Wisconsin Afternoon State News for Monday 1/22/18
>>Governor Wants State Law On Pre-Existing Conditions, Health Coverage
(Madison, WI) — Governor Scott Walker will call for a state law to guarantee health insurance coverage for Wisconsin residents with pre-existing medical conditions. Walker is giving a preview of parts of his State of the State address to be delivered Wednesday night. The Republican governor says he wants his state to join four others in getting a federal waiver so re-insurance can be offered. That could lower premiums for consumers in the private insurance marketplace. He also wants a permanent federal waiver for Wisconsin’s SeniorCare program.
>>Woman’s Frozen Body Found Next To Car In Rock County
(Town of Harmony, WI) — Rock County authorities say they don’t suspect foul play in the death of a 52-year-old woman whose frozen body was found next to her car. Detectives are still investigating. Lorie Hanson was found dead in her driveway in the town of Harmony, east of Janesville Wednesday. A department spokesperson says she may have been there overnight when temperatures reached two degree below zero. Hanson’s husband was out of town and he asked his son to check when he wasn’t able to contact her.
>>Man Responds To Online Sex Ad – Meets Police Officer
(Oconomowoc, WI) — A Milwaukee man found out the hard way the 14-year-old girl he thought he was talking to was really a cop. Thirty-year-old Timothy Baumann faces a felony charge of use of a computer to facilitate a child sex crime. A member of an internet crimes-against-children task force responded to a Craigslist ad which turned out to be Baumann’s and the officer pretended to be a teenage girl. During a series of online messages to two agreed to meet near an Oconomowoc business last Thursday. Baumann was taken into custody and he is scheduled for a preliminary hearing February 23rd.
>>Shutdown: 750 Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers To Be Furloughed
(Madison, WI) — The Wisconsin National Guard says about 750 full-time members will be furloughed if the federal government shutdown continues. The Senate is to vote at noon on a short-term spending bill. The Wisconsin Guard canceled a weekend drill due to the lack of agreement in Washington. A break in the stalemate could make the furlough unnecessary. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker says he has been talking to the Guard’s commanding general about the situation.
Source: WRJC.com
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