The Reporter from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin • Page A1

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 17, FDLREPORTER.COM| PART OF THE USA TODAY NETWORK THE REPORTER AND FDLREPORTER.COM Reaching more than 50,000 adults weekly in print and online erving the Fond du Lac Area since 1870 $1.00 RETAIL FOR HOME DELIVERY PRICING, SEE READER'S GUIDE. FLYWAY CHAMPS LACONIA SPARTANS CLINCH CONFERENCE TITLE SPORTS 1B PET SAFETY IS YOUR DOG A DOOR DASHER? TRAIN FIDO TO STAY INSIDE WITH THESE TIPS ESSENCE B8 FDL school piano students prep for olo and ensemble LOCAL 3A ADVICE 7B LASSIFIED 4B-6B CROSSWORD 5B SSENCE 8B OROSCOPES 7B LOTTERIES 2B BITUARIES 4A, 5A PORTS 1B INDEX MOSTLY SUNNY HIGH 23 LOW 13 DETAILS, 8A RAIN INTO SNOWPARTLY CLOUDYMOSTLY SUNNYCLOUDY NATION SOME VOTERS BY PROSPECTS OF TRUMP OR CLINTON PRESIDENCY USA TODAY, 2A Sam Kaufman and Jon Venhuizen passed a primary test Tuesday in a race for an open county board seat, while Fond du Lac County voters favored Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Rebecca Bradley over JoAnne Klopp enburg by a two-to-one mar- in, though both will advance an April election. In the lone local primary race Tuesday night, Kaufman led a pack of three candidates or a Fond du Lac County Board of Supervisors seat ith 220 votes, or 44 percent of all votes cast, while Venh uizen earned 151, or about 30 percent. Jay Graff trailed with 128 votes, with all four wards in that district report- i ng by 9 p.m., and advance past tonight. Supervi- ors serve two-year terms, earning $3,000 annually.

The winner of an April 5 election will replace former board ember Richard Wetzel, who retired after serving for 14 ears. Leading candidate Kaufman, an attorney at Waupun firm Vande Zande Kaufman, has earned an endorse- ent from Fond du Lac Count District Attorney Eric Toney, among other local leaders. Venhuizen works as a financial consultant at SIA Insurance, and has secured upport from State Rep. Mic hael Schraa, R-Oshkosh. Kaufman, Venhuizen advance to April general NATE BECK USA TODAY NETWORK-WISCONSIN the Fond du Lac Fairgrounds ednesday night, was nothing short of spectacular Tuesday night at the Washington County Fair Park Conference Center in West Bend.

From the pening act to the closing, the Motorcycles, tigers and elephants, oh my! The Tripoli Shrine Circus, oming to the Expo Center at variety of different perform ances excited both adults and children. a little bit of everything for Jill Budek, the public relations repre- entative for the circus, said. The G-Force motorcyclists, a nd the juggling and tiger acts demonstrated the magic, real excitement and real of the show, the ringmas- Tripoli Shrine Circus to light up Expo Center MADELINE ZUKOWSKI USA TODAY NETWORK-WISCONSIN An Oshkosh businessman and former church pastor who previously sought a seat the state Assembly now is running for state Senate. Mark Elliott, who chal- enged Rep. Gordon Hintz, D- Oshkosh, in 2014, is running or the 18th Senate District seat currently eld by Sen.

Rick Gudex, R- Fond du Lac, according to a news release from campaign. Gud ex previously announced he ould not seek another term. lliott, who lost a 2014 bid a gainst Hintz by 3 percent of he vote, joins Fond du Lac ounty Republican Party Chairman Dan Feyen as a sec- nd GOP candidate in the ace. Winnebago County Executive Mark Harris and Oshkosh Area School Board Mark Elliott to seek 1 8th Senate District seat NATHANIEL SHUDA USA TODAY NETWORK-WISCONSIN Elliott A simple suggestion helped save Donetta on. oxx spent the first 13 years of her adopted life cycling between the silos of school, hospitals and he juvenile justice system to get help for the unidenti- ied mental illness.

ozens of professionals were involved in life but one knew, or took the time to learn, his full story. And then, one day in 2009, a juvenile justice worker suggested Foxx check out a program that has since become recognized nationwide as a model for delivering treatment to struggling youth and keeping them out of jail. sure certainly be in jail, if not dead or something Foxx said. we had nough netting around him to keep him stable to Dane Children ome First was the first in Wisconsin to offer customized mental health care and per- onal advocacy with the goal of keeping kids at home instead of locking them up. A staff of 25 eople work as care coordinators and family advocates that help develop a personalized care plan for each child.

Marykay Wills, who oversees the program for Dane County Human Services, credits it with helping drop the number of youth behind bars from an average of 70 per day in 2006 KIDS IN CRISIS KIDS IN CRISIS KIDS IN CRISIS Underwriting support from Bellin Health Underwriting support from Bellin Health Underwriting support from Bellin Health DAN TODAY NETWORK-WISCONSIN Judge John A. Des Jardins presides over juvenile court proceedings earlier this month at the Outagamie County Justice Center in Appleton. CARE VERSUS INCARCERATION program helps keep mentally ill youth out of jail ADAM RODEWALD, RORY LINNANE AND ALISON DIRR USA TODAY NETWORK-WISCONSIN MORE KIDS IN CRISIS Thursday: Educators bring mental health care inside the choolhouse to assist children with mental health issues. Friday: Hopeline offers stressed-out teens a support lifeline to help revent suicide. Diary Read companion stories ith insights from reporter Rory Linnane on the Kids in Crisis series on our ebsite..