Oshkosh police investigate bomb threat at Walmart store

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OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ) - Some tense moments Thursday morning in Oshkosh as police were responding to a call at the Walmart store at 351 South Washburn Street.

That's when police say someone called the store with a bomb threat around 9:45 a.m. People were then evacuated from the store. It reopened just after 10:30 a.m. after a search of the building failed to turn up anything suspicious.

Oshkosh police are asking anyone with information on the bomb threat to call them at (920) 236-5700. Anonymous tips can left left with Winnebago County Wide Crime Stoppers by phone at (920) 231-8477, online at winnebagocrimestoppers.org or by text-messaging IGOTYA and the tip to 274637.

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Glendon Gouker charged in 1990 Waupaca County rape case

February 8, 2013, 5:33 am

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WAUPACA, WI (WTAQ) - The suspect in a Waupaca County cold case made his initial appearance in court Thursday.

41-year-old Glendon Gouker is charged with first-degree sexual assault for allegedly raping a 20-year-old woman at an Iola park in 1990. 

Authorities say DNA evidence reviewed in 2011 linked Gouker to the crime. 

Gouker was already in an Oklahoma jail, and could be connected to an unsolved double murder in Wisconsin. 

It's was the moment Rick Togstad has been waiting years to see. 

"I came to this one just because I wanted to see what type of evil person could do something like this," Togstad told FOX 11. The Waupaca County Sheriff's Department says Gouker is a person of interest in the murders of Togstad's sister Tanna and her boyfriend Tim Mumbrue in this home near Weyauwega in 1992. "Nobody said it's him, hopefully it leads to whoever it is if it's not him. I don't know, hopefully this guy has information, maybe someone else has information," said Togstad. 

Gouker's court appearance was brief and he did not speak. The judge denied Gouker bond in the case based on the severity of the charges. The judge also barred attorneys from disclosing where Gouker is being kept while he is in the state. 

Gouker is currently awaiting trial on murder, rape and kidnapping charges in Oklahoma. 

Waupaca County Sheriff Brad Hardel says since charges against Gouker were announced Monday, his office has received numerous tips that investigators are following up on. 

Hardel says the victim in this case is doing well these days and while she was not in court Thursday, he says she's pleased her case may soon be solved. 

Gouker is scheduled to be back in Waupaca County court for a preliminary hearing a week from Friday.

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February 8, 2013, 5:33 am

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GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - A woman will stand trial on charges she murdered her boyfriend in Green Bay last year.

In Brown County court Thursday, 47-year-old Lois Velaszquez waived her right to a preliminary hearing.

Velaszquez is accused of stabbing 35-year-old Derrick House during an argument back in May. Police say the two had been fighting about cheating.

Velaszquez is due back in court February 18.

UPDATE: Oshkosh police locate woman missing for 3 days

February 9, 2013, 10:38 pm

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OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ) - Police in Oshkosh say a woman who had been missing for more than 3 days has been found.

66-year-old Mary Jo Robertshaw reportedly left her home in a silver-blue 2013 Subaru Outback Tuesday afternoon.  She was located sometime after 2:30 p.m. Friday.

Oshkosh Police say her family is en route to reunite with her. 

No other details were given.

Robertshaw apparently has a medical condition that may cause disorientation.

 

Drifting, blowing snow causes travel headaches across Wisconsin

February 9, 2013, 10:38 pm

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GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - The snowstorm is gone – but strong winds caused drifting in much of eastern Wisconsin during the night.

The blowing and drifting is making snow measurements a challenge. Here are a few early morning snow reports: Six inches in Chilton, 4 in Green Bay and Clintonville.

The Kenosha area received the most. Pleasant Prairie got 8 inches Thursday and Thursday night, while nearby Kenosha picked up 7.5.

The Milwaukee and Madison picked up 4 to 6 inches. Most other parts of Wisconsin got another inch or two. And freezing rain was a problem in much of the state.

Clark County authorities reported numerous slide-offs on the Highway 29 expressway, and Kenosha County had around 30 traffic mishaps by mid-afternoon Thursday. The Milwaukee Art Museum closed early.

Partly cloudy and dry conditions are expected throughout Wisconsin the next two days, with highs in the 20’s and 30’s.

The next storm system is due in Sunday. Forecasters expect rain and freezing rain in the south, and snow in the north – but they say it’s too early to say which areas will get what. 

Married burglars caught after exchanging victim's stolen clothes at Walmart

February 9, 2013, 10:38 pm

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GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Green Bay police have arrested a husband and wife after they returned newly-purchased clothes from Wal-Mart they stole from a victim's home. 

Police are recommending charges of burglary and receving stolen property against Matthew and Laura Haen. 

The burglary happened Tuesday evening in the 200 block of North Oakland Ave. 

The robbers walked in through an unlocked door and stole 32-inch flat screen TV, jewelry and clothes from Wal-Mart that the victim recently purchased. 

The homeowner called the store to warn them that the burglars may try to return the items. The married couple did just that; exchanging the clothes for beer and food. 

Wal-Mart employees took down the suspects' license plate number, which led police to their front door.

