Oshkosh, WI (WTAQ) - A man shot by a Winnebago County sheriff's deputy and an Oshkosh police officer was suicidal and wanted to be killed by police.

57 year old Richard Lee Klemz is recovering at the hospital after being shot Thursday afternoon.

Sheriff John Matz says he is expecetd to survive.

The incident began around 3:20 p.m., Matz said, when authorities were called to a domestic disturbance involving Klemz in the Town of Algoma, which is just west of Oshkosh.

Sheriff's officials and Oshkosh police caught up with Klemz at the intersection of Oakwood and Witzel avenues, which is near the Algoma town hall.

Matz says Klemz rammed a squad car at the intersection, then drove into the town hall parking lot and rammed another vehicle.

He was then shot by a sheriff's deputy and a police officer.

Matz said a 911 caller told emergency dispatchers that Klemz wanted to be killed by police.

But, Matz the deputy and police officer who shot him did not know that at the time.

The deputy and police officer have been placed on administrative leave.

The sheriff's department is recommending charges of reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct against Klemz.

Meanwhile, state officials are investigating the shooting.

MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - Not only is booyah an all-time favorite food in Wisconsin, there's now a push to make it the official state soup.

Wisconsin State Rep. John Macco (R-Ledgeview) has introduced a bill to add Belgian booyah to the list of state symbols.

"Wisconsin's Belgian community is unique to Wisconsin; Northeast Wisconsin has the largest Belgian community in the world outside of Belgium," Macco said in a news release. "This bill will designate Belgian booyah the state soup as a way to honor Wisconsin's Belgian heritage and celebrate booyah's ability to bring Wisconsin communities together."

Among the co-sponsors of this tasty bipartisan plan are Wisconsin State Sens. Frank Lasee (R-De Pere) and Dave Hansen (D-Green Bay), along with Wisconsin State Reps. Joel Kitchens (R-Sturgeon Bay), Eric Genrich (D-Green Bay) and David Steffen (R-Green Bay). 

As of now, Wisconsin has 21 official state symbols. They include the state animal, the badger, to the state bird, the robin, to the state dance, the polka, to the state pastry, the kringle.

OCONTO, WI (WTAQ) - Two Gillett teenagers charged with spiking their teacher's drink with cleaning solution as a prank made their initial court appearances Thursday.

17-year-olds Hailey Brock and Gavin Gilbertson are charged with endangering safety.

According to the criminal complaint, Brock confessed to putting a cleaning solution for a dry erase board in the drink of Gillett High School staffer Ray Johnson last month. Police say Gilbertson helped.

The judge ordered a $5,000 signature bond for each, with certain conditions.

"They can live their lives. They can attend meetings. They can go to school. Incidental contact is fine, but I don't want any kind of intentional conversation between them of any kind, until this is resolved in court," Oconto County Circuit Court Judge Jay Conley said, per FOX 11.

Both teens are due back in court next month.

HOWARD, WI (WTAQ) — Crews are battling a house fire in Howard Friday morning.

Firefighters were called to the home on Catherine Drive just after 2 a.m.

No one was hurt.

It's not clear what sparked the blaze.

A family member says the fire started in the garage.

Milwaukee, WI (WTAQ) - Most Republican politicians won’t tell you how they really feel about their party’s front-runner for president, Donald Trump.  

Reid Ribble isn’t one of them.

The Wisconsin congressman is quoted in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel  saying Trump behaves like a “sixth-grader.” and says Trump appeals to “the worst parts of who we are as people.”  

And Ribble says he won’t support Trump even if he is his party’s nominee.

"I am not obligated to support a bad candidate from any party,” says Ribble, a third-term lawmaker whose blue-collar, Republican-leaning U.S. House seat is anchored by the city of Green Bay. “I will not support Donald Trump for president of the United States, no matter what the circumstances.”

That public and categorical rejection of Trump sets Ribble apart from most high-profile GOP officials, who are hoping Trump fades but who fear that attacking him will alienate his supporters and boost his anti-establishment appeal.

