One person is dead after a house fire in the town of Red Cedar yesterday. According to the Dunn County Sheriff's Department, Menomonie firefighters were called to a home in the N5700 Block of Hwy E Sunday afternoon and found heavy smoke and flames coming from the home. While fighting the fire, firefighters found a 74yr old male inside the home. He was pronounced dead at the scene by the Dunn County Medical Examiners' office. The cause of that fire is under investigation.
One person was injured when a vehicle hit a home in Elmwood last Thursday. According to the Pierce County Sheriffs Department, 75yr old Patrick Bechel of Elwood was traveling on West Winter Avenue, when he suffered a medical situation, left the roadway, and hit the rear of a home at 1224 West Winter Avenue. Bechel was transported to Mayo Menomonie Hospital.
The Wabasha County Board is meeting tomorrow. Items on the agenda include approving the advertising for the upcoming County Highway 6 and other county highway projects, approval of hiring a public health nurse, and discussion of amendments to Chapter 13 of the zoning code. Tomorrow's meeting begins at 9am at the Wabasha County Government Center.
Wisconsin gas prices are on the rise this week. Triple-A says the statewide average is at three dollars and 33 cents a gallon, up nine cents from this time last week. Here in Western Wisconsin, gas is averaging 3.34, up fourteen cents from last week. Triple-A blames the rising gas prices on increased demand and oil prices.
The man who killed four people back in 2021 and left their bodies in a western Wisconsin cornfield is looking at 160 years in prison. A jury convicted Antoine Suggs last week of the murders of four people found inside an SUV in Dunn County two years ago. Investigators say the four were killed in Minnesota, then dumped in Wisconsin. Suggs' father was also charged in the case, and he pleaded guilty.
One person is in custody after a high-speed pursuit Saturday in Chippewa and Dunn Counties. According to the Chippewa County Sheriff's Department, deputies were trying to stop 40yr old Mitchell Ludtke following a traffic complaint when he tried to hit a Cornell police officer and squad car along with hitting two Sheriff's department squad cars. Ludtke was pursued into Dunn County and eventually stopped. He has been charged with OWI, recklessly endangering safety, bail jumping, and felony criminal damage to property. No one was hurt in the incident.
There won't be any criminal charges following the investigation into Eau Claire County's Department of Human Services. La Crosse County D.A. Tim Gruenke on Friday said he didn't find 'facts that were deserving of a criminal offense, especially considering the burden of proving a crime beyond a reasonable doubt.' Gruenke was called in to look into a three-point-three million-dollar budget shortfall at DHS. He said he found some issues inside the department, but nothing that was a crime. Eau Claire County's Administrators' Office on Friday said the shortfall was simply a reflection of a need for more social services versus a lack of resources. Gruenke says there is a lot of distrust between DHS, the county board, the administrator's office, and the sheriff's department. He said he hopes that can heal.
Wisconsin lawmakers will begin their work on the state budget this week. The budget-writing Joint Finance Committee will hold its first public hearing Wednesday in Waukesha. Its one of four that will help craft the state's new two-year spending plan. After the hearing in Waukesha, lawmakers will be in Eau Claire and the Wisconsin Dells next week, and in Minocqua in the last week of the month. Lawmakers will then return to Madison and draw up a new budget that they will deliver to the governor sometime next month.
UW Regents say they are worried about the growing cost to get a college education, but almost every single one of them also voted to raise tuition at the state's campuses. The UW's five percent tuition hike passed Friday on a 15-1 vote. Only Technical College System President Rodney Pasch voted against the increase, saying those are real dollars that real students are going to have to pay. The five percent tuition hike is the first in a decade and is earmarked mostly for raises and university employees. Students will see higher costs on their tuition bills next fall.
Wisconsin's election managers are sending out their usual Election Day reminder to remember your voter ID. The Wisconsin Elections Commission says everyone who plans to vote in tomorrow's election will need a photo ID. The Commission is also reminding people that they can register at the polls and that voters can return absentee ballots to the polls as well. Polls open at 7 a.m. tomorrow and will stay open til 8 p.m.
Wisconsin's members of Congress are pushing for more money for the Republican National Convention. All eight members of Wisconsin's congressional delegation last week signed a letter pressing the federal government for more. The letter says inflation has driven all costs up, and says public safety isn't any different. The delegation is asking for 25 million dollars more for security at next summer's RNC, which would bring the total security price tag to 75 million. Congress has paid convention host cities 50 million dollars for security since 2004.
A new report says it will take about a quarter-billion dollars to maintain U.S. Bank Stadium for another decade. Kansas City, Missouri-based architecture firm Populous presented the cost estimates to the Minnesota Sports Facilities Board Friday morning. The costs include an estimate for building the second phase of the venue's secured perimeter. MSFB says the report is meant to be a long-term guide for the future site's maintenance.
Wednesday was Ag Day at the State Capitol in Madison. Wisconsin Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Secretary Randy Romanowski tells the gathering of state farmers and legislators Wisconsin’s ag exports have hit record highs the past two years. He also pointed to the state’s doubling of investments in dairy processor grants to keep Wisconsin's dairy facilities viable. Romanski also highlighted the work Governor Evers and state lawmakers have done to provide $200,000 annually for meat processing infrastructure investments.
Close to 12-thousand Wisconsin homes and businesses had no power Friday evening as a severe storm system blew through the state. Thousands were without power in Walworth and Iowa counties while hundreds more had no electricity in Rock, Dane, Lafayette, Jefferson, and Green counties. More than 200 Madison Gas and Electric customers lost power.
An investigation's underway after one person's found dead and another hurt at a cabin in rural Juneau County. The sheriff's office says officers found the victims while performing a welfare check in Armenia [[ ar-MEE-nee-uh ]] Thursday evening. The sheriff's office says one man was dead at the scene and another was taken to the hospital. His condition is unknown.
A judge is siding with the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus in a lawsuit over the state's permit to carry law. The law requires applicants to be 21 or older. Judge Katherine Menendez ruled it violates the constitutional rights of people between the ages of 18 and 20 who want to carry guns for self-defense. This comes as gun safety advocates are trying to pass expanded background checks and a so-called "red flag" law in Minnesota.
A Dubuque man is dead after a logging accident in Richland County. The Sheriff's Office there says a hydraulic line on a log skidder broke and hit 54-year-old Joseph Abitz in the face. Crews extracted Abitz from the skidder. He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. An investigation found Abitz was removing a pressure hydraulic accumulator from the skidder. However, an accumulator Abitz was trying to remove that was still under pressure came loose and hit Abitz in the head, subsequently killing him.
Iowa County officials say two children who fell off a cliff at a state park on Wednesday are doing much better. Sheriff Michael Peterson says the 4 and 6-year-old who fell at Governor Dodge State Park will be making full recoveries. The 4-year-old fell 80 feet off a cliff, while the 6-year-old landed on a ledge 20 feet down. The cause of the accident has not been released.
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