Authorities in Chippewa County say a Monday morning house explosion has left one person dead and another injured. The blast destroyed a home near Eau Claire, but just across the county line. The names of the two victims haven’t been released. The injured person is being treated at an Eau Claire hospital. Chippewa County Sheriff Jim Kowalczyk says he believes the explosion was caused by propane. The state Department of Criminal Investigation is helping with the case.
One
person was injured in a one vehicle accident in Spring Lake Township
on Friday. According to the Pierce County Sheriffs Department, 28yr
old Daniel Kirby of Elmwood was traveling southbound on Hwy 128 when
he lost control on the gravel shoulder. Kirby crossed into the
northbound lane and entered the east ditch. Kirby's vehicle rolled
multiple times before coming to a rest on the roof in a wooded area.
Kirby was transported to Western Wisconsin Health in Baldwin and then
air lifted to Regions Hospital in St. Paul.
The two men charged with killing an Eau Claire Man were in court on Monday. Attorneys for Joe Moya and Juan Olivarez requested more time to examine the evidence including flash drives, cd's and binders. Moya and Olivarez are charged in the shooting death of Edwin Garcia-Smith in March. The next court hearing will be August. 10.
A western Wisconsin rider who wrecked his motorcycle has been cited for operating while intoxicated, sixth offense. The accident happened last weekend. Eau Claire County deputies say the motorcycle went over the median, then up an embankment. The rider was thrown off his bike along Highway 53 Sunday evening. His name hasn’t been released. Deputies believe he was drunk.
Two
people are dead after a head on collision in the town of Osceola on
Thursday. According to the Polk County Sheriffs Department, two
truck were traveling in opposite directions on Hwy 35 north of 90th
avenue when the collided head on. 48Yr old Scott Brust and 53yr old
Lisa Swanson both from Cushing were pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the other truck was taken to the hospital.
A
combined six-point-three million dollars in grant money will fund an
initiative called the “Wisconsin Safe Voting Plan.” The
money from the Chicago-based nonpartisan Center for Tech and Civic
Life will be used to make polling places safer on Election Day during
the coronavirus pandemic. The money will be shared by officials
in Madison, Milwaukee, Green Bay, Racine and Kenosha. City
leaders plan to use the grant money to secure voting sites, set up
drive-thru and drop-box locations, recruit and train poll workers,
and make sure they have personal protective equipment.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation does not want to see political signs along the highways this election season. MnDOT is reminding candidates that state law prohibits the placement of private signs on the highway right-of-way. You could face a misdemeanor and civil penalty if the campaign sign contributes to a car running off the road or an injury crash. Road crews will take down signs on highway right-of-way and public utility poles and take them to local MnDOT truck station.
A group of Milwaukee business owners who want the city to require face masks is taking their case to the internet. A new public service announcement asks Milwaukee to be "safer and smarter than Florida." Several dozen businesses last week signed a letter to the mayor and the city council president, asking them to impose a mask order in order to "level the playing field" for businesses who don’t require masks on their own. The business group says masks are needed to stay safe, and the city needs to order people to wear them
If
you're hoping to help out other people suffering during the COVID-19
pandemic, make sure you're doing so responsibly. Tiffany Schultz with
the Better Business Bureau says some people will be making phony
fundraising pages, so make sure you investigate them. She says it's
best to either give money to a known charity, or to donate to causes
you can verify and trust.
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association says it hasn’t considered moving fall sports like football to next spring, despite the coronavirus pandemic. A change like that would need the approval of the W-I-A-A Board of Control. A spokesperson says there have been many informal discussions during the pandemic, but no serious staff time or discussion on flipping the seasons. The Board of Control isn’t scheduled to meet in July. Guidelines for fall sports are being worked out and schedules will be submitted later this month.
A 20-year-old La Crosse man is charged with 17 counts for alleged beatings of his girlfriend. Investigators say the attacks occurred over the last three months. Christian Bouquet is charged with sexual assault, strangulation, false imprisonment, reckless endangerment and multiple additional counts. Police say they have responded to many fights between the two since April. The girlfriend’s name hasn’t been released. She told the judge she is scared for her life.
The
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says it has closed four
natural areas in the state because they are so small it would be hard
for visitors to maintain social distancing. The problem is,
people keep sneaking in – even though the entrances are blocked.
A D-N-R spokesperson says the longer that kind of activity continues,
the longer the natural areas will remain officially closed.
Going in could earn a person a citation and a fine – and, if you
get hurt in there, the area isn’t monitored and emergency
responders might have a difficult time finding you.
U-S Senators Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and James Lankford of Oklahoma are backing away from their idea to replace Columbus Day with Juneteenth Day as a federal holiday. The two Republicans had filed an amendment to a bill last Wednesday to make the change. They withdrew the proposed amendment Friday. The two say they were trying to slow down the passage of a new paid day off for federal workers, estimating the new holiday would wind up costing taxpayers about 600 million dollars. Johnson says he wasn’t deprecating the achievements of Christopher Columbus or expressing any value judgment on his place in history.
Most
faculty members at the University of Wisconsin in Madison say they
don't think students should be back on campus this fall. The
Association of American University Professors survyed its members
last week about how they feel about teaching in-person classes. About
60-percent said they 'd rather teach online. Faculty
members say they don't believe classes can be safely taught during a
pandemic. Meanwhile, U-W's orientation weekend will be virtual this
fall. The school normally provides incoming freshmen and their
families a two-day campus experience, but this year that will be done
from home.
New voter registrations in Minnesota have been stopped cold by the coronavirus pandemic. Minnesota election officials say more than 25 thousand new voters signed up to cast ballots during March. Then, the pandemic hit and registrations fell by 86 percent – to just 35 hundred in June. The March numbers could be inflated by the fact Minnesota was holding its first presidential primary in 64 years that month. With the arrival of the pandemic, nobody was going door-to-door to get people registered and there were no more get-out-the-vote events being held. Other states say they are having the same experience.
Madison is banning vehicles on State Street in the downtown area during weekends. The change called “Streatery” just started and will continue through August 23rd. The idea is to let restaurants use the extra space to expand their outdoor seating on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays beginning at 6:45 p-m.
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