One person is dead and two others are injured after a UTV accident in Waterville Township on Sunday. According to the Pepin County Sheriff's Department, a convoy of multiple UTVs was traveling eastbound on Hwy Z when one of the UTVs struck a pile of gravel and overturned. 45yr old Jessica Bignell of Arkansaw was pronounced dead at the scene, 47yr old Richard Bignell Jr of Arkansaw was taken to Regions Hospital with critical injuries, and 54yr old Bradley Holz of Arkansaw was taken to an Eau Clarie Hospital with critical injuries. At the time of the accident, and currently, Hwy Z is closed to road construction, and parts of the road near the crash scene are totally impassable. The group of UTVs passed multiple road-closed signs prior to the accident. This crash remains under investigation by the Pepin County Sheriff’s Office and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
One person was injured in a motorcycle accident in Alma Township on Sunday. According to the Buffalo County Sheriffs Department, 45yr old Tara Roiger of Sambora, MN was traveling with a group of 4 other motorcyclists westbound on Hwy N, when the lead motorcycle, driven by 54yr old Marchele Walz of Lamberton, MN lost control causing Roiger and the others in line to lose control as well. Roiger was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
More layoffs are coming at HTI. Hutchison yesterday said 50 more workers are losing their jobs. The company made the announcement in a filing with the state, but no one is saying what is driving the layoffs. This latest round comes after HTI dropped over 235 workers back in March.
This weekend, winning $100,000 came in handy for an All or Nothing Wisconsin Lottery player. Handy Mart, on Hwy 25 in Nelson, sold a winning $100,000 All or Nothing ticket for the Friday, June 16, 2023, evening drawing. The winning ticket matched 0 of 11 numbers. I'm really happy for this customer," said the Handy Mart Manager. "He is a very good patron, so this is awesome." The Handy Mart will receive a 2% retailer bonus for selling the winning ticket. The odds of winning the All or Nothing $100,000 top prize are 1 in 352,716.
As part of National Electrical Safety Month, Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services (PPCS) and the Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Association (WECA) teamed up in May to host an electrical safety poster contest that was open to all third graders in Pierce and Pepin Counties. Azalyn Larson of Caddie Woodlawn Elementary was awarded the first-place prize and a $40 gift card, and Hailee Thoner of St. Francis Elementary was awarded the second-place prize and a $30 gift card. Larson also received a $25 gift card from WECA for her first-place finish. PPCS has forwarded their posters to WECA for judging in the statewide contest.
Lake Hallie is looking to get tougher on homeless people. Police Chief Ed Organ says the city is considering two ordinances that would move homeless people out of the community. One would ban panhandling in the city, and the other would allow police officers to ticket people who are living in their cars. The chief says the idea is to give officers tools to deal with people who don't have any place to go. Lake Hallie leaders talked about the ordinances last night. A final vote is expected sometime next month.
Deputies in Eau Claire County say speed and alcohol likely played a role in an ATV crash that left a man in Fairchild fighting for his life. The sheriff's office says the wreck happened Saturday evening at the intersection of Front Street and Plum Street. Deputies found the man in the middle of the road, with the ATV on top of him. He was flown to a local hospital. The sheriff's office says he was last listed in serious but stable condition.
Tomah police are investigating a pair of related shootings. Police say that the shootings happened around 1 am on Monday at a Super 8 Motel and an apartment building. One man was injured in each shooting. The man shot at the Motel was alert and conscious when police arrived, but the man shot at the apartment had to be transported to a trauma center for treatment. Police say the shootings are related. The victims are not being identified at this time.
There is a plan at the Wisconsin Capitol to give new parents a bit of a break. State Rep. David Steffen is looking for support for a plan that would end the sales tax on things like diapers, baby wipes, and even car seats. Steffen says he wants to ease the burden on new families in Wisconsin. He's calling his plan the Tiny Tots Tax Cut. Steffen says the tax breaks could save Wisconsin parents as much as 37 million dollars a year.
Wisconsin's latest election reforms are back for a hearing at the State Capitol today. An Assembly panel will hear about a handful of plans that deal with everything from closing polling places to the rules for live streaming Election Night vote counts. There is also a hearing on a plan to spell out how illegal it is to attack or threaten election workers in Wisconsin. It still remains unclear, however, how many of the reforms will become law. Governor Evers has been clear that he won't sign anything that he believes will make it tougher to vote in the state.
One person is dead after a crash in Jackson County. The sheriff's office says there was a two-vehicle crash on Interstate-94 near Black River Falls just before 6:30 p.m. Sunday night. Deputies say the driver and two passengers from one of the vehicles were taken to the hospital in Black River Falls, where one of the passengers died. Investigators are not saying what led up to the crash.
Police in La Crosse say they have a suspect in custody for a drive-by shooting that sent six people to the hospital. The shooting happened about 2 a.m. Saturday morning in the city's downtown. Investigators are not saying what led up to the shooting, but police say 31-year-old, Deandrew Grant acted alone and used a handgun in the shooting. He's in jail, and looking at six counts of attempted first-degree reckless homicide and bail-jumping charges.
There are questions to answer about a welfare check in western Wisconsin that ended with a deadly officer-involved shooting. It happened Friday evening in Vernon County. The sheriff says deputies were sent on a welfare check in Genoa when they saw the person they were sent to check on drive away from their house. The deputies stopped that person, but that person then sped off, dragging one of the deputies. It's unclear whether the deputy who was being dragged shot and killed the driver or if it was another deputy. Neither of the deputies were hurt. The state's Department of Criminal Investigation is now handling the case.
A federal judge is ordering a partial shutdown of an oil pipeline in northern Wisconsin. Judge William Conley says Enbridge Energy must pay over 5 million dollars to the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and plan to shut down a stretch of Line 5 which currently crosses the tribe's reservation. The tribe won a legal battle in 2019 after easements to run the line across the reservation expired and Enbridge refused to renew them. The tribe says erosion near the pipeline could cause spills into the Bad River. Enbridge says it is not trespassing because of a contract signed with the tribe in 1992.
Wisconsin is looking to see if over 100 thousand voters are still living in the state. The Wisconsin Elections Commission on Friday sent postcards to 116 thousand voters who are still registered, despite not having voted in the past four years. Anyone who does not respond to the postcard will be listed as inactive, but will not be removed from the state's voter rolls. Voters who still live at their homes, but simply haven't voted, can return the postcard and will remain as an active voter in the state.
None of the recalled cases of Johnsonville sausage ended up on shelves in Wisconsin. The company last week recalled 42 thousand pounds of its Beddar with Cheddar sausages because they may contain small bits of plastic. Johnsonville says the sausages were sent to Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas. There are no reports of anyone getting sick because of the sausages, and the company says you can take them back to the store or just throw them out.
Minneapolis loves burgers. A new study compared one-thousand U.S. cities to find the most burger-obsessed places in the country. Real estate website Home Bay used data from Yelp, Google Trends, the U.S. Census Bureau, and other sources to compile the list. Factors included average restaurant ratings, online search activity, and burger restaurants per 100-thousand residents. Minneapolis scored eighth place. Richmond, Virginia, ranked first place, followed by Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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