One person is dead after they were struck by a road grader in Hyde Park Township on Thursday. According to the Wabasha County Sheriff's Department, deputies were called to 330th Ave and County Road 72 on Thursday morning. 61yr old Robert Straub was driving the grader and got out to make repairs when he was struck by the vehicle.
A Plainview man is dead after a two-vehicle accident in Farmington Township on Friday. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, a semi-truck southbound on Hwy 63, struck a pickup truck that was westbound on County Road 21 at the intersection. 83yr old John Johnson of Plainview was killed in the accident.
Menomonie Police are warning residents of multiple thefts from locked vehicles that have been parked in area parks or near trails. Police say the suspects are doing a smash-and-grab type theft where they smash windows of vehicles and take out any items left in the vehicle. Police are reminding residents to not leave any type of valuables in the vehicle including purses and wallets. If you must leave them, its advised you put any valuables in the trunk or other secure location.
Nilssen’s Market in Clear Lake, Wis., is issuing a voluntary Class I recall for a packaged pork product sold at local retailers. According to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, The one pound-side pork product was sold at Nilssen’s Foods locations in Cumberland, Baldwin, and Glenwood City. The Nilssen’s Market label on the product does not bear an inspection legend. No illnesses have been reported as a result of consuming this product. Anyone with signs or symptoms of a foodborne illness should contact their doctor. Consumers who have this product can discard it.
A house fire in the Town of Washington has left the home and its attached garage a complete loss, but no one was hurt. The fire happened Saturday night in the six-thousand block of Hillside Park Road and it took firefighters around four hours to put out the flames. They returned just before 9 a.m. after the fire rekindled. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Dairyland Power CEO Brent Ridge has been appointed to the policy advising task force at the Nuclear Energy Institute. The task force is charged with guiding the institute on policy related to spent nuclear fuel. Ridge says nuclear energy has to be part of the discussion on climate change, noting it needs to be part of the equation for carbon-free or low-carbon emission power along with being reliable and affordable. Dairyland powers around 600-thousand homes in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois.
A Black River Falls woman is being held on a cash bond of a million dollars in a Jackson County murder case. Forty-nine-year-old Star Myers is accused of killing a man after he told her he had slept with other women and police say she and four others are charged with hiding his body. Myers appeared in court via Zoom Friday, as she is currently serving a sentence for meth distribution.
Legislation allowing the development of community solar projects in Wisconsin has been reintroduced in Madison. Adams County Republican Representative Scott Krug says farmers could benefit from such relatively small-scale projects. The bill is similar to the one introduced last session. Wisconsin utilities argue it would give solar developers free access to the state’s electric grid while shifting costs to customers.
Six people are facing drug charges, accused of having fentanyl shipped to Madison from Arizona. The Wisconsin Department of Justice says the suspects helped ship over five kilograms of the drug through the U.S. Postal Service. They were arrested Monday on drug trafficking charges. The DOJ says it's still looking for two other people in connection with the case.
A Wisconsin soldier's remains are finally home, nearly 80 years after he gave his life for his country. Army Pfc. William "Sonny" Simon's remains were brought home to Middleton Friday night, four months after the remains were accounted for overseas. Simon, born and raised in Middleton, was killed in action in November 1944. He was only 20 years old. Police escorted the convoy carrying his remains past his childhood home. Funeral services are set for this week.
Governor Tony Evers' budget would mean a net tax increase of over 100 million dollars for Wisconsin. A new report from the Legislative Fiscal Bureau says despite the governor's promise of tax cuts, his budget would substantially raise taxes and fees. The report says Evers' one-and-a-half billion dollars in tax cuts for mostly low and moderate-income families would be offset by a wave of new taxes and fees on businesses and investors. Republican lawmakers have been promising for months to ignore the governor's budget proposal and come up with their own spending plan.
The state Building Commission deadlocks - again. Thursday's action marks the third straight cycle in which the eight-member commission - four Democrats and four Republicans - deadlocked on Governor Tony Evers's capital budget. That sends the $3.8 billion document to the Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee without a recommendation on any projects. Projects included in Evers's capital budget include $25.1 million for a new Health Services Unit at Green Bay Correctional Institution and six and a half million dollars in borrowing to renovate the creampuff building at Wisconsin State Fair Park.
Wisconsin’s unemployment rate hit another record low last month. February employment estimates from the Department of Workforce Development are showing that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to a record low of 2.7%. That’s down 0.2 percentage points from January's rate of 2.9% and beats the previous record low of 2.8% set in January through April of last year. The information comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
A new report from the Wisconsin Realtors Association finds that low inventory is driving down home sales in Wisconsin. Association President & CEO Mike Theo suggests a look at regulations. High demand and low supply have boosted the price of homes. The report found that the median price of homes rose 11.7% from February 2022 to February 2023.
Hackers have attacked the Wisconsin court system's computer network. Court officials say in a Thursday statement the cyberattack began early this week and was continuing into Thursday afternoon. Director of State Courts Randy Koschnick adds in the statement the court system has taken action to counter the attack, while state Supreme Court Chief Justice Annette Ziegler says the invasion of the system hasn’t caused a data breach, and court services continue as normal. The statement also says there may be erratic service or slower response times from the system’s online services due to the attack.
A man tied bedsheets together and jumped from a fourth-floor window in downtown Wausau on Tuesday. Police say the man had been drinking when he barricaded himself in his bedroom and told his roommate that the police were in the building looking for him. The roommate then heard the man jump from the window and called police. When officers arrived they found him injured on the sidewalk along with some bedding that he'd tied together to act as a rope. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment, and as of Wednesday afternoon, he was in serious condition. Police add that there was a warrant out for his arrest, however- they were not in the building looking for him before he jumped out the window.
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