Wisconsin Morning State News for Thursday 3/1/18
>>Road Projects Near Foxconn Plant Could Reduce Spending Elsewhere
(Madison, WI) — The Legislative Fiscal Bureau reports paying for road-building near the new Foxconn electronics manufacturing plant could reduce available funding for the rest of the state by 90-million dollars. The Bureau included that estimate in a memo forwarded to Democratic lawmakers Wednesday. Minority Leader Gordon Hintz says that means the governor is giving the Foxconn project priority over fixing roads in the rest of the state. Backers have said Foxconn will mean 13-thousand jobs for southeastern Wisconsin.
>>5 Years Added To Prison Time For Rock County Defendant
(Janesville, WI) — Rock County Judge James Daley has sentenced the man who was the subject of a massive manhunt last year to an additional five years in state prison. Thirty-three-year-old Joseph Jakubowski was found guilty of breaking into Armageddon Supplies in Janesville and stealing 18 firearms last April. In a statement given in court Wednesday, Jakubowski reiterated his anti-government views. The judge said a big factor in his sentencing decision was the fact that 13 of the stolen firearms are still missing — and he believes Jakubowski knows where they are. He was captured last year in western Wisconsin after a 10-day statewide manhunt.
>>Green Bay Police Chief: Actions Of 9 Officers “Disgusting”
(Green Bay, WI) — A 14-month internal investigation draws a critical response from Green Bay Police Chief Andrew Smith. He says the actions of nine officers were “disgusting.” Smith says the racial incidents hurt all law enforcement agencies. Three of the officers named resigned during the investigation. The six officers still on the force were handed un-paid suspensions lasting between one-and-30 days. The report details a group of officers on the night shift which harassed a female officer, and used racial slurs toward black officers and black people.
>>New Judge Takes Over 1982 Cold Case Murder
(Rhinelander, WI) — A judge from Marathon County will handle the first-degree intentional homicide case against a man accused of killing his wife in 1982. Robin Mendez hasn’t entered a plea yet, but he did exercise his right to have Oneida County Circuit Judge Leon Stanz removed. Judge Jill Falstad from Wausau was appointed in his place. Investigators say the suspect’s exact location hasn’t been accounted for as the time Barbara Mendez was killed. Forensic evidence shows she was beaten severely, suffering several blows to the head. Police say her assailant may have used a pry bar to kill her.
>>Nicholson Challenges Vukmir To Six Debates
(Undated) — Republican Kevin Nicholson is challenging state Senator Leah Vukmir to six debates in Wisconsin’s G-O-P primary for U-S Senate. Nicholson wants the debates to take place in all corners of the state in March and April. Vukmir says she would participate in a March 28th debate in the Milwaukee area but hasn’t confirmed whether she will take part in the other five. Both are seeking the GOP nod to challenge Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin in November.
>>DNR Board Approves Kohler Golf Course Land Exchange
(Madison, WI) — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources board has approved a land swap that would include handing over a parcel of state park land to help the Kohler Company build a new golf course. The board voted five-to-one to approve the swap. The company wants to build the course next to Kohler-Andrae State Park. The company wants about six-and-a-half acres within the park to accommodate a maintenance facility for the course. Kohler has pledged nine-and-a-half acres to the D-N-R adjacent to the park and upgrade the park entrance.
Source: WRJC.com
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