Saturday, May 18, 2013
The FBI compiles crime statistics annually and Patch has used that data to create a searchable database for Wisconsin information.
Every year, the Federal Bureau of Investigation uses data reported to it by nearly every law enforcement agency in the country to build a report on crime in the United States. Patch has taken the Wisconsin data and put it into a searchable database. Fill in the name of a community to see the number of reported property crimes in 2011, and click through to learn more about the types of offenses within each community.
The National Transportation Safety Board wants another lowering of the blood-alcohol standard for drunk driving. It stands at .08; the NTSB wants it at .05.
The National Transportation Safety Board wants the blood-alcohol threshold for drunk driving to be lowered to .05 from .08. Wisconsin followed the rest of the country from a .10 to .08 standard in 2003, under the threat of losing federal highway funds. The state had almost 29,000 DUI arrests in 2011, almost 10,000 fewer than in 2000 but still the sixth-highest per-capita amount in the country. And police regularly arrest people for driving with concentrations two and three times the current legal limit, and/or for multiple convictions. Will a lower limit make Wisconsin citizens safer in any way? Or is it simply an unnecessary government intrusion? Vote in our poll and comment below. Related polls:
This week's "Wow House" is a condominium in Racine that has a 65-foot-long deck with a great view of the lake.
From elegant and stately mansions to modern, environmentally friendly abodes, southeastern Wisconsin is chock-full of one-of-a-kind homes for sale. Each week, Patch highlights one "Wow House" that caught our attention. This week, it's a condominium on Gaslight Drive in Racine. This condo unit has amazing panoramic views of Lake Michigan and marina from your that can be seen from a 65-foot-long deck. As soon as you step in the front door, you are facing two sets of double-wide sliding glass doors overlooking the lake. This 1,425-square-foot unit has an open-concept floor plan and has two bedrooms and two bath. There's a chef's kitchen with maple cabinets and granite countertops matched with stainless appliances. The kitchen includes an 11-…
Friday, May 17, 2013
But the witness who called in the incident also gave police a false name and was arrested for obstructing. And the victim refused to cooperate.
Police were told a man pointed a gun at two women and hit one of them repeatedly with it. But when police needed more information for their investigation, one woman gave police a false name and the other refused to cooperate. The man may have robbed an apartment in the 6400 block of West Norwich Avenue before 5:30 am. May 6, according to the Greenfield Police Department report. At least, that's what the caller told officers. The apartment renter told police a friend of hers, who had been staying with her, got a visitor at around 5:20 a.m. and her friend let the man, whom she described as her brother’s friend, into the apartment. After the apartment’s renter went back to bed, she told police she heard her friend scream repeatedly. The woman…
Tim Carpenter, the 3rd District State Senator, said Gov. Walker's borrowing plan for nearly $1 billion is too high, and if he wins the Powerball jackpot, he's kicking in. How would you spend the cash?
With the Powerball jackpot at $550 million and rising, 3rd District State Senator Tim Carpenter hopes he holds the winning ticket. And he knows just what he plans on spending his winnings on. Carpenter said Friday he'll donating the winning $550 million jackpot (see his attached ticket)to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for new road projects, cutting Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to borrow $994 million over the next two years to beef up that department's fund. The state senator, of course, also suggested, should he not be holding the winning ticket, that Walker could scale back his borrowing plan and strip as much as $400 million from it by shrinking the Zoo Interchange project. But enought of that. The real question, what would …
Services for the 83-year-old Greenfield man will be held in Greenfield on Friday.
Earle G. Peterson, a 29-year employee of the U.S. Postal Service, died Wednesday. Peterson's services will be Friday, May 17, at Max A. Sass & Sons Greenridge Chapel, 4747 S. 60th St., Greenfield, from 5-7 p.m. A private interment at Good Hope Cemetary will follow. Peterson was the beloved husband of Elaine (nee Esser) Peterson, loving dad of Mark (Cathy) and the late Todd Peterson, dear grandpa of Jessica Peterson, Allison (Jason) Vida, Jenny, Katie, Brad and Brian Peterson and brother of Carol Peterson and Judy Bushek. He is further survived by nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Obituary courtesy of Max A. Sass & Sons.
If you drew the Powerball winning numbers in Saturday’s lottery, you could score $600 million, the largest Powerball jackpot ever.
Powerball results were watched closely Wednesday when the jackpot was $363 million. After no one picked all six winning numbers, the new Powerball prize for the Saturday, May 18, drawing is now $600 million, which makes it the highest Powerball jackpot ever — and the second-highest U.S. lottery jackpot. The numbers drawn Saturday night were: 10, 13, 14, 22, 52 and the Powerball was 11. The one-time cash payout is estimated at $376.9 million. Tickets are $2 and the game is played in Wisconsin and 42 other states, including Florida, Texas, California and New York. You can buy tickets until 9 p.m. CST for the 9:59 p.m. drawing. Buy tickets online here, or search for a local retailer. Until Saturday, the largest Powerball jackpot was $587.5 …
A list of eight best-paying summer jobs. Provided by Jobs at AOL.
The following story was provided by AOLJobs.com By David Schepp Getting a summer job is a rite of passage for many young people. In addition to earning wages to help pay for tuition or make car payments, it's where many first-time employees learn the fundamentals of work -- showing up on time, teamwork, communicating effectively, managing workloads and more. But summer jobs can also be fun, giving teenagers an opportunity to bond and hang out with a group of people beyond their schools and neighborhoods. In recent years, because of the recession and subsequent slow recovery in the labor market, summer jobs have been hard to come by for many teenagers. This year, many economic indicators point to an improved job market, suggesting that …
The newly launched website provides practical advice and innovative ideas for those small business owners.
Patch has launched a new site — smallbusiness.patch.com — to educate and empower small businesses with the digital tools, social media strategies and marketing know-how needed to ensure long-term growth. Readers will have access to exclusive interviews with well-known founders and CEOs, and small business industry experts who share their experiences, advice and tips for success. One of the latest articles features an exclusive interview with successful real estate entrepreneur, Barbara Corcoran, founder of The Corcoran Group. In this Q&A, Corcoran discusses the how to take advantage of the size of a small businesses, and why making big “mistakes” made all the difference in her success. Click here to read about the tactics Corcoran used to…
Thursday, May 16, 2013
The 60-year-old Greenfield man stuffed a towel in his bathroom sink and left the water running, according to the Greenfield Police Department.
A 60-year-old Greenfield man police was taken into custody by police and transported to the Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex after they say he tried to flood his apartment. Police were called to the man’s apartment on West Cold Spring Road at 7:50 p.m. May 9, after the property manager told police the man stuffed a towel in his sink and left the water running, according to the Greenfield Police Department report. The report indicates Greenfield officers were aware of the man’s behavior; just one day earlier, an officer sent out a department memo stating the man’s doctor had contacted him and said the man was off his medication to treat schizophrenia, had become highly paranoid and could pose a threat to himself and others. The doctor…
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