The Durand-Arkansaw School Board has approved a Covid 19 Facility Use Plan for community events. Durand Arkansaw Superintendent Greg Doverspike says the plans will be similar to high school sports. The plan is for the upcoming winter and Doverspike says those plans could change due to what happens with Covid-19.
With Halloween about a month away, many are wondering if trick or treating and other Halloween events will be held due to Covid-19. Pepin County Health Officer Heidi Stewart has been working with the Durand Improvement Group on idea's to safely hold the annual Trunk or Treat. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has recommended that traditional trick-or-treating not be held this year.
Bond is set at one-million dollars for a western Wisconsin man accused of killing his wife's new boyfriend in Barron County. Prosecutors say 25-year-old Andrew Brunette of Rice Lake is charged in the first-degree homicide of 23-year-old Garret Macone from Chetek. Macone's mother found her son dead of a gunshot wound to the head on her patio September 20th. Detectives say Brunette admitted to shooting Macone twice while he was sleeping in bed. Macone was in a relationship with Brunette's wife after they separated. His first court appearance is Monday.
A man suspected of sexual assault in Rochester is dead after two-vehicle crash Wednesday near Kasson. The Minnesota State Patrol says a car driven by 39-year-old Anthony V. Mitchell intentionally crossed the center line on on Highway 57 and collided head-on with a pickup. Mitchell died at the scene. The truck driver - 83-year-old Kay Zelinske of Mantorville - was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Troopers say Mitchell ran a stop sign and was leading patrol cars on a chase. Authorities say they were looking for Mitchell as part of a sexual assault investigation.
There will be a special election next February in Minnesota's Second Congressional District following the death of one of the candidates. Legal Marijuana Now Party nominee Adam Weeks was found dead in his Red Wing home Tuesday. State law says a special election must be scheduled if a major party candidates dies within 79 days of Election Day. The contest is set for February 9th. Democratic Congresswoman Angie Craig is the incumbent and Tyler Kistner is the Republican challenger. Both expressed their condolences to the Weeks family.
An Elgin man is the victim of a deadly farm accident in Olmsted County. Sheriff's deputies say 36-year-old Nathan Holtegaard was working on the front end of a corn picker Wednesday night when it fell on him. A relative found Holtegaard in a shed, used a fork lift to remove the corn picker and called 9-1-1. Paramedics attempted life-saving measures but he died at the scene.
Around 150 National Guard soldiers are back in Wisconsin after a year-long deployment to the Middle East and Afghanistan. Members of the 829th Engineering Company returned home Thursday. The unit based in Spooner and Ashland mobilized last October on a construction mission and took assignments on 21 bases in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. There wasn't a traditional homecoming ceremony due to COVID-19 restrictions. The troops were greeted by family and friends at National Guard armories in Mauston, Tomah and Spooner.
Governor Tony Evers says eight-point-three-million dollars will support COVID-19 testing at Wisconsin's private, nonprofit and tribal colleges and universities. The state is seeing a big spike in positive cases among 18 to 24-year olds. Evers said, “No campus exists in a bubble, so it is critical that we all work together to stop the spread of this virus for the health and safety of not only those on our college campuses, but for Wisconsinites in every corner of our state, and testing is a key step in doing just that.” Evers says this CARES Act funding follows an investment of more than ten-million dollars in general COVID support for the schools this summer.
A federal judge has delayed a ruling over what sorts of IDs college students need to vote in Wisconsin. Judge James Peterson said that for this November's election, students will need to have an id that conforms to the state standards in order to vote. Common Cause of Wisconsin had filed a lawsuit, saying that the state's Voter ID regulations are an undue burden on students, but Peterson said that making a ruling now, just six weeks before the election would put too much chaos on the voting process.
All of the bars and taverns in the Ashland area are closing on Friday for more than two weeks to help reduce the spread of COVID-19. The Ashland County Public Health Officer imposed the temporary closure that will continue through Sunday October 11th. The order notes that the majority of new COVID-19 cases in Ashland County are "directly related to spontaneous gatherings in bars and/or tavern type establishments with no less than seven establishments identified as sources of exposure." The order does not cover restaurants that sell alcohol as long as alcohol sales account for 50-percent or less of their revenue. Violations could result in fines of 200 to 500 dollars.
Authorities in southeastern Minnesota are investigating an apparent drowning on Lake Winona. The Winona County Sheriff's Office says a caller reported that a man on a paddle board fell off Wednesday afternoon. They said that he resurfaced and started to swim to another boat but went underwater again. Divers and search boats recovered the man's body about two-and-a-half hours later. The victim hasn't been identified.
Two suspicious items shut down traffic Wednesday night in Superior. Police say a six-inch plastic cylinder with wires extending from it was found on a sidewalk. Officers also located a four-by-two inch metal box with copper wiring in a street. Authorities blocked traffic to Hammond avenue due to the uncertainty of the items. A tactical technology team later determined the items were components used in high-powered sodium lights.
Two suspects are under arrest for the alleged arson of two buildings in downtown Madison during civil unrest last month. The U-S Attorney's Office says 45-year-old Willie Johnson and 27-year-old Anessa Fierro are charged with attempting to damage and destroy by means of fire. The criminal complaint says they broke glass windows and doors in each building and poured liquid from a gasoline container into them while attempting to ignite the fluid. They successfully started a fire at one building and were trying to do the same to the other when Madison police arrived. Officers said the second building contained seven residential apartments, with three of them being occupied during the attempted arson. A-T-F agents identified Johnson and Fierro through surveillance video.
Harvest
is ramping up across Minnesota and officials are urging drivers to
use caution around large farm equipment. State Patrol Sergeant
Troy Christianson says motorists need to start to reduce speed once
they start to see the flashing lights of the tractors, combines,
wagons, or whatever you might see on the road. Christianson
says those big tractors travel at a slow speed and you need to be
extremely careful when passing them.
A Wisconsin soldier who died at Fort Jackson in South Carolina is back in his home state. The body of Private Michael Wise was returned to Wisconsin Wednesday. Twenty-nine-year-old Wise was found dead in his barracks September 12th. Army officials say his cause of death is still investigation, but it was unrelated to COVID-19 or training. Wise re-enlisted and was in basic training at the Columbia base. He was a 2009 graduate of Kewaskum High School and previously served in the Air Force. Wise leaves behind a pregnant wife and two-year-old daughter.
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