschmidt says the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign started Thursday and runs through January first. Waldschmidt says choose a sober designated driver before you start drinking, if you are feeling buzzed you are likely over the legal limit and should not drive. The Zero in Wisconsin traffic safety program has a free Drive Sober mobile app than can be downloaded by visiting zeroinwisconsin.gov.
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One of two suspects charged with trying to cash counterfeit checks at a bank in Mayville pleads not guilty. Twenty-seven year old Timothy Clayton of Milwaukee entered the plea this week in Dodge County Circuit Court to one count of forgery-uttering. A scheduling conference has been set for January 18th. Clayton and a second suspect, 22 year old Timothy McGee Jr. of Milwaukee were arrested November 29th when Mayville Police Department officers and Dodge County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a complaint at the National Exchange Bank in Mayville. Each is accused of attempting to cash a fraudulent check in the amount of approximately $2,500. McGee is also facing a charge of forgery-uttering, and an arraignment hearing is scheduled for January 4th.
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Agnesian HealthCare is closing its EZ Care facility in Waupun. For the past five years, Agnesian EZ Care has provided walk-in care services through nurse practitioners who diagnose and treat minor illnesses. At the same time, Waupun Memorial Hospital has been providing Urgent Care services through its Emergency Department, which treats patients on a walk-in basis with acute health illnesses or injuries, such as broken bones and lacerations. A physician is always on-site. Both facilities are within close proximity to one another. As of Sunday, January 1, all walk-in care services offered by Agnesian HealthCare will transfer to Waupun Memorial Hospital Urgent Care. Patients can receive care at the Agnesian EZ Care, 904 W. Main Street, until 2 p.m. on Saturday, December 31. Agnesian HealthCare will be working individually with each of its seven associates at Agnesian EZ Care in Waupun to explore other employment opportunities within the organization.
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Wisconsin’s unemployment rate is holding steady. Data the state Department of Workforce Development released Thursday shows the unemployment rate was 4.1 percent in November, unchanged from October. That’s the lowest unemployment rate since February 2001. The national unemployment rate in November was 4.6 percent, down from 4.9 percent in October. DWD’s report showed Wisconsin lost 1,900 nonfarm jobs overall in November.
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Wisconsin’s state and local tax burden has dropped one slot, from 15th highest to 16th highest. That is according to an analysis by the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance released Wednesday. The report says that taxes in Wisconsin fell from 10.9 percent of personal income in 2013 to 10.8 percent in 2014. The findings are based on U.S. Census data which lags by two years. The share of state and local taxes in Wisconsin has dropped since 2011 when it was 11.8 percent. The Taxpayers Alliance says that is due largely to a drop in local taxes as a share of personal income caused by a tightening of property tax limits. The report says Wisconsin’s property taxes are 11th highest nationally, claiming 3.9 percent of income.
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Six new charges involving five women have been added to the 15 charges a suspended University of Wisconsin-Madison student faces. Alec Cook now faces 21 criminal charges involving 10 women. Cook was due back in court today for a hearing on whether his $200,000 bond should be reduced. The most serious of the new charges against the 20-year-old Cook are felony stalking charges. Two women each told police that Cook followed them around campus or showed up in places they frequented and stared at them, despite being told to leave them alone. Cook was also charged with fourth-degree sexual assault and disorderly conduct for incidents in September. Cook was also charged with disorderly conduct for earlier incidents involving two other women.
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