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New York Post
23-06-2025
- New York Post
Town pol accused of strangling lost golden retriever as good Samaritan watched in horror: ‘All I can see is those dog eyes looking at me'
A local official in Wisconsin is facing death threats after he allegedly used a leash to strangle a lost and scared golden retriever in front of the horrified good Samaritan who had just rescued the pooch. Town of Chester Chairman Richard Van Buren, 55, is facing a single count of felony mistreatment of an animal, according to a criminal complaint, after allegedly lifting the dog by its neck with a leash and saying, 'This f–king dog is going to die.' 'That was not a mistreatment of an animal; that was murder of an animal. And I've seen this and witnessed this,' Shelby Krohn, who saved the dog, told Fox 6 with tears streaming down her face. Advertisement 3 Richard Van Buren, 55, is facing a single count of felony mistreatment of an animal, according to a criminal complaint, after allegedly lifting the dog by its neck with a leash. Dodge County Sheriff's Office 'When I close my eyes, all I can see is those dog eyes looking at me while this man is strangling him to death, and I couldn't do anything. I couldn't do anything.' Krohn was going for a walk along Horicon Marsh Tuesday evening when she encountered the petrified golden retriever, who looked dehydrated. She spent 45 minutes coaxing the dog into her car, she told the station. Advertisement She took the dog to the Dodge County Humane Society, which told her she needed to take the canine to a local official. The Humane Society shared a picture of the pup on Facebook, asking, 'Do you know me?' Krohn drove to Van Buren's farm to bring him the dog. The dog allegedly bit Van Buren when he tried to put one of his leashes around its neck. Once it was secure, he yanked the dog by its leash through Krohn's car window, according to the complaint. 'The dogs' legs were off the ground and suspended about two feet in the air,' the complaint said. 'It was foamed at the mouth.' 3 Shelby Krohn was going for a walk along Horicon Marsh Tuesday evening when she encountered the petrified golden retriever, who looked dehydrated. Dodge County Humane Society Advertisement Krohn tried to intervene and begged him to stop. He ignored her. 'He suspended the dog up in the air again and at this time it was limp near the cage,' according to the complaint. Van Buren told Krohn that this wasn't the first dog he had dealt with violently, according to the complaint. 'Van Buren admitted dealing with aggressive dogs doesn't usually 'end well' and indicated he had dealt with them in the past in his capacity as town chair,' the complaint stated. Advertisement 'Richard Van Buren said he usually keeps a stray dog for seven days and after that, he 'takes care of it,' which I clarified meant he shot it with a gun,' according to the complaint. 3 She took the dog to the Dodge County Humane Society, which told her she needed to take the canine to a local official. Dodge County Humane Society The incident aroused strong — and sometimes violent — responses. Facebook banned a post calling for revenge against Van Buren, and the Dodge County Sheriff's Office issued a stern warning. 'There have been threatening comments made by some community members that must be addressed. Threats to the personal safety and property of individuals are not only inappropriate but may also be illegal,' the sheriff said in a statement. 'While we respect the freedom of speech, that freedom of speech does have limits when it comes to threatening another person's life, family members, or property.' The sheriff's office added that it will make arrests if threats are deemed to be in violation of the law — including those made by social media. Van Buren returns to court July 31 for a preliminary hearing, court records show. The Humane Society also urged residents to remain calm and encouraged them to help find the dog's owner. Advertisement 'What you can do to help right now is continue sharing the dog's photo so we can hopefully identify its owner,' it read. 'Our hearts are heavy — for this dog, for the kind person that found them, and for everyone in our community who feels the pain of animals we can't always reach in time.' The post featured a quote from German philosopher Immanuel Kant that read: 'We can judge the heart of man by his treatment of animals.'
