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WW II vets headed to D.C.

October 24, 2009 By

Dozens of World War Two veterans from Northeast Wisconsin are getting an opportunity to fly to Washington D.C. this month two view the World War Two Veterans Memorial Monument. And thanks to Old Glory Honor Flight, Incorporated, a part of National Honor Flight Network, those veterans will go for free. The trip is planned for next Tuesday, leaving from Appleton, and Waupaca County Veterans Service Director Jon Lidonne is hoping that more donations can help add flights in the spring.

The flights themselves cost about $75,000. To help offset that, guardians who go to assist the veterans are paying their own way.

One of the veterans from the Waupaca area is long time county board supervisor Bob Whitman, who served in the Navy from 1945 through 1948. His older brother was also in the Navy, but he was killed in action in 1945. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Human Interest, Military

State regulators close Racine bank

October 24, 2009 By

The Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions’ (DFI) Division of Banking announced Friday that it has closed the Bank of Elmwood in Racine. Immediately after closing the Bank, DFI appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver for the Bank of Elmwood. To protect the depositors, the FDIC entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with Tri City National Bank, Oak Creek, to assume all of the deposits of the Bank of Elmwood.

“Wisconsin is not immune from the national economic downturn and as the economy improves we are optimistic that Wisconsin’s banks will also see an improvement,” said Secretary of the Department of Financial Institutions, Lorrie Keating Heinemann.

“As with other business closures, bank failures are an unfortunate, but normal part of the economic cycle,” said Kurt Bauer, president/CEO of the Wisconsin Bankers Association. “The most important thing for the public to remember is that insured deposits are safe and that Wisconsin banks as a whole are stronger than peers nationally.” [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business

Wanted pair arrested on stroll past police department

October 23, 2009 By

The long arm of the law didn’t need to be very long in one Wisconsin community this week, where a couple of men made it almost too easy for police to take them into custody.

According to police reports, Russell Bittner and Cody Ladd, both 23, had active warrants for their arrest. They walked right by the Neillsville Police Department Thursday, even looking in the windows from across the street.

The on duty officer recognized them, and arrested them a block down the street.

WCCN’s Paul Knoff submitted this report

Filed Under: Crime & Courts

Global focus on 350

October 23, 2009 By

Climate change activists hope for a worldwide focus on the number 350 on Saturday, the International Day of Climate Action.

What’s the significance of the number? Steve Bazan is a UW faculty member who’s organized an event in Madison. “Three fifty is the level of parts per million of carbon dioxide, which most scientists believe is a sustainable level of CO2 in the atmosphere,” explains Bazan. Global carbon dioxide levels are already above 350 parts per billion – the number represents an achievable target for reductions.

Bazan says the timing of the Saturday’s worldwide events is not a coincidence: it’s designed to send a clear message to leaders meeting at the global climate conference in Copenhagen. Around the globe, more than 4800 actions have been planned in 179 countries.

AUDIO: Bob Hague reports (1:10 MP3)

Filed Under: Environment & Conservation

Five time OWIer won’t seek reelection

October 23, 2009 By

State Representative Jeff Wood (I-Chippewa Falls) apologizes for his behavior and says he will not seek re-election in the state Assembly next year. In a statement, the Chippewa Falls Independent says that he plans “to focus on recovery.”

Wood explains, he’s been in an inpatient treatment facility for the past three weeks when his roommate unexpectedly left the program and Wood went to find him, but had taken more medication than was prescribed.

Wood was arrested that afternoon on suspicion of OWI. [Read more...]

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