News 08.02.16
2 August 2016 News
Oshkosh Police are investigating a suspected drive-by shooting. Oshkosh Police Lt. Brian Schuldes says the incident happened around 9:15 p.m. Sunday night in the 900 block of Grand Street. A witness called police after hearing what they believed was a gunshot and a car driving away from the area. Police say no one was injured. Anyone with information regarding the shooting is asked to contact the Oshkosh Police Department at 920-236-5700 or go online to winnebagocrimestoppers.org. No additional information has been released.
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A Waupun man is going to prison for supplying the drugs that led to the overdose death of a Juneau woman in 2009. Dodge County Circuit Court Judge John Storck sentenced 33 year old Christopher Skalitzky to three and a half years of initial confinement and four years of extended supervision. Judge Storck also recommended that he be admitted into a substance abuse program. In April, Skalitzky pleaded no contest to a charge of delivering schedule 2 narcotics in Dodge County Circuit Court. He also pleaded no contest to charges of bail jumping, criminal damage to property, and disorderly conduct in a separate case. Skalitzky was accused of providing 25 year old Shallen Manske with methadone, oxycodone, and Valium. In December 2009, emergency personnel were dispatched to a Juneau residence for a possible overdose. The victim, identified as Manske, was taken to Beaver Dam Community Hospital where she was pronounced dead. An autopsy indicated that Manske either died from the drugs or a pre-existing seizure disorder.
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A construction worker is injured while working on the TAG Center expansion project in Mayville. Mayville Police Chief Chris MacNeill says emergency personnel were dispatched last Thursday afternoon when a 41 year old construction worker fell into an open four-foot pit with concrete footings and was filled with water from a recent rainfall. Co-workers quickly pulled him from the pit. MacNeill says the victim suffered a head injury and was transported by Flight For Life to ThedaClark Regional Medical Center.
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Republican Sen. Ron Johnson and his Democratic challenger Russ Feingold are scheduled to debate Oct. 14. The debate was announced Monday by the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Foundation. The hour-long debate on a Friday night just over three weeks before the Nov. 8 general election will be somewhere in the Green Bay-Appleton market, but the exact location was not announced. This is the first announced debate of the campaign between Johnson and Feingold this cycle. It marks the first time the two have debated since their first contest in 2010. Johnson won that year, ending Feingold’s bid for a fourth term. More details were to be released as they are finalized.
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The Department of Natural Resources’ board is set to vote on permanent regulations allowing captive deer farmers to opt out of the state’s chronic wasting disease monitoring program without upgrading their fences. Deer farms have had to enroll in the monitoring program to get DNR approval for a single fence. Farms that don’t participate in monitoring must install double or solid fencing. The DNR board in December adopted an emergency rule allowing farmers to opt out of monitoring without installing double or solid fencing. DNR officials say they’re worried farmers might not be able to afford to comply with new federal standards for monitoring and have to pay to upgrade their fences. The board is set to adopt a permanent version of the rule during a meeting today in Ashland.
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The state Department of Natural Resources scales back proposed rules regulating factory farms’ manure spreading amid complaints from the dairy industry. The DNR last month completed scope statements to update manure spreading regulations for factory farms statewide, with special restrictions for sensitive areas and new rules on airborne spraying. As per state law, the agency submitted the statements to Gov. Scott Walker’s office for approval. Walker’s office then shared them with the dairy industry. The Dairy Business Association expressed concerns about the plan. In mid-July the agency submitted a more limited scope statement to Walker. The governor approved it the same day. The new statement doesn’t include revisions on airborne spraying and doesn’t bring rules in line with new state and federal regulations.
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