One man is dead after a weekend crash in St Croix County. The Sheriff's Office says it happened about 5:30 p.m. Saturday near the Town Of Glenwood. According to Investigators, Andreas Aristidou of Maple Grove, MN failed to yield to a vehicle driven by 54-year-old Robert Krings of Plum City at the intersection on Hwy D and DD. Both vehicles went off the road and into the ditch. The sheriff's office says Krings died at the scene. Deputies say the Minnesota man was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
A Fairchild teenager is dead after a semi vs. car accident in Dunn County on Saturday. According to the Wisconsin State Patrol, the 17-year-old was driving eastbound in the westbound lanes on Hwy 29 near Elk Mound when she struck a westbound semi driven by 35-year-old Bishar Osman of Minneapolis. Osman was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The teen driver's name has not been released.
There is a search in Eau Claire County for an armed and dangerous man. The sheriff's department says they're looking for 28-year-old Mitchell Henke. Deputies say he's the accused of beating, pistol-whipping, and threatening to kill a woman and her two-year-old child. The sheriff's office called in the SWAT team Saturday night, but Henke was not home when they arrived. Henke's pictures are online. The Sheriff's Office says anyone with the information about where he is should call 911 immediately.
A registered sex offender in Chippewa Falls is back in custody after police say he cut off his ankle bracelet on Friday. Police rushed to an apartment complex on Pearl Street after they say Todd Leary snipped his ankle monitor bracelet Friday afternoon. The apartments aren't far from the St. Charles Borromeo schools. Chippewa Falls Public Schools were also called as a precaution. Police found Leary, and said later there's no indication that he tried to approach the schools. He's now back behind bars.
The Pepin County Historical Society (PCHS) is changing the name of the museum in Durand. The “Pepin County Heritage Center” will be the new name for the Old Courthouse Museum. The name change comes after the PCHS board met several times over the last nine months with representatives of Studio MLM, a marketing firm from Menomonie, to develop a marketing plan to build museum attendance and to provide the historical society with a sense of direction for the future. This planning process led to a revitalized mission statement, a new name for the museum, a new logo design, and a new website at Pepin county heritage center.com
Fans of singer Luke Bryan are disappointed after he was forced to cancel a weekend concert in southern Minnesota. Bryan was scheduled to perform in Eyota on Saturday as part of his Farm Tour, but severe weather led to the cancellation of the concert. The sheriff of Olmsted County says Bryan's team was concerned about the safety of ticket holders given the conditions at the concert site. Fans voiced their disappointment on social media but praised Bryan and his team for the decision to put safety first.
There are no plans to rescue the flamingos that found themselves in Port Washington last week. The State's Department of Natural Resources says it is rare for flamingos to end up this far north, but there won't be an effort to collect the birds and send them back south. Researchers figure that the birds which are usually in the southern part of the country were diverted by Hurricane Idalia. Twelve states have now reported seeing flamingos with Wisconsin being the furthest north. The DNR says when the weather up here starts to turn colder the birds will most likely just fly home.
Republican lawmakers at the Wisconsin Capitol are looking at another round of election reforms. A senate panel will hold a hearing tomorrow on plans that would deal with whistleblower protection for election officials in the state who report election fraud, as well as clear up the timeline for sending presidential primary ballots, and deal with absentee ballots and how to request and return them. Republicans have said they want to close any lingering loopholes in the state's electoral process. As with election reform attempts in the past, it remains to be seen if Governor Evers will sign any of the Republican plans.
Wisconsin lawmakers are going to put human trafficking under the microscope this week. The Speaker's Task Force On Human Trafficking is scheduled to have its first meeting Wednesday. Both the state's Department of Justice and the state's Department of Public Instruction are expected to testify and talk about the human trafficking challenges that they see. Lawmakers hope to use the task force to see if there are any laws that Wisconsin needs to fight human trafficking in the state.
The Minnesota governor says law enforcement agencies should soon be returning their resource officers to Minnesota schools. Governor Walz said Saturday that an opinion issued by Attorney General Keith Ellison should be enough to get resource officers back into schools that want them. Ellison announced Wednesday that Minnesota law does not limit the types of reasonable force that staffers can use to prevent bodily harm or death in state schools. The Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association called the ruling a temporary solution but also agreed that resource officers should soon be back in local schools. Walz plans additional work to permanently clarify the law, saying everyone agrees that the goal is to keep students safe.
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An Arpin man has pled not guilty to homicide charges connected with an alleged plot to kill two Wood County Correctional Officers: Jesse Hansen-Schumann is accused of trying to get another inmate in on the plan, which investigators say stemmed from Hansen-Schumann's dislike for the two guards. Court documents show the 32-year-old had filed more than 40 grievances against them, saying they were making up lies about him. According to the inmate Hansen-Schumann confided in, the plan involved jumping the officers in an area of the jail that didn't have security camera coverage. The unnamed inmate said he didn't want anything to do with the plot and didn't want to be involved if Hansen-Schumann were to carry out the plot. He's being held on a one hundred thousand dollar bond and will return to court in late November.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is releasing a list of a task force that is responsible for providing recommendations on the future of the University of Minnesota's health system. The group will be led by former state health commissioner Jan Malcolm. Among those selected were onetime Allina Health CEO, Penny Wheeler, Essentia Health chief executive David Herman, and U of M dean of the medical school Jakub Tolar. The task force is expected to come up with a final report in mid-January.
A deer farm in Rock County is under quarantine after the state says one of the deer there tested positive for chronic wasting disease. The State's Department of Agriculture is not saying just which farm, or just where in Rock County. The state is also not saying when the test was conducted. It's unclear how many deer may have to be put down because of the CWD case. The state says there have also been positive CWD tests at farms in Washburn Sauk and Dodge counties this year.
Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources hopes to have its wolf management plan finalized by the end of next month, and hunters groups hope that will include a specific number of wolves for the state. The DNR yesterday announced two more open houses on the wolf plan. Both will happen next month, one in Ashland, and the other in Marshfield. The DNR board is expected to vote on the plan on October 25th Meanwhile hunter's groups like The International Order of T Roosevelt continue to push for a specific wolf population number. The group says that will both help hunters and help the state track the health of the state's wolf population.
A bill to legalize a controversial herbal supplement in Wisconsin is reintroduced. Ledgeview Assemblyman John Macco is one of the authors of the bill that would permit Kratom in the state. The supplement is used to self-treat conditions like pain, anxiety, and opioid-use disorders. Macco points out Kratom is legal in most other states, but possession of it is a misdemeanor in Wisconsin. Republican lawmakers tried legalizing it last year but held off on a vote amid criticism from law enforcement, who point out the substance is linked to psychotic episodes, overdose, and intoxicated driving deaths. Both the FDA and DEA have issued warnings about using Kratom.
The folks at the Chippewa Valley Wildlife Rehabilitation Center are taking acorns early this year. Usually, the center waits till October to start collecting acorns to feed the squirrels that are being rehabilitated there, but managers said they want to get an early start this year. For the next couple of weeks, you'll be able to rake up the acorns in your yard and drop them off at a collection trailer at the rehab center. There are currently 27 squirrels getting care at the rehab center. October is Squirrel Awareness Month here in Wisconsin.
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