It's Wayne Mauser, Local News.
Good morning, I'm Wayne Mauser for Civic Media News.
A woman accused of killing her boyfriend after they argued about another woman will get a new judge in her case.
Crystal Masiaga is charged with first degree intentional homicide for the shooting last month.
Masiaga got into an argument with a boyfriend about another woman before he was inadvertently shot and killed, this according to a criminal complaint quoting her as saying.
But the victim also had tried to get a restraining order against Masiaga and told her relatives
if he feared for his life.
At a preliminary hearing on Thursday, Masi Aga's attorney requested substitution for Washera County Judge Scott Blader.
The judge assigned to this case, according to court records in Wisconsin, a defendant can request one substitution of the assigned judge.
It does not require proof of prejudice or a specific reason, but it must be requested within 60 days of a complaint being filed.
Court records from Masi Aga's initial appearance on August 6th,
the judge acknowledged prior interactions with Masiaga in previous cases.
Judge Blader presided over a child support case involving Masiaga two years ago.
Masiaga's preliminary hearing was adjourned Thursday until a new judge is assigned.
Court record shows she remains in custody on a $1 million cash bond.
A new London man accused of killing his mother and then setting her apartment on fire last month will undergo a mental competency exam.
Roldolfo Gonzalez is charged with intentional homicide, arson and mutilating a corpse for allegedly fatally stabbing his mother, covering her head with cat litter, and then setting fire to her new London apartment.
Gonzalez was previously deemed not competent to stand trial on attempted homicide charges for allegedly attacking his mother last year.
At a review hearing Thursday, Gonzalez's attorney raised the issue of mental competency, which refers to a suspect's ability to understand the court
and assist in their own defense.
If Gonzalez is deemed not confident to stand trial, the case against him would be put on hold while he receives psychiatric treatment.
He remains in jail with a $1 million cash bond.
The Rip and Common Council this week approved renewal of the flock camera system contract for one year.
The vote was four to three.
Older persons voting against renewal weren't concerned about the police department's use of the system, which they believe is responsible.
Rather, they were concerned that 140 other jurisdictions have access to the data and there were also concerns about potential abuse.
Two Milwaukee police officers abused use of the system in that city.
Police Chief Bill Walner
says the system in the city has been used for things like an embezzlement investigation, a hit-and-run case from Green Lake County, and assisted in a missing person's case.
Older person David Gallops, who voted for renewal of the contract, said people are already being watched by doorbell surveillance cameras.
Rippon has two flock cameras at West Fond du Lac and West Gate.
The system takes photographs of vehicles for description and license plates.
The contract was for $6,000.
Officials with the city of Oshkosh advises they will have a planned phone service outage from 6 a.m.
until about 8 p.m.
The outage will affect all city government phone lines, including the city hall, the police department, the public museum, and the senior center, along with the public library and public transit.
During that period, residents can call 920-379-6830 for non-emergency calls to the police department.
911 communications will not be impacted.
The State's Department of Transportation will be making temporary changes to the U.S.
Highway 10 and Anderson Road intersection and will pack accounting due to safety concerns.
The closure of the State Highway 54 ram from U.S.
Highway 10 has caused an unsafe pattern at Anderson Road.
The new configuration at Anderson Road will be a right turn only onto Anderson Road and U.S.
10 at the intersection.
Left turn and U-turn movements will be restricted.
The closure is not associated with the improvement.
project currently scheduled for 2030, which addresses the turning movements at the intersection.
A public involvement meeting was held on August 5th in Mopaca for the 2030 project, which is still in the design stage.
When the State Highway 54 ramp is reopened, Anderson Road will be returned to its normal traffic patterns.
The State's Department of Workforce Development is alerting residents about a possible multi-state fraud scheme targeting injured workers, in which fraudsters trick people into participating in fake workers' compensation hearings.
It leads injured workers to believe they are awarded money, but are now responsible for paying fees to finalize the case.
The scams primarily target Spanish-speaking workers, but anyone can be a target and claim to come from fake agencies with names like the Workers' Compensation Board.
They usually arrive as emails.
Michelle Reinen is the administrator for the state's division of trade and consumer protection.
She says scammers use a video call platform and look incredibly convincing using a judge, bailiff and attorney for the fake hearings.
