A Milwaukee-area man is accused of speeding on I-94 in Dunn County and driving under the influence with a woman and baby in the car. According to the Wisconsin State Patrol, troopers pulled over 32yr old Willam Hoglund of Elkhorn on I-94 near milepost 56 for speeding. Troopers smelled burning marijuana and recovered what they believed was pot from the car. Hoglund was arrested on suspicion of DUI, second offense. A woman and a two-month-old infant in the vehicle were transported to a safe haven.
A man is dead after an officer-involved shooting in Rice Lake Sunday evening. According to the Wisconsin Department of Justice, officers from Rice Lake and the Barron County Sheriff's Department responded to a call on Hatten Avenue in Rice Lake for a woman stabbed by a male. Officers found the woman being treated by EMS and located the man barricaded in an apartment. After the use of a K-9 and other options to subdue the suspect, the man charged officers with a bladed weapon. Officers shot and killed the man. The involved officers from both agencies have been placed on paid administrative leave, per department policy.
UW-Eau Claire is not going to be among the UW campuses changing how they admit students. University president Jay Rothman on Friday said most UW schools are switching to direct admissions. That means Wisconsin high school students simply have to graduate in order to be accepted. UW-Eau Claire, UW-Madison, and UW-La Crosse are all opting out of the change. The switch comes as most UW schools saw fewer students enroll this fall.
A 39-year-old man was taken to the hospital after a house fire on County Road 9 East near the edge of Eyota on Thursday. According to the Olmstead County Sheriff's Department, firefighters were called to the home Thursday evening and found heavy white smoke coming out of the front door of a duplex and a 39-year-old laying on the ground. The victim was cooking when the fire started and had used a fire extinguisher to partially put out the fire. He was taken to the hospital and the fire was quickly extinguished.
Dr. Amy Radunz of Ellsworth, Wis. was elected president of the Wisconsin Beef Council Board for the next two years. Radunz is a beef cattle technical specialist and raises stocker cattle on her farm in Pierce County. She also serves on the Wisconsin Agricultural Export Advisory Council. Radunz said she is excited to lead the board and looks forward to continuing to promote beef demand. She said the board will face some challenges in the next two years due to lower cattle numbers, but she is confident that the board will invest checkoff dollars wisely
There is a warning from Wisconsin's Department of Transportation about the coming shorter days. Wis-DOT superintendent Tim Carnahan said the morning and evening commutes will be a little more difficult as the days get shorter. Wis-DOT says just 25-percent of all driving is done at night, but half of all deadly crashes happen at night. Wis-DOT is also warning drivers about deer. This is the time when deer become more prevalent at dusk and dawn.
Most Wisconsin families will probably have to pay more to heat their homes this winter. The winter outlook from the National Energy Assistance Directors Association estimates electric heat will cost one-point-two percent more than last winter, while propane is expected to be four-point-two percent higher, and heating oil will be up eight-point-seven percent. But there's good news for people who heat with natural gas, which is forecast to cost seven-point-eight percent less than last winter.
Flags will be flown at half-staff in Wisconsin this weekend honoring firefighters who've given their lives in the line of duty. The Final Alarm Ceremony and Silent Procession was held at the Wisconsin State Firefighters Memorial Park in Wisconsin Rapids on Saturday. National Firefighters Memorial Weekend was this past weekend, and the Wisconsin Firefighters Memorial Day will be observed this weekend weekend.
Lawyers representing Minnesota businessman Mike Lindell and his company MyPillow are asking to withdraw their services because they haven't been paid in full. Andrew Parker of the firm of Parker Daniels Kibort LLC filed the request in U.S. district court. The legal firm claims they're owed millions of dollars. The firm claims they've represented Lindell and MyPillow in a multi-million dollar lawsuit since February of 2022, but Lindell told them he could no longer make payments earlier this month. He's being sued by an elections company for allegedly falsely claiming the company manipulated votes in the 2020 presidential election.
Changes are proposed to the Republican plan to maintain the Milwaukee Brewers ballpark. A public hearing Thursday at Wisconsin State Fair Park on the plan to repair American Family Field had the lead author of the bill mentioning amendments that would lessen the tax burden the proposal puts upon the city and county of Milwaukee. Saukville State Representative Rob Brooks suggested putting a ticket tax on non-Brewer events at the stadium, and returning a seat on the stadium board to Milwaukee, The proposed changes would reduce the tax burden through the year 2050 on the city and county by as much as $65 million. Republican legislators say the amendments were added to enlist the support of Milwaukee Democrats, whose votes will be needed to pass the proposal.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to release millions of dollars in federal funding to the state of Minnesota. The federal agency had withheld that funding over the past two years due to concerns about logging in state wildlife management areas. Any timber sales conducted on those lands must benefit wildlife, and the federal agency said the state was not properly documenting the purpose behind those sales. A letter sent to the D-N-R this week says recent changes have satisfied those concerns and that the state will receive over 20-million dollars designated for wildlife habitat projects.
High school boys' volleyball will now be played during the spring season in Minnesota. A high school league task force debated the advantages and disadvantages of having the sport played in either the fall or spring. Yesterday, it was announced by the Minnesota State High School League that volleyball will be played during the spring of 2025 after years of trying to make the change. Boys' volleyball was sanctioned earlier this year.
First, it was flamingos at the beach in Port Washington, now it's cows in a neighborhood. Video of the cows being herded in a front yard made the rounds on social media this week. Neighbor Mick Maier said the cows came trotting down the street and didn't appear to be in a hurry. Neighbors were able to herd the cows and keep them in one yard. The cows belong to a farm about a half-mile away. Farmers say somebody left the barn door open and the cows just walked away.
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