Friday News 2/15/19
15 February 2019 News
Beaver Dam Man Sentenced In Baby Shaking Case
A 24-year-old Beaver Dam man has been sentenced to eight years in prison and five years of extended supervision in a baby shaking case. Raymond Keyser was sentenced in Dodge County court Thursday. The eight month old girl that was in Keyser’s care suffered permanent brain damage, eye and neck injuries consistent with being shaken violently. He told authorities the baby had fallen off a two-foot-high bed onto a carpeted floor. Medical experts say the child was violently shaken and repeated slammed against a surface. Judge Steven Bauer says, “the child in this case was totally helpless,” and called the crime “extremely aggravated.”
Waupun Man Sentenced For Drunken Driving Injury Crash
A 67-year-old Waupun man will spend 45 days in jail and 30 months on probation for a two-vehicle drunken driving accident that led to minor injuries for the other driver and his two passengers. Authorities say Joseph Carran failed to yield the right of way to another vehicle on State Highway 49 in the Town of Leroy last June leading to the collision. Officers found 10 full beer cans and two empties in his vehicle. Carran was sentenced this week in Dodge County court. The jail time comes with work release privileges, but his drivers license was revoked for two years and he will also have to use an ignition interlock device on his vehicle, which won’t him to start it if he has been drinking.
Mystery Shopper Scam Reported In Waupun
Police in Waupun are warning residents after a citizen reported a phone call from someone who wanted them to become a “mystery shopper.” Legitimate marketing firms will use “mystery shoppers” reimbursing them for purchases. This caller urged the resident to buy $2,500 worth of gift cards for Walmart and Apple and text them the numbers for the cards. The state’s Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection says people are lured by the possibility of a lucrative “mystery shopper” job, but scammers use it to cheat people out of money. A variation involves wiring money, which the scammer will say is a way of testing out transfer services like Western Union and MoneyGram. Police urge residents to just hang up on the caller and notify law enforcement officials.
Congressman Grothman On The Wall And The Federal Budget
Congressman Glenn Grothman says too much money is being spent in the Federal Budget and not enough on a wall for the U.S./ Mexico border. After visiting the area Grothman is a staunch supporter of the President’s proposal for the wall, but feels too much has been compromised on the cost for that wall. “I was down at the border. I see the degree to which the Mexican cartels are controlling that border, the degree to which all the heroin is flowing over the border, and the degree to which people are skipping in line, not coming in here legally and I think had that been laid out to the American public they would have gotten a better deal.” The federal lawmaker from Glenbeulah says right now we are borrowing over 20 percent of our Federal Budget and the budget increases in other areas weren’t really necessary.
County Board Approves Grant Application For Masoutin Trail Project
The Fond du Lac County Board this week approved a resolution authorizing county officials to apply for a Wisconsin Stewardship grant for resurfacing 2.5 miles of the Mascoutin Valley State Trail between Eldorado and Rosendale. County Board Chairman Marty Farrell says $21,420 is included in the County Recreation Trails Budget for the project this year. The grant would providing a matching $21,420 for the project.
Maurice E. Morgan Fondly Remembered
Fond du Lac County supervisors this week approved a resolution honoring a former county board member who represented a portion of the Town of Ripon and the Town and Village of Rosendale on the board for more than 10 years. Maurice E. Morgan represented District 18 on the board from 1992 to 2002. He served on several committees during that time. Supervisor Mary Hayes grew up in Ripon. “I just want to say as a kid growing up in Ripon I saw Mr. Morgan every Sunday in church. He was also very kind and happy and wonderful with all his energetic kids, so I feel like I stand on his shoulders.” County Board Chairman Marty Farrell, who lives in Ripon, is in his 25th year with the board. He says when he first started on the board he sat next to Morgan and Morgan was very helpful to him. Morgan died on December 22nd.
Fundraiser For Whisper Hill Founder
The founder of a therapeutic program involving Clydesdale horses will find himself on the receiving end of a fundraiser Saturday. Tim Wiskow, of Fond du Lac, underwent a series of stomach surgeries to save his life and the fundraiser Saturday at the Fond du Lac County Fairgrounds Recreation Center will help pay for some of those medical expenses. Wiskow is used to raising funds to support the Whisper Hill Clydesdales Special Needs program, but has had to put the organization on hold while his health recovers. “So with me instead of putting my therapy program first I actually had to put myself first once, which is really highly unlikely for me to do.” The fundraiser will include a craft, vendor, and bake sale, soup and chili cook off, raffle, silent auction, food and drinks, and performances by “Reckless Remedy” and “Boogie and the Yo-Yo’z.”
Social Media Safety Presentation
Two Winnebago County Sheriff’s deputies will be doing a Social Media Safety presentation at the Fox Valley Technical College Oshkosh campuses at the end of the month. Pete Ehlert and Mike Sewall‘s focus during the February 26th presentation will be on why children are at risk when using social media and the internet. It will begin with the effect of technology on the development of youth and examples of how easy it is for a predator to target kids and the methods used on-line. Popular apps and parental resources will also be discussed for parents at the 6 pm presentation.
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