Two are dead after a two vehicle accident near Hwy 10 and Sylvester Road on Friday afternoon. According to the Pepin County Sheriff's Department, 18yr Ethan Whitwam of Durand was driving eastbound on Hwy 10 when his vehicle crossed the centerline and struck a westbound pickup truck head-on driven by 40yr old Steven Passon from Waseca, MN. A passerby was able to pull the trapped occupants from the vehicle that was on fire and others helped with providing medical aid. The first deputy on the scene was able to extinguish the fire. Whitwam and a passenger in the pickup truck, 12yr old Joeclynn Passon were both pronounced dead at the scene. Steven Passon was airlifted to an Eau Claire Hospital, while 8yr old Drake Passon was airlifted to Minneapolis. 36yr old Jessica Passon was treated and released from an Eau Claire Hospital. The crash remains under investigation by the Pepin County Sheriff's Department and the Wisconsin State Patrol.
Busy weekend for Wisconsin State Patrol Officers along with Buffalo Sheriff's Deputies. Over the weekend, troopers and deputies had enhanced traffic enforcement on Hwys 10 and 37. There were numerous speeding tickets written along with a few DWI arrests and a couple of drug arrests. Area enforcement agencies will begin enhanced enforcement of drunk driving laws through the labor day weekend with the drive sober or get pulled over the program.
A judge in Chippewa County will begin the process to decide if the now-15-year-old boy accused of killing then raping a 10-year-old girl last year will be tried as an adult. There is a hearing today in Chippewa Falls in the case. The teen is already charged as an adult, the hearing is on a request to move the case back to juvenile court. Prosecutors say the teen followed Peters home, attacked her, strangled her, then sexually assaulted her along a hiking trail in April of last year. The case has been delayed for over a year because of a crowded court docket and limited resources.
One person is dead after being hit by a train in Rusk County. It happened Saturday evening on the trestle near Capener Road in the Town of Hubbard. Rusk County Sheriff Jeffery Wallace says the victim was pinned underneath the train. Rescue crews tried to pull them out, but the person died on the scene. No one is saying why the person was on the tracks. The sheriff's office says it will likely have some more details about the case later today.
Wisconsin's rising gas prices changed course and edged down slightly on Saturday. The statewide average for regular slipped to three-62 a gallon, down a penny from Friday, according to Triple-A. That interrupted, at least temporarily, a month long rise in prices. The statewide average is 24 cents higher than a month ago. As of this morning here in Western Wisconsin gas was averaging $3.69 a gallon.
Wisconsin's governor has vetoed Wisconsin's proposed ban on gas-powered-stove bans. Governor Evers scuttled the legislation on Friday. The governor says the ban would have stopped local governments from making their own decisions about regulating things like gas stoves and gas-powered cars. Republican lawmakers approved the ban on bans back in the spring, they said as a way to cut-off any new local bans. The governor says Wisconsin lawmakers should not be micromanaging cities or counties in the state.
Wisconsin's governor has vetoed a handful of plans that would have limited unemployment benefits in order to get people back to work. Governor Tony Evers on Friday vetoed five pieces of legislation that would have required people on unemployment to go on job interviews, look for more work, and pass more drug tests. The Republican lawmakers who approved the legislation said the idea was to get people off of the sidelines, and back into the workforce. The governor says he vetoed the plans because he didn't want to create 'additional barriers' to people who are receiving unemployment in the state.
One of the two U.S. sailors accused of selling information to the Chinese is from Wisconsin. The Pentagon says 22-year-old Jinchao 'Patrick' Wei from Delevan sold the Chinese secrets about wartime exercises, naval operations, and other critical technical information. Wei graduated from Delavan-Darien High School in 2019, and his friends describe him as quiet and very smart. He was assigned to the USS Essex, based in San Diego. Wei is due to appear in a military court on the charges tomorrow.
The Mega Millions jackpot is now a billion-and-a-half dollars. No one won Friday night's drawing, so tomorrow night's drawing will be worth just over one-point-five billion. No one has won the Mega Millions jackpot since April. One-and-a-half billion-dollars comes to a 757 million-dollar lump sum, before taxes of course. Your odds of winning the big jackpot continue to be about one-in-300 million.
Governor Tony Evers is expected to call a special session of the Legislature on Tuesday. A number of legislative sources reportedly say the Democratic governor wants to force Republican lawmakers to debate the issue of child care. Evers pushed for more childcare funding in the state budget but the GOP-controlled budget-writing committee removed it this past spring. He said last month that he was considering a special session to pass childcare funding.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission has deactivated more than 100-thousand voter records. WEC Administrator Meagan Wolfe said on Friday that over 108-thousand people's records were deactivated because they haven't voted in the past four years and they didn't respond to the agency about their voter status. Wolfe said the deactivations are required by state law and reflect a combination of voters who have moved to new addresses without re-registering, voters who've died, those who asked to have their registrations deactivated, and others who just haven't voted. She said voters who have moved can just re-register at their new address.
A new Minnesota law will allow parents to take their students out of active shooter drills. Officials say school districts are only mandated to do five lockdown intruder drills, five fire drills, and one tornado drill each school year. Filmore County police say it's important to prepare students for any dangerous event. Officials say students can opt out with a parent's permission because for some a simulated shooting can be traumatizing.
A Reedsburg woman will spend the next seven years in federal prison for trafficking meth across central Wisconsin. Marra Lundeen pleaded guilty to distributing meth earlier this year and was sentenced this week. Investigators say she's trafficked over 15 kilograms of meth since 2019.
Safe and sober. That's the reminder from the Wisconsin DNR to people enjoying their recreational vehicles. So far this year there have been nine boating fatalities, five of them in July, and 17 Fatal ATV/UTV crashes. When you're on the water, always wear a properly fitted life jacket. Operators and passengers of ATVs and UTVs should wear helmets, seat belts, and protective clothing. And as always, the DNR recommends you save your alcohol consumption until you're finished recreating.
Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura says he wants to launch his own line of marijuana products. He made the announcement at a recent cannabis conference in Minneapolis, following the recent legalization of recreational marijuana in Minnesota. At the conference, Ventura said he wants to be the first major politician in America to put his face behind cannabis. The former Governor added that his line of products would be "Minnesota grown, Minnesota produced, and promoted by Minnesota governor - or former."
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