News 08.01.17
1 August 2017 News
Authorities have released the name of a 71-year-old Minnesota woman who died after a seaplane tried to take off near an aviation convention in eastern Wisconsin. The Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office identified the victim as Diane Linker, of Sauk Rapids. Linker was a passenger in a six-seat seaplane that hit a large wave and overturned while trying to take off Thursday night near the Experimental Aircraft Association’s Seaplane Base, just south of Oshkosh. She died Friday. Sheriff’s Lt. Joe Kroncke says another person remains in critical condition. National Transportation Safety Board investigator Dan Baker says the water was too rough Friday to remove the seaplane. Crews plan to try again Saturday. The weeklong event attracts 550,000 people from more than 80 countries to Wittman Regional Airport.
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One person is dead and two injured following a two vehicle crash in Fond du Lac County. The accident happened Saturday evening around 7:45pm at the intersection of Kinker road and Van Dyne road in the Town of Friendship. Investigation shows the operator of a westbound vehicle traveling on Kinker Road failed to stop for a stop sign and was struck by a vehicle traveling south on Van Dyne Road. The passenger in the westbound vehicle, identified as 73-year-old Darlene A. Drews of Waupun, was pronounced dead at the scene. The westbound operator, 78-year-old Henry L. Miller of Waupun, was transported to Theda Care Regional Medical Center in Neenah. The driver of the southbound vehicle, 40-year-old Kevin M. Mueller, was transported to St. Agnes hospital in Fond du Lac with minor injuries.
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Alcohol is a suspected factor in two unrelated accident in Fond du Lac County – one resulting in a death. On Thursday July 27th the Fond du Lac County Communications Center received a call of an unresponsive female in a residential swimming pool in the Village of Campbellsport. When deputies arrived, they found that Campbellsport first responders had removed a 36-year-old female from the five foot deep pool and were rendering aid. The woman, identified as Jessica L. Meyer, was then transported to St. Agnes Medical Center. Meyer ultimately passed away Friday evening as a result of the swimming pool incident. On Saturday July 29th, three people were injured in a one-vehicle accident in the Town of Oakfield. Investigation shows the operator of a vehicle traveling on Prairie Road, west of Church street, lost control, entered the ditch and struck a culvert. The driver, 52-year-old Benito Zunigatorres of Louisiana, was flown to Theda Care Medical Center in Neenah. Both passengers, 41-year-old Gregorio Guerra of Texas and 51-year-old Jose Egerjaquin of Florida, were taken to Saint Agnes Hospital. Both incidents remain under investigation.
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Governor Scott Walker is calling lawmakers in for a special session this week to approve an incentive package needed to get Foxconn to come to Wisconsin. The proposal includes the nearly three-billion-dollars in tax incentives offered to the company, which will help it build a new factory in the southeastern corner of the state. The bill also includes changes in the environmental permitting process for the facility, along with 252-million-dollars in bonding for the Interstate-94 north-south corridor project…as long as the state also receives federal funds. The special session is scheduled to start today, although it’s not yet known when lawmakers will actually vote on the bill.
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