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Excessive force draws suspention for FdL officer

November 24, 2010 By

A 10-year veteran of the Fond du Lac Police Department will serve a three day unpaid suspension following the outcome of an excessive force investigation. Officer Joel Gudex will also be required to take remedial training. Gudex slammed 49-year-old John Lund down on a table at the Fond du Lac County Jail causing a cut to Lund’s head that had to be treated at St. Agnes Hospital.

Chief Tony Barthuly determined Gudex’s tactics weren’t appropriate given the situation. “I looked at it. I thought that the officer’s tactics were lacking, and they were not the tactics that we train our officers and have trained as recently as six months ago,” saud Barthuly. “That was very concerning to me.” [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crime & Courts

Thanksgiving food produced in Badger State

November 24, 2010 By

Go ahead, indulge; you just might be helping out the state’s farming community.

The Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation’s annual price survey of a traditional Thanksgiving dinner shows the meal is not only affordable, but the group’s spokesman Casey Langan says much of that food is produced right here in the Badger State. “Wisconsin is an agriculturally diverse state. Our farmers are proud to say that they produce a lot of the items that do end up on Thanksgiving tables around the state and around the nation.” [Read more...]

Filed Under: Agriculture, Human Interest

Senate earmark ban looks doubtful

November 24, 2010 By

Advocates for a three-year moratorium on earmarks in the U.S. Senate don’t appear to have enough votes to implement the reform issue next week. Republican leaders in the House are promising to extend their earmark moratorium, and now Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he’d support a ban in that chamber. “On the other hand, Harry Reid still is not supportive of the ban,” said UW Madison political scientist David Cannon. “With the Democratic leadership not on board, and some prominent Republicans like Lindsey Graham of South Carolina indicating he doesn’t think it’s a good idea, it’s not a done deal.” Reid, the Majority Leader in the Senate, negotiated a tough agreement with Senate Republican leaders, requiring 67 votes for the earmark moratorium to win adoption. Republican leaders agreed to the high threshold, seeing it as the only way to get a vote on the proposal. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Politics & Government

Trouble in Toyland

November 24, 2010 By

Products identified in the WISPIRG report.

The Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group is out with its annual look at dangerous toys out on store shelves this holiday season.

WISPIRG Director Bruce Speight says researchers tested a wide variety of toys for the annual “Trouble in Toyland” report. He says they found several that contained unsafe levels of lead and other chemicals in several toys, along with small parts that could be a choking hazard for younger children. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Health & Medicine

Positive results for ban on e-waste

November 24, 2010 By

There are early indications that Wisconsin’s ban on sending electronic waste to landfills is working. The law that took effect in September requires consumers and manufacturers to recycle old electronic devices, rather than just throwing them away.

Thad Nation with Wired Wisconsin says the group has been tracking numbers at recycling centers statewide since the ban started, and so far there has been a “sharp uptick” in several areas for electronic waste coming in. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Environment & Conservation
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