Kenosha---The gunman who believed his girlfriend was romantically involved with a co-worker purportedly aimed for the groin before firing. Then 43 year-old Rodney Coleman allegedly put the gun to the man's head, but the weapon miraculously didn't go off. In court for Coleman's initial appearance Thursday, Deputy Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley said the co-worker is recovering from several gunshot wounds. The shooting took place in the parking lot of a north side bank last week. Coleman surrendered on Wednesday.
Kenosha---The attorney for the retired sheriff's department captain who's accused of having sexual contact with a group home resident is promising a vigorous defense. Frank Parise said in court Thursday that the alleged victim's medical condition would've prevented her from participating in the things she accused Clarence "Skip" Mielke of doing. The woman has Huntington's Disease, a degenerative neurological disorder. Bond for Mielke was set Thursday at $10,000, a sum that he posted later in the afternoon. The alleged offenses took place at the group home owned by Mielke's wife. The facility has since been closed.
Kenosha---A jailhouse death has been ruled a suicide. Investigators say they discovered no foul play in the death of Lucia Hernandez-Alvarez early Thursday morning. Her body was found in a bed in a Kenosha County jail cell. The manner of death was not revealed. The woman was in jail for killing her two small children about a year ago, and then trying to kill herself. She had pleaded insanity. A court trial on the responsibility phase of her plea had been pending at the time of her death.
Somers---U-S Senator Tammy Baldwin says the Affordable Care Act can be fixed with a little bit of bi-partisan cooperation. Baldwin--at UW-Parkside Thursday to address a meeting of college Democrats in advance of Tuesday's election--chided Republicans for refusing to even discuss changes. "It's been a wildly frustrating debate for me," she said. "I'm not going to blame Congress for that I'm going to blame Republicans in Congress because this is what they decided to do under the leadership of Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell in the Senate." Putting a cap on skyrocketing drug prices and ramping up competition among providers that make up the insurance exchanges would go a long way toward solving the problems, she said.
Kenosha has a new fire chief. He's Capt. Charles Leipzig, Jr. The Police and Fire Commission made the selection after receiving 13 applications. The Commission had earlier decided to confine the search to internal candidates. Leipizig will succeed Richard Thomas, who retired. One of Leipzig's first major projects will be to oversee the construction of a new fire station that's planned for 52nd St. and 22nd Ave.
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