One person was injured in an airplane crash in Oak Grove Township on Friday. According to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, 69yr old Steven Hulse of Inver Grove Heights, MN was operating a homemade Sonax aircraft when he lost power and attempted an emergency landing on Hwy 35 and Hwy E. THe airplane struck multiple road signs, skidded across Hwy 35 and ended up in the west ditch. Hulse was taken to Regions Hospital in St. Paul.
The Durand-Arkansaw School District will have chemistry taught via live stream for the school year. Superintendent Greg Doverspike says the district will repost the position in the next hiring season. For the chemistry labs, Doverspike says there will be adults with students, and the instructor may also hold some labs in person.
A Minnesota teenager has been killed and four others hospitalized after a Saturday stabbing attack on tubers in the Apple River in Western Wisconsin. St. Croix County Sheriff Scott Knudson says a 52-year-old man from Prior Lake, Minnesota was arrested and is in custody. No names have been released. Knudson says it isn’t known what started the incident. The 17-year-old died in a nearby hospital. The four who were seriously injured are being treated at a hospital in St. Paul. The sheriff says he doesn’t know if the attacker knew the victims.
The Wabasha County Board is meeting Tuesday morning. Items on the agenda include discussion and possible action on the approval of the withdrawal from the Minnesota Merit System, execution of maintenance agreements with the cities in the county, and discussion of the 2nd quarter county financial report. Tomorrow's meeting begins at 9am at the board room at the Wabasha County Government Center.
Wisconsin 3rd District Congressman Ron Kind voted against house bill 1808 that would ban assault weapons In a statement Kind said, "I’m concerned that the present legislation fails to clearly define what constitutes an assault weapon and would crack down on common hunting rifles, shotguns, and other pistols used by law-abiding gun owners and sportsmen across the country." Kind was also concerned about a rushed process in moving the bill forward and it left no opportunity to consult with Wisconsin Law Enforcement organizations and constituents. The bill is expected to stall in the Senate.
A western Wisconsin pastor is among several men arrested last week, as part of a sex with minors sting operation in Minnesota. According to a press release from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, 47-year-old Jason James Taylor is one of six men arrested on suspicion of felony solicitation of a minor for prostitution. The Pioneer Press reports Taylor is a pastor at Calvary Chapel Solid Rock in New Richmond. During the sting operation, an undercover officer posted an ad with a phone number on a known commercial sex website with a “decoy” picture of a girl appearing to be under 18. Taylor is accused of agreeing to pay for a sex act, and was arrested at a hotel where that was to have taken place.
One person is dead after a motorcycle accident in Chippewa County Saturday. According to the Wisconsin State Patrol, 64yr old Randy Stewart of Chippewa Falls was traveling on Hwy X near 210th street when he lost control of the motorcycle, went off the road, and ended up in the ditch. Stewart was deceased by the time troopers arrived on the scene. That accident remains under investigation.
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating a police shooting in Rochester that left a robbery suspect dead. Investigators say a man entered a business Friday night with an ax, stole cash, and fled in a van. Authorities stopped the van on Highway 63 early Saturday and the suspect reportedly got out and charged an officer with the ax. That’s when he was shot by police. First responders were unable to save the suspect. The officer who fired the fatal shot has been with the Rochester P-D for just over a year. The man who died hasn’t been identified.
A 17-year-old suspect accused of killing another teenager has pleaded not guilty during a La Crosse County Court appearance. Jackson Greengrass is accused of being involved in an incident that left 15-year-old Storm Vondrashek dead last May. Greengrass faces charges of attempted first-degree intentional homicide, felony murder, possession of a dangerous weapon, and at least two more counts. His next court appearance is set for August 19th. Investigators say at least 10 shots were fired during the incident that happened May 22nd.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission is dismissing warnings from the Racine County Sheriff that the MyVote system is vulnerable to election fraud. Sheriff Christopher Schmaling claims it is a “significant election integrity issue.” W-M-T-V reports it’s not the first showdown between the sheriff and the commission. He backed former President Donald Trump in 2020 and has pushed for criminal charges to be filed against five commission members. The county prosecutor refused. Schmaling’s office says it has received two complaints from people who say they were able to fraudulently order absentee ballots for other voters.
The Democratic field of candidates for U-S Senate continues to shrink. State Senator Sarah Godlewski became the third party member to end her campaign this (Friday) morning. She immediately endorsed frontrunner and Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes. Godlewski says she still thinks “we need more working moms at the U-S Senate table” but says it is clear if the party is going to beat incumbent Republican Senator Ron Johnson, it has to get behind Barnes. Milwaukee Bucks executive Alex Lasry and Outagamie County Executive Tom Nelson left the race earlier this week.
The Wisconsin Department of Public Health says six people have been sickened by salmonella after eating shelled peas bought from farm stands and markets. Three of those people have been hospitalized. The D-H-S says anyone who purchased peas from Green Barn Farm Market or Green Valley Acres Farm since July First should throw them away.
14 people in Wisconsin are confirmed to have monkeypox. The number has held fairly steady for several days, but public health officials expect it to climb. The U-S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there are nearly five thousand cases of monkeypox throughout the country. Even though the virus isn’t highly contagious, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services is urging people to be careful. Monkeypox can be spread from person to person, but it requires close, sustained contact
Emergency responders in Door County had to work quickly to get people and animals to safety when a Door County barn started burning Wednesday. Spontaneous combustion is blamed for starting the problem in the hay stored there. Fifty cattle were inside the barn when the hay started smoldering. No injuries were reported. The first 9-1-1 call was received at about 5:30 p-m from Meier Farms, a dairy farm southwest of Sturgeon Bay. Firefighters say they were able to save the barn while they brought the fire under control before 10:00 p-m.
The second settlement this week means more money is coming to Minnesota from a major opioid manufacturer. Minnesota is one of several states reaching an agreement with Allergan and it will be sharing a little less than two-point-four-billion dollars. A coalition of states just announced another settlement earlier this week with Teva Pharmaceuticals, another opioid maker. That deal was worth four-and-a-quarter-billion dollars. The millions coming to Minnesota will be focused on opioid abatement. Minnesota reported a record 924 opioid overdose deaths last year.
If you’re planning to launch your boat from a public access, beware of low water levels in some areas. The D-N-R’s Nancy Stewart says some accesses are in tough shape, with low, shallow water reducing the length of the ramp. Below-average rainfall in much of the southern third of Minnesota in June and July is making boat launching and retrieval challenging at many lakes and rivers, especially in the Twin Cities metro area. Stewart also says prop-wash holes are a problem, which is caused by power loading. Power loading is when boat operators use the motor to load the watercraft onto the trailer instead of cranking the boat onto the trailer with the winch.
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