A Spring Valley man is dead after a rollver accident in the Town of Cady on Sunday. According to the St. Croix County Sheriffs Department, 55yr old Timothy Boardman was traveling westbound on Hwy 29 and left the roadway near Hwy 128. His vehicle rolled over and Boardman was ejected from the vehicle and trapped under it. The St. Croix County Medical Examiner prounced Boardman dead at the scene. A passenger in the vehicle had to be extricated and was med-flighted to Mayo Hospital. That accident remains under investigation.
The City of Durand is exploring the possibility of working with St. Mary Assumption School to install a pedestrian crossing light near the school at 8th Avenue West and Prospect Street. Durand Mayor Patrick Milliren says the city would need permission from the state. There are similar lights on Prospect Street at Durand High School and at the Bauer Built Sports Complex. The city's cost would be nearly $3300.
The suspect in Saturday's shooting in downtown Chippewa Falls is due in court later today. Prosecutors are not saying much about the case, including what led up to the shooting. The victim called the police Saturday Night and said she'd been shot. Investigators say the suspect and victim know each other, but they're not offering any specifics either.
The Wabasha Public Works Department is now fully staffed again! The department welcomed Brandon Huth, Justin Finley, and Steve Henthorn, to the department last week. Huth and Finley will spend the majority of their time maintaining streets, sidewalks, trails, campgrounds, marinas, and parks. Henthorn will be focused on keeping the water infrastructure and wastewater treatment plant operating smoothly. All three will be teaming up to respond to public works emergencies and to keep sewer lines free of debris. The department has also put a new plow truck into service.
An Eau Claire man is in critical condition after a snowmobile crash. It happened in Barron County at about 1 a.m. Saturday. Deputies say 45-year-old Eric Zimmerman was on the Tuscobia Trail when he went off the trail and struck a tree. The sheriff's office says speed and alcohol both played a role in the crash.
Wisconsin will have a new member on the House Agriculture Committee. Committee Chairman Glen Thompson of Pennsylvania announced the roster yesterday. Wisconsin 3rd District Congressman Derrick Van Orden will be on the committee. Van Orden had said he wanted to be on the Agriculture Committee during the November election.
The argument from locals in Richland Center is that their community needs a college campus. Dozens of people, including a few students at UW-Richland pressed lawmakers yesterday to keep the campus open. The university's president announced in November that the campus would close, in part because there are just 60 students on campus. Community members said the decision is unfair. State Senator Howard Marklein says he wants to keep the campus open but says the university's president didn't ask for his input. The Richland campus is set to close at the end of the spring semester.
Wisconsin's bail reform amendment is taking another step toward the spring ballot today. The proposed constitutional amendment will be before the full State Senate later today. Lawmakers already approved the plan, which would allow judges in the state to consider how dangerous a suspect is while setting bail, once before. Republicans at the Capitol want to approve it a second time in enough time to get the amendment on the April ballot.
There could be a question on the April ballot asking about welfare and work. The Wisconsin Senate is set to vote today on a resolution that would place an advisory question on the spring ballot that would ask voters whether people on welfare should work in order to receive benefits. The vote wouldn't change the law or the rules for welfare, it's advisory only. Critics say the question is an attempt by Republicans to boost their voter turnout in the April election for Supreme Court.
A 52-year-old Weyawega man is bound for trial in March after his DNA matches up with two deaths from over 30 years ago. Tony Haase is facing two counts of First Degree Murder for allegedly killing Timothy Mumbrue and Tanna Togstad. A criminal complaint says the two were found stabbed to death in the bedroom of Togstad’s home in the Waupaca County town of Royalton in 1992. The complaint states that in July of last year, a DNA sample was taken from Haase during a traffic stop. The analysis of that sample was allegedly consistent with the DNA profile that was gathered from ‘foreign bodily fluids’ that were initially discovered on Togstad’s body. Haase denies having anything to do with the double murder during questioning.
A former Twin Lakes policeman is sentenced Friday to two years’ probation on a count of possession of narcotic drugs. In March of 2019, an investigation was launched after then-Twin Lakes Police Department Captain Dennis Linn was spotted removing a bottle of prescription medication from the drug take-back program. The investigation later led to the discovery of three empty prescription bottles in the garbage cans of the home of Dennis and Cheryl Linn. The names on the found bottles, one of oxycodone and two of hydrocodone, didn’t match the names of anyone in the household. Linn pleaded guilty to the one count this past November
A former Rochester police officer is facing charges for criminal sexual conduct with a minor. Court documents reveal 22-year-old Timothy Robert Morgenstern had a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old girl he met while volunteering as a coach at her high school. Morgenstern has denied the allegations. His first court appearance has been set for February 15.
Wisconsin’s Assembly Speaker returns to a national office he’s previously held. Republican Robin Vos was named Saturday as the 50th president of the National Conference of State Legislatures. Vos, who served as the organization’s president from 2019 to 2021, returned to the post after the previous president, Idaho Speaker Scott Bedke, stepped down to assume his new role as Idaho’s lieutenant governor. Vos will remain as the conference’s president for the remainder of Bedke’s term, which ends this coming August.
A 51-year-old man from New York state is arrested early Saturday morning after stealing a vehicle with a sleeping woman inside. It all started when the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office receives calls from a woman who had been sleeping in the back of a parked vehicle as her family stepped in a truck stop in Dekkora Township. When she awoke, the Sheriff’s Office says she reported an unknown man driving at high speeds and refusing to release her. About a half-hour later, tire deflation devices eventually caused the stolen vehicle to go off the roadway and crash into several objects. Deputies and troopers were then able to stop the vehicle after it became disabled in a parking lot. The driver was taken into custody, and the female victim was uninjured.
US Senator Tammy Baldwin on Friday got a firsthand look at Wausau’s new drinking water treatment plant. The Wisconsin Democrat helped secure federal funding after PFAS contamination was discovered in all of the city's wells. Baldwin encourages other communities dealing with PFAS to reach out to her office. Baldwin says there is still a good deal of unknowns surrounding PFAS.
The Dodge County Sheriff's Office is looking for a missing inmate. The sheriff's office says Jessica Shafer recently failed to return to the county jail in Juneau after an appointment. The sheriff's office says she was last seen wearing jeans, a grey shirt, a black sweatshirt, and a purple jacket.
It will cost a little more this year to attend the Minnesota State Fair. Organizers say the price of a ticket for adults has gone up from 17 dollars to 18 bucks. Tickets for children between the ages of five and 12 and seniors older than 65 will cost 16 dollars. Children under four will be admitted for free. The state fair will run from August 24th to September 4th.
A bald eagle is being blamed for a power outage in Hudson. It happened yesterday afternoon, and Xcel Energy says about 8-00 people were left in the dark. Hudson Officer James Wildman says he heard the boom and found the eagle lying dead near the powerlines. Wildman says he called the DNR. Xcel says it took about four hours to restore power to people in Hudson.
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