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One person is in the hospital with serious injuries after a three-car crash near Freedom on Saturday.
Just after 6 p.m.
Saturday, the Audie Gaming County Sheriff's Office responded to the intersection of County Road S and County Road J for a report of a three-car crash with injuries.
Authorities say that an initial investigation showed a northbound sedan driven by a 42-year-old man from Kokona failed to stop at the stop sign on County Road S.
and was struck by an eastbound sedan driven by a 19-year-old freedom man.
After the northbound sedan was struck, the eastbound sedan was hit by a westbound sedan driven by a 29-year-old man from Kokona.
The northbound sedan came to rest in a ditch and the driver needed to be extracted by first responders.
He was taken to the local hospital with serious injuries.
The drivers of the eastbound and westbound sedans had no reported injuries.
The crash is still under investigation and no other
information has been released at this time.
Shortly before 2.30 Saturday afternoon, Whatoma police and fire were called to the 300 block of River Street for a gas leak.
A WeE Energy's employee was in the area and came upon the leak at a private residence.
Washera County Emergency Management and the Sheriff's Dispatch put out and alerted at 2.34 p.m.
while officers began evacuating the area.
The Whatoma World War II building was opened as a temporary shelter for residents.
Washera
EMS, Emergency Management and the Sheriff's Office, the State Patrol and Wild Rose Fire assisted on the scene and with the evacuation.
Alliant and Wee Energy's also assisted.
At 5.09 p.m.
on Tomah Fire declared the area safe and the evacuation was lifted.
Wee Energy's determined the cause of the leak was related to the meter.
None of the 35 students on a school bus were hurt when a passenger car rear-ended the bus on Lakeshore Drive near Sunway Road in Fond du Lac County's town of Friendship Friday morning.
A 911 call reported the accident at 7.35 a.m.
Sheriff's officials say deputies North Fond du Lac Fire Department and Ambulance Service and Van Dyne Fire Departments responded to the scene.
Deputies determined that the school bus was stopped on the southbound lane of Lakeshore Drive with its red warning lights
activated and stop arm extended.
A 17-year-old Fondle and County resident driving south failed to stop and struck the rear of the school bus.
She and her juvenile passenger were not injured.
None of the 35 students on the school bus were hurt.
Several students were evaluated at the scene by emergency medical services and released.
The passenger car driver was cited for failure to stop for a stop school bus and following too closely.
A high-speed chase that started on Interstate 41 near
Air Road in Fond du Lac County's town of Byron Sunday morning ended with the suspect's vehicle crashing and a high-risk traffic stop.
Sheriff's officials say a deputy was running radar when a vehicle went by doing 107 miles an hour in the 70 mile an hour zone.
It kicked off a two-mile chase that concluded when the suspect's vehicle crashed and came to rest in a ditch near the on-ramp to Interstate 41 northbound near US 151.
Multiple deputies arrived and conducted the high
risk traffic stop.
The Monash woman driving the vehicle and loan occupant exited the vehicle and was taken into custody.
No vehicles were damaged during the pursuit and no one was injured.
The woman is facing felony fleeing and alluding and OWI charges.
She was also issued several traffic citations.
The sheriff's office was assisted by the state patrol.
Berlin police responded to Kossuth Street at 10.15 Friday night for a trespassing complaint.
had entered a residence without the property owner's consent.
When officers arrived, they had brief contact with a suspect who retreated back inside.
Police learned from the property owners that the person was the only one inside.
They also learned there was a firearm inside, a perimeter was established around the residence, and the Green Lake County Sheriff's Combined Tactical Unit and drone team arrived to assist.
A drone was able to verify that the person had fallen asleep in the residence.
The Sheriff's CTU team entered the residence shortly after midnight and took the person into custody.
The suspect was taken to the county jail.
Charges are being referred to the district attorney's office.
and they include trespass to a dwelling, criminal damage to property, and disorderly conduct.
A 26-year-old Fond du Lac man in the country illegally is subject of a Wappan police investigation into the grooming of a 14-year-old for sexual activity.
Roberto Carlos Ramos Hadame was taken into custody on October 14 in Fond du Lac and was taken to the Dodge County Detention Facility.
He's charged with second-degree sexual assault of a child,
grooming of a child for sexual activity and soliciting a minor for representations depicting nudity.
An investigation began on September 20th when a concerned parent complained to police about inappropriate messages between the 14-year-old and Adami.
The Dodge County District Attorney's Office filed charges on October 15th and a cash bond was imposed.
The bond was posted but he remains in custody.
The U.S.
Department of Homeland Security placed an immigration detainer on him.
He remained in custody until the deportation process was completed.
The enforcement action, taken by the DHS, was independent from the investigation conducted by Wappan Police.
There's an active arrest warrant for him for the local charges filed in Dodge County.
Wopan Police arrested her 29-year-old Wopan woman on October 28, following an investigation involving an unrelated sexual assault.
As a result, she was arrested and taken to the Dodge County Detention Facility for first-degree sexual assault of a child, incest with a child, and three counts of possession of child pornography.
The charges were filed with the Dodge County District Attorney's Office, and during her initial court appearance, bail was set at $100,000 cash.
The Dodge County Child Protective Services ensured the safety and well-being of the child involved.
