The two victims in the plane crash at the Red Wing Regional Airport have been identified. The Pierce County Sheriff's Department says that 20yr old Ethan Smith and 28yr old John Zeman both from Rochester were killed when the plane they were flying in crashed at the Red Wing Regional Airport in Bay City on Tuesday. The NTSB is investigating the crash and it will take several months for the investigation to be completed.
Firefighters from Galesville and 12 other departments battled a fire at Weltzien Turkey Farm just northeast of Galesville yesterday. According to Galesville Fire, the fire was located in a shop in the center of the Turkey Barn. Crews were able to keep the fire from spreading from the shop into the rest of the barn that was housing over 19,000 turkeys, but there was smoke damage to both ends of the barn. One firefighter sustained a minor injury, and there is no word on how many turkeys may have died in the blaze. The cause of that fire is still under investigation.
Two people were injured after a chase with law enforcement in Buffalo and Trempealeau Counties Tuesday. According to the Trempealeau County Sheriff's Department, Buffalo County Sheriff's Deputies were engaged in a pursuit of a vehicle driven by 19yr old Dakota Tuma of Arcadia. The pursuit entered Trempealeau County and Tuma ended up crashing the vehicle on Hwy A near River Valley Road. Tuma and passenger 19yr old Kammi Kanneberg of Whitehall were both transported to the hospital. The Trempealeau County Sheriff's Department is investigating the crash, and the Buffalo County Sheriff's Department is conducting a criminal investigation.
The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is ranked among the top universities in the nation. That is according to the annual compilation from Forbes entitled "America's Top Colleges List." U-W-E-C is ranked third in Wisconsin among all public and private schools. The university ranked 253rd among all schools nationwide. It also ranked 43rd among all public or private universities in the Midwest.
Gas prices are on the decline for the 12th consecutive week, which is the longest streak since 2018, according to GasBuddy. The national average price of gas has fallen to $3.75, which is down 29.5 cents from a month ago but is still 57.6 cents higher than a year ago. Here in Western Wisconsin Gas is ranging from $3.12 to $3.29 a gallon. Gas analysis experts are hopeful the decrease in gas prices will continue into the fall but could be contingent upon what happens in the tropics. The switch to winter gas blends in the coming weeks should also help lower prices at the pump.
The Wisconsin Department of Justice is handling the investigation of a fatal shooting Tuesday night by an Adams County deputy. The incident happened in Strongs Prairie at about 7:00 p-m. Dispatchers received a report of a man walking in the middle of the street. W-M-T-V reports when the deputy approached the man he saw a gun in his hand. The deputy shot the man who died at the scene and no other injuries were reported. The dead man hasn’t been officially identified. The deputy is on administrative leave during the investigation.
The Food and Drug Administration is recalling contaminated smoked salmon sold in 10 states – including Wisconsin. St. James Smokehouse has issued a voluntary recall of its four-ounce packages of Scotch Reserve Scottish Smoked Salmon. There are worries of potential listeria contamination. Anyone who bought the salmon products should immediately throw them out or return them to the store to get a refund.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission has approved new guidance for clerks, allowing people returning absentee ballots for disabled voters to do so without providing any identification. Voters with disabilities may receive help from others when mailing or delivering absentee ballots. The Commission approved the guidance Tuesday night after retired Green Lake County Clerk Marge Bostelman, a Republican appointee, sided with Democrats breaking a stalemate as the commission split three-three, on two Republican motions that sought to require various forms to attest that those returning ballots for others were doing so for a disabled voter.
U-S Senator Tammy Baldwin has re-introduced a bill aimed at making sure everyone who lives in Wisconsin can watch Packers games on TV. About 415 thousand people living in 13 Wisconsin counties including Dunn and Pierce Counties would be affected. The Wisconsin Democrat says her legislation would require providers to give Wisconsin subscribers access to programming from stations in television markets that carry Green Bay Packers’ N-F-L games. She says cable and satellite T-V customers should also be able to choose to watch Wisconsin-based news and other programming.
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has revoked the business licenses of 129 wholesale car dealers. All of them are based out of a single location in Arlington in Columbia County. The dealers losing their licenses were accused of failing to maintain business facilities and not making their records available to state officials. W-M-T-V reports there are 989 wholesale dealers located at the facility in Arlington. Wholesale dealers are only allowed to conduct transactions with other dealers.
On the first week of school, Minnesota's education commissioner says safety is the top priority in Minnesota schools. Heather Mueller says the physical safety of all students is something that is always at the forefront for school leaders. Mueller says teachers and staff members at every Minnesota school have “done amazing work” in ensuring plans are in place should there be a need to respond to any threats. She says every single educator thinks about events like the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas with dread – and plans are in place if the schools ever need to respond to such a situation.
There have been several patients hospitalized in Wisconsin, due to monkeypox infections. Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Ryan Westergaard, says that allows patients to get an experimental antiviral treatment (Tecovirimat). As of Tuesday, 63 cases of monkeypox have been reported, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. DHS is expanding vaccine eligibility criteria, and asking health care providers to reach out to communities of color that have been disproportionately affected by the virus.
A 16-year-old boy without a valid driver's license was arrested for D-W-I and other charges after he was reportedly clocked going 107 miles an hour coming into Rochester from the Faribault area last week. The teen reportedly told an Olmsted County deputy that he had smoked marijuana a couple of hours earlier but had a high tolerance for the drug and it wouldn't impair his driving. Authorities say the boy also indicated he was going 90 to 100 miles an hour because he was "feeling a song that had come on the radio." The deputy confiscated a small amount of suspected marijuana and materials to make marijuana wax.
A family has donated just over nine acres of shoreland property to the Door County Land Trust. Officials say the two parcels of land have high ecological significance. Members of the Nevins family made the donation in memory of their conservationist parents. W-L-U-K/T-V reports the donation means the land will be protected as a migratory bird habitat and an important ecological corridor. It is home to coastal wetlands, mature northern hardwoods, and wet mesic and wet cedar forests. The Trust now protects nearly nine-thousand acres in the county.
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