No one was injured when a vehicle ended up in a pond in Eleva yesterday. According to the Trempealeau County Sheriff's Department, 22yr old Daniel Pablo of Arcadia was traveling southbound on Hwy 93 when he fell asleep and failed to negotiate a curve, and drove straight into the pond. Pablo and two passengers were able to escape the vehicle and swim to shore before it became fully submerged.
The defense attorney for the teenager accused of killing 10-year-old Lily Peters is trying to have the case moved to juvenile court. A motion for a reverse waiver hearing will be filed in Chippewa County. W-E-A-U/T-V reports the suspect attended a virtual hearing by Zoom Thursday. His name hasn’t been released because he is 14 years old. He is currently charged with first-degree intentional homicide as an adult. His lawyer, Michael Cohen, waived a preliminary hearing Thursday.
Changes coming to Mayo Clinic in Menomonie and Barron. The clinic announced yesterday that due to staffing shortages, labor and delivery services would end in Barron on Labor Day and end in Menomonie at the end of the year. The services would be transitioned to Mayo Clinic Eau Clarie. Prenatal and postpartum care and gynecological services will continue to be provided at both locations.
Felony misconduct charges against a former Flambeau School Board president have been dismissed. The Rusk County district attorney’s office moved to dismiss the charges against Julie Hauser on August 22nd. They could be refiled at a future date. District administrator Erica Schley and her husband, Jeffrey, are also charged with misconduct. Jeffrey Schley was accused of trying to get a P-E teacher to change his daughter’s grade. His emails were called harassment. Hauser was accused of not taking action on the situation even though state law required it.
A Chippewa Falls man has had a not guilty plea entered on his behalf during an arraignment Wednesday. Fifty-eight-year-old Scott Vaningan is accused of killing his girlfriend and starting a house fire in late July. Vaningan stood mute in the Chippewa County courtroom. W-E-A-U/T-V reports he’s charged with first-degree intentional homicide and arson. The woman’s name hasn’t been released. An autopsy showed she had been killed – likely stabbed – before the fire was set.
The first case of monkeypox has been detected in St. Croix County. According to St. Croix County Public Health, the case was found on August 31. That person is currently isolating and DHS is helping notify any close contacts. The department says the risk of community spread is low, but anyone who develops a new or unexplained rash should contact their healthcare professional or local Public Health Department as soon as possible.
A 38-year-old Sparta man has been found guilty of killing his grandfather with an axe. The Monroe County jury found that Thomas Aspseter also severely injured two others during the attack. During two hours of testimony Wednesday, Aspseter said his grandfather “baited” him into attacking by punching him in the face. Assistant Monroe County District Attorney Sarah Skiles pointed out that the victim was 87 years old and weighed 128 pounds.
The Wisconsin Department of Justice has filed election fraud charges against activist Harry Wait for obtaining absentee ballots in other people’s names. Wait says he did that to show the system isn’t secure. The Union Grove man went online to request absentee ballots for Racine Mayor Cory Mason and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos. The 68-year-old Wait says the charges should be dropped and the My Vote Wisconsin system should be taken offline.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is launching an online program for Wisconsinites to get free at-home rapid COVID-19 tests delivered directly to them. Starting today, Wisconsin residents can go to the Say Yes! COVID Test website and place an order for a package of five rapid antigen COVID-19 tests at no cost. Initial supplies will allow each household to order one package that will arrive in 1-2 weeks.
Nobody escapes inflation. It’s hitting students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as they move in this week. The cost is going up an estimated 400-dollars for students from Wisconsin. Officials say the additional cost is mostly due to changes in housing, food, transportation, and personal expenses. Housing and meal will cost 12-thousand-894 dollars this year – compared to 12-thousand-548 dollars last year. Financial aid officials have told students they anticipate five-to-seven-percent increases for off-campus housing.
Fifteen-thousand Minnesota nurses will strike for three days at 15 hospitals in the Twin Cities and Duluth area in what the union calls the largest private sector nurses strike in U-S history. Minnesota Nurses Association President Mary Turner says it’s about putting “patients before profits” and retaining staff. The strike is set to begin at Seven A-M September 12th and end at Seven A-M September 15th. Union leaders have the option of pushing it back or calling off a strike if there’s progress in contract talks. The strike would impact Essentia and Saint Luke’s in Duluth, and Allina, Health-Partners, North Memorial, M Health Fairview and Children’s in the Twin Cities.
A “last-ditch plea” for Minnesota lawmakers to call a special legislative session is being made. KSTP/TV reports that 17 entities that represent cities, counties, and school districts across the state have sent a letter to legislative leaders and to Governor Tim Walz to call House and Senate members back to St. Paul this year and pass several tax and supplemental budget bills. The coalition states that the unspent state surplus should be used to relieve police and fire staffing shortages and to help fund public schools and social services. Leaders in the Republican-controlled Minnesota Senate remain opposed to holding a special session unless Democrats agree to pass huge tax cuts.
Local leaders in Waukesha are closer to choosing a design to honor victims of last year’s Christmas parade attack. The Waukesha Parade Memorial Commission met Wednesday night to review three finalists for the design. Members are also considering public input. Commissioners say they want to get it right. The memorial will pay tribute to the six people who died, and 60 others who were hurt, when an S-U-V sped through part of the parade route last year. Commissioners want to have the final design chosen by November 21st -- the first anniversary of the tragedy.
Anybody attending a sporting event at Beloit Memorial High School this year will be stopped at the gate if they are carrying a bag or backpack. After they get in, then leave, they also won’t be allowed to re-enter. W-K-O-W/T-V reports Athletic Director Jon Dupuis says the changes were put into effect after working with Beloit police on efforts to improve safety. Nineteen-year-old Jion Broomfield was shot to death in the school parking lot last year while a high school basketball game was being played. Dupuis says that the incident wasn’t a direct cause of the changes but was a factor.
Teams of Wisconsin volunteers have traveled to New Mexico to help repair the damage done by record-setting wildfires there. The Wisconsin Emergency Management teams made the trip after the New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management put out a nationwide call for assistance. Wisconsin will be reimbursed for the costs. W-M-T-V reports the volunteers have returned to Wisconsin but say they would be up for another deployment in the future.
You can get your Shrek on this weekend in Milwaukee Shrek Fest was held in Madison from 2014 to 2019. That year about 1000 people showed up to participate in all things Shrek. The event was virtual the past two years due to COVID 19. This Saturday it will be at Humboldt Park in Milwaukee from 3:00 to 9:30 PM. There will be contests for the best roar, the best costume, and onion eating. Shrek loves his onions.
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