Homeless Care Program At Former St. Pat’s
1/28/14 – A Homeless Care Program is available in Beaver Dam during this cold snap. Fr. Mike Erwin of St. Katherine Drexel says anyone in need of shelter can go to the empty St. Patrick’s school building on Maple Avenue. Shelter can be found for those who need it, either at the school or they can coordinate a place to stay. Arrangements can be made at the shelter at St. Patrick’s school Tuesday between 7am and 8pm.
State Makes $8M Available For Propane Shortage
1/28/14 – Governor Scott Walker is making eight-and-a-half million more dollars available to help low-income Wisconsinites get the propane fuel they need to stay warm. Walker announced more aid for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, after he met Monday with industry leaders and his cabinet on the acute propane shortage. He also granted eight-million-dollars in temporary lines of credit to propane distributors, so they can pay for their own supplies. Walker said he asked state agencies to quote, “assist as appropriate” to help a quarter-million Wisconsin propane customers deal with skyrocketing fuel prices — and shortages that are causing propane companies to scramble to find enough fuel. The state’s Economic Development Corporation will handle that end of the matter — as well as WHEDA, the Wisconsin Housing-and-Economic Development Authority. In the meantime, Walker is urging folks to conserve when possible — and keep track of their propane supplies closely. U-S Senate Democrat Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin has urged President Obama to get involved. She wants Obama to order companies to moderate their exports, to make sure Americans have enough propane to make it through.
Former Waupun Cop Appears In Green Lake Court
1/28/14 – A former Waupun police officer connected to a multi-county crime spree made his Initial Appearance in a Green Lake County courtroom Monday. Bradley Young is charged there with six felonies including Burglary, Possession of Burglary Tools, Criminal Damage to Property and Taking a Vehicle Without the Owners Consent. According to the criminal complaint, Young broke into a Berlin grocery store in June and stole one-thousand dollars. He later broke into the Piggly Wiggly in Markesan but could not crack the safe. On August 5, he allegedly broke into the Walkers Kohlerville Restaurant in the Town of Green Lake, triggering an alarm. Responding deputies spotted someone fitting Young’s description fleeing from the building. He then reportedly stole a pick-up from a Green Lake residence and headed to northwest Wisconsin where he crashed the truck in a police chase in Barron County. Young then stole a car in Rice Lake and broke into a Burnett County cabin. He was eventually surrounded by SWAT teams from three counties, called 9-1-1 to turn himself in and was taken to jail without further incident. He previously made court appearances in Burnett and Barron counties. A Green Lake County judge set a cash bond at $50,000 and he has a status hearing there next month.
Charges Filed Following Waupun Prison Bomb Threat
1/28/14 – A Milwaukee woman is accused of calling in a phony bomb threat at the Waupun Correctional Institution, and then calling back a few minutes later to apologize. Fratrina Harris is charged with one felony count of Bomb Scare for the incident December 8 that resulted in the institution going into “lockdown.” The 34-year-old blocked her phone number when she dialed the prison around 9am and said a bomb would go off at 3:30pm that afternoon. Investigators were able to obtain the source number from the phone company. However, because it was a no-contract, pay-by-the-month phone there was no record of the owner. Milwaukee Police eventually located the number in their internal records because of prior contact with the Harris family. Harris repeatedly denied her role in the bomb threat. After her phone was confiscated for forensic analysis, she contacted detectives and confessed saying she was upset her girlfriend was regularly visiting an inmate and the bomb threat was meant to get the woman’s attention. A search of the web history on her phone revealed that she had conducted an internet search for (quote) “What happens when Wisconsin prison receive a bomb threat.” The felony charge carries a three-and-a-half year maximum prison sentence, if she is convicted.
Woman Accused of Embezzling From BD Raceway
1/28/14 – A Juneau woman is accused of gambling away $32-thousand dollars that she embezzled from the Beaver Dam Raceway. Roxanne Siedschlag is charged with three felony counts of Theft in a Business Setting. Prosecutors say the 54-year-old administrator failed to make three deposits and instead lost the money playing the slots at the Ho Chunk Casino in the Wisconsin Dells. Siedschlag reportedly admitted to her role in the theft. If convicted, the charges carry a maximum combined prison sentence of 22-years.
