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Motorcyclist killed in crash on West Capitol Drive
A Milwaukee motorcyclist was killed in a crash with another vehicle on West Capitol Drive on Thursday, police said.
The crash occurred about 1:30 p.m. in the 7300 block of West Capitol Drive, a Milwaukee Police Department news release said. The motorcyclist, a 42year-old man, died at the scene.
The driver of the other vehicle remained at the scene and is cooperating with police.
California motorcyclist in fatal I-43 crash identified
The 68-year-old man who died after crashing his motorcycle on I-43 near Beloit on Tuesday was identified by the Rock County medical examiner Thursday as Leonard A. White of Vallejo, California.
According to the State Patrol: The motorcyclist was traveling on I-43 northbound on a 2018 Harley-Davidson about 2:50 p.m. when he rode across the grass median, lost control and crashed into a concrete bridge barrier along the southbound shoulder.
The motorcyclist was conscious and alert at the scene before being taken to a hospital, where he died. A possible medical condition may have caused
him to cross the median.
UW-Oshkosh ordered to pay $15 million for foundation debts
OSHKOSH - The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh must pay $15 million to cover the debts of the university’s private foundation in connection with several high-profile building projects, a federal judge ruled this week.
That puts the foundation’s outstanding debt, ultimately, on the taxpayers of Wisconsin. However, the university likely will appeal.
Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Susan Kelley issued a partial summary judgment Wednesday, saying letters from two former UW-Oshkosh administrators, promising to use university money to bail out the foundation, constitute enforceable contracts and must be honored.
In a statement, UW-Oshkosh foundation board Chairman Timothy Mulloy called Kelley’s ruling fair, even if the foundation did not get everything it had sought.
The decision granted only part of the foundation’s request, focusing on the memorandum of understanding signed by former Chancellor Richard Wells and former Vice Chancellor Tom Sonnleitner for three building projects.