Reinen says the real workers compensation division schedules hearings only through written letters and all phone numbers from the department of workforce development will have Wisconsin area codes.
I'm Wayne Mauser for Civic
media news.
For Civic Media News, I'm Connie Feldman.
The pack is back and so are Green and Gold Fridays.
Your chance to gear up in team colors to unlock special deals and freebies.
The NFL pre-season starts this week and the Packers are calling on fans everywhere to revive the tradition of Green and Gold Friday.
A chance for the community to rally behind the team as they prepare for the upcoming season.
The Packers kick off their pre-season against the Steelers Thursday night, but you can still sport your favorite Packers apparel to work or school on Friday to show your pride and score special discounts.
Local partners like Qdoba and Sitco are stepping up with prizes and deals for anyone decked out in team gear.
Plus, you might even see your photo on the big screen at Lambeau Field.
Share your best fan look on social media using the hashtag GGFriday for a chance to be featured on the team website and on the Tundra Vision video boards during home games throughout the year.
It's not too early to be thinking about deer hunting, as Civic Media's James Kelly tells us, hunters with disabilities should know about an upcoming deadline.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is encouraging hunters with disabilities to confirm their sponsor arrangements before the 2026 gun deer hunt for hunters with disabilities.
According to a press release, the hunt will take place from October 3rd to October 11th.
DNR officials say there are nearly 70,000 acres of sponsored land across the state, so hunters with disabilities should confirm their plans with their hunt sponsor by September 15th.
Eligible hunters can sign up to use one sponsored property each year and they must have a gun deer license.
I'm James Kelly.
for Civic Media News.
The DNR says more than 400 hunters take to the woods each year in Wisconsin through the DNR's Hunters with Disabilities program.
The man shot and killed by Madison police last month will be laid to rest tomorrow.
A funeral for Corey Ruiz will be held in Madison.
Ben Crump Law announced the service for Ruiz, who was killed on July 22nd, will take place at Fountain of Life Church.
Reverend Al Sharpton is scheduled to give the eulogy, while Ben Crump will deliver the call to justice.
Ruiz was shot near Williamson and Baldwin Streets after officers were called on reports of an alleged burglary attempt, and Ruiz fled on a bicycle.
The encounter led to protests in Madison for weeks.
A woman and her adult son were arrested in Eau Claire this week after an overnight standoff with police.
According to reports, 57-year-old Carrie Nitman and 33-year-old Zayn Nitman threatened a young boy who rode past their home on an e-bike and sicked a dog on the child.
Police responded to the scene and engaged in a standoff with the two that ended when they reportedly tried to sneak out of the back of the home and drive away.
Police disabled the vehicle and arrested them.
The owner of a Madison AirBNB that had hidden cameras inside has been found guilty of all charges filed against him.
Patrick Sias pleaded no contest to eight counts of invasion of privacy.
He's scheduled to be sentenced on September 28.
Sias faces up to three years and six months in jail for each charge.
A fifth grade teacher in Kokona has been arrested after being accused of having sexually explicit chats with a minor.
Police say Tai Maki, a teacher from Riverview Middle School, was chatting with a suspected victim online through an app.
He was arrested Monday after detectives executed search warrants.
The Kokona area school district issued a statement saying Maki is on administrative leave.
The investigation is ongoing.
The owner of Tyrol Basin Ski Hill in Madison has pleaded no contest to disorderly conduct.
This comes after Nathaniel McGree was accused of attacking a 17-year-old boy last year and was arrested in February of 2026.
Online court records show he was found guilty of disorderly conduct and a misdemeanor charge of battery was dismissed.
McGree will have to pay off any fees related to the case.
Josie Dykman was sentenced in La Crosse County Court last week to 27 years in prison and 15 years of extended supervision for the 2023 death of her boyfriend's six-year-old son, Alex Xavier A.J.
Pedron.
Dijkman's convictions include reckless homicide, chronic neglect of a child, and physical abuse of a child.
The convictions followed a two and a half week trial with prosecutors saying Dijkman was responsible for AJ's death.
Dijkman's defense argued AJ's father bore greater responsibility for his death and had abused her.
Dijkman cannot act as a child caretaker while under supervision and needs approval before contacting her other children.
A former Theansville police officer is facing a fine for the mistreatment of animals earlier this year.
