Area
law enforcement is warning residents of an increase in scam calls
during the tax season. Scammers are targeting older residents posing
as IRS agents claiming the victim owes the IRS money and it must be
paid immediately or police will come to the home to arrest the victim.
This is nothing more than a scam as the IRS would not make such a
call. Scammers are also posing as Law Enforcement or even family
members and they claim the family member is out of state and is in
jail needing bail money. Again this is most likely a scam as Law
Enforcement would never call a person that has an active warrant.
The
City of Menomonie is working on a security plan as there is a possibility of presidential candidates coming tot he city later this
month. The Wisconsin Farmers Union will be hosting a Dairyland Forum
to attract the candidates to the area on March 29th
at the Dunn County Fairgrounds. Menomonie Police Chief Eric Anderson
says if no candidates are in attendance, then the city should have no
problem with security, however if the candidates show up, there could
be some issues the city will have to face. One possible plan by the
city would included a total of 70 security officers, a mobile command
center, and paramedics and ambulances. The city didn't take any
action on the plan and will work further with the WFU to determine
two plans of action depending on security needs.
The
man convicted of killing three Girl Scouts and a mother in November
of 2018 will be sentenced next week. Colten Treu will be sentenced
in Chippewa County Court and is facing up to 165yrs in prison. Treu
is also facing drug charges in connection with another incident in
which he was allegedly involved in a rollover crash. A two day trial
is set for that case at the end of May.
A
St. Croix County jury has found a New Richmond man guilty of
second-degree reckless homicide in his son’s death. It was
the second trial for 44-year-old Kayle Fleischauer. He was
found guilty in the first trial, but the result was tossed out based
on a claim of juror misconduct. The defense had claimed
19-year-old Chase Fleischauer accidentally shot himself to death.
The younger man was visiting from his Minnesota home when the two
apparently fought before the shooting. An autopsy showed Chase
Fleischauer had suffered a skull fracture and was bruised during the
incident in April 2018.
A
four-year-old girl is expected to be okay after being hit by a
vehicle while trying to get on the school bus Tuesday morning in
northwestern Wisconsin. The Sawyer County Sheriff's
Office says the Winter School District bus was stopped with its
lights on when an S-U-V driven by a Hayward woman passed on the right
side and struck the student. Deputies say the girl was under
the front of the S-U-V when it stopped. The victim was taken to
a Hayward hospital and has since been released. The driver was
taken into custody for recklessly causing injury and was cited for
multiple traffic offenses.
Wisconsin
Congressman Ron Kind says he is worried about the future of
Obamacare. The Affordable Care Act is being challenged in a
case that has come before the U-S Supreme Court. Kind says the
high court could strike down the federal health care program and
leave thousands of people in Wisconsin without health insurance.
The Democratic congressman says people would lose their protections
against pre-existing conditions if the Obamacare rules are struck
down.
A
Rochester man will serve 17 years in federal prison for his role in a
major methamphetamine bust in southeastern Minnesota. The
U-S Attorney's Office says 30-year-old Steven Lindquist received a
204-month sentence for conspiracy to distribute meth. Lindquist
and 24-year-old Tiffany Gauthier were indicted after authorities
found 55 pounds of meth hidden in the gas tank of a pickup last
May. Prosecutors say Lindquist was caught a few weeks
later with 615 grams of meth at the Black Bear Casino in Carlton
County. Gauthier was sentenced to five years in the case.
A
Wisconsin appeals court has rejected a request from two airlines that
they get a refund of four-point-two million dollars they paid in
taxes. Southwest Airlines and Air Tran Airways filed a suit
after merging in 2011 arguing they flew enough flights to qualify as
hub facilities under Wisconsin law. That law offers a tax
exemption. The 1st District Court of Appeals handed down
its ruling Tuesday, saying the two airlines didn’t have enough
flights out of the Dane County Regional Airport to qualify for the
exemption.
He
didn’t spend any money in Minnesota – and didn’t even visit –
but former Vice President Joe Biden emerged victorious in the
presidential primary Tuesday. Biden was boosted by the
endorsement from Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar after she
ended her campaign. Klobuchar had been favored to win in her
home state of Minnesota. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders figured
to win and he held a big rally in St. Paul Monday night. It
didn’t turn out that way in the end.
Senator
Tammy Baldiwn says she's putting pressure on insurance companies that
sell short term insurance plans, so-called junk plans, to ensure that
they're going to make testing for COVID-19 or the coronavirus
available to all of their patients. Baldwin
says that making actually using insurance you've purchased cost
prohibitive puts other people at risk because of a lack of medical
care.
Milwaukee
Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry told CNBC on Tuesday that sporting events
could possibly ban fans if the coronavirus outbreak worsens --
including Major League Baseball. Lasry
said that basketball games in Europe have already barred fans because
of the virus and that the National Basketball Association could do
the same if more people get sick.
Authorities
in Washington County have called off the search for armed
carjackers. Sheriff Martin Schulteis says the story about an
armed man stealing a truck last weekend was made up. That truck
driver, in some way, was trying to realize some financial gain by
fabricating the carjacking story. The sheriff says his
department spent a lot of time and money trying to run down what
turned out to be a hoax. It isn’t clear if any charges will
be filed for a false report.
President
Donald Trump is supporting former Lieutenant Governor Michelle
Fischbach in her run for Congress in Minnesota's 7th District.
Trump officially endorsed Fischbach in a tweet Monday night.
The president wrote, "Michelle
will protect the unborn, is Strong on Crime & Borders, Cutting
Taxes, your #2A, Loves our Military, Vets, & will stand w/ our
Great Farmers. Michelle has my Complete & Total Endorsement!"
Fischbach is the favorite to win the Republican nomination and
face 15-term D-F-L Congressman Collin Peterson. The chairman of
the U-S House Agriculture Committee has not announced whether he'll
seek re-election this fall.
Quick-thinking
customers were able to barricade a theft suspect in a Madison store
until police could arrive Sunday. Fifty-one-year-old Eric A.
Eisenhauer was arrested at a Boost Mobile store while carrying a
phone which had been stolen. The female victim had been at
Danny’s Pub early Sunday when she noticed her cell phone and debit
card were missing. When she confronted Eisenhauer, she was
pushed to the ground, but several bystanders were able to hold the
store’s door closed until police showed up.
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