Yahoo
21-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Journalists at WITI-TV Fox6 have taken days of action to call attention to pay
As we make summer plans for our summer getaways it is important to support those who inform our communities. WITI Fox6 Milwaukee employs many photographers and editors who cover the area daily rain or shine. They cover our community but as with many issues impacting journalists impartiality means they cannot loudly advocate for their own causes; as journalists we are told we must cover the story not become it. From coverage at Summerfest to investigations and crime, these news crews put themselves out there in the 'field' everyday to make sure we stay informed. It's through the lens of workers at WITI and other local news station stations that connect with our community when we want decide that today we will just stay on the couch, or how we stay connected in touch when we are on the road via the local news website. Journalism is more important then ever, and supporting those who bring us the news is vital. Many may not have realized that workers at Fox 6 have taken days of action, June 19, to bring attention to their pay and other working conditions. Letters: House budget provision exempts executive branch from following court orders While you may see a lot of stories on local television, this may not get the attention it needs, but impacts what you see. If you see a news photographer or reporter thank them for what they do, and maybe ask if there is 'news' that affects them personally, that's likely a story you won't see on air. Raza Siddiqui, Host of Media Essential Workers, Former National Association of Broadcast Employees & Technicians, Local 41 President, Chicago Opinion: 5 (bad) things every We Energies customer should know about natural gas plants Letters: Wake-enhanced boating produces same dynamic as smoking in public places Here are some tips to get your views shared with your friends, family, neighbors and across our state: Please include your name, street address and daytime phone. Generally, we limit letters to 200 words. Cite sources of where you found information or the article that prompted your letter. Be civil and constructive, especially when criticizing. Avoid ad hominem attacks, take issue with a position, not a person. We cannot acknowledge receipt of submissions. We don't publish poetry, anonymous or open letters. Each writer is limited to one published letter every two months. All letters are subject to editing. Write: Letters to the editor, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 330 E. Kilbourn Avenue, Suite 500, Milwaukee, WI, 53202. Fax: (414)-223-5444. E-mail: jsedit@ or submit using the form that can be found on the on the bottom of this page. This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: News crews in Milwaukee work tirelessly to serve community | Letters
New York Post
12-05-2025
- General
- New York Post
Residents jump from windows during Milwaukee apartment fire that kills 4 on Mother's Day
Residents jumped from the windows of a four-story apartment building in Milwaukee during a Mother's Day fire that killed four people, critically injured four others and grew so intense that the blaze outmatched the first firefighters to arrive, authorities said. Ladder trucks were used to rescue other residents from windows while some firefighters inside the burning building crawled on hands and knees to get people out, Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski said Sunday. In all, about 30 people were rescued. 3 A photo from the four-story apartment building fire in Milwaukee during Mother's Day. Fox6 Authorities have not said how the fire might have started. Lipski said the building did not have a sprinkler system and was built in 1968, predating a law that would have required one, according to the fire chief. 'If we had sprinklers in the buidling we would have stopped the fire very, very small. We would not of had to have people jumping out of windows,' he said. Several other residents were treated for lesser injuries in the fire that began sometime before 8 a.m. The blaze rendered the 85-unit building uninhabitable, displacing an estimated 200 people. 3 In this image made from video, a firefighter on a ladder helps a person out of the window at the site of an apartment building fire in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on May 11, 2025. AP James Rubinstein, a resident in the building, said he jumped to the ground floor. 'There was so much smoke. I climbed out the courtyard with my cat in my backpack,' Rubinstein told television station FOX6 Milwaukee. Emergency operaters received calls that people were trapped and jumping to escape. 3 Firefighters rescued about 30 people from the blaze. Fox6 The first firefighters to arrive were 'far, far outmatched' by intense flames, Lipski said. Authorities did not immediately release the identities or ages of the victims. Lipski said the fire began in a common area and spread to multiple floors. Eddie Edwards, another resident of the building, said he also jumped to escape. 'I wasn't thinking about nothing but getting away,' he told Milwaukee television station WISN. 'Getting out and saving everyone's life. It was a scary moment.'
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
A woman donated her brain so scientists could study a pioneering treatment. A laboratory accidentally threw it out
A children's hospital in Wisconsin said it accidentally disposed of the brain of a young woman that was donated for research. The woman had undergone pioneering gene treatments for a rare degenerative disease, and researchers hoped studying her brain would provide them with invaluable data. Ashtyn Fellenz died at age 24 on December 5, 2024. As a child, she was diagnosed with Canavan Disease, a rare genetic disorder that causes the degeneration of the coating that protects nerves and a loss of white matter in the brain, according to Fox 6. Typically, children suffering from the disease progressively lose the ability to move their muscles and effectively become locked in to their own bodies. Without treatment, most children with the disease die before the age of 10. In 2003, when she was three years old, Fellenz underwent experimental surgery that saw a functional gene injected into her brain, with the hopes that it would displace the defective one. While it didn't cure her disease, it did buy her a decade's worth of life. Dr Paola Leone, a professor of Cell Biology at Rowan University, requested that Fellenz's brain be preserved after her death, hoping that it could provide priceless data about both the disease and the body's response to her experimental treatment. While 16 other children also received similar treatment, the circumstances of her death made her brain especially ideal for preservation. According to Leone, most Canavan patients die in their homes, and their brain tissues degrade by the time they can be properly autopsied. Fellenz, however, died at Children's Hospital Wisconsin, where doctors could work quickly to save her brain. "The scenario was perfect," Leone told Fox 6. "She was in the hospital. The dry ice was there, ready to go." Donating the brain was always the plan following her death, according to her parents, Scott and Arlo Fellenz. 