The
Buffalo County Sheriffs Department is searching for a Mondovi man
after a domestic abuse incident in the town of Lincoln. The initial report indicated that a gunshots were fired during the incident and
deputies attempted to make contact with the suspect, 41yr old Brock
Schultz, whom fled into a wooded area. After a search was conducted
with the Eau Claire Regional SWAT, Trempealeau County Sheriff's
deputies and Wisconsin State Patrol Troopers, Schultz was not
located. If anyone has information on Schultz' whereabouts you are
to contact the Buffalo County Sheriffs Department. At this time the
Sheriff's office does not believe there is any threat to the public.
The
Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) and the Pierce County
Public Health Department announced today that a second person
has tested
positive for COVID-19.
The person was exposed while traveling within the U.S. and is
currently isolated at home. County health officials are working to
determine people who have been in contact with the patient to isolate
or quarantine people and test those who are exhibiting symptoms
The
Mondovi City Council is meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include
an update on the Mirror Lake project, a proposal on installation of
video cameras at area parks, and discussion on lane and parking
changes for Hwy 37. Tonight's meeting begins at 6:30 at Mondovi City
Hall.
Calumet,
Dunn, Jackson, and Marathon counties have been selected for new
circuit court branches. Governor Tony Evers last week signed
legislation to create a total of 12 new circuit courts over the next
three years Director of State Courts Randy Koschnick announced the
first four on Monday. Koshnick said the decision was based on
thorough caseload analysis, demonstrated judicial need, county board
support, and the ability to have the necessary facilities and support
in place by the effective date -- August 1, 2021. The counties
selected for new judgeships are also among counties that received
funding in the 2019-21 state budget for additional assistant district
attorney positions.
A
Wisconsin man who pleaded no contest to four counts of homicide by
intoxicated use of a vehicle could be sentenced to up to 175 years in
prison this morning. Colten Treu will learn his fate in a 9:00
A-M hearing in a Chippewa County Courtroom. Prosecutors say
Treu had been huffing chemical vapors before he crashed his vehicle
into Girl Scout Troop 3055, killing three girls, a mother, and
injuring a fifth person in November 2018.
The
person responsible for the school lockdown at the Durand-Arkansaw
School District has been identified. Pepin Police arrested 21yr old
Michael Hurlburt of Colfax Wednesday afternoon after law enforcement
tracked his cell phone. When Hurlburt was arrested, no weapons were
found on him and he was held on a probation violation from the
Department of Corrections. Hurlburt had been sought after he made a
threat against a non-specific school.
There
is plenty of hand sanitizer available at the Marshfield Clinic and
the H-S-H-S Sacred Heart Hospital – just no masks. Managers at Eau
Claire’s two hospitals pulled the masks from their waiting rooms
last week. They say the masks were there to keep hospital workers
safe, but visitors were taking them. The two hospitals are saying
they will do all they can to protect the health of visitors and
workers.
Jury
selection continues today for a Rochester man accused in a March 2018
double homicide. Fifty-five-year-old Glenn Johnson is facing
first-degree charges for the stabbing deaths of 57-year-old
Philip Hicks and 45-year-old Eric Flemmings. The three men were
neighbors at the Salvation Army Castleview Apartments.
Johnson's defense attorney plans to ask the jury to find him not
guilty by reason of mental illness. They started picking
jurors Monday.
The
University of Wisconsin System says five of its campuses are phasing
out coal as a heat source. The statewide contract to provide
coal for the campuses will be allowed to expire in June.
Campuses in Oshkosh, Platteville, Stevens Point, Stout and Superior
have upgraded their boilers to run mainly on natural gas – with
fuel oil as a backup. A spokesperson for U-W-Platteville says
the switchover will reduce greenhouse gas emissions due to heat
generation by 20 percent.
Most
scientists expect an even worse-than-normal flooding season along the
Mississippi River this spring. That’s why a meeting is being
held in St. Louis March 20th for
local government leaders looking for ways to mitigate the growing
threat. Flood-related disasters have accounted for more than
845 billion dollars in losses over the last 20 years. The Pew
Charitable Trust is sponsoring the meeting to highlight ways cities
and states can use policies to create funding sources and regulations
to help reduce the risk of flooding.
A
court-ordered monitor’s report finds many staff members and inmates
at the Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake youth prisons still fear for
their safety. That facility was supposed to close in 2021, but
that doesn’t appear likely to happen. In an October survey,
more than 80 percent of staff members said they believe the facility
is unsafe or very dangerous. Forty-four percent of inmates said
they feared for their safety. Efforts have been made to improve
the conditions, but the survey suggests the progress has been slow.
A
northern Wisconsin woman is suing a Minnesota health car system for
allegedly overcharging for medical record retrieval. Mary Hills, of
Spooner, was charged 22 dollars, 8 cents for retrieval of five pages
of patient paperwork in 2014 - an amount her attorneys allege is
higher than allowed in Wisconsin. Health care system Essentia, which
is based in Duluth, says it’s not defined as a Wisconsin health
care provider, meaning it's not bound by Wisconsin laws that set
medical-record prices. Essentia Health declined to comment on the
ongoing class-action lawsuit, being heard in the U.S. District Court
for the Western District of Wisconsin.
The
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point at Marshfield is one step
closer to implementing an upgraded security plan. Officials today say
the main campus will pick up nearly 43-thousand-dollars to buy and
install 32 new security cameras around the Marshfield campus. An
incident in December when a visitor with a pair of gloves was
mistaken for a man with a handgun prompted the decision to upgrade
the quality and the quantity of the cameras. The school is awaiting
approval of 67-hundred-dollar in annual operating costs being sought
from Wood County and the City of Marshfield.
Oneida
County deputies have arrested Rhinelander city administrator Daniel
Guild on suspicion of misconduct in office. The arrest stems from an
investigation last year when search warrants were executed at city
hall. Deputies say Guild altered official city emails released in an
open records request, and that he lost personnel documents. The
documents in question were for former Public Works Director Tim
Kingman. Those records are supposed to be on file for seven years.
The case was initially handled by Forest County prosecutors, who said
they weren't going to file charges. Oneida County DA Michael Schiek
disagreed, and filed the charges. Guild will be arraigned on Tuesday.
The
U-S Coast Guard is expanding its spring ice-breaking operations into
the bay of Green Bay today (Monday). Officials say the work may
take several days to complete and then commercial carriers will be
able to begin traveling in the bay. The Coast Guard is advising
anyone planning to be out on the ice to stay away from shipping
channels. The experts say ice-breaking activity can weaken ice
quite some distance away from the tracks that the icebreakers
create. The work is being done to create access to the port of
Green Bay.
A
former Wisconsin firefighter says he was drunk and bored when he
started a fire, then drove a fire truck to help put it out. Shawano
County prosecutors are charging Corey Welch and his friend Bryan
Wendler for starting the fire last month at a family farm.
Investigators say Welch was drunk to the point of falling down at the
fire. Investigators say both men eventually admitted to starting the
fire. They say they thought they'd find some gold nuggets and truck
hood ornaments that they planned to sell.
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