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STANDOFF
A FOUR HOUR STANDOFF IN BERLIN CAME TO AN END WITH THE DISCOVERY OF A MAN’S BODY. THE DISPUTE STARTED AT OAK ANDEAST LIBERTY STREETS, WITH SHOTS FIRED. AUTHORITIES DISCOVERED A WOMAN WHO HAD BEEN SHOT BY A MAN INSIDE A HOME LAST NIGHT. POLICE SET UP A PERIMETER AROUND THE SITE, AND FOUND THE MAN DEAD ONCE THEY WERE ABLE TO GET INSIDE.
UNION MEETS WITH APPLETON COUNCIL
AFTER A LONG DAY ON THE PICKET LINES AT THE OSHKOSH MAIN POST OFFICE, ON 20TH AVENUE, MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION MET WITH APPLETON CITY COUNCIL BEFORE LAST NIGHT’S MEETING. WITH LESS MAIL COMING IN, THE POSTAL SERVICE IS CONDUCTING A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO DETERMINE IF THE OSHKOSHSITE SHOULD REMAIN OPEN.
tHE POSTAL SERVICE DECIDED NOT TO CLOSE THE GREENBAY PROCESSING SITE THIS SUMMER.
PHONE OUTAGE
PHONE ISSUES IN OUTAGAMIECOUNTY WERE FIXED LAST NIGHT AFTER AFFECTING LANDLINES, CELL PHONES AND THE 9-1-1 SERVICE. THE OUTAGE HIT VILLAGES INCLUDING BLACK CREEK, SHIOCTON, SEYMOUR, NICHOLS ANDONEIDA. STAFF MEMBERS AT THE BLACK CREEK, SEYMOURAND SHIOCTON FIRE DEPARTMENTS WERE ON-HANDAND PROVIDED EMERGENCY HELP. CENTURY LINK RESTORED THE SERVICE AROUND 9:30.
NEW FACTORY
A PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND ADD 56 FULL-TIME JOBS WENT BEFORE THE APPLETONCITY COUNCIL WEDNESDAY NIGHT. COATING EXCELLENCE INTERNATIONAL OF WRIGHTSTOWN WILL RECEIVE UP TO $20 MILLION IN BONDS, IF THE COMPANY BUILDS IN APPLETON. THERE’S COMPETITION FROM THREE OTHER CITIES.
THE OTHER SITES INCLUDE MENASHA, ANDNORTHERN KENTUCKY. APPLETON COUNCIL APPROVED A BOND REQUEST BY THE COMPANY FOR $20 MILLION.
PLEA DEAL
36-YEAR-OLD FELICIA A. WALLACE, OF OSHKOSH, FACES A SEVEN YEAR PRISON SENTENCE FOR STABBING HER BOYFRIEND LAST SPRING, ON SCHOOL AVENUE. SHE PLEADED NO CONTEST TO A CHARGE OF RECKLESSLY CAUSING INJURY, AND WILL BE SENTENCED ON SEPTEMBER 9TH.
MURDER TRIAL
20-YEAR-OLD DONALD MARTIN IS CHARGED WITH FIRST-DEGREE INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE AND ARMED ROBBERY, IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF EMILY WAYMAN LAST APRIL. MARTIN ALLEGEDLY ATTACKED WAYMAN WITH A HAMMER AT HER APARTMENT. STATEMENTS FROM MARTIN’S FIANCE, SAMANTHA J. REW OF OSHKOSH, WILL BE ALLOWED AS EVIDENCE IN HER TRIAL WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN DECEMBER. REW STOOD IN THE DOORWAY, HOLDING HER SEVEN-MONTH-OLD-SONAND WATCHED THE ATTACK. REW FACES A FELONY MURDER CHARGE, WITH PARTY TO THE CRIME OF ARMED ROBBERY AND BURGLARY.
SNAKE
A MISSING SIX-FOOT WATER BOA SNAKE IS SAFELY BACK IN ITS CAGE. ANDY, WHO DISAPPEARED LATE LAST WEEK, WAS FOUND AROUND 10 FEET FROM ITS CAGE IN A GARAGE ON WALNUT STREET IN FOND DU LAC. JESSIE SOTO IS THE OWNER AND IS HAPPY TO HAVE HIS PET BACK.
SCHOOL AWARDS
FOUR OSHKOSH SCHOOLS RECEIVED THE WISCONSINSCHOOL OF RECOGNITION AWARD, FOR THEIR SUCCESS IN EDUCATING KIDS FROM LOW-INCOME FAMILIES. JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY, MERRILL HEALTHY LIVING, ROOSEVELTANDWASHINGTONSCHOOLS WILL EACH RECEIVE $2,000 AND A PLAQUE DURING A CEREMONY AT THE STATE CAPITOL.
ILLEGAL VIDEOTAPE
22 CHARGES, INCLUDING 11 FELONY COUNTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED AGAINST 32-YEAR-OLD JONATHON L. GURATH, OF NORTH FOND DU LAC. HE IS ACCUSED OF VIDEOTAPING FEMALES WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE, AND POSSESSION OF LSD. EIGHT COUNTS OF INVASION OF PRIVACY HAVE BEEN ADDED, ALONG WITH STORING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. POLICE ARE ALSO INVESTIGATING AN ALLEGED ASSAULT AGAINST A 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL. BAIL IS SET AT $250,000.
RARE
TOM LAMMERS, OF UW OSHKOSHHAS IDENTIFIED A HAWAIIAN PLANT THAT WAS BELIEVED TO BE EXTINCT. THE NATURE CONSERVANCY AND PARKER RANCH DISCOVERED THE PLANT IN A RAINFOREST, ON THE SLOPES OF THE KOHALA VOLCANO. PICTURES OF THE GREENISH WHITE FLOWER, AND DARK GREEN LEAVES WERE SENT TO LAMMERS, WHO IS AN EXPERT IN THE FIELD. IT WAS LAST SEEN ON THE ISLAND IN 1909.