Richard McCormick resigned from the department after shooting two dogs in April, leaving one dead.
This week, the district attorney decided against a criminal charge and issued a civil forfeiture instead, meaning McCormick could be fined up to $500.
He's scheduled to be in court in October.
The shooting wasn't reported until June by the Journal Sentinel when three women found the wounded dog and took care of him.
The National Labor Relations Board certified a landslide June 11, 2026 vote by nearly 900 registered nurses at St.
Mary's Hospital in Madison to unionize with SEIU Wisconsin.
Hospital owner SSM Health subsequently appealed the certification to the full board, prolonging a dispute over voter eligibility and election fairness.
The board dismissed the health care provider's objections, but SSM Health says the regional board did not fully investigate concerns about the election process and is exercising its right to appeal under federal labor law.
Spokesperson Lisa Adams.
Spokesperson Lisa Adams says the health system respects employees' right to choose union representation but wants a full review of the election process.
The union election is the largest private sector union vote in recent Wisconsin history, with nearly 900 nurses joining.
And that's your state news update.
I'm Connie Feldman for Civic Media News.
A come from behind win for the crew.
High on Mike Clemens with sports baseball.
The Brewers down 4-2.
Scored 3 runs in the 9th to beat the Dodgers in LA last night.
5-4.
Game 2 of the 4 game series is tonight.
NFL, the Packers lose to the Steelers in Pittsburgh.
28-9.
Quarterback Jordan Love did play in the game, leading the Packers on a 10-play drive.
The resulted in the first of 3 trace-mack field goals.
It was awesome.
I think that was definitely the highlight of the night, hitting 2.
58 yard field goals.
So that was awesome, you know, making all his kicks.
You know, I'm happy for him.
That was definitely the highlight of the night right there.
Love chatted with Aaron Rodgers before the game.
Matt LaFleur got to visit with the Steelers new head coach, Mike McCarthy, but not Rodgers.
Yeah, I mean, I didn't get to say hello to him.
That was a bummer.
I was hoping to see him, but certainly a guy that I've got a ton of respect for.
And, you know, as long as he's not playing the Green Bay Packers, always root for him.
That's Packers head coach Matt LaFleur from Pittsburgh with sports.
I'm Mike Clemens.
It is going to be mostly sunny today with a high in the upper 70s to low 80s here this afternoon.
Tonight mostly cloudy scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight, especially late tonight are low dropping into the low to mid 60s.
Tomorrow mostly cloudy scattered showers, thunderstorms with a high in the mid to upper 70s.
I'm meteorologist Sean Cable.
Local news, local sports and local people, you know your hometown station 93.1 and AM 1600 the wave.
Joining us this morning, we have Mike and Jill Havy, who are bringing us, well, some of the sponsors of Lake of Palooza, and actually they are the founders of the event.
Is that an accurate statement, Mike?
That is accurate.
We actually started it, but we can't do this without the whole community and our sponsors.
We have a lot of great sponsors that have been with us since the beginning, and certainly the community has supported us
For I think Lake of Palusa, we were talking off air as eight years old now, and we had several street dances before Lake of Palusa, but this is kind of the culmination in all the ideas from years past.
So we're excited to do it again this year.
So it's Saturday, September 5th, Labor Day weekend.
Labor Day weekend.
We always have it that Saturday.
That's kind of our weekend in Green Lake, and it's being held in downtown.
What they refer to is the tennis court parking lots, which is directly behind the American Legion Hall.
And we take over the parking lot.
We have three food trucks.
We have drinks.
We have a live band.
And again, like I said, it really is a community event.
You see all your friends and people just gather and have a good time, young and old.
And it's a free event.
That's the best part.
There's no entry fee.
There's no ask where we ask people to donate.
It's just a free community event.
Okay, so it kicks off at five o'clock in the afternoon that day?
Five o'clock and it runs till 10.
And that's the hardest part is ending at 10 because nobody wants to go home.
But our license ends at 10.
So it's just a great event.
And really, during that five hour period, it's like dropping.
Families come and go, people come and go.
But we really do have a good turnout every year.
It grows and grows and grows each year.
So it truly is fun.
And I hope everyone listening can come out.
and support this great cause.
