A Salmon-O-Rama fisherman was injured when the boat he was on slammed into a break wall near the 16th St. Lagoon in pre-dawn darkness Saturday morning. According to a news release from the Racine County Sheriff’s Dept., the 65 year-old man from Mt. Vernon, Iowa suffered lacerations to both legs and his neck, and also had a fish hook lodged in his neck. His injuries were not life-threatening. Five other occupants of the 33’ boat, including the captain, a 41 year-old man from Kenosha, and a dog, weren’t injured. They were picked up by the Coast Guard. The accident remains under investigation. Alcohol was not a factor, the release said.
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The Coalition for Dismantling Racism in Kenosha will discuss Wisconsin’s high incarceration rate Monday evening. The event will feature a Milwaukee physician who’s studied the health effects of the state’s incarceration policies and practices. The presentation by Dr. Geof Swain will be followed by a panel discussion that’ll include Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley, Judge David Wilk, a retired corrections department field supervisor and a former prisoner. It'll be held at the Civil War Museum from six until eight. Wisconsin has the highest incarceration rate in the nation for African-American and Native American males. Prisons are a big drain on the state budget. Several years ago, spending on prisons surpassed annual state appropriations for the U-W system.
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A little less than a week after his sister was convicted of First Degree Intentional Homicide in the shooting of her ex-boyfriend, Derrick Matthews is scheduled to appear in Kenosha Court Monday in connection with the same case. Derrick Matthews supplied the gun that his sister Donna used. Matthews, who also was charged with 1st degree murder, testified for the prosecution in his sister’s trial, saying that he hoped to get a break from the prosectuion. Derrick Matthews’ scheduled appearance in Judge Jodi Meier’s court is billed online as a pre-trial conference. Donna Matthews is due to be sentenced at the end of August. The jury deliberated less than three hours before finding Donna guilty, essentially rejecting her story that she acted in self-defense.
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