An Eau Claire man is dead after a motorcycle accident in the Town of Nelson on Wednesday. According to the Buffalo County Sheriffs Department, 50yr old Gary Engen was traveling northbound on Hwy D near the intersection of Hwy KK when he failed to negotiate a curve, causing him to lose control and rolling the motorcycle several times. Engen reportedly had a broken leg, and shortly after emergency services arrived, he collapsed and life saving measures were attempted. Engen pronounced dead at the scene.
One person was injured in a one vehicle accident in Oak Grove Township on Thursday. According to the Pierce County Sheriffs Department, 64yr old Terrence Solorz of Prescott was traveling southbound on Hwy 35, when he lost control of his vehicle, entered the south ditch and struck multiple trees. Solorz was taken to Regina Hospital in Hastings with undetermined injuries.
A Menomonie Man has been indited on Heroin and Gun Crimes in Federal Court. 32Yr old David Hartwig was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, possession of heroin with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The charges against Hartwig are the result of an investigation by the Dunn County Sheriffs Department, Menomonie Police Department, West Central Drug Task Force and the Bureau of ;Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. If convicted, Hartwig faces a maximum of 10yrs in prison on the firearms charges and 20yrs in prison on the drug charges.
The man accused of killing his girlfriend in Buffalo County then hiding her body made his first court appearance Thursday. Randall Q. Merrick is charged with First Degree Intentional Homicide-Domestic Abuse and Hiding a Corpse in Buffalo County in the death of Beth Johnson. According to the criminal complaint, Merrick told a witness that "I killed her," and when asked who was killed, Merrick said, "Beth." He then told the witness that "I hit her too hard." Merrick was arrested Tuesday at his residence in Rochester on a warrant from Buffalo County to extradite him back to Wisconsin to face the charges against him. During the hearing, a judge approved an order granting Merrick a public defender. He is scheduled to appear in court Friday morning. Merrick remains in the Olmsted County Jail.
The Dunn County man who used a bow-and-arrow to kill his roommate has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. Fifty-four-year-old Richard Seehaver pleaded no contest to a charge of second-degree intentional homicide in April. Seehaver reportedly told detectives he killed John Likeness two years ago to “put him out of his misery.” The trial was initially delayed when Seehaver was found not competent. Menomonie police were called to the home where they found Likeness dead in a recliner. Seehaver admitted he killed him.
A former chaplain for two Catholic schools in Chippewa Falls has been charged with the sexual assault of a child. Thirty-year-old Father Charlie Richmond made a court appearance in Chippewa County Circuit Court this week. Investigators with the Chippewa Falls Police Department say the alleged incidents happened over an eight-month period between September 2016 and May 2017. The victim told police Father Richmond touched her inappropriately at McDonell Area Catholic School. She said he would have her sit on his lap and give him a lot of hugs.
Wisconsin's
unemployment rate dipped slightly to 12 percent in May -down from
13-point-six percent in April. The Department of Workforce
Development reports Wisconsin
added 74-thousand 900 total non-farm and 72,100 private-sector jobs
last month. Governor Evers' Safer at Home order was struck down by
the state Supreme Court on May 13. D-W-D Secretary Caleb Frostman
said, "May's job numbers show a strong increase in jobs,
employment, and an unemployment rate that is more than a full
percentage point lower than the national rate." The U-S jobless
rate was 13-point-three percent.
Minnesota’s unemployment rate inched up to nine-point-nine percent in May. The Department of Employment and Economic Development says employers added 98-hundred payroll jobs and the private sector added 27-thousand-500 jobs. Government lost 17-thousand-700 jobs last month. DEED Commissioner Steve Grove said "our economy is facing an unprecedented challenge, which these numbers reflect. Slight job increases this month are a positive sign, but the employment rebound will continue to vary greatly by sector." May's numbers show the situation just before Governor Walz lifted the Stay at Home order and the phased re-opening of some businesses. Wisconsin's unemployment rate was 12 percent last month and the national jobless rate was 13-point-three percent in May.
