Pepin
County continues to report zero positive cases of Covid-19. Pepin
County Health Officer Heidi Stewart says there is a discussion on
possibly having the Wisconsin National Guard come to Western
Wisconsin to do asymptomatic testing. If
the Guard would come anyone could get a test and the guard would have
the ability to do 200 tests per day.
A
19-year-old man in western Wisconsin is accused of the repeated
sexual assault of a child. Clark County prosecutors say Brandon
Sanders sexually assaulted and then threatened the 12-year-old
victim. The victim and his mother went to the Clark County
Sheriff’s Office last October to report multiple incidents of
assault. Deputies were told the child was assaulted in the
spring and summer of 2019. Humbird is a town of 270 people
located about 18 miles north of Black River Falls.
A
local healthcare provider will begin offering Covid antibody testing.
Provisions Health announced the test yesterday. The antibody test
would let a person know if they have had Covid-19 or if they have the
antibodies. The tests will be provided for individuals or an entire
business. The company has also announced it will offer a return to
work screening program for businesses to screen each employee and
asking a list of screening questions. Call Provisions Heath at
715-833-0660 for more information.
A
54-year-old Dunn County man accused of using a bow-and-arrow to kill
his roommate has pleaded no contest. Richard Seehaver will be
sentenced on a second-degree intentional homicide charge June 18th.
Investigators say Seehaver told them he killed John Likeness two
years ago to “put him out of his misery.” The trial was
delayed when Seehaver was initially found not competent to stand
trial on the charges.
Vice
President Mike Pence is making a trip to Minnesota next week. Pence
will visit the Mayo Clinic Tuesday and tour its facilities supporting
COVID-19 research and testing. The vice president visited 3-M
in Maplewood last month to tout the companies face masks and personal
protective equipment. Pence also stopped in Madison, Wisconsin
Tuesday to tour a G-E Health Care manufacturing facility. Some
Democrats in Wisconsin criticized the Trump administration for not
supplying enough P-P-E for its hospitals and medical workers.
Police
in Rochester say a woman who admitted to smoking a large amount of
methamphetamine crashed into the Mayo Civic Center and rammed a
squad. The agitated woman intentional crashed her van early
this morning, backed into the squad car several times and drove off.
She was taken into a custody at a nearby gas station. Officers
say 36-year-old Jamie Copeland admitted to smoking meth. The
officer who was in the squad she rammed was treated for minor
injuries.
The
Wisconsin Elections Commission is urging anyone concerned about
coronavirus to make plans now to vote absentee for the May 12th
special election in the 7th Congressional District. Elections
administrator Meagan Wolfe says the deadline to request an absentee
ballots May 7th but voters should not wait until then because of
potential postal delays. Republican State Senator Tom Tiffany
faces Democrat Tricia Zunker of Wausau for the seat formerly held by
Congressman Sean Duffy. Tiffany has been endorsed by President
Donald Trump. Residents of the district can request an absentee
ballot online at myvote-dot-wi-dot-gov or through a local clerk's
office.
Minnesota
Governor Tim Walz says 80- to 100-thousand Minnesotans could return
to work Monday under his latest executive order. It
allows workers to return to industrial, manufacturing and office
settings that do face customers. Department of Employment and
Economic Development Commissioner Steve Grove called this a limited
first step in the process of safely re-opening some businesses.
Grove says DEED will continue to work with businesses, community
leaders and public health experts to put more people back to work as
safely and quickly as possible. Businesses that re-open will
have to come up with a COVID-19 preparedness plan which includes
health screenings of workers.
Carly
Rice says writes on her Facebook page: "Who in the world
would call anyone before 9-1-1 when faced with DANGEROUS
criminals??" Rice has been told she’s not going to get
the reward for the capture of two escapes from a Wisconsin prison –
46-year-old Thomas Deering and 37-year-old James Newman. Those
two had escaped from the maximum-security facility in Portage last
Thursday. They were arrested a week ago today (Friday) after
Rice made the call. She isn’t getting the reward money
because she should have called Crime Stoppers first.
The
people who are planning to protest Wisconsin’s Safer at Home order
don’t care that they don’t have a permit. Organizers of Friday’s
planned rally outside the State Capitol say they still plan to show
their displeasure with Governor Evers’ order that keeps people at
home and keeps businesses in the state closed till May 26th. The
Department of Administration is refusing to grant organizers a
permit. Capitol Police aren't saying what that means for how they
will handle the demonstration.
Wisconsin
Democrat Tammy Baldwin says the 484 billion dollar COVID-19 aid
package passed by the Senate this week includes critical financial
assistance. President
Donald Trump has said he will sign the bill, which also includes
funding for hospitals and a new coronavirus testing program.
A
nine-year-old Dakota County boy was killed in an A-T-V accident
Tuesday, five years after he had received a life-saving transplant.
Carter Nicolai died when the vehicle rolled on top of him across the
street from his home. He was riding it by himself when the
accident happened. Other children called authorities at about
6:30 p-m. The boy required a bone marrow transplant when he was
four years old to help him recover from the auto-immune disease,
aplastic anemia. Emergency responders say he died before he
could be taken to a hospital.
The
rapidly-falling demand for gasoline has led to the closing of four
Minnesota ethanol plants. Nearly 30 percent of the U-S plants
have quit producing since March 1st.
Al-Corn Clean Fuel in Claremont is still operating, but it's
producing ethanol for hand-sanitizer makers. The change will
also impact Minnesota farmers because ethanol plants consumed 36
percent of the state’s corn crop last year. Corn prices
nationwide are already approaching a 10-year low. There are 18
ethanol plants in Minnesota.
The
top official for the State Fair says the 2020 Great Minnesota
Get-Together will either be held without restrictions - or not all.
General Manager Jerry Hammer says the State Fair remains on track to
open August 27th and will not cancel it unless it is "absolutely
clear" it cannot be held. Hammer says there is no specific
date for a decision, but the latest they could decide would be August
1st. Since 1859, the State Fair has only been canceled due to
the Civil War, World War 2 and the 1946 Polio epidemic.
It’s
an easy connection to make, but it may not be true. Politifact
is challenging the premise that in-person voting is to blame for at
least seven coronavirus cases in Milwaukee County. The
Journal-Sentinel reports there is no firm evidence supporting tweets
and Facebook stories claiming more people have become sick because
Wisconsin didn’t cancel or postpone the April 7th spring
elections. Milwaukee County Health Department officials said
they might have seven cases related to the in-person voting, but they
are not 100-percent sure yet. A later report put the number at
19 coronavirus cases.
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