Wheeler News - Morning State News #4 - 12/5
Wheeler News Service – Monday, December 5, 2011 - Morning State News #4
Editor on duty: Thom Gerretsen (715) 389-2373
Story contributions: wheelernews@yahoo.com
Wheeler Blog: http://learfielddata.blogspot.com
Here are the headlines:
Almost 19-hundred Wisconsin parents appear to have forgotten about their child support checks, and they're now considered unclaimed property...
Up to seven people want to replace Sheboygan Mayor Bob Ryan in a recall election early in the New Year...
Authorities say a seven-time drunk driver slammed his car into a float carrying young kids during a Christmas parade in Mondovi...
Grafton's Plan Commission has okayed an industrial expansion that will add at least 20 new jobs.
Here are the details:
Almost 19-hundred Wisconsin parents appear to have forgotten about their child support checks. The Appleton Post-Crescent said the intended recipients moved and never left forwarding addresses -- and those payments are now being held by the State Treasurer's office as unclaimed property. Mary Pitman, who's written a book about how to get unclaimed property, said it's a common problem throughout the nation. She says parents are owed millions in child support, and they have no idea they have it coming. The Appleton paper said some of Wisconsin's child support recipients are hard to find. Some are dead, and many have moved without leaving forwarding addresses with the post office. Sara Buschman of the state Children-and-Families' agency says her office occasionally sends lists of unclaimed child support payments to the treasurer's office -- and those names are put on-line along with other recipients of unclaimed property. She says parents must complete forms with the Child Support Bureau to get past-due payments back.
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At least six people, and maybe seven want to replace Sheboygan Mayor Bob Ryan in a recall election early next year. The Common Council will be asked tonight to schedule a primary for January 21st. By law, a general election would be held February 14th if necessary. But City Clerk Sue Richards says she'll ask the state for permission to schedule the run-off on February 21st, when other state-and-local primaries are set. Ryan is being targeted for three alcohol-related incidents during his two-and-a-half years as Sheboygan's mayor. Recall organizers obtained almost 45-hundred valid petition signatures for a special election. That's 360 more signatures than they needed. Alderman Kevin Matichek, who helped organize the recall effort, is one of the six announced candidates against Ryan. Former state Representative Terry Van Akkeren, who lost to Ryan in 2009, is also running. The manager of the Harbor Centre's business improvement district is also considering a run.
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Authorities in western Wisconsin said a drunk driver slammed his car into a float carrying young kids during a Christmas parade. It happened Saturday night in Mondovi. And Buffalo County authorities said it was the driver's seventh O-W-I offense. No one was hurt. Sheriff's deputies said the 52-year-old car driver ran away after the crash, but a witness grabbed the man about a block away and held him until officers got there. The case is being referred to prosecutors on possible charges of seven-time drunk driving and hit-and-run.
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The plan commission in Grafton has approved an industrial expansion that will create at least 20 new jobs. Oetlinger Precision Manufacturing is a maker of industrial machine parts. It plans to add almost 21-thousand square feet of manufacturing and warehouse space -- almost a 50-percent expansion of its current facility. Village officials say the plant has around 40 employees now.
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Editor on duty: Thom Gerretsen (715) 389-2373
Story contributions: wheelernews@yahoo.com
Wheeler Blog: http://learfielddata.blogspot.com
Here are the headlines:
Almost 19-hundred Wisconsin parents appear to have forgotten about their child support checks, and they're now considered unclaimed property...
Up to seven people want to replace Sheboygan Mayor Bob Ryan in a recall election early in the New Year...
Authorities say a seven-time drunk driver slammed his car into a float carrying young kids during a Christmas parade in Mondovi...
Grafton's Plan Commission has okayed an industrial expansion that will add at least 20 new jobs.
Here are the details:
Almost 19-hundred Wisconsin parents appear to have forgotten about their child support checks. The Appleton Post-Crescent said the intended recipients moved and never left forwarding addresses -- and those payments are now being held by the State Treasurer's office as unclaimed property. Mary Pitman, who's written a book about how to get unclaimed property, said it's a common problem throughout the nation. She says parents are owed millions in child support, and they have no idea they have it coming. The Appleton paper said some of Wisconsin's child support recipients are hard to find. Some are dead, and many have moved without leaving forwarding addresses with the post office. Sara Buschman of the state Children-and-Families' agency says her office occasionally sends lists of unclaimed child support payments to the treasurer's office -- and those names are put on-line along with other recipients of unclaimed property. She says parents must complete forms with the Child Support Bureau to get past-due payments back.
-12/5-
At least six people, and maybe seven want to replace Sheboygan Mayor Bob Ryan in a recall election early next year. The Common Council will be asked tonight to schedule a primary for January 21st. By law, a general election would be held February 14th if necessary. But City Clerk Sue Richards says she'll ask the state for permission to schedule the run-off on February 21st, when other state-and-local primaries are set. Ryan is being targeted for three alcohol-related incidents during his two-and-a-half years as Sheboygan's mayor. Recall organizers obtained almost 45-hundred valid petition signatures for a special election. That's 360 more signatures than they needed. Alderman Kevin Matichek, who helped organize the recall effort, is one of the six announced candidates against Ryan. Former state Representative Terry Van Akkeren, who lost to Ryan in 2009, is also running. The manager of the Harbor Centre's business improvement district is also considering a run.
-12/5-
Authorities in western Wisconsin said a drunk driver slammed his car into a float carrying young kids during a Christmas parade. It happened Saturday night in Mondovi. And Buffalo County authorities said it was the driver's seventh O-W-I offense. No one was hurt. Sheriff's deputies said the 52-year-old car driver ran away after the crash, but a witness grabbed the man about a block away and held him until officers got there. The case is being referred to prosecutors on possible charges of seven-time drunk driving and hit-and-run.
-12/5-
The plan commission in Grafton has approved an industrial expansion that will create at least 20 new jobs. Oetlinger Precision Manufacturing is a maker of industrial machine parts. It plans to add almost 21-thousand square feet of manufacturing and warehouse space -- almost a 50-percent expansion of its current facility. Village officials say the plant has around 40 employees now.
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