One person was injured in a single vehicle accident in Naples Township on Thursday. According to the Buffalo County Sheriff's Department, 18yr old Olivia Taylor of Mondovi was traveling northbound on Hwy BB when she went off the paved road and onto the gravel shoulder, lost control and rolled approximately 4 or 5 times down an embankment. Taylor had to be extricated from the vehicle and was taken to an Eau Claire Hospital.
The top man at the Northern Wisconsin State Fair says he knows they broke an attendance record this year. Rusty Volk says it will take a few days to get an exact headcount for this year's fair, but he says he knows they set some kind of record. Volk said they sold out two concerts this year, and had a huge crowd on Saturday. This was the 125th year for the fair in Chippewa Falls. Volk says they'll take a couple of days off, then get to work on year 126 soon.
The Wabasha County Board is meeting tomorrow. Items on the agenda include approval of the Hwy 58 LRIP Grant Agreement, approval of the disposal of a sheriffs department 2014 Dodge Ram Pickup Truck and the presentation of the Second Quarter Financial Report. Tomorrows meeting begins at 9am at the Wabasha County Government Center in Wabasha.
There is now a lawsuit against the city of La Crosse for the PFAS pollution just across the river. Attorneys for people living on French Island last month filed a 42 million-dollar lawsuit against La Crosse for the PFAS chemicals that have leaked into their wells. More than 500 wells in the town of Campbell on the island have tested positive for the chemicals. The lawsuit says firefighting foam from the nearby airport seeped into their wells. Folks on French Island have been drinking bottled water for over a year. La Crosse is also pushing ahead with a PFAS lawsuit. The city has sued PFAS makers, but that case has been tied-up since 2021 as part of a much larger case against the companies that make the chemicals.
One person is dead after an officer involved incident in Barron County Friday afternoon. According to the Wisconsin DOJ, U.S. Marshals, with assistance from the Barron County Sheriff’s Office and Barron Police Department, were in pursuit of a wanted subject on Highway 8 in the City of Barron when the suspect crashed on Hwy 8. Upon observation, the subject had a gunshot wound and had a firearm inside the vehicle. The subject was pronounced dead at the scene. No officers discharged their firearm during this incident. The Barron County Sheriff’s Department is being assisted by the Wisconsin Department of Criminal Investigation. DCI is leading this investigation and is assisted by the Wisconsin State Patrol. All involved law enforcement are fully cooperating with DCI during this investigation.
There is a manhunt for a stolen fish in northwestern Wisconsin. The Department of Natural Resources say someone stole an extremely rare brood Brown Trout from the St. Croix Falls State Fish Hatchery back in June. Brown Trout are found about once-in-300-thousand trout, so the DNR says they are both rare and valuable. There's no word about pictures or other evidence in the case. The DNR is asking anyone who knows anything to please reach out.
Two of Wisconsin's congressmen want an investigation into Madison's Naked Bike Ride. Congressman Tom Tiffany and Congressman Scott Fitzgerald last week asked the Department of Justice to open a case after a 10-year-girl was spotted riding naked at this year's bike ride. Prosecutors in Dane County have already refused to take the case, they said there was nothing sexual about the girl's ride or the pictures that turned-up online. Tiffany said it's 'immoral, harmful, and obscene' to allow a 10-year-old girl to ride a bike naked through the city. He wants an investigation into both the girl's parents and the Naked Bike Ride's organizers.
A part of Highway 95 in the Twin Cities metro will be closed for an extended period of time. A section of the highway between Myrtle Street and Olive Street in Stillwater is closed from now until the end of September. The closure is occurring to make way for a bicycle plaza construction project. Drivers in the area will have to detour to Highway 36, Highway 96, and Manning Avenue until the segment of highway is open again.
The Minnesota DNR awarded $2.4M in grant money to 35 communities in Minnesota to help manage the spread of the Emerald Ash Borer, or EAB. First detected in the state almost 15 years ago, the EAB has slowly spread into dozens of communities around the state. The funding will be used to do things like diversifying the local foliage, removing impacted wood and trees, and creating inventory plans for trees in each awarded community. The City of Rochester received a $150,000 grant from the Minnesota DNR.
A raid on a suspected meth lab in Green Bay leads to the arrest of a man known internationally for publishing books and blog articles on making meth, explosives and deadly chemical agents, like ricin. 65-year-old Stephen Preisler, who’s pen name is “Uncle Fester” faces multiple counts of meth manufacturing with intent to deliver and maintaining a drug house. Green Bay Alder William Galvin first became aware of Preisler’s activities while a Green Bay Police officer. Preisler is being held in the Brown County Jail without bond pending a court appearance.
New data shows more people in Wisconsin are using the suicide prevention hotline. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services said in a news release Friday that the 988 Wisconsin Lifeline received nearly 92-thousand contacts in the past year. Nearly 80-percent of those contacts were phone calls, and the rest were either text messages or online chats. Sunday marks one year since the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline became the three-digit phone number 988.
Licensed drivers moving to Minnesota will no longer need to take written tests. Officials say people relocating to state won't have to take the test if they have a valid driving credential issued in another state. The director of Driver and Vehicle Services said by removing out-of-state drivers from the testing pool will open additional slots for Minnesotans 21 and under who are required to take the test.
Minnesota's biggest lender is no longer offering payday loans. Payday America CEO Brad Rixmann released a statement claiming that online lenders will charge more than his company did for a two-week loan. Minnesota has joined 19 other states that have restricted payday loans, which are normally attached to extremely high-interest rates. The state Legislature capped annual percentage rates in most cases at 36-percent starting this January.
There was an event called “Summer Fest” in Minneapolis this weekend, and Milwaukee’s Summerfest organizers aren’t happy about it. Milwaukee World Festival, Incorporated has filed a trademark lawsuit against the Minnesota Twins for hosting a music festival at the Twins’ home stadium, Target Field, called "Summer Fest." The lawsuit says the name of the Minnesota event is "confusingly similar in its entertainment and advertising" to Milwaukee's Summerfest. The suit filed Thursday adds that a Facebook ad the Twins posted for the event led to comments wondering if the Minneapolis event was associated with Milwaukee’s Summerfest. Milwaukee World Festival has held a federal trademark for the name Summerfest since 1972.
Madison’s police chief is a step closer to possibly heading up Chicago’s police department. Shon Barnes was named as one of three finalists for the job of Chicago police superintendent. The other two candidates are current members of the Chicago Police Department. The three will be referred to Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson. The Chicago Sun-Times reports Johnson has expressed a strong desire to pick a new head of police from inside the Chicago department or select someone with experience in the city. Barnes became Madison’s chief in 2021 after serving as the Director of Training and Professional Development for the Chicago Police Department.
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation wants to alleviate traffic congestion near road construction. A video on the agency’s Facebook page demonstrates a traffic maneuver known as the “zipper merge”. The video shows when coming to a merge point due to a closed lane of traffic, drivers taking alternating turns to merge into a single file line of traffic. The post explains that when the zipper merge is used properly, it can shorten lines and reduce backups.
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