Homicide suspect Joey Miracle appears in Kenosha County Circuit Court on Friday afternoon, Dec. 17, 2021. Miracle is one of two suspects in the shooting death of Kenneth Thoma, 60, of Twin Lakes.
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Twin Lakes Police are seeking information on Kenneth Thoma, who was reported missing on Oct. 19.
Homicide suspect Thomas Wilton, 20, of the 11000 block of Antioch Road, Trevor, appears in Kenosha County Circuit Court on Friday afternoon, Dec. 17, 2021. Wilton is a suspect with Joey Miracle, 18, of the 1600 block of Wilmot Avenue, Twin Lakes, in the shooting death of Kenneth Thoma, 60, of Twin Lakes.
Today in history: Dec. 22
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1894: Alfred Dreyfus
In 1894, French army officer Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason in a court-martial that triggered worldwide charges of anti-Semitism. (Dreyfus was eventually vindicated.)
1941: Winston Churchill
In 1941, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in Washington for a wartime conference with President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1984: Bernhard Goetz
In 1984, New York City resident Bernhard Goetz shot and wounded four youths on a Manhattan subway, claiming they were about to rob him.
1989: Nicolae Ceausescu
In 1989, Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu (chow-SHES’-koo), the last of Eastern Europe’s hard-line Communist rulers, was toppled from power in a popular uprising.
1990: Lech Walesa
In 1990, Lech Walesa took the oath of office as Poland’s first popularly elected president.
2008: Fort Dix
In 2008, five Muslim immigrants accused of scheming to massacre U.S. soldiers at Fort Dix were convicted of conspiracy in Camden, New Jersey. (Four were later sentenced to life in prison; one received a 33-year sentence.)
2010: "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
In 2010, President Barack Obama signed a law allowing gays for the first time in history to serve openly in America’s military, repealing the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.
2011: Iraq
Ten years ago: A wave of 16 bombings ripped across Baghdad, killing at least 69 people in the worst violence in Iraq in months days after the last American forces left the country, heightening fears of a new round of sectarian bloodshed.
2016: Aleppo
Five years ago: The Syrian government took full control of the city of Aleppo for the first time in four years after the last opposition fighters and civilians were bused out of war-ravaged eastern districts, ending a brutal chapter in Syria’s civil war.
2016: Donald Trump
Five years ago: President-elect Donald Trump named close adviser Kellyanne Conway as his White House counselor and former Republican National Committee spokesman Sean Spicer as press secretary.
2020: Alex Padilla
One year ago: California Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Secretary of State Alex Padilla to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris; Padilla became California’s first Latino senator.
2020: Donald Trump
One year ago: President Donald Trump unexpectedly released two videos, one falsely declaring that he had won the election in a “landslide,” and the other urging lawmakers to increase direct payments for most individuals to $2,000 in a COVID relief package, a move opposed by most Republicans.