“There’s a natural concern, particularly among members of the party in leadership roles: You want to be cautious about stating opinions about Mr. Trump without making statements about Mr. Trump’s supporters,” says Ribble. “I don’t want to offend anyone that’s supporting Mr. Trump. They’ve got their own reasons for supporting him. I’ve got my reasons for not.”

Ribble’s public disdain for Trump isn’t new. He told USA Today in September, “We actually need a grown-up, not a 3-year-old, in the White House.”

Green Bay, WI (WTAQ) - Packer game weekends usually mean a busy time for area bars, restaurants and hotels.

But it's also a bonanza for the Jet Air Group, based out of Austin Straubel Airport.

Especially when the opponent is the Dallas Cowboys.

Allan Timmerman is Jet Air C-E-O. He says the Cowboys really bring in the out of towners.

From 4 seat Cessnas to large corporate jets, they all park their aircraft at his place...before heading into town for the weekend.

Timmerman expects to 60 - 70 planes, from as far away as Mexico and Vancouver, Canada.

At some point private flights will be landing at Austin Straubel every two minutes.

In addition to spending their money in the local businesses, Timmerman does well by renting storage space, selling fuel....there's even a mechanic on duty if needed.

Green Bay, WI (WTAQ) - If we're not talking about the Green Bay Packers, people around here can often be found chatting up the weather.

And so far this December, the weather has been noteworthy.

Will we even have snow for Christmas ? 

Scott Berschback is a meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Ashwaubenon.

He says historically, the Green Bay area has about a 70-percent chance of of a white Christmas.

He says the odds are much lower than that this year.

He says the lack of snow to this point in the month puts December of 2015 in the top ten category.

And temperatures this month make it the 2nd warmest on record for Green Bay.

Blame it on El Nino.....they weather phenomenon that's likely to stick around throughout the winter.

Seasonal temps might make a quick return to near normal by next weekend....but there's still no snow in the short term forecast.

Sturgeon Bay, WI (WTAQ) - Sturgeon Bay firefighters were on scene overnight of a ship that started on fire Friday at about 6 p.m.

The fire was on a ship docked at Bay Shipbuilding.

Firefighters from all over Door County made their way to Sturgeon Bay when the fire broke out on the 520-foot-long cargo ship.

"It's hot in there," said Chief Tim Herlache of the Sturgeon Bay Fire Department. "It's a steel boat. It's like an oven when there is a fire."

The ship is called the Alpena.

No one was hurt in the fire, however, Chief Herlache says it's crew and some Bay Shipbuilding workers were on board when the fire started.

A cause isn't known, but it's believed to have started three decks down on the ship, a level above the engine room.

The Alpena was dry docked for routine maintenance and it's five year inspection.

The ship was built in 1942. It carries cement on all five of the Great Lakes.

Fond du Lac, WI (WTAQ) - Two people are without a place to stay after a house fire in Fond du Lac early today (Monday).

Fire crews were called around 2:15 a.m. to the two-story home on North Lincoln Avenue.

Flames were showing from the first floor when crews got to the scene.

Arriving firefighters rescued one person from a second-story window.

One other resident had already gotten out safely.

Both people were uninjured.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Sheboygan, WI (WTAQ) - Union employees are expected to meet today (Monday) to discuss an update on a possible contract with Kohler Company in Sheboygan.  

A posting on the United Auto Workers Union website says striking employees will meet three times in Sheboygan.  

Last week they met with the negotiating team from Kohler  to try and reach an agreement.

Employees have been striking since mid-November.  

Health insurance costs and a two-tiered wage system that pays newly hired wortkers less have been the major sticking points.  

The union wants to the two-tiered system to go away.

The company maintains that doing so would lead to layoffs.

Green Bay, WI (WTAQ) - Flood watch is in effect because of the heavy rains across most of northeast Wisconsin the past couple of days.

Melissa Spielman is with Brown County Emergency Management.

She says the rule of thumb to follow when you see standing water over the road, or barriers across the highway, is "turn around, don't drown".

In addition to deep water across the pavement...another problem is the increased potential for hydro-planing, so keep your speed down.

