One person was injured in a motorcycle accident in Rock Elm Township on Saturday. According to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, 61yr old Robert Ellingboe of Wilson was traveling northbound on Hwy S when he lost control of his motorcycle, entered the east ditch, and was ejected. Ellingboe was transported to Regions Hospital in St. Paul.
UW-River Falls recently announced a new meat science curriculum for high school students. The curriculum can be used by high school agriculture instructors and would focus on all facets of the meat industry. Durand-Arkansaw School Superintendent Greg Doverspike says it's something the district will look at adding. UW-River Falls is looking to find 6-10 school districts to add the curriculum this year and hopes to be able to offer it to all districts in Wisconsin next year.
Wisconsin drivers are paying more than the national average for gas. Gas prices rising despite crude oil prices continuing to drop. A barrel of oil was under 80 dollars on Monday, but according to AAA gas prices rose over five cents during the previous week for a national average of 3.72 a gallon. Here in Wisconsin. the state's average for a gallon of gas was 3.76 as of Monday and in Durand gas was selling for 3.89 a gallon. It's apparently the first time in at least the past year that the state average exceeds the national average.
A new judge has been assigned to the Chippewa County case of a 14-year-old boy charged in the death of 10-year-old Lily Peters. Court records indicate Judge Steven Gibbs will preside. The teenage defendant faces felony counts of first-degree intentional homicide and first-degree sexual assault of a child. The victim was killed last April In Chippewa Falls. A scheduling conference is scheduled for Thursday. The defendant is being held at the Northwest Regional Juvenile Detention Center.
The DNR says there's no reason to fear reports of a wolf in Eau Claire County. The state says it got a 'credible report' of a large wolf last week. The DNR's Randy Johnson said it's not surprising because this is the time of year when wolf sightings peak. He says younger wolves are heading out on their own. He says you'll want to be a bit more careful with your pets, but he said there's nothing to fear. Wisconsin is home to over a thousand wolves, many of them in northwestern Wisconsin.
Gov. Tony Evers announced $8 million in grants and loans for rail projects across Wisconsin. Here in Western Wisconsin, a $3 million dollar loan will be given to Canadian National Railway to help build a new agronomy and feed terminal in Stanley in Chippewa County. By 2025, it’s forecast the Canadian National Railway will deliver 650 carloads of potash, gypsum, canola meal, soda, and other feed and commodities to the facility.
This year's first human case of West Nile Virus in Wisconsin has been reported in Sheboygan County. State Health Officer Paula Tran says this serves as a reminder of the continued importance of taking precautions to prevent mosquito bites as we move into the fall. West Nile virus and other mosquito-borne illnesses pose a risk to everybody, with people who have weakened immune systems at the greatest risk for serious illness.
A conservative law firm is suing county auditors across the state for failing to remove duplicate voter registrations in Minnesota. The Upper Midwest Law Center filed its first complaint against Nicollet County which it says had four duplicate registrations and at least one apparent instance of double voting. The complaint alleges a felon patient at the Minnesota Security Hospital voted absentee twice in the 2020 election. The suit claims their research uncovered hundreds of duplicate voter registrations in Minnesota and the Secretary of State’s office disclaimed responsibility for keeping the Statewide Voter Registration Service (S-V-R-S) clean.
A 30-year-old suspect arrested in Oshkosh may be responsible for 81-thousand dollars in retail thefts across nine states. No names have been released. The suspect is one of two men taken into custody last week for allegedly stealing a thousand dollars worth of merchandise from an Oshkosh business. Both men face felony charges of retail theft. The 30-year-old had an outstanding warrant connected to multiple retail theft cases in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
A Missouri man charged in the deaths of two Wisconsin brothers is set to go to trial this week on separate federal charges. The case is related to the murders of Nick and to Justin Diemel of Bonduel. Last May a federal grand jury returned an indictment against Garland “Joey” Nelson, alleging he murdered the Diemel Brothers to cover up a 215-thousand dollar cattle fraud scheme. Nelson is charged in the Western District of Missouri with mail fraud and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. The trial is expected to last four to five days. Decisions are pending on several defense motions.
A Ramsey County judge is challenging statements by the governor and the state’s education commissioner. Judge John Guthmann says Governor Tim Walz was wrong when he said the judge ordered a resumption of payments to the “Feeding Our Future” campaign after fraud was suspected. The judge says he never ordered the Minnesota Department of Education to resume the payments. Forty-eight people face federal indictments for stealing 250-million dollars from the federal meals program. Walz said the state stopped making those payments when the fraud was first suspected but resumed them based on the judge’s order. The judge says that’s not what happened.
Polio, considered for many years to be eradicated in most countries, has been detected in the US. Dr. Jim Conway from UW Health says the detection just shows how important it is to get the polio vaccine. Most children in the US get the polio vaccine as part of their early childhood vaccination arrays, and Conway says it's that broad application of vaccines that has thus far prevented the full return of the debilitating disease. Polio can cause very serious neurological damage and death.
The head of the University of Wisconsin System hopes scholarships will boost enrollment next year. This fall’s enrollment numbers show most University of Wisconsin campuses lost students compared to last year. Only Madison and Green Bay saw increases. Enrollment at La Crosse was steady, but all other campuses saw declines. U-W System president Jay Rothman said he hopes the Wisconsin Tuition Promise program will turn the trend around. It starts next fall and offers scholarships that cover tuition and fees.
The Better Business Bureau of Wisconsin is urging people to do a little homework first if they plan to donate to hurricane victims. Spokesperson Lisa Schiller says it is important to know who you are giving your money to – and she says it’s better to donate cash than to give items. Schiller says that gives charities the most flexibility to channel their resources to the impacted areas. Puerto Rico is recovering from Hurricane Fiona and another hurricane is expected to hit the U-S mainland this week.
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