The 69-year-old fondleman man suspected of intentionally swerving his vehicle into the path of a motorcyclist
leading to the death of the bike's operator was found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.
Mark Snyder was in Fond du Lac County Court on Thursday for a hearing.
Judge Anthony Nails ordered Snyder committed for an order for a predisposition investigation and supporting documents to be sent to the state's Department of Health Services.
A sentencing hearing is scheduled for December 9th.
Orders are being taken for the Ripon Rotary Holiday Fruit Sale.
Bob Nelson has the story for Civic Media News.
You can buy California oranges, Texas grapefruits, mixed fruit, or pears.
Bob Amstin coordinates the sale for the club.
The money raised from the sale goes towards the club's charitable efforts, which include various high school organizations, the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, Ripon Reads, the Rotary Youth Exchange, and World of
Seminar of Scholarships.
Amston says they also give to the Boys and Girls Club of the Tri-County Area and the STRIVE program that guarantees high school success.
Drive
is a program that addresses high school students that may be at risk of not graduating for a variety of reasons.
Order forms for the sale can be found in the past weeks of ripping Commonwealth press.
You can also order online at the club's website.
For Civic Media News, I'm Connie Thelman.
A Wisconsin State Patrol trooper has been released from ICE custody after being detained at an airport.
Carl Aaron Van der Merve was detained Thursday while waiting to board a flight at Dane County Regional Airport.
The South African National has been waiting seven years for an asylum hearing and holds a valid work permit through 2030.
The Department of Homeland Security says Van der Merve overstayed his visa in 2019, while his attorneys argue he has a federal work authorization.
Van der Merve was released
Friday under electronic monitoring and regular immigration check-ins while his case remains pending.
Three people are now behind bars after authorities uncover a massive decade-long fraud scheme in Dork County involving fuel delivery.
Dork County Sheriff's deputies say 65-year-old Thomas Kazmarek, his wife Jean and their son Justin, are accused in a $1.8 million fuel theft and money laundering operation.
Please say the family targeted 14 local victims over 10 years.
Investigators are continuing to audit records to see if any other customers were affected.
One person is dead after a workplace accident last week at American Asphalt in North Central Wisconsin.
Crone and Wetter police say the man was trying to check conditions inside one of the company's silos when he got trapped between the doors of a silo gate.
OSHA has officially launched an investigation alongside local police to determine exactly what led to the fatal incident.
The company has temporarily stopped production at the site.
The Packers came out on top and then some in New England yesterday.
The 45 points racked up by the pack is a new record for the most points allowed by the Patriots in their home stadium.
Final score 45 to 27.
Mike Clemens will have much more coming up in sports.
Four people and one dog were found dead in a Wisconsin home over the weekend.
West Bend police say they found two adults and two children dead inside a home while responding to a 911 call shortly before noon on Saturday.
Rescue workers took
another child in the home to the hospital, police haven't released her condition.
Police say they also found a gun at the scene which they believe was involved in the incident.
The incident remains under investigation, but police say there's no threat to the public.
We Energy's customers are bracing for higher utility bills.
State regulators have officially approved a new energy rate increase.
The rate hike will take effect over the next two years, hitting wallets in 2027 and 2028.
Company leaders say the increase is necessary for infrastructure, but consumer advocates are urging families to budget ahead.
A massive political shift is hitting Madison.
Following last week's midterm elections, Wisconsin Democrats have flipped the state legislature, securing a government trifecta for the first time in 16 years.
Democratic leaders say their immediate priorities include slashing everyday consumer costs and pushing forward with long-awaited policy changes, including the legalization of recreational marijuana.
People walking along downtown Green Bay's waterfront this weekend may have come across an unexpected sight.
200 sleeping bags laid out on Green Bay's city deck landing.
Each sleeping bag was there to represent a person without a home in the community as the temperatures dropped below freezing.
The demonstration was organized by a Green Bay Church to create a stark visual representation of the more than 200 unhoused people recorded during Brown County's recent homelessness survey.
Following the awareness event, organizers donated the sleeping bags to local shelters and outreach groups.
And that's your state news update.
I'm Connie Feldman for Civic Media News.
A record night for Green Bay.
Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with sports from Boston, where the Packers beat the Patriots 45 to 27.
That 45 points, the most a visiting team has ever scored in the Patriots Gillette Stadium Packers quarterback Jordan Love.
Man, it's just a great win.
You know, I think all around all three phases, great team win and you know, be able to have a stat like that that no one's done.
It's pretty cool.
Love with three touchdowns
and 373 yards passing Patriots quarterback Drake May struggled giving up an
an interception on the opening drive, the first of three.
Yeah, just throwing the football in spots that I don't think I don't think I should have thrown it.
You know, the first one, I think I just gotta see him.
See the guys, you know, deep, you know, see the safe positions on the second one happens.
We have made total a little farther and the third one they're jumping cross routes, so I gotta see in front.
NBA, the Bucks losing to the Celtics at home 117 to 97 at 1 and 9.
The Bucks are off to their worst start in over 30 years with sports on Mike Clemens.
Mostly sunny today with a high right around 55 this afternoon.
Tonight partly cloudy in the evening.
Then clear late tonight.
Our low upper 30s to low 40s tomorrow.
Mostly sunny with a high of 56.
I'm meteorologist Sean Cable.
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