And as the rain slows and moves out of the area...there's another issue the emergency folks are watching.

They'll be keeping in touch with police and fire departments around the county to monitor unsafe river and stream levels.

Oshkosh, WI (WTAQ) - A mental competency evaluation has been ordered for the suspect in a standoff in Neenah.

45 year old Brian Flatoff faces five charges in connection with the Dec. 5 incident at Eagle Nation Cycles.

Prosecutors say Flatoff was in a dispute with an employee of the shop over ownership of a motorcycle.

At one point during the standoff, officials say Michael Funk ran out of the building with a gun and didn't listen to officers' commands to drop the weapon.

Funk was shot and killed.

Flatoff appeared in Winnebago County court by video conference today (Monday).

No additional charges were filed, but prosecutors say they expect to file more charges.

He is due back in court Jan. 25.

Green Bay, WI (WTAQ) - The Green Bay Metro Fire Department responded to one call for flooding at a residence this morning and saw many flooded streets in the City of Green Bay and the Village of Allouez. 

Allouez reported several basements that were flooded. 

With the ground being saturated at this point and rain predicted for this Wednesday, GBMF is urging residents to make sure that their sump pumps are in working order and functioning properly. 

They're also recommending alternate routes if roadways are flooded today or on Wednesday.

The Green Bay Metro Fire Department is working closely with Brown County Emergency Management and the Public Works Departments of Green Bay and Allouez to monitor the rain and flooding issues that may occur later today or later this week.

Appleton, WI (WTAQ) -  It's been one of the wettest Decembers for Northeast Wisconsin but almost none of it has frozen.

Randy Roloff work for county highway department and says there's about eight million pounds of salt are stored in one of the four sheds for Outagamie County.

The lack of snow has been beneficial for the county financially.

"Mother nature is helping us balance our spending priorities," said Outagamie County Executive Tom Nelson.

Nelson says about $1.2 million is spend on snow removal each budget year.

Since these trucks aren't plowing and salting, Nelson says the highway department could save up to $200,000 by the end of 2015.

"It also allows us to borrow less because we're simply going to have money left in our cash reserves," Nelson said.

Despite the possible savings, there could be a downside if a majority of this salt doesn't end up on the roads.

"The salt we procured for this winter, we have to take delivery out or pay a fee to leave it on the dock," Roloff said.

The county could also store some of the remaining salt at the highway department which is responsible for taking care of more than 800 miles of road during a snow storm.

Fond du Lac, WI (WTAQ) - The state says it will no longer try to place a Milwaukee sex offender in a small town in Fond du Lac County.

But the county's chief prosecutor says a judge could still make that move.

Local authorities objected after the state asked that 51-year-old Clint Rhymes be placed in Eldorado (el'-deh-ray'-do) following his release from a treatment center.

He was convicted 27 years ago of sexually assaulting a woman, beating her with a tire-iron, and leaving her to die.

Fond du Lac County Sheriff Mick Fink says it's okay for local offenders to move back.

But he and District Attorney Eric Toney say they won't put up with the state moving sex convicts there from elsewhere in Wisconsin.

Rhymes' attorney has said there's no place for him to go in Milwaukee County, due to a number of local ordinances that prohibit sex offenders from living in most locations there.

The state has asked for 90 more days to give Rhymes a new home.

Green Bay, WI (WTAQ) - The developers of a 91-year-old hotel in downtown Green Bay say they now have the keys to the building and will begin work this week to start demolition.

According to a news release sent out Tuesday and dated Monday from the Hotel Northland's branding and marketing agency, Frantz Community Investors and Keith P. Harenda of KPH construction can now start the restoration of the nine story building after finally closing on the property.

Frantz Community Investors - the lead on the project - has said that the complex financial makeup of the $44 million plan has made closing on the property difficult over the year.

In April, the the final - and needed - pieces of funding for the project were announced: private financing and federal loan money.

Plans call for the building to be turned into a boutique, 160-room hotel with two full-service restaurants, catering, event space, a fitness center and spa, all while restoring the building to its historical grandeur.

