News 9.28.17
28 September 2017 News
Police have identified one of the men involved in a domestic weapon-related incident in Green Lake. Green Lake Police Chief Michael Ratter says 28-year-old Matthew W Arbogast of Green Lake shot himself in an upper apartment Saturday morning. Arbogast remains hospitalized in serious condition. The incident unfolded around 11:30 a.m, when police were called about a man fleeing into an apartment with a firearm. Following a standoff, Arbogast appeared from the upstairs apartment and was then transferred to a hospital. Two other individuals had fled the scene prior to police arriving. They are only identified as a 26-year-old Female and a 50-year-old male, both from Green Lake. Ratter says the investigation is continuing and criminal charges are expected to be referred. in the coming weeks.
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A Mayville man involved in a traffic crash earlier this month dies from his injuries. The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office says 51 year old John Rockefeller of Mayville was pronounced dead at the hospital Wednesday. On September 13th Rockefeller was seriously injured when his car was struck by a pickup at the intersection of County Highways TW and AY. The pickup driver 58 year old Barry Sterr of rural Theresa received minor injuries.
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Student test results in Wisconsin holds steady last year, the second under a new state testing system. The state Department of Public Instruction released the results Wednesday. It shows that the percentage of students scoring proficient or advanced in English language arts and math increased slightly last spring compared to the previous year. In science, the scores dipped slightly. In all three categories, fewer than 50 percent of students were proficient or advanced. In English it was 42.7 percent, in math 40.5 percent and in science 42.3 percent. The results include both public and private school students. The tests include results of the Forward exam given to students in grades four through seven, the ACT Plus Writing exam given to all 11th graders and the Dynamic Learning Maps assessment for those with significant cognitive disabilities.
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Democrats and Republicans are poised for a Supreme Court fight about political line-drawing with the potential to alter the balance of power across a country starkly divided between the two parties. The big question at the heart of next week’s high court clash is whether there can be too much politics in the inherently political task of drawing electoral districts. The Supreme Court has never struck down a districting plan because it was too political. The test case comes from Wisconsin, where Democratic voters sued after Republicans drew political maps in 2011 that entrenched their hold on power in a state that is essentially evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans. The case will be argued before the nine justices on Tuesday.
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