When officers interviewed the suspects, they located the stolen items in the house. They denied involvement in the burglary, but police matched up a pair of boots to footprints found outside the victim's house. 

The jewelry has not yet been located.

Green Bay West side husband dies natural death, wife commits suicide 2 days later

February 9, 2013, 10:38 pm

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GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - The cause of death for a Green Bay couple found deceased in their West side home in mid-January have been released. 

Brown County Chief Medical Examiner Al Klimek says 49-year-old Michael Carroll died of natural causes related to heart issue and 52-year-old Kyung “Kim” McCoy committed suicide by taking pills. 

Klimek says McCoy took her life two days after her husband died. 

Green Bay Police opened a death investigation, because there were no immediate signs of how the couple died. 

The couple apparently had just come back from a vacation, and Carroll did not show up for work for days.  His employer became concerned and visited their home at 3125 West Point Road.  After looking through the couple's bedroom window,  their bodies were found lying on the bedroom floor on the morning of January 17^th. 

Neighbors say McCoy suffered from depression, and she was a native of Korea. 

The couple bought their home in 1999. 

Klimek says there is no suspicion of foul play. 

Fire forces evacuation of Oshkosh North High School

February 9, 2013, 10:38 pm

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OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ) - Students and staff at Oshkosh North High School missed about an hour of their day Friday due to a fire inside a bathroom.

School officials say the school had to be evacuated after a small fire in a boys' bathroom was reported around 12:25 p.m. The blaze was contained to the bathroom.

Around 12:50 p.m., students and staff were allowed back into the field house. The fire department cleared the rest of the building around 1:20 p.m.

Students reported to lunch, then to the seventh-hour classes for the rest of the day.

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Manitowoc County barn destroyed by fire

February 9, 2013, 10:38 pm

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CLEVELAND, WI (WTAQ) - A fire destroys a Manitowoc County barn Friday.

Firefighters in Cleveland were called just after 6 a.m. to Schmidt Excavating at 8229 North Avenue. Crews from at least 10 departments responded, with the last firefighters leaving the scene around 12:40 p.m.

One firefighter suffered minor injuries.

Antique farm equipment, machinery and trucks were stored in the barn.

The fire also caused minor damage to the siding of a house across the driveway from the barn.

Proposed ATC power line will be much shorter than planned

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GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - A proposed electric transmission line in northeast Wisconsin will only be about a-third as long as originally planned.

The American Transmission Company of Waukesha said a power line from Green Bay into Michigan’s Upper Peninsula would only run for 45 miles, instead of the 122 miles that were originally proposed.

Company officials said the longer line is not needed anymore, because We Energies has scrapped the idea of closing its coal-fired power plant in Marquette Michigan. The utility decided to install pollution controls as required by the federal government, and keep the plant running.

The transmission line was originally going to cost $900 million. But ATC says it will now be more like $300 to $400 million. And the transmission says it’s delaying other work in the region, as it takes a second look at the region’s need for more electricity. 

Menasha Packaging to expand food packaging business

February 9, 2013, 10:38 pm

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NEENAH, WI (WTAQ) - The Menasha Packaging Company of Neenah says it will spend $6 million to expand its food packaging business.

The firm said Friday it would buy a large high-volume printing press from a company in Germany – plus die-cutters, tape-applicators, and other automated assembly equipment.

Menasha Packaging said the improvements would create sharper graphics for food packages – plus a better brand identification for Menasha’s shipping containers, corrugated materials, and food packaging.

Menasha Packaging executive James Snyder says customers of packaged goods need innovative solutions, plus support in speeding their products to market.

Menasha Packaging has around 2,300 employees throughout the country. It’s the largest subsidiary of the Menasha Corporation. 

Ashwaubenon could be welcoming Gordmans to the area

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ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ) - Ashwaubenon could be getting a new development near Bay Park Square Mall.

The national retail chain Gordmans is looking to build a store close to the intersection of Holmgren Way and Cormier Road.

Gordmans, based in Omaha, Nebraska, has five stores in Wisconsin, including two in the Appleton area.

Village President Mike Aubinger tells FOX 11 this project has been in the works for a couple of years.

With the village plan commission's approval of the 50,000 square foot facility, the village board is expected to make a final decision Tuesday.

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GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Lambeau Field's Bellin Health Gate turned red on Friday night for Heart Month.

The lighting is part of the Titletown Wellness Initiative, to raise awareness for heart disease.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women.

About 600,000 people die from heart disease each year

Tourism officials report good to excellent snow conditions in northern counties

February 12, 2013, 1:27 am

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GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Snow may have buried much of the Northeast, but it’s just right for outdoor activities in Wisconsin.

Tourism officials say many areas of this state have good or excellent conditions for skiing, sledding, snowboarding and snowmobiling. Last week’s snowfall added inches to trails and sledding hills.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says snowmobile trails are groomed and in good to excellent condition across the northern counties and through most of the central part of the state.

Trails are good to poor farther south.

The biggest outdoor event of the week kicked off Saturday on Lake Winnebago with the start of the 16-day sturgeon spearing season.