The hotel is expected to employ 166 people full-time.

"It's quite a Christmas gift for us," said Mike Frantz, one of the founders of Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based FCI in the news release.

"As everyone knows, we are eager to get underway. While all levels of financing in this complicated transaction have been in place for some time now, inter-creditor agreements were needed to address owner's equity, tax credits, City incentives and various loans from financial institutions and state and federal entities."

The release named those involved in the closing as FirstMerit Corporation as the lead bank, the City of Green Bay, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA), FirstPathway Partners and U.S. Bank as the purchaser of the historic tax credits. 

In April, Frantz announced that FirstMerit Bank will provide more than $14 million in private loan financing; State and Federal Historic Tax Credits and grants would make up about $8 million; a federal $4.7 million HUD loan, cash and city tax reimbursements would make up the rest.

Water will be run to the building, locks will be changed and a debris chute will be installed at the hulking structure at the corner of Adams and Pine streets, according to the news release.

After 45 days, the developers hope to announce a completion date - tentatively targeted for next fall.

"The hard part is over," said Frantz in the release. "Now the job of restoring this treasure and building the hotel team begins."

Little Chute, WI (WTAQ) - A police department in the Fox Valley now has a supply of a heroin antidote.

Fox Valley metro police say Nic Smith, the owner of Smith Pharmacy in Little Chute, donated Narcan to the department.

Narcan counters the effects of heroin and opiates during an overdose.

Patrol officers, as well as police school liaison officers in the Little Chute and Kimberly districts will carry the drug.

The department also says Dr. Michael Polka of the emergency department at Appleton Medical Center has volunteered to train officers to administer Narcan.

The Fox Valley Metro Police Department serves Little Chute, Kimberly and Combined Locks.

Oshkosh, WI (WTAQ) - Oshkosh Corporation can resume work on the Army's Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) production contract.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) dismissed Lockheed Martin's protest Tuesday, allowing the U.S. Army to lift a stop work order on Oshkosh Corp.

Lockheed can appeal the dismissal.

The Army had awarded Oshkosh Corp. the $6.7 billion JLTV contract in August 2015.

After delivering 22 prototypes and 14 months of competitive testing, Oshkosh beat out Lockheed Martin and AM General for the JLTV contract, causing Lockheed Martin to protest.

According to the Army, the initial contract calls for about 17,000 vehicles. 

Oshkosh will begin delivering vehicles within the next 10 months.

Kohler, WI (WTAQ) -  After being on strike for four-and-a-half weeks, union workers at the Kohler Company might return to their jobs as early as tomorrow (Thursday).

That's after a tentative agreement was reached late last (Tuesday) night on a four-year contract.

About 21-hundred members of the United Auto Workers union are scheduled to vote on the deal this (Wednesday) evening, with the prospect of ending the first strike since 1983 at the Kohler toilet-and-faucet giant.

The new pact does not achieve the union's goal of eliminating a two-tiered pay system.

But Local 833 president Tim Tayloe says it does narrow the pay gap between new employees and Kohler veterans.

He also says the deal includes "substantial" pay hikes each year, and health insurance plans would be modified to reduce the chances of higher out-of-pocket employee costs.

The strike began November 15th over the two-tiered pay system and insurance concerns.

Bellevue, WI, WTAQ) - In a big setback for people living near the Shirley Wind Farm, Brown County's Health Director Tuesday says there's insufficient evidence to link wind turbines to illnesses suffered by people living near them.  

Green Bay Press-Gazette reporting residents of Glenmore, Morrison and people from across the state who oppose wind farms, hoped to see the Brown County project shut down.  

But Health Director Chua Xiong says scientific evidence that clearly links the windmills to things like sleeplessness, nausea and irritability just isn't there.

Her decision came at a special Board of Health meeting, and followed 90 minutes of comments from members of the public.  

Most of them blamed the wind turbines for their illnesses.  

Opponents are now trying to figure out what their next move is.  

The Shirley Wind Farm was developed and opened in 2010.  

It's operated by North Carolina-based Duke Energy Renewables.