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Doyle reacts to shootings

November 6, 2009 By

Governor Jim Doyle reacted this afternoon, to the news that two Wisconsin soldiers were killed, and two others wounded, in the Fort Hood shooting rampage. The Governor noted that the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 467th Medical Company had recently arrived at Fort Hood for pre-deployment training, and said it’s beleived all four soldiers were members of that unit.

AUDIO: Governor Jim Doyle (:30 MP3)

Doyle said he was awaiting comfirmation from the Department of Defense, but media reports indentified the dead as Amy Krueger of Kiel and Russell Seager of Racine, and Grant Moxon of Lodi and Amber Bahr of Random Lake, who were wounded in the attack.

Following an executive order from Doyle, flags at Wisconsin National Guard armories, air bases and other facilities across the state will fly at half-staff through sunset Novevmber 11 in honor of the victims of the shootings at Fort Hood.

Filed Under: Military

Organizer says Palin’s pro-life actions speak for themselves

November 6, 2009 By

Sarah Palin’s pro-life actions speak for themselves. That’s according to the head of Wisconsin Right To Life, the organization which is bringing the former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate to the state tonight.

“We know that she will address right-to-life issues,” says Barbara Lyons, the group’s executive director. “We hope she’ll perhaps share some personal experiences. Everyone knows that ninety-one percent of Down Syndrome babies that are detected in utero are aborted, and we believe that the public face of Governor Sarah Palin is remarkable and inspiring. She had her baby – we of course love Down Syndrome children. And, she was faced with one of a parent’s greatest fears, and that a teenage daughter who is pregnant, and she handled it beautifully.”

AUDIO: Bob Hague reports (:60 MP3) 

Lyons wouldn’t address how much it’s costing her organization to get Palin to speak in Wisconsin, but did say they worked for a year to make it happen. Tonight’s event is closed to the media, and no recording devices are allowed. “We wanted it to be a very special occasion, where people could come and hear Governor Palin unfiltered, through their own ears, and not have it be something that would become a podcast or something like that at a later date,” said Lyons. “I fully understand why she’s not granting media interviews. Quite frankly with the numbers of requests she receives, she’d be here for three days.”

The speech is a fundraisier for Wisconsin Right To Life’s education fund. Palin’s book, “Going Rogue,” is due to be released November 17th.

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Wisconsin soldier among dead at Fort Hood

November 6, 2009 By

A soldier from Wisconsin is among the victims of Thursday’s shooting rampage at a Texas military base. Dario Talerico is principal at Kiel High School, where Amy Krueger graduated in 1998. Talerico describes Krueger as a “typical kid,” and says the news of her death at Fort Hood, Texas, came as a shock.

“When they leave, you always think of them as always been 17 or 18 years old,” said Talerico. “When news like this comes, it really does hit hard in a small community.”

AUDIO: Principal Dario Talerico (2:30 MP3)

Talerico says the school, with an enrollment of about 450, will hold its annual Veterans Day program next week. “Now that’s taken a whole different slant for us, with Amy’s passing,” he said. “This year it’s just going to have a whole different feel to it.”

According to the Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter, Amy Krueger had arrived at Fort Hood on Tuesday and was scheduled to be deployed to Afghanistan in December. She joined the Army after September 11, 2001.

Filed Under: Human Interest, Military

Child care reform clears legislature

November 6, 2009 By

A major reform to the state’s child care system is headed to the governor. State Senator Bob Jauch noted that lawmakers in Madison were spurred to action, by investigative reporting in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, showing fraud and abuse in the Wisconsin Shares program.

AUDIO: Bob Hague reports (:60 MP3)

“We have become painfully aware that some people taking care of of our child care system ought not be there, because of criminal backgrounds” said Jauch. “Child care workers must be held to the highest possible standard, and we have discovered . . . that the laws are inadequate.” The bill passed Thursday is the sixth statutory change in the wake of the Wisconsin Shares investigation, and Jauch conceded it may not be the last. “We’re going to have to continue to evaluate this system, to be sure that it operates at the highest standards.”

The bill (SB 331) prohibits persons convicted of certain crimes from ever being licensed as child care providers, and requires criminal background checks on providers at least every three months.

Filed Under: Human Interest, Legislature

Wisconsinite injured at Fort Hood shooting

November 6, 2009 By

A Sheboygan County woman was among the 31 injured when an Army psychiatrist opened fire at Fort Hood in Texas yesterday, killing 12 others. Her mother said 19-year-old Amber Bahr of Random Lake was in stable condition at a hospital, after being shot in the abdomen. Lisa Pfund said the only thing she knew what that her daughter was shot in the belly and she was getting upset because she couldn’t get more details. Bahr joined the Army Reserves at age 17, and was saving money for college.

The attack is being called the worst mass shooting ever at a U-S military base. The gunman was identified as 39-year-old Major Nidal Hasan of Virginia, who’s been in the military for eight years. Hasan was first reported to be killed. But he was hospitalized in stable condition at last word under a military guard. Officials said Hasan targeted a ceremony at a base readiness center. A motive has not been disclosed.

Hasan was about to be deployed overseas. Media reports said he was transferred to Fort Hood in July after getting a poor performance evaluation while working at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. A co-worker told Fox News that Hasan opposed U-S involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. But while he realized that soldiers must follow orders, he hoped President Obama would order a pull-out by now.

Filed Under: Crime & Courts, Military
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