Thursday, April 28, 2011
Nikolaus Eusch is not living in Racine County.
The man at the center of a case involving a disgruntled employee was interviewed by the Racine County Sheriff Department, but Nikolaus Eusch, 67, was not considered a threat. According to Lieutenant Dan Klatt, Eusch sent a number of letters, each of which is between 40 and 80 pages, to John Batten, CEO of Twin Disc, to former company executives, and to members of the federal bench, other individuals and companies filled with rants about on-going grievances, but the missives did not contain any stated physical threats against anyone. Because the letters were sent through the U.S. Postal Service and involve federal judges, the Racine County Sheriff is cooperating with the U.S. Marshal Service. Additional local agencies involved include the …
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Nikolaus Eusch wrote long, rambling letters to a number of people and companies.
Law enforcement at the local, state and federal levels are now involved in the case involving a former employee of Twin Disc and the alleged threats he made against company CEO John Batten, the company itself and several other individuals and businesses. According to police reports with the Caledonia Police Department, Nikolaus Eusch, 67, sent rambling, 40 to 80 page letters to Batten, former Twin Disc executives, federal judges, and others. The reports indicate that Batten feels sufficiently threatened to employ armed security at his home and at work. According to a representative with the U.S. Marshals office in Milwaukee, the Marshals are charged with keeping federal judges safe, but that is their only involvement in the case. They …
Friday, April 8, 2011
The Wisconsin Association of State Prosecutors received a 30-day layoff notice from state officials this week.
Even though Governor Scott Walker rescinded layoff notices last month for state public employees, there still may be more furlough days ahead for state prosecutors. David A. Feiss, president of the Wisconsin Association of State Prosecutors, said his union received a 30-day lay-off notice from the Office of State Employee Relations earlier this week. “The State indicated that unless the bargaining unit agreed to take six additional furlough days, it would be seeking layoffs,” Feiss said. “But instead of laying people off, they would reduce the percentage of work hours by 20 percent to 80 percent.” If the hours were reduced, the union’s 345 state prosecutors would see a reduction in their pension, sick time and vacation time. However, if …
Monday, February 14, 2011
District official declined to go into detail about the threat.
An official with the Racine Unified School District doesn’t believe a threat made earlier this morning is credible. However, students at Case High School, 7345 Washington Ave., were dismissed at 11:30 a.m. The building was entirely clear at about 12:30 p.m. Monday. “We dismissed early basically because of the time it would take to determine if the threat was credible,” said Stacy Tapp, director of public information and communications with RUSD. Officers with the Mt. Pleasant Police Department are currently searching the building. “We don’t believe it’s credible, but we’re using every available precaution to keep children,” Tapp said. Tapp declined to go into detail about the specifics of the threat. She said the district preferred not to …
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jimmyk
8:43 am on Sunday, April 10, 2011
Hey Joe, Go put on a uniform and run toward shots being fired or run into a burning building. We get benefits to compensate for reduced pay. Private sector never shared their reap of reward with us when economic times were booming. Now you expect us to give away our benefits. No problem. You get less service then. more ›