Not yet halfway through 2020 and it’s already the worst year for Wisconsin hotels on record. A report from Oxford Economics puts the state’s loss in tax revenue from its hotels at more than 186 million dollars due to the coronavirus pandemic. All Wisconsin hotels had to close their doors during the statewide Safer at Home order – and many are still shut down under local orders. The Oxford study predicts it will take until 2022 before Wisconsin hotels return to the occupancy they had before the pandemic. More than 70 percent of hotel employees have been furloughed or laid off.
There are still many unknowns circulating around the Democratic National Convention in August – but, a spokesperson for Joe Biden says the former vice president will accept the party’s nomination in Milwaukee. The format for the convention and how many delegates will attend are still undetermined. Convention organizers are mainly focused on safety during the coronavirus pandemic. The crowds in downtown Milwaukee will likely be much smaller than the 50 thousand people originally expected. Bill Russo of the Biden campaign says his candidate will be in Milwaukee to accept the nomination.
U-S
Senator Amy Klobuchar is withdrawing as a potential vice-presidential
running mate for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.
The Minnesota Democrat made the announcement Thursday night.
Klobuchar tells M-S-N-B-C Biden should pick a woman of color to
campaign with him. Klobuchar says to heal the nation such a
choice would be the way to do it. On Twitter, Biden praised
Klobuchar but made no commitment about selecting a nonwhite running
mate.
Wisconsin
coaches and their players can return to summer athletic activities
July 1st. The W-I-A-A has released the guidelines for that
resumption, leaving it up to the schools to determine if that can be
done safely. Each team will select a COVID-19 coach to respond
to situations involving the virus. The state association says
close contact sports like football, wrestling and dance may have to
be modified. Training in safety protocols for all coaches is
part of the return-to-play plan. Despite the release of the
guidelines, there is still no guarantee fall sports will actually
happen yet.
Authorities in Rusk County say a double-murder suspect has confessed to killing his grandparents. After interviewing Adam Rosolowski, investigators think he shot them to death because he wanted their truck. Rosolowski originally blamed another suspect for the shootings. Later, he told deputies he shot his grandmother in the head. He and two teenagers are being held in the Rusk County Jail for the double murder committed earlier this month.
The Minnesota Supreme Court is ordering the indefinite suspension of a Rochester attorney’s license to practice law. The state's high court says Duane Kennedy will not be able to petition for the reinstatement for two years. Kennedy is accused of bartering with a client for sexual favors and making false statements to both police investigators and the director of the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility. He was also investigated for bookkeeping failures in violation of his probation for previous misconduct. Court records indicate Kennedy admitted to the bookkeeping violations - but denies that he sought sexual favors and that he lied to investigators.
A doctor of U-W Health says he is encouraged by the preliminary studies of the drug Dexamethasone. Doctor William Ehlenbach says he has already used the widely-available steroid on one of his patients with good results. Researchers in Great Britain say the drug could help some of the sickest coronavirus patients. For those on a ventilator, it appears to reduce the risk of death by 35 percent. The findings are still preliminary and it is too early to tell about long-term effects. Doctors say it doesn’t work on all patients.
Minnesota officials are monitoring a potential COVID-19 hot spot in southern Minnesota. The Department of Health's Kris Ehresmann says Mower County had 73 new cases Wednesday and now has the second-highest incidence of cases in the state. Ehresmann says they have already been partnering with local labs to increase testing, and recognize that there is both workplace potential for exposure as well as a community activity. Pop-up testing sites are planned in Austin on Saturday and Sunday with a capacity of around one-thousand people each day.
Milwaukee Public Schools could be the next school district to cut ties with the police. Hundreds of protesters gathered outside district headquarters Wednesday to demand the school district cancel a half-million-dollar contract that helps pay for police officers to patrol near several schools. Milwaukee Police have not been inside public schools since 2016. Milwaukee School Board President Larry Miller says the times have changed, he supports the protesters’ demands. Miller says the money spent on police officers could be spent elsewhere.
An unpleasant mess has Wausau public works asking residents for a favor. Don't flush anything but toilet paper or your own waste down the toilet- that's the word from Wausau Water Works after untreated wastewater ended up spilling into the street. The backup was caused by several non-flushable items such as wet wipes, paper towels, napkins, and feminine hygiene products- all items that should go in the trash and not down the toilet, even if the label says "Flushable." failure to follow those guidelines not only results in a mess for utility crews to clean up, it could also cause sewage to backup into your or your neighbors home.
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