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An Oshkosh area woman says she fears her husband may have gone sleepwalking and drowned in the Fox River.

Cherie Merkes says her 55-year-old husband, Michael Merkes, had been feeling tired and sick before he disappeared Saturday. She says he took a prescription sleep aid Friday night and they agreed he would go to a walk-in clinic Saturday if he did not feel better.

Instead, she woke Saturday to find him missing from their home in the town of Black Wolf. Police found his car near the Fox River about 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

Cherie Merkes says she believes her husband drove there in his sleep and walked into the river.

The Winnebago County Sheriff's Department and Oshkosh Police Department are still searching for Michael Merkes

Sunshine;1182356 wrote: An Oshkosh area woman says she fears her husband may have gone sleepwalking and drowned in the Fox River.

Cherie Merkes says her 55-year-old husband, Michael Merkes, had been feeling tired and sick before he disappeared Saturday. She says he took a prescription sleep aid Friday night and they agreed he would go to a walk-in clinic Saturday if he did not feel better.

Instead, she woke Saturday to find him missing from their home in the town of Black Wolf. Police found his car near the Fox River about 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

Cherie Merkes says she believes her husband drove there in his sleep and walked into the river.

The Winnebago County Sheriff's Department and Oshkosh Police Department are still searching for Michael Merkes


Wow, that's horrible. Yes, we have a huge 3 alarm fire going on in the next town involving about 3 rowhomes & loads of fire rescue personel there. I just hope everyone got out safe...we can see the smoke, helicopters, etc. We can also smell the smoke.

Sunshine;1182356 wrote: An Oshkosh area woman says she fears her husband may have gone sleepwalking and drowned in the Fox River.

Cherie Merkes says her 55-year-old husband, Michael Merkes, had been feeling tired and sick before he disappeared Saturday. She says he took a prescription sleep aid Friday night and they agreed he would go to a walk-in clinic Saturday if he did not feel better.

Instead, she woke Saturday to find him missing from their home in the town of Black Wolf. Police found his car near the Fox River about 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

Cherie Merkes says she believes her husband drove there in his sleep and walked into the river.

The Winnebago County Sheriff's Department and Oshkosh Police Department are still searching for Michael Merkes




sounds very suspicious to me.

who said he took the sleeping pill on his own?

Odie;1182668 wrote: sounds very suspicious to me.

who said he took the sleeping pill on his own?


I haven't heard any more about it. I sounds fishy to me though.

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BELVIDERE — Aldermen have OK’d potbellied pigs as welcome pets within the city.

The City Council voted 9-1 on Monday to amend the city’s zoning code to allow for a household to have one potbellied pig that weighs less than 120 pounds. Alderman Andy Racz voted against.

City code was previously silent on the allowance of potbellied pigs.

Brandy Weith, a veterinary technician at State Street Small Animal Clinic in Belvidere, has raised her potbellied pig, Simon, for about six years. She says they can be a handful to care for, but they make great pets.

“They’re very affectionate. They’re very, very sweet, Weith said. “They’re very sensitive. They love to cuddle.

Weith’s pet pig weighs a little less than 100 pounds and is smaller in stature than the family dog, an adopted boxer/greyhound mix.

Farm hogs can weigh more than a thousand pounds, but the typical adult potbellied pig weighs between 60 and 175 pounds, according to the North American Potbellied Pig Association.

Potbellied pigs also have more compact bodies, giving them smaller dimensions than many household dogs, and are suitable for the home, according to an article released by the association.

The request to change the law to allow potbellied pigs came to the city in February after resident Stacie Manzella wanted to ensure her father-in-law’s pet pig Pumba could come with him when he moved from Mundelein to Belvidere

I never knew that they weren't allowed. I don't live in Belvidere but it is right next to the city I do live in. Guess you used to have to have a special permit, not really sure?

Loves Park- Mysterious objects falling from the sky, sounds like the beginning of a good science fiction novel. But for one loves park man it's reality.

Erico Santiago's yard was filled with hail after yesterday's storms. But when it all melted something else was left behind.

Hundreds of clear Jelly-like globs filled his yard.

"When we picked it up to feel to see if it was ice, we broke it apart and it feels like gel, like clear gel. But it doesn't melt, it doesn't smell, you don't smell anything on it. But I wouldn't taste it. I don't know what it is," says Erico Santiago found unknown substance on lawn

Santiago plans to check with the city to see if they know what it is.

And he wasn't the only one with the mysterious jel in their yard. Samples are being sent to a lab to figure out what this stuff was. Sort of scary IMO

Another good reason to not set up dates with people you meet on line.

Craigslist slaying suspect pleads not guilty by AP: Yahoo! Tech

Sunshine;1182356 wrote: The Winnebago County Sheriff's Department and Oshkosh Police Department are still searching for Michael Merkes


The body of 55 year-old Michael Merkes was discovered by a fisherman around 9:15 a.m. Wednesday in the mouth of the Fox River at Lake Winnebago. [...] Officials from the Winnebago County Coroner’s office say toxicology results for Merkes’s body won’t be available for at least six weeks, but say they did not notice any major physical signs of trauma.

Body pulled from Fox River Identified as Merkes - WFRV Green Bay: Northeast Wisconsin News, Weather and Sports

I'm still trying to find out what the jelly like globs were. Must be keeping that info. under wraps for some reason. :-3

Sunshine;1207331 wrote: I'm still trying to find out what the jelly like globs were.


I didn't dare look, for fear of finding the answer.