Just 17 fish registered on Lake Winnebago during sturgeon season kickoff

February 12, 2013, 1:27 am

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STOCKBRIDGE, WI (WTAQ) - On opening day of the 2013 sturgeon spearing season, spearers on Lake Winnebago registered only 17 fish.

Odds are always long to catch one of the prehistoric fish: according to numbers from the Wisconsin DNR, over the last five years, only about 13% of people who bought sturgeon spearing licenses took home a sturgeon.

"That's kind of what keeps people coming back, when they do get a fish it really means something, because it doesn't happen every day, it doesn't happen every year,” DNR sturgeon biologist Ryan Koenigs tells FOX 11.

Koenigs says poor water quality on Lake Winnebago, and questionable ice conditions on the lake’s west side were big contributing factors.

“What we're seeing come in at our stations so far this morning suggests we're going to be in the long haul for a full 16-day season, unless conditions improve, which they could,” said Koenigs.

This would be the third-straight 16-day season on Lake Winnebago.

Sturgeon spearing season lasts until Feburary 24th, or until certain harvest caps are met, triggering an early end to the season.

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Expect slick road conditions Sunday due to wintry mix

February 12, 2013, 1:27 am

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GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - A system moving into northeast Wisconsin is bringing freezing rain, which will lead to some slick roads Sunday.

Parts of the region are under a Freezing Rain Advisory Sunday, while others are under a Winter Weather Advisory.

FOX 11 reports snow and freezing rain will move from Southeastern Wisconsin and push into NE Wisconsin this morning. Any liquid precipitation hitting the cold pavement will freeze creating black ice and potentially hazardous driving conditions.

By afternoon areas from Appleton south will turn to all rain. Rain amounts could be heavy from .20" to .40". Localized street flooding could be a problem. 

During the afternoon Freezing rain and snow will continue to plague areas from Green Bay north to the U.P. border. Roads will be icy making travel difficult.

Colder air moves in overnight Sunday into early Monday morning changing all precipitation back to snow. Snow amounts in Langlade, Forest, and Florence counties could reach 1"-2".

Snow showers will continue on Monday with areas from Green Bay south seeing 1". North of Green Bay could see 2-4"

St. John's homeless shelter asks to amend permit to serve more guests

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GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - St. John’s homeless shelter in downtown Green Bay is requesting to amend their conditional use permit to serve 84 guests. 

The Green Bay Plan Commission meets Monday night to discuss and could vote on amending their conditional use permit. 

Currently the facility, which is operated by the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay, is approved to serve 64 guests. 

In December, the shelter was cited by the city for serving more guests than their permit allowed. However, the Diocese maintained that their conditional use permit allowed them to have serve overflow guest as per their operational plan that was approved by the Brown County Human Services that was part of their approved conditional use permit. 

After being notified of being in violation, the shelter began to transport overflow guests to St. Norbert College, who opened their gym up until students returned from winter break. 

The Diocese pleaded not guilty to the citation, and the city has been working with them to get into compliance. 

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GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Green Bay police say a 19-year-old man was injured after being struck with a car, then attacked by the car's driver with a baseball bat.

It happened around 5:45 p.m. Sunday at Western Avenue and Oak Street on the city's west side.

The victim apparently knew the attacker and police didn't give a motive for the attack. 

The victim suffered non-life threatening injuries. 

Police tracked down one person who was in the suspect’s car, but the driver is still being sought.

The driver is said to be in his early 20's and was behind the wheel of a vehicle similar to a Buick LeSabre.   

 

Kaukauna mother of two arrested for OWI with kids in vehicle

February 12, 2013, 1:27 am

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KAUKAUNA, WI (WTAQ) - A Kaukauna mother of two has been arrested for allegedly driving drunk with her kids in the vehicle.

The Wisconsin State Patrol says Grand Chute police got a call about a possible intoxicated driver Sunday night. The State Patrol found the vehicle on Highway 55 in Kaukauna and stopped it.

The 33-year-old driver was arrested for felony operating while intoxicated. Officials say there were 2 children, ages 5 and 13, in the vehicle.

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CLINTONVILLE, WI (WTAQ) - One of Wisconsin’s most beloved cocktails has finally reached the age of convenience.

Clintonville natives Ryan Mijal and his uncle Timothy Pappin are producing bottles of brandy old-fashioneds.

The Journal Sentinel said the product made its debut in Milwaukee area stores last month, and one place was selling a six-pack for just under $10. The old-fashioneds are both sweet and sour, and they’re called “Arty’s,” named for the producers’ first initials.

Pappin said the idea was to make the old fashioned as portable and convenient as a six-pack of beer – something folks can enjoy while camping, fishing, or tailgating at a ball game. And Pappin said their old-fashioneds are real, and not devised from a mix.

The Liquor Handbook said people in Wisconsin drank 641,000 cases on domestic brandy last year, the second-highest in the country behind California.

For per-capita consumption, Wisconsin is second only to Washington D.C. And Wisconsin has the nation’s highest percentage of retail spending on brandy.