The beneficiaries are the American Legion of Green Lake, the Chamber of Commerce of Green Lake, and Thrasher Opera House, which are all three great nonprofits in the city.
So it really is like a reunion each summer, right?
It is, it is.
And maybe that's kind of a negative.
It's kind of like riding a bike.
We kind of do the same thing over and over, but it is a lot of fun.
And it seems to, uh, like I said, just really grow each year.
All
right.
Maybe you can tell us, um, a little bit about the entertainment show.
Oh, well, this year we have the, um, Davidson County band coming back.
They're a real crowd pleaser.
Um, it seems as though all the guests that come
are happy to come back and hear them year after year.
And they're just a really great band and play all the great songs from all the different decades and great dance music.
And people enjoy the food from the food trucks.
Right, right.
I think Mike could tell you a little more about the food trucks.
Sure.
So we have, these are all returning food trucks.
So we have, first off, Adams Rib and Jamie Beach.
Do a great job that they're local and then we have Caribbean taste which is based out of Appleton and They are great.
They have a great food menu and then we also have on the fritz which is a food truck based out of Oshkosh so And all three have been here before we like to keep it at three because that way
it's profitable for the food trucks.
We want to encourage them to come back each year.
And if we had more food trucks, there'd be less business for everyone.
So we're trying to make it appealing that, you know, they'll come back each year and they do very well.
They're well supported.
And very delicious.
Love the name.
Sounds like a personalized license plate though on the fritz.
Yeah, that's his last name.
Oh, okay.
So that's where that came from.
Yeah.
Okay.
All right.
Well, you have some other sponsors.
Did you want to mention them?
We do.
And you know, the only reason why I hate mentioning is because I always leave somebody off and I have my shirt on.
If I read the back of my shirt, it's the same people every year.
When you come to the event, you'll see their names posted.
If you see any of the t-shirts that people are wearing, they're all on the back.
These are the best people, the best businesses, because every single year I don't even have to make a call.
They just say we're in.
We're in.
And I can't say enough about our sponsors.
We also have partners.
A lot of partners in the city of Green Lake does a lot for us.
They provide us the infrastructure to hold it.
They provide us with, you know, different needs as far as fencing and barricades.
And so the public works.
uh, group works great along with the police department.
And, um, so there are a lot of partnerships, um, that we've forged over the years and we couldn't do it without them as well.
Okay.
So there is a full bar, but you got to go to the Legion for that.
You do.
So the American Legion provides, uh, the full bar.
And the one thing that I should mention is every dollar that is spent at Lake of Palusa, a hundred percent of that.
goes back to the beneficiaries that the groups that I had mentioned.
So, um, you know, every, every can of soda, every can of beer, um, is underwritten by, by Jill and myself and those sponsors I talked about.
So all that money is, is going directly, uh, to the hundred percent, hundred percent, which is really unheard of, I think in, in a, in the fundraising world.
And there's.
No cost to get in
no cost and Everyone always asks, you know, what what are your numbers?
You know what how many people do you think were there last year or whatever and it number one?
It's a little difficult to judge crowd sizes But what really makes it even more difficult is that we have the in and out so some people come at five they'll go
you know, maybe do something else with their family, but then they'll come back again.
And so we, we estimated last year we were between 1500 and just under 2000.
And this year I'm hoping we'll have even more.
Um, our first year doing the street dance, we closed one of the side streets instead of having it in a parking lot.
And we did a hard headcount that night and that was about 600 people.
So we've gone from 600 to just under 2000.
And so, like I say, it's supported outstanding by this community.
Given that that's a Labor Day weekend, that's an amazing number with, you know, people coming and going, all these different events.
Exactly.
And that's how generous the Green Lake community is.
It really is a special place.
Okay, so no cost.
To get in you should be money for the food trucks though right
you should
and the bar if you're gonna
and the bar and and so You know we have so the drinks is a source of revenue.
We have t-shirts that we sell as a source of revenue
and basically the food trucks we don't take a portion of that because again we want the food trucks and the vendors to make money so that we kind of entice them to come back the following year because for a lot of these trucks it's a big deal to come here.
I mean it's the travel time number one but the setup and the breakdown and it's a short hit.
I mean it's from five o'clock by eight or eight thirty they're sold out so it's a lot of work for a short amount of time so we want them.
Especially on a holiday week.
