A SECOND MAN HAS STEPPED FORWARD TO ANNOUNCE HIS CANIDANCY FOR SAUK COUNTY SHERIFF.  BILL STEINHORST WHO HAS OVER 34 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE IN THE COUNTY ANNOUNCED TUESDAY HE IS RUNNING.   HE HAS SERVED WITH THE BARABOO AND SAUK PRAIRIE POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN ADDITION TO THE SAUK COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT WHERE HE IS NOW THE SARGENT OF COURT SECURITY.  CHIEF DEPUTY CHIP MEISTER ANNOUNCED HIS CANIDANCY EARLIER.  THE ELECTION IS THIS FALL.

IN COLUMBIA COUNTY COURT TUESDAY…..THE LAWYER FOR 42-YEAR OLD WARREN HENKELMAN OF PORTAGE…. ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING TWO PRE-TEEN GIRLS LAST YEAR---AND POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY…. ENTERED A PLEA OF NOT GUILTY DUE TO MENTAL IMPAIRMENT.  HENKELMEN WILL NOW UNDERGO A COMPLETE PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION IN AN EFFORT TO DETERMINE HIS STATE OF MIND AT THE TIME OF THE ALLEGED ASSAULTS.    THE EVALUATION PROCESS IS EXPECTED TO TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS.

IN JULY OF 2008…27-YEAR OLD JOSHUA SCHMITZ OF WESTFIELD TOOK A LARGE AMOUNT OF COPPER WIRING AND TUBING FROM A TOWN OF OXFORD HOME.    IN DECEMBER HE PLEADED NO CONTEST TO A BURGLARY CHARGE AND WAS GIVEN A 2-YEAR DEFERRED PROSECUTION SENTENCE AS PART OF A PLEA DEAL.   IN MARQUETTE COUNTY COURT THIS WEEK….JUDGE RICHARD WRIGHT ORDERED SCHMITZ TO PAY RESTITUTION TO THE TUNE OF 15-HUNDRED DOLLARS. SEVERAL OTHERS HAVE ALSO BEEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH THE COPPER THEFTS.

WE NOW KNOW THE IDENTITY OF THE LIMITED-TERM WISCONSIN DELLS POLICE OFFICER WHO ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF IN THE LEFT HAND MONDAY EVENING AS HE WAS PUTTING HIS WEAPON AWAY AT HIS RESIDENCE. HE’S 23-YEAR OLD DUWAYNE COURNOYER OF WISCONSIN DELLS.   HE WAS NOT SERIOUSLY HURT.

IF YOU’RE A DEER HUNTER OR JUST INTERESTED IN AREA DEER HERD MANAGEMENT…..THERE’S AN OPEN HOUSE WEDNESDAY  EVENING IN BARABOO THAT SHOULD BE OF INTEREST TO YOU.    IT’S SPONSORED BY THE DNR AND THREE DNR WILDLIFE BIOLOGISTS WILL BE ON HAND TO DISCUSS THE 2009 DEER HARVEST AND SEASON SUMMARY FOR AREA MANAGEMENT UNITS IN COLUMBIA…SAUK…AND RICHLAND COUNTIES. THE OPEN HOUSE IS AIMED PRIMARILY AT PEOPLE  WHO HUNT….RESIDE….OR ARE INTERESTED IN THE DEER HERD STATUS IN THOSE THREE COUNTIES.         THE OPEN HOUSE WILL BE HELD FROM 5 UNTIL 8:30 WEDNESDAY EVENING IN THE UW BARABOO – SAUK COUNTY CAMPUS CAFETERIA AT 1001 CONNIE ROAD IN BARABOO.

U.S. REPRESENTATIVE RON KIND WILL BE HAVING A LIVE TELEPHONE TOWN HALL WEDNESDAY FROM SEVEN TILL EIGHT.  THE DISCUSSION WILL FOCUS ON CURRENT LEGISLATION, THE ECONOMY AND HEALTH CARE REFORM.  KIND BELIEVES THIS IS AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO GET IN TOUCH WITH MANY CONSTITUENTS AT ONCE.  HOWEVER, IT WILL NOT REPLACE FACE TO FACE TIME WITH HIS CONSTITUENTS.THE TELEPHONE TOWN HALL IS WEDNESDAY FROM SEVEN TILL EIGHT.  THE TOLL FREE NUMBER IS 1-877-269-7289 CODE 15311.  MEANWHILE KIND'S CHALLENGER IN THE FALL, DAN KAPANKE OF LA CROSSE, WILL BE HAVING A LISTENING SESSION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FROM FOUR TILL SIX AT REEDSBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY.