OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man's boast about selling high-quality heroin has led to a homicide charge in a fatal overdose. Twenty five year-old Patrick Schreck, of Oshkosh, was charged June 16 with first-degree reckless homicide in the 2012 death of 44-year-old Stephen Hidde, of Appleton. A criminal complaint says Schreck was charged after boasting to another inmate at the Winnebago County Jail that he sold the best heroin […]
A Waupun man accused of stealing a vehicle to drive to Milwaukee to buy heroin has been charged. Twenty one year old Joshua Gierach, is charged with burglary, operating a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent, misdemeanor theft and bail-jumping. According to a criminal complaint, Gierach told Waupun police he used heroin before allegedly breaking into a State Street home and stealing jewelry and a car and drove to Milwaukee to buy more […]
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — Doctors say one of two 12-year-old girls accused of stabbing a classmate to please a fictional online horror character is not competent to stand trial. The doctors' reports have not been made public, but attorneys said Wednesday that a doctor for the state of Wisconsin and a doctor hired by the girl's defense agree that she is not mentally competent. Prosecutors have asked for further evaluation […]
A month after a major liquid manure spill at a Fond du lac county dairy farm the Fond du lac County Department of Public Health says no additional water testing is necessary. On May 26th an estimated 50,000 gallons of liquid manure spilled at Lake Breeze Dairy into nearby Pipe Creek…making its way into Lake Winnebago. Public health officer Kim Mueller says the surface water of Pipe Creek has been […]
A Fond du Lac man accused of helping to supply the heroin that led to the death of a Fond du Lac County man has reached a plea deal. At a hearing Tuesday in Fond du Lac County Circuit Court Jason Van Norman pleaded no contest to charges of first degree reckless homicide and delivery of heroin. Other drug related counts were dismissed and read into the record. A pre-sentence […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The FBI says heroin abuse seems to getting worse in Wisconsin as abusers seek a cheaper alternative to prescription pills such as Vicodin and Percocet. Law enforcement officials have seen a spike in heroin usage since about 2008. The FBI says heroin apparently arrives in Wisconsin by way of Minneapolis, Chicago, and Rockford, Illinois. One hit costs $12 to $15 in Milwaukee and about twice that, due […]
A Dodge County judge has placed an Oakfield man on probation and ordered he spend time in jail for an owi injury crash last summer Dodge County Circuit Court judge Brian Pfitzinger placed 52 year old Bryan Novak on probation for two years with six months conditional jail time for the June 2nd crash that injured a Mayville woman. According to a criminal complaint Novak collided with a vehicle after running a stop sign at […]
The outgoing director of Wisconsin Right to Life says she is hopeful the group’s No. 1 priority next session will be approved. Barbara Lyons says the “fetal pain bill” would ban abortion after 20 weeks. "The bbasis for the prohibition would be that science has proven that an unborn child at that age can feel extreme pain from the abortion procedure," Barbara Lyons said. Lyons says the bill will take […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker's administration is looking at ways to streamline hiring for state jobs to help cope with a looming wave of retirements. Department of Administration spokeswoman Stephanie Marquis says the agency is querying other state agencies to understand why the hiring process can sometimes take as long as four months and find ways to tighten the timeframe. She insists the administration has no intention of weakening […]