Exactly.
So I
have a note here.
If you want to be comfortable, you should bring your own lawn chairs.
That is, I'm glad you brought that up.
We are in a parking lot.
So, um, you know, the Legion does put out some bistro tables, the tall, um, you know, stand up tables, but for the most part there, there isn't any seating.
Um, so you're right.
If, if you, a lot of people do bring their lawn chairs, a lot of people come and just stand and, and it's again, you're moving around amongst friends in different groups.
So, um,
but as the night progresses, they're really dancing.
Right.
Yeah.
That's exactly
how to have room for that.
Right.
Exactly.
Okay.
Anything else that people should know about Lake of Palooza, the green light community street dance.
I think the one thing I'll leave you with is that it's a great.
way to support these three groups and give them a sense of funding without it really hurting.
So in other words, you're giving money and you're having fun and you really don't even feel like you're making a donation, but you are making a difference.
And these three groups do a fantastic job in town and it's an honor for us to help support them.
Right.
And we should also take a moment to thank all the volunteers that help with the
street dance, you know, serving at the bar and just clean
up, clean
up, set up all that.
Couldn't do it without him.
So a shout out to all the volunteers that have already graciously signed up to help.
Like, thank you both for coming in and talking to us about Lake and Palooza.
Thank you, Bob, for all your support and giving us the air time to get our message out there.
It's appreciated.
We've been talking with Mike and Jill Havy.
Joining us this morning, we have Mike and Jill Havy, who are bringing us, well, some of the sponsors of Lake of Palooza, and actually they are the founders of the event.
Is that an accurate statement, Mike?
That is accurate.
We actually started it, but we can't do this without the whole community and our sponsors.
We have a lot of great sponsors that have been with us since the beginning, and certainly the community has supported us.
for I think like a polusa we were talking off air is eight years old now and we had several street dances before like a polusa but this is kind of the culmination in all the ideas from from years past so we're excited to do it again this year so
it's saturday september fifth labor day weekend
labor day weekend we always have it that saturday
Um, that's kind of our weekend in Green Lake and it's being held in, uh, downtown.
What they refer to as the tennis court parking lots, which is directly behind the American Legion Hall.
And, um, we take over the parking lot.
We have three food trucks.
We have drinks.
We have a live band.
And again, like I said, it really is a community event.
You see all your friends and, and people just gather and have a good time, young and old.
And it's a free event.
That's the best part.
There's no entry fee.
There's no ask where we ask people to donate.
It's just a free community event.
Okay, so it kicks off at five o'clock in the afternoon that day.
Five o'clock and it runs till 10.
And that's the hardest part is ending at 10 because nobody wants to go home.
But our license ends at 10.
So it's just a great event.
And really,
During that five-hour period, it's like dropping.
Families come and go, people come and go, but we really do have a good turnout every year.
It grows and grows and grows each year, so it truly is fun, and I hope everyone listening can come out and support this great cause.
The beneficiaries are the American Legion of Green Lake, the Chamber of Commerce of Green Lake, and Thrasher Opera House, which are all three great nonprofits in the city.
So it really is like a reunion each summer, right?
It is, it is.
And maybe that's kind of a negative.
It's kind of like riding a bike.
We kind of do the same thing over and over, but it is a lot of fun and it seems to, like I said, just really grow each year.
All right.
Maybe you can tell us a little bit about the entertainment, Jill.
Oh, well, this year we have the Davidson County Band coming back.
They're a real crowd pleaser.
It seems as though all the guests that come
are happy to come back and hear them year after year.
And they're just a really great band and play all the great songs from all the different decades and great dance music.
And people enjoy the food from the food trucks.
Right, right.
I think Mike could tell you a little more about the food trucks.
Sure.
So we have, these are all returning food trucks.
So we have, first off, Adams Rib and Jamie Beach.
do a great job that they're local and then we have Caribbean taste which is based out of Appleton and they are great.
They have a great food menu and then we also have on the fritz which is a food truck based out of Oshkosh.
So and all three have been here before.
We like to keep it at three because that way
it's profitable for the food trucks.
We want to encourage them to come back each year.
And if we had more food trucks, there'd be less business for everyone.
So we're trying to make it appealing that, you know, they'll come back each year and they do very well.
They're well supported.
