Two teenagers are dead after a two-vehicle accident in the town of Buffalo on Tuesday. According to the Buffalo County Sheriff's Department, two vehicles traveling on Hwy M collied head-on after one of the vehicles crossed the centerline. One vehicle had three teenagers in it, and a 15yr old female was trapped beneath the vehicle and had to be rescued by firefighters, but was pronounced dead at the scene. A 16yr old male was taken to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead, and a 17yr old male was taken to a local hospital for evaluation. The 51yr old female driving the second vehicle had minor injuries. The names of the victims have not been released, pending notification of family members.
The City of Mondovi has taken delivery of a new pumper truck for the fire department. The truck replaces a 1947 pumper truck. The truck can hold 3000 gallons of water, it has a portable holding tank, and can also be used at brush fires. The $306,000 cost of the truck was covered by a grant from FEMA.
The Durand City Council is meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include discussion and possible action on a contract between the city and the Durand-Arkansaw School District, acceptance of a bid for the 12th Avenue East project, reports from the mayor and department heads, and the council will go into closed session to confer with legal council. Tonight's meeting begins at 6:30 at Durand City Hall and will be live-streamed on our YouTube Channel at Durand Broadcasting WRDN.
One person was injured in a single-vehicle accident in Trimbelle Township Monday. According to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, 51yr old Renee Crick of Onalaska was traveling southbound on Hwy J when she lost control and entered the ditch. Crick was taken to Mayo Hospital in Red Wing.
The funerals for western Wisconsin's two fallen officers will be this weekend. The joint service for Chetek police officer Emily Breidenbach, and Cameron police officer Hunter Scheel will take place Saturday at Cameron High School. Both were killed in a shootout last Saturday in the city of Cameron. Police officers from across Wisconsin are expected to turn out in droves for the two. There will be a visitation, starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday. The service for the two will then start at 1 p.m. Wisconsin's Department of Justice says it will likely be several weeks before they finish their investigation into the officers' deaths.
The theme of Wisconsin's traveling budget hearings is clear: Local school leaders need more money. Members of the legislature's budget-writing Joint Finance Committee yesterday listened as another cavalcade of local school leaders pressed them for additional revenue. Neillsville School District Administrator John Gaier says schools used to have to ask taxpayers for more money only when they wanted to build new buildings, but now he says they have to go to taxpayers just to cover teacher pay raises. The JFC hearing was in Eau Claire yesterday; lawmakers will hold another hearing later today in the Wisconsin Dells. The point is to hear what the people want included in the new state budget. Lawmakers will start writing the new two-year spending plan early next month.
Wisconsin's Republican members of Congress say it's about time the president officially ended the coronavirus emergency. President Biden yesterday signed the law that Republicans passed that officially ends the virus emergency. Western Wisconsin Congressman Derrick Van Orden says it's now time to get back to work. Northwoods Congressman Tom Tiffany says the president said the pandemic was over last fall, he's glad the president finally got around to ending the pandemic emergency. Congressman Mike Gallagher says the end of the emergency also brings to an end all of the 'emergency' spending that the federal government has been doing for the past two-plus years.
Wisconsin's attorney general is joining other Democratic A-Gs in pushing to allow women to continue to have access to the abortion pill. A-G Josh Kaul yesterday signed a letter with 23 other A-Gs in asking an appeals court to strike down a Texas federal judge's ruling that revoked the FDA's approval of mifepristone. Kaul and the others say without access to the abortion pill there will be more late-term abortions, more sick and poor kids, and more 'educational disparities.' The ruling in Texas is at odds with a federal court in Washington state that ordered the FDA not to change how the abortion pill is distributed in the U.S.
Voters in the Winona Area Public Schools District rejected a two-question, $94 million referendum Tuesday. The first question would have allowed the district to create personalized learning spaces at three elementary schools and remodel the industrial tech wing of the high school. The second question would have had the district build a second gym, and new locker rooms, and renovate the fine arts area at the high school.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is pushing for an increase in fees for fishing, boating, and visiting state parks. Lawmakers are considering a request from the DNR to approve license fee hikes in the agency's budget bill. DNR officials say the increase would go toward paying for the ongoing upkeep of outdoor facilities and fish hatcheries used to stock lakes. The House Ways and Means Committee advanced the DNR budget bill with the fee increases yesterday.
One of the officers shot and killed over the weekend in western Wisconsin used to work in Stoughton. Police officers in Stoughton are remembering Officer Emily Breidenbach. She spent about nine months at the beginning of her career in Stoughton, and she eventually moved to Chetek, where she was killed in the line of duty on Saturday. Stoughton Chief Daniel Jenks says Breidenbach was a good person and had an infectious personality. Investigators say she died in a shootout with a suspect Saturday afternoon. A second western Wisconsin officer also died in that shooting.
Two Madison police officers have minor injuries after being attacked while trying to arrest someone. Police say they were called to a home on the city's east side late last night where a man had reportedly trapped a woman inside a room. When officers arrived they say the suspect attacked them and two other men that were in the home. David Harris is now charged with false imprisonment, attempted third-degree sexual assault, and resisting arrest.
Milwaukeee’s Cardinal Stritch University is closing permanently. In his announcement video on YouTube posted Monday, school president Dr. Dan Scholz said multiple factors led to the decision to close the school, saying “…the fiscal realities, downward enrollment trends, the pandemic, the need for more resources, and the mounting operation and facility challenges presented a no-win situation” for the school. The Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi opened the school that eventually became Stritch in 1937. The university will close a day after its final commencement ceremony May 21st at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee.
A Wisconsin Congressman rode in a logging truck on Monday to promote new legislation. Mike Gallagher took the vehicle into Green Bay to bring attention to the Safe Routes Act of 2023, which updates traffic laws preventing forestry vehicles from traveling on federal highways. Gallagher says forcing the trucks to maneuver through country roads and roundabouts causes safety issues and increased carbon emissions. The bill would allow logging trucks to travel up to 150 air miles on the Federal Interstate Highway System.
A Sauk County woman is run over by a tractor over the weekend. The Sheriff’s Office there said the woman was riding on the tractor in Woodland Township late Sunday afternoon when she fell off and went under one of the tractor’s tires. The woman was flown by way of Med Flight to an area hospital, while the 58-year-old man driving the tractor was charged with what would be his third operating while intoxicated offense if convicted.
A new report finds a big benefit for Wisconsin’s wealthiest residents under a proposed flat tax. Jason Stein with the Wisconsin Policy Forum says the plan from state Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu would give an average tax cut of over $100,000 to the state's highest income earners. A plan from Governor Tony Evers would hit those with more than $1 million in adjusted gross income with an average tax increase of nearly $40,000.
A tradition in Sheboygan will take a year off. Organizers of Sheboygan Brat Days announced Monday the event will not take place in 2023 as they work to change the format of the festival. The celebration of Sheboygan’s bratwurst legacy has been the biggest fundraiser for the Sheboygan Jaycees since its inception in 1953, with proceeds from the event donated to community projects. The event includes a bratwurst eating contest, the “Adopt A Barrel” fundraiser, and live music.
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