The Pepin County Sheriff's Department is investigating a suspicious death in the town of Albany. On February 28th, deputies responded to a call of a deceased female inside a vehicle at the end of a driveway on Albany N Street. The caller informed deputies that they did not recognize the vehicle or the female. The deceased female was taken to the Ramsey County Medical Examier's Office for an autopsy. The department says there is no danger to the public. The name of the female is being withheld pending notification of family.
There's a suspect in custody following a shooting on Eau Claire's west side. The sheriff's office says the shooting happened at a home on Birchwood Lane in the Town of Union. Dozens of police cars and ambulances raced to the scene last night, as did Eau Claire's SWAT team. There's no word as to who was shot, or who was arrested.
There are pink slips coming for people who work for Marshfield Clinics. Marshfield yesterday announced 222 layoffs in its Wisconsin hospitals, as well as plans to not fill 500 other jobs. The layoffs are coming to 20 different Marshfield facilities, including 16 layoffs in Eau Claire and five in Chippewa Falls. Marshfield CEO Susan Turney says eliminating jobs is never easy, but she said the clinic system is not 'immune' from the pressure and challenges of the healthcare system. Marshfield is also laying off about 120 people in its Michigan facilities.
An Eau Claire man, who murdered his ex-wife in 1983 is asking for release from a state mental institution. 80yr old John Brown was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the killing of his ex-wife Rose Brown and was sent to the state institution. The judge handling Brown's request has ordered a psychologist to examine Brown before a hearing that will be held in May.
Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin and bipartisan co-sponsors have reintroduced the Dairy Pride Act, in an interview with WRDN Radio Baldwin says its different this year because of a recent FDA decision. The FDA recently issued guidance that non-dairy food products may be labeled with dairy terms, including milk.
The top Republican in the Wisconsin Assembly is once again talking about tolls. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos yesterday told reporters he will look at adding tolls to Wisconsin's interstates as a way to pay for road maintenance and construction. Vos has talked about a tollway system in Wisconsin for years, but has never found enough support to make it happen. Vos, yesterday, said he's open to the idea but doesn't think the governor and other Republican lawmakers are 'there yet.'
Wisconsin-based Kohl's is reporting a drop in earnings. Today's fourth quarter 2022 financial report shows a net sales decrease of seven-point-two percent year-over-year and a diluted loss per share of nearly two dollars and 50 cents. Kohl's CEO Tom Kingsbury says the company has taken meaningful and proactive measures to better position itself and is confident those efforts will drive better sales earnings in the future.
A new piece of legislation at the Wisconsin Capitol looks to force troubled schools to hire school resource officers or armed school security guards. The plan, which is up for a hearing today, would require schools across the state to report all 'incidents' that involve the police, a crime, or an arrest. If there are 100 incidents at a school, and 25 of them end with an arrest, that school would then have to hire a police officer or armed guard for the next school year. The legislation would also require the state's Department of Public Instruction to pay for the armed officers or guards.
A Minnesota Senate bill would require high schoolers to take a finance class as a graduation requirement. The Senate Education Policy Committee considered two similar versions of the idea yesterday. Some Senators want to clarify if the classes should be taught in-person or online, and who should teach them. Another concern raised is whether school districts will require extra funding and resources to add the classes. The Financial Literacy Council of Minnesota says 17 states have similar requirements.
It wasn't a UFO or a spy balloon, the lights in last night's sky were planets. Lots of folks took to Twitter last night to wonder about the two bright lights in the western sky. CNN reported last night that they were simply Venus and Jupiter. They were bright because both planets were orbiting the sun on similar paths. That catches more sunlight and makes the planets more visible.
The idea of a flat tax for Wisconsin is all but dead. The Republicans who will write Wisconsin's new state budget say it's unlikely they will push for a flat tax this year. State Rep. Mark Born and state Senator Howard Marklein yesterday it's still their goal to get Wisconsin to a flat three-and-a-quarter percent income tax, but they say Governor Evers has made it clear he will veto the proposal. Born says there will be a tax cut in the new state budget, but he didn't say how large it will be.
A dispute over land rights between the Lac du Flambeau tribe and private landowners enters its second month. WXPR in Rhinelander reports that four roads on tribal lands that lead to private homes remain blocked off. Those barricades went up at the end of January. The tribe says that the easements for those roads expired over a decade ago and that the title companies in charge of the private homes on the reservation failed to bargain in good faith to renew them. They're now asking for 20 million dollars in payments to reopen the roads. Both the town of Lac du Flambeau and the title companies have made lower offers, but say tribal leaders haven't accepted the payments.
State legislators want to toughen the penalties for reckless driving and make it easier to stop repeat reckless drivers. The bills will double the penalties for reckless driving, and allow communities to impound the cars of reckless drivers if they don't pay their fines. Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson says the people of Milwaukee want to put an end to the rise in reckless driving. The bills got their first hearings in committee on Tuesday.
Bill Ferrario, a former Packer and Badger offensive Lineman, was free on a 15 hundred-dollar signature bond when new charges of stalking and intimidating a victim were filed against him. That led Judge Michael Moran to issue the arrest warrant on Wednesday. Ferrario had several run-ins with Wausau Police last month regarding incidents of domestic abuse with his wife, including one instance where police took him to a motel overnight only to be called back the next day. Court records show Ferrario's wife has since filed for divorce. He was scheduled to return to court in early April before new charges were filed this week.
The collapse of a parking garage at a Milwaukee-area mall is called "a complete failure." Those are the words of Jesse Hoffman, whose company cleared snow at Bayshore Mall for ten years until 2021. Hoffman tells Fox 6 Milwaukee the area where the snow was piled in the garage is one of the weakest areas there. Hoffman says cleared snow had to be piled at one end of the structure, then hauled out soon after because, in Hoffman’s words, “…it can’t stay there long." Hoffman estimates that 100 to 120 tons of snow were sitting in the structure at the time of the February 23rd collapse which destroyed two vehicles
The Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line is offering more free services to help people quit smoking. The quit line is adding text and chat services as well as free nicotine patches and gum shipping. That's in addition to their phone number. More information is available online at quit-line-dot-Wisconsin-dot-E-D-U.
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