And very delicious.
Love the name sounds like a personalized license plate though on the fritz.
Yeah, that's his last name.
Oh, okay.
So that's where that came from.
Yeah.
Okay.
All right.
Well, you have some other sponsors.
Did you want to mention them?
We do.
And, you know, the only reason why I hate mentioning is because I always leave somebody off and I have my shirt on.
If I read the back of my shirt, it's the same people every year.
When you come to the event, you'll see their names posted.
If you see any of the t-shirts that people are wearing, they're all on the back.
And these are the best people, the best businesses, because every single year I don't even have to make a call.
They just say we're in.
We're in.
And I can't say enough about our sponsors.
We also have partners.
A lot of partners in the city of Green Lake does a lot for us.
They provide us the infrastructure to hold it.
They provide us with, you know, different needs as far as fencing and barricades.
And so the public works.
uh, group works great along with the police department.
And, um, so there are a lot of partnerships, um, that we've forged over the years and we couldn't do it without them as well.
Okay.
So there is a full bar, but you got to go to the Legion for that.
You do.
So the American Legion provides, uh, the full bar.
And the one thing that I should mention is every dollar that is spent at Lake of Palusa, a hundred percent of that.
goes back to the beneficiaries, the groups that I had mentioned.
So, you know, every can of soda, every can of beer is underwritten by Jill and myself and those sponsors I talked about.
So all that money is going directly to the hundred percent, which is really unheard of, I think, in the fundraising
world.
No cost to get in
no cost and Everyone always asks, you know, what what are your numbers?
You know what how many people do you think were there last year or whatever and it number one?
It's a little difficult to judge crowd sizes But what really makes it even more difficult is that we have the in and out so some people come at five they'll go
you know, maybe do something else with their family, but then they'll come back again.
And so we, we estimated last year we were between 1500 and just under 2000.
And this year I'm hoping we'll have even more.
Um, our first year doing the street dance, we closed one of the side streets instead of having it in a parking lot.
And we did a hard headcount that night and that was about 600 people.
So we've gone from 600 to just under 2000.
And so, like I say, it's supported outstanding by this community.
Given that that's a Labor Day weekend, that's an amazing number with, you know, people coming and going, all these different events.
Exactly.
And that's how generous the Green Lake community is.
It really is a special place.
Okay, so no cost.
To get in you should be money for the food trucks though right
you should
and the bar if you're gonna
and the bar and and so you know we have so the drinks is a source of revenue we have t-shirts that we sell as a source of revenue.
and basically the food trucks we don't take a portion of that because again we want the food trucks and the vendors to make money so that we kind of entice them to come back the following year because for a lot of these trucks it's a big deal to come here.
I mean it's the travel time number one but the setup and the breakdown.
And it's a short hit.
I mean, it's from five o'clock by eight or eight 30.
They're sold out.
So it's a lot of work for a short amount of time.
So we want them on a holiday weekend.
Exactly.
So.
So I have a note here.
If you want to be comfortable, you should bring your own lawn chairs.
I'm glad you brought that up.
We are in a parking lot.
So the Legion does put out some bistro tables, the tall stand-up tables.
But for the most part, there isn't any seating.
Um, so you're right.
If, if you, a lot of people do bring their lawn chairs, a lot of people come and just stand and, and it's again, you're moving around amongst friends in different groups.
So, um,
but as the night progresses, they're really dancing.
Right.
Yeah.
That's
exactly
how to have room for that.
Right.
Exactly.
Okay.
Anything else that people should know about Lake of Palooza, the green light community street dance.
I think the one thing I'll leave you with is that it's a great.
way to support these three groups and give them a sense of funding without it really hurting.
So in other words, you're giving money and you're having fun and you really don't even feel like you're making a donation, but you are making a difference.
And these three groups do a fantastic job in town and it's an honor for us to help support
them.
Right.
And we should also take a moment to thank all the volunteers that help with the
street dance, you know, serving at the bar and just clean
up, clean
up, set up all that.
Couldn't do it without him.
So a shout out to all the volunteers that have already graciously signed up to help.
Thank you both for coming in and talking to us about Lake and Palooza.
Thank you, Bob, for all your support and giving us the air time to get our message out there.
It's appreciated.
We've been talking with Mike and Jill Havy.