News Digest
Fatal shooting at Racer’s Hall Tuesday
A 63-year-old Glenbeulah man is in custody after a fatal shooting late Tuesday night at Racer’s Hall, W4408 County C in the town of Sheboygan Falls, just east of Plymouth.
The victim of the shooting was identified Wednesday as Jason G. TenPas, 31, 506 Clark St., Cascade.
According to a press release from the Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Department, a 911 call was received at around 11:15 p.m. that someone had been shot multiple times.
When the first officer arrived at Racers Hall he located a 63-year-old male from Glenbeulah being held on the deck area west of the bar by another male. The deputy also observed TenPas on the deck dead from multiple gun shot wounds.
The deputy took the Glenbeulah man into custody for first-degree intentional homicide. He was taken to Aurora Sheboygan Memorial Medical Center for treatment of injuries he sustained when witnesses tackled and held him after they observed the shooting. He is presently being held in the Sheboygan County Detention Center.
SCHRC annual meeting luncheon scheduled
The 2010 annual meeting of The Sheboygan County Historical Research Center will be held Friday, Sept. 24, at the Bull at Pinehurst Farms, 1 Long Drive, Sheboygan Falls.
Gathering time begins at noon. A family style lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m.
After lunch there will be a short business meeting and program that will discuss all the events planned for the year.
Please call the Research Center at (920) 467-4667 to reserve your place. Reservation deadline is noon on Friday, Sept. 17.
Payment may be made in cash or by check. Checks should be made out to Sheboygan County Historical Research Center, and mailed to SCHRC, 518 Water St., Sheboygan Falls 53085. Payment may also be made at the door, but reservations must be made ahead of time.
Electronics recycling law goes into effect
Wisconsin's new electronics recycling law took effect Wednesday, Sept. 1.
It bans the use of landfills or incinerators to dispose of old electronic devices, including televisions and computers. The ban also includes keyboards, speakers, flash drives and other computer accessories, as well as cell phones.
The law covers everyone in Wisconsin, including schools, businesses and households.
Old electronic devices can be dropped off at specific recycling sites for a fee. The Department of Natural Resources has a list of those sites on its website.
City of Plymouth Public Works Director William Immich told the City Council at their Tuesday meeting that a list of recyclers in the Plymouth area will be posted on the city’s website soon.
WEA Trust to offer insurance in county
The state's second-largest group-health insurance company says it will offer health insurance to workers in the State Health Plan in 24 eastern Wisconsin counties.
The WEA Trust made the announcement Monday.
Coverage will start next year and members who want to enroll can do so in October.
The WEA Trust has been the not-for-profit insurer for health and other insurance products to Wisconsin public schools since 1970.
The 24 counties the WEA Trust will be offered in are: Brown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Kenosha, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Marinette, Marquette, Milwaukee, Oconto, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Racine, Shawano, Sheboygan, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha, Waupaca, Waushara and Winnebago.
State to allow hunting in Door County parks
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State wildlife officials plan to open two state parks to deer hunters for the first time this year.
The Department of Natural Resources says it will allow deer hunting for the first time in Potawatomi and Whitefish Dunes State Parks in Door County during the regular gun season, which runs from Nov. 20-28.
DNR officials say deer overgrazing has become a serious problem in both parks, hampering forest regeneration. Certain areas of the park will be off-limits to hunters, however.
The DNR says anyone who plans to use the parks during the gun season will do so at their own risk and should wear blaze orange.
