Two people were injured in a two-vehicle accident in Gilman Township on Tuesday. According to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, 26yr old Collin Meyers of Spring Valley was traveling southbound on 330th Street and attempted to make a left turn into a driveway when he was struck by a northbound vehicle driven by 27yr Hunter Schutz of Spring Valley. Both Meyers and Shutz were taken to Western Wisconsin Health in Baldwin.
One Sheriff’s Deputy and one other person is hurt after a pickup truck hit a squad car in Buffalo City Tuesday. According to the Buffalo County Sheriff's Department, a squad car was hit by a pickup truck at the intersection of 10th Street and Jefferson Street in Buffalo City. The pickup truck then went through a yard of a home and hit the home. the Sheriff’s Deputy and driver of the pickup truck suffered minor injuries. The occupants of the home were not reported to be hurt. That accident is under investigation by the Trempealeau County Sheriff's Department.
Three people are dead after drowning in the Vermillion River near Red Wing. Rescue crews pulled the bodies of two men and a 17-year-old girl from the water around seven this morning, according to the Goodhue County Sheriff's Office. They went missing on Monday night. Police say a fisherman noticed three people struggling to swim and tried to save them. He managed to bring his daughter back to shore, but he disappeared along with the other two swimmers after going back out to rescue them.
Low to moderate-income homeowners in the city of Durand in need of home improvements are encouraged to participate in a home improvement program from the city of Durand. Mayor Patrick Milliren says the program can help pay for the improvements. Approved Homeowners receive the money to pay for the improvements and don't have to pay back the money until the property is sold. The program is anonymous and currently the fund has $160,000 available. For more information contact Durand City Hall.
One person was injured in a single-vehicle accident near Ettrick on Monday. According to the Trempealeau County Sheriff's Department, Peter Harmon of Ettrick was traveling southbound on Hwy CC, crossed the center line, and left the roadway, striking an embankment and then hit a tree. Harmon was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Heavy rain was believed to be a contributing cause of the accident.
Investigators in Sparta are waiting for video of the city's fireworks show to see just how five people were hurt Tuesday night. Fire Chief Mike Arnold says it looks like a mortar shell burned through the side of its case, tipped over, and fired some fireworks into the crowd. The chief says five people were hurt, though none of them seriously. The misfire happened near the end of Sparta's Fourth of July show.
Lake Hallie has new rules against sleeping in cars and loitering. The village board yesterday voted to make it tougher for homeless people to camp out inside village limits. Police Chief Ed Orgon said the new rules are in response to an increased number of complaints. The chief says people who are living in their car, or just hanging around will be given a warning, then a ticket.
The City of Eau Claire says it's going to take a look at the feedback from the Fourth of July fireworks at the High Bridge. Fireworks operations coordinator Cory Tietz yesterday said there's no indication of a problem with the show. A handful of people were not happy that this year's show was moved from Carson Park, and a few more were upset that the city had to delay the show by about a half-hour Tuesday night. Tietz says they will get together next week to take a look at the feedback. Meanwhile, the City of Mondovi announced that the fireworks show that was canceled due to the weather on Tuesday will not be rescheduled as the company doing the show is not able to return to do the show.
Authorities say a Beaver Dam man's death at a strip club near Black River Falls is considered suspicious. No one is saying how 55-year-old Andrew Frechette died. He was found unresponsive in the parking lot of Jimmy's InBetween early last Friday morning. The Jackson County Sheriff's Office is investigating and says because it is an open investigation they won't be releasing any other information.
Wisconsin's governor used his veto pen to make major changes to the state's new 99 billion-dollar state budget. Governor Evers yesterday sliced-out the three-and-a-half billion dollars in tax cut that Republicans worked into the budget and changed a zero to create a funding increase for public schools for the next 400 years. The governor said he 'improved' the budget. Republican lawmakers say the governor used his immense veto powers to impose tax increases on middle class families across the state. It's not clear if the governor's 400-year school funding increase will stand, that's a question that will likely be taken-up by the courts.
Wisconsin's governor has cut 90-percent of the money that lawmakers set aside for Milwaukee's Republican National Convention. Governor Evers yesterday cut the tourism budget for the RNC from 10-million dollars down to one-million. The remaining nine-million is being given to the state's tourism office. Much of the 10-million dollars was earmarked to help repay Milwaukee for the costs that come with hosting a national political convention. The governor said he made the cut because lawmakers 'failed to adequately fund so many important priorities' for the state.
Minnesota has some of the highest energy costs in the nation. That's according to a new report by personal finance website WalletHub. It compared total monthly energy bills in all 50 states and Washington D.C., including electricity, natural gas, motor fuel, and home heating oil. Minnesota ranked among the states with the highest energy costs, coming in 14th place overall. The report concluded that energy costs the most in D.C. and the least in Wyoming.
If your business doesn't have a social media policy, it's a good time to get one put together. Better Business Bureau of Wisconsin president Jim Temmer says not having one is a good way to open yourself up to trouble online. He says your social media should be closely controlled, and managed by trusted people because one bad post or bad interaction online could turn into very bad PR. Temmer says you should also resist the urge to badmouth bad reviews online, so you don't make things worse.
The Natural Resource Board is exploring a statewide bag limit on walleyes. That new bag limit would be three walleyes per person per day. WXPR in Rhinelander reports that change was part of a package of suggestions that came from this spring's sportsman surveys. State fisheries spokesperson Meredith Penthorn says another idea in the survey was to require mandatory registration of all fishing tournaments, even small ones. The package will be heading to the legislature and governor's office for review.
When it appeared the yearly July 4th fireworks show in Red Wing wouldn't be happening this year, a local business owner saved the show. Earlier this year, it was announced that the city didn't have enough volunteers or funding for the 2023 fireworks display. However, the owner of the Harbor Bar just across the river in Wisconsin was able to gather enough money and volunteers to make it happen last minute. Bar owner Brad Smith calls the fireworks "a very important thing for the town of Red Wing."
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