Jail Time Ordered For Theresa Stabbing
1/28/14 – The Lomira man will spend six months in jail for a stabbing at a drinking party in Theresa. 21-year-old Conrado Garza pled to a felony count of First Degree Reckless Injury and had a second felony count of Aggravated Battery dismissed but read into the record. Garza put a 21-year-old in intensive care with a collapsed lung after stabbing him in the back during an apparent altercation last February. According to the criminal complaint, the victim told investigators he tried to break-up a fight between two guys by offering them a beer and their anger turned on him as they accused him of stealing their beer. As everyone was leaving the party, the victim said he was pulled from the front seat of his car, struck in the head repeatedly and then felt a sharp pain in his back as people were screaming and crying. Garza sustained four lacerations to the hand and face. Investigators say the wounds to his face were not defensive but instead the possible result of him stabbing himself, either accidentally or intentionally. In addition to six months in jail with work release privileges, Garza was placed on probation for three years and ordered to pay $26,000 in restitution.
Bond Reduction Approved In Overdose Case
1/28/14 – Bond has been modified from $20,000 cash to a signature bond for a 57-year-old Milwaukee man suspected of supplying a fatal dose of heroin to a 28-year-old Fond du Lac man. Bond was reduced in Fond du Lac County Court for Reginald Dorsey so that he could be placed in a long term care center. Dorsey is in ill health. According to the criminal complaint Adam Ellman died of a heroin overdose on July 3rd 2012 after he and 50-year-old Jeffrey Abitz of Lomira drove to Milwaukee where Dorsey arranged to get the heroin.
$16K In Car Parts Stolen From BD Ford
1/28/14 – The Dodge County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the theft of five catalytic converters from Beaver Dam Ford. The stolen car parts were reported at the Town of Beaver Dam business yesterday (Mon) afternoon. The items have a total value of approximately $16-thousand dollars. Anyone with information should contact the Dodge County Sheriff’s Department.
Trooper In Serious Condition Following Accident
1/28/14 – A state trooper from the Fond du Lac post is in serious condition after he was pinned between two vehicles. 36-year-old Justin Hansen was taken to a Neenah hospital. Authorities said Hansen was getting something out of the trunk of his squad car while investigating a freeway crash and another vehicle swerved out of control and pinned him. That driver, a 41-year-old Little Chute man, was not hurt. The incident occurred Sunday on southbound Highway 41 in Winnebago County. The State Patrol is investigating.
BDPD Citizens Police Academy Accepting Applications
1/28/14 – Applications are being accepted for the Beaver Dam Police Department’s Eleventh Annual Citizens Police Academy. Officer Bill Linzenmeyer says the 10-week course covers a number of topics including firearms training, defensive tactics, OWI procedures and cadets even participate in a ride-along. The academy is not designed to certify citizens to perform law enforcement services. The department has graduated 121 citizen cadets in the past ten years. The course is free of charge, but is limited to 12 applicants who must be 18 years old, have a clean record and either reside, work or own property in Beaver Dam. The programs begin March 4 and continue each Tuesday through May 13, typically between 6pm and 9pm. Applications can be picked up at the police department. The deadline is February 21. Additional contact information is available on our website wbevradio.com. Contact Bill Linzenmeyer at 382-6529 or 887-4614 or email wlinzenmeyer@bdpd.org.
Walker Has Edge Over Burke In Marquette Poll
1/28/14 – Governor Scott Walker has a six-point lead over his Democratic challenger Mary Burke in the first Marquette Law School poll of 2014. The Republican Walker was endorsed by 47-percent of the 802 registered voters surveyed. Burke, the former state Commerce Secretary and Trek Bicycle executive, got 41-percent. The poll was released Monday afternoon, and was conducted from last Monday through Thursday. About seven of every eight voters were surveyed before last week’s State-of-the-State address, in which Walker proposed over a half-billion dollars in property-and-income tax cuts. Walker’s lead is beyond the poll’s three-and-a-half percent margin of error. Pollster Charles Franklin noted that Walker’s support was the same as last October, at 47-percent. Burke was at 45-percent, but it was pointed out at the time that many people were not envisioning an exact Democratic challenger to Walker. Burke has become more well-known since then, while another potential Democratic hopeful — Kathleen Vinehout — said she would not run for governor.
