Two people were injured in a one vehicle accident in the town of Ettrick on Saturday. According to the Trempeealeau County Sheriffs Department, a vehicle was traveling northbound on Hwy CC when the driver lost control, crossed the center-line and went into the southbound ditch. The vehicle then went airborne and rolled into a cornfield. The front seat passenger was ejected from the vehicle and the driver was partially ejected out the front windshield. The driver had to be extricated from the vehicle and both subjects were med flighted from the scene. The names of the victims are not being released until notification of family.
One person was injured in a motorcycle accident in the Village of Modena on Thursday. According to the Buffalo County Sheriffs Department, 51yr old Steven Zastrow of Buffalo City was traveling southbound on Hwy 37, when he crossed the center-line and began to lose control of the motorcycle. Zastrow entered into a skid and was thrown from the bike. Zastrow sustained life threatening injuries and was air lifted to the hospital.
No one was injured when a semi truck rolled over in Dunn County on Thursday. According to the Wisconsin State Patrol, the truck was traveling westbound on I-94 near Elk Mound when it rolled over blocking both lanes of traffic. A heavy wrecker was brought in to pull the truck onto the right shoulder. Crews needed about 90 minutes to upright and remove the truck. That accident is still under investigation.
The Buffalo County Board is meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include discussion and possible action on adding a question about ATV/UTV Road use on the November election ballot, a resolution to designate additional funding for broadband expansion in the county and a resolution to extend the public health emergency declaration. Tonights meeting begins at 7pm at the board room in Alma.
When authorities stopped a Cadott man for a hit-and-run crash in Chippewa County, deputies say he asked, “What crash?” Forty-one-year-old Joseph Walters had a measured blood-alcohol concentration of point-33, about four times the legal limit when tested. He faces the hit-and-run charge, his fifth operating while intoxicated offense, and at least three additional felonies. Investigators say a witness followed Walters after the crash in July and called 9-1-1. People in the other car were hurt. A large portion of their vehicle’s rear window was still sitting on Walters’ windshield when police questioned him.
A Rusk County man convicted of killing Robert Pettit in Conrath in 2018 has been sentenced. Preston Kraft was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Friday. The sentence came after Kraft disrupted the court and his microphone had to be muted. Kraft was also ordered to pay over $27,000 in restitution.
A Jackson County Sheriff's deputy has minor injuries Saturday after a car struck a squad car on County Road K. The driver was traveling west on Old Highway 54 when they failed to stop at County Road K. They drove straight into the squad car which was traveling with traffic and did not have any emergency lighting on. The squad car was forced off the road and airbags were deployed. The deputy was treated for minor injuries. The squad car is considered a total loss. The Wisconsin State Patrol is investigating the crash.
Two
people are in custody in western Wisconsin following a shooting that
left one man dead in New Richmond. Officers called to a
shooting Thursday night found a 52-year-old man suffering from a
gunshot wound. Deputies say Richard Rose was taken to an area
hospital where he later died. Two suspects fled the scene and
were later arrested. The names of the suspects have yet to be
released.
The Dane County Sheriff’s Office says one of its deputies – 61-year-old Richard “Rick” Treadwell -- has died from the coronavirus. Treadwell had worked for the department for 25 years, most recently as a recruiter and trainer. A release from Sheriff David Mahoney says the evidence indicates Treadwell contracted the virus while he was on duty. It is believed he is the first Wisconsin law enforcement officer to die from COVID-19 which he contracted while on duty. Treadwell is survived by a wife and three adult children.
Minnesota Health officials are urging those who went to the big motorcycle rally in Sturgis, South Dakota to self-quarantine for 14 days. That's after 15 Minnesotans tested positive with one hospitalized, and more cases are expected. Kris Ehresmann with the Minnesota Department of Health says "If you are feeling ill after returning from the event, please get tested and self-isolate while you wait for the test results." One Minnesotan reportedly contracted COVID after working at a temporary bar during the Sturgis rally. Ehresmann expects see additional cases linked to motorcycle rally in South Dakota.
University of Minnesota President Joan Gabel is proposing a two-week delay for student move-in on the Twin Cities, Duluth and Rochester campuses. The U of M Board of Regents will meet for an emergency meeting Monday morning to consider pushing back the move-in dates. Gabel said the delay could give additional time to evaluate new and emerging COVID testing guidance and to further evaluate efforts to mitigate the spread of the virus. Undergraduate courses would go on as scheduled, but would be online only for at least the first two weeks. No changes are proposed for move-ins at the UM-Crookston and Morris campuses.
U-S Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says his office won’t be reinstalling 12 mail sorting machines that were removed in Wisconsin. During a Senate committee hearing chaired by Republican Senator Ron Johnson, Dejoy said the machines will not be returned to service, despite comments earlier this week that he’d be putting a stop to proposed changes at the Postal Service. The Washington Post reports that of over 600 sorting machines removed nationwide, six were in Milwaukee, three in Madison, two in Green Bay and one was in Wausau. Also Friday, Johnson claimed that recent complaints about mail delays were “being ginned up . . . to extract a political advantage.”
Governor Tony Evers says he's happy to talk with interim U-W System President Tommy Thompson about a possible increase in the bubdget next year. Evers says talks are only just starting and they have a lot of details to work out. The governor added, "we had a good conversation and we both promised to continue having consultations going forward." Thompson is asking for 95 million dollars a year in extra general funding, and one-point-three billion dollars for capital spending to renovate buildings across the U-W campuses.
The man accused of a fire bombing at Madison's City County Building is now charged with tearing down statues outside the State Capitol. Twenty-six-year-old Marquan Clark is facing two felony counts of criminal damage to property as party to a crime. Protesters tore down the Wisconsin "Lady Forward" statue and one of Colonel Hans Christina Heg on June 23rd. Police say they identified Clark as one of the suspects involving in tearing down the statues from city cameras on State, King and Pinckney Streets. Officers say Clark can be seen pulling on a cable wrapped around the Lady Forward statue and wrapping a cable around the head of the Heg statue before attempting to pull it down. Detectives also identified Clark as the man who threw a Molotov cocktail in the City County Building later that night on surveillance footage.
No utility services will be cut off in Wisconsin through at least October 1st. The Public Service Commission extended its utility disconnection moratorium Thursday. It had been issued back in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. P-S-C chair Rebecca Cameron Valcq explained the move saying, “The high incidence of COVID-19 has not diminished.” She said the move was made to support public health and safety. Any state residents who can’t pay their utility bills are being encouraged to reach out to the Wisconsin Home Energy Assistance Program.
A new study confirms what many up north residents know: more of their neighbors now live out of state. Marquette Law School professor John Johnson says isn't a trend that's going to go away. Johnson says that it's a double edged change. Communities up north have fewer long term residents than before as an aging population continues to decline, but people are still paying taxes on those properties.
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