TOWN OF VINLAND – The Winnebago County Sheriff Dept. is looking for information about human remains found last week in the town of Vinland.

The remains were found near the railroad tracks, south of County GG, just east of Interstate 41.

The initial examination determined that the remains appear to be those of a white male with an unknown age. The investigation was also able to determine that the remains had been at this location anytime from January of 2013 to December of 2014. 

TOWN OF RIPON, Wis. (AP) -- Authorities say a 45-year-old man from the Ripon area is in custody after a man's body was found in a home over the weekend.

The Fond du Lac County sheriff's office says Ripon police asked for help around 6 p.m. Saturday handling a request to check on someone's welfare. Officers entered a home in the Town of Ripon and found the body of a 45-year-old man.

Authorities say the man had been dead for several months.

The case has been referred to the Fond du Lac County district attorney's office. It remains under investigation.

MENASHA – Police in Menasha say four people are dead after a shooting on the Trestle Trail Bridge Sunday night.

Officers responded to reports of a shooting around 7:30 p.m.

Authorities confirm five people were shot. Four are dead, one of which was the suspect.

Theda Clark Medical Center confirms it was put under a “controlled access” lock down around 7:45 as a result of the incident. The lock down ended at 10 p.m.

A spokesperson says the hospital is treating a female patient who is in her thirties. The woman is in critical condition.

CALUMET COUNTY – The fourth suspect in a New Holstein home invasion and shooting is in custody at the Calumet County Jail.

Officials say they took Cody Meidam into custody Friday night.

Police found him in the Manitowoc area after getting several tips he was there.

Authorities say Meidam and three others broke into a New Holstein home Wednesday night. One of them fired shots, and a 30-year-old man inside the home was hit in the foot.

WAHI is pleased to announce that we will again host our annual training at Kalahari in Wisconsin Dells.  The Conference dates are, Tuesday April 26, 2016 - Friday April 29, 2016. We look forward to providing the best in homicide training for the first responder to seasoned investigator as well as collateral disciplines. We hope to see you there.

If you have training ideas or suggestions, please contact RIck Luell

WAHI congratulates year 2015 awards winners.  Awards were presented at the 2015 annual conference, held at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells, WI.  Please join us in congratulating all of our award winners.

Outgoing Board of Directors:

• Darold Krueger
• Tom Fassbender
• Lindsey Michels

 
Presidents Award:

• Wayne Smith

 
Prosecutor of the Year:

TOWN OF SULLIVAN, Wis. —Human remains were found in the Town of Sullivan Friday evening.

Jefferson County officials said they received a call from a concerned citizen on Inlynd Road just before 5:15 p.m. An investigation confirmed the remains were human.

Authorities will schedule an autopsy.

Investigators are checking if the remains are connected to the disappearance of Kelly Dwyer, a 27-year-old woman who disappeared in Milwaukee about a year and a half ago.

Pablo Velazquez is the private investigator helping Dwyer’s family find her.

MILWAUKEE (WITI) — New details emerge regarding the suspect who sped away from the crime scene and killed an innocent Milwaukee man. Turns out, he’s also accused of being involved in holding a family hostage.

Seated in a wheelchair, handcuffed and bandaged, Dionte Nowels made his initial appearance in court on Saturday morning, May 2nd, after supposedly being in a crash that killed an innocent man.

“I seen a car come down the street 70-80 miles an hour and he went through the stop sign and crossed over the center,” said June Whitehead, lives near accident.

MILWAUKEE (WITI) — Milwaukee police are investigating a shooting that happened near Buffum and North Ave. shortly before 3 a.m. on Sunday, May 3rd.

Officials say a 48-year-old Milwaukee man reports he was walking in the area when he heard the sound of gunshots and realized he had been shot. The victim drove himself to a hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

Police are investigating a motive in this case — and seek suspects.

Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was done in by his uncontrollable lust for human flesh, the man who whacked him in prison 20 years ago told The Post, revealing for the first time why the cannibal had to die.

Christopher Scarver — who fatally beat the serial killer and another inmate in 1994 — said he grew to despise Dahmer because he would fashion severed limbs out of prison food to taunt the other inmates.

He’d drizzle on packets of ketchup as blood.

It was very unnerving.