'It was no question that we had to do that,' Scott said. 'It was a big part of her legacy.' Unfortunately, the secrets of Fellenz's brain will never be uncovered. When she died on December 5, officials at Children's Wisconsin decided that a previous donation consent form signed by her parents was out of date and that they would need to fill out another before the brain could be shipped to Living BioBank at the Children's Hospital in Dayton, Ohio. Despite Leone providing Children's Wisconsin with the consent form, a month passed and the sample still hadn't been sent. On January 13, more than a month after Fellenz's death, Dr Lauren Parsons, Director of Pathology at Children's Wisconsin, wrote an email to Leone thanking her for her "patience" and noting that "holidays and some leadership transitions" had kept the staff tied up, according to Fox 6. Two more months passed without the brain being sent, Leone said, adding that many of her emails questioning the hold up were left unanswered. Scott Fellenz told the broadcaster that Parsons "literally ghosted [Leone] for two months." In March, Arlo Fellenz called the hospital demanding answers. Her call was returned from the hospital's "grief services" workers, who wanted to set up a meeting. She waved off the meeting and demanded they tell her what they needed to say over the phone. The hospital then told the family they had accidentally 'disposed' of Fellenz's brain. "They tossed out her brain. How can you do that with a brain?" Arlo said during an interview with Fox 6. Half of Fellenz's brain did eventually get shipped to Ohio, but Leone was most interested in the information that the other half — the half that had not received the experimental injection — could reveal. Fellenz's father said it felt like he had lost his daughter again. For Leone, the loss also represents a loss of potential knowledge that could have helped people suffering from gene conditions. "This would have just led, just paved the way for any other application of gene therapy into the brain to let us know if gene therapy can persist," she told the broadcaster. "It's a loss of information that would have been precious and cited for the years to come, for the centuries to come, because this is the one and only specimen, not just for Canavan, for any other gene therapy," A spokesperson for Children's Wisconsin said they were 'profoundly sorry' for the error. "We were honored to support Ashtyn's family's wish for her legacy to help others. As we communicated to the family when this error was discovered, and reiterate now, our team is profoundly sorry this happened, and we continue to take steps to reinforce our protocols to help ensure this does not occur again,' they said in a statement. 'The availability of human tissue to support life-changing and lifesaving medical research is critical to offering hope to families. We take seriously our work to support research through proper tissue collection, storage and usage. We are deeply grateful for Ashtyn's life and for her family's advocacy and care, and again offer our most sincere regret and apology." When questioned further by Fox 6, the hospital said they have a 'comprehensive process' to manage donated tissue, aspects of which were 'not followed,' leading to the error. The Fellenz family have now hired an attorney to represent them, and would use any money to help with Canavan research.
Yahoo
17-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
University of Wisconsin-Madison's ex-diversity officer scrutinized over spending, judgment amid DEI crackdown
The University of Wisconsin-Madison's former chief diversity officer displayed a "significant lapse" in judgment and fiscal responsibility, according to a report, as state and federal lawmakers seek to root out diversity, equity and inclusion programs in education. Lavar Charleston was removed from his role as chief diversity officer in January, although he remains as a faculty member, according to local outlet Fox 6. An internal report revealed that Charleston gave most of his employees raises from 10% to 23% without justification, as state lawmakers were attempting to crack down on DEI initiatives within the Universities of Wisconsin system, FOX 6 reported. Education Dept Launches Widespread Civil Rights Probe: A Look At What The Agency Does As Trump Eyes Shutdown Records also show that Charleston spent $18,000 on massage therapy for students and $21,000 on a conference in the resort city of Lake Geneva, according to the outlet. In December, Charleston said a former provost directed him to spend a $6 million surplus. Read On The Fox News App Charleston's per-employee spending was the highest on campus, according to the internal report. Nearly Half Of Department Of Education Staff Will Be Eliminated Imminently This comes as President Donald Trump seeks to end DEI programs across the country, including in higher education. The University of Wisconsin-Madison is among roughly 50 universities being investigated by the Department of Education over accusations of racial discrimination by allegedly excluding certain races from specific programs. Institutions were warned that they could lose federal money over race-based preferences in admissions, scholarships, programs or other activities. The department's investigation focuses on universities' partnerships with the PhD Project, a nonprofit organization that encourages Black, Hispanic and Native American professionals to earn business doctorate degrees. The Trump administration argues that DEI programs exclude White and Asian American students in violation of Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color and national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance. Fox News Digital has reached out to the University of article source: University of Wisconsin-Madison's ex-diversity officer scrutinized over spending, judgment amid DEI crackdown
