Two people were injured in a one vehicle accident in the town of Tiffany on Friday. According to the Dunn County Sheriffs Department a truck with two males was traveling east on Hwy 170 when the vehicle crossed the centerline, went onto the left shoulder then the driver over corrected and entered the right ditch. Upon entering the ditch the truck rolled several times and one occupant was ejected. That person was med flighted to the hospital with life threatening injuries. The other occupant was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries. Preliminary investigation shows that speed and alcohol are factors in the accident.
A man died after he crashed a motorcycle Saturday afternoon in Wabasha County. The Minnesota State Patrol says a 61yr old Kevin Vandewalker of Wanamingo was headed westbound on Highway 60 in West Albany Township when the rider lost control and left the road. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, alcohol was a factor in the accident.
Enrollment at in the Durand-Arkansaw School District is up Schools across the state report their enrollment from the third Friday of the month attendance. Durand-Arkansaw Superintendent Greg Doverspike says the Wisconsin DPI gave districts flexibility in counting attendance due to the covid-19 pandemic. Preliminary numbers indicate enrollment increased by 10 students.
Students are opting to head home after a precautionary quarantine was put in place at a dormitory on Marquette's campus. The University implemented the quarantine after a cluster of positive COVID-19 cases inside Cobeen Hall. Marquette officials are urging students who live in Cobeen Hall to stay put, but are not discouraging them from going home. Many students opting to leave have told local media they plan on returning when the quarantine is lifted.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank has been appointed to a four-year term on the N-C-A-A Board of Governors. Blank said she looks forward to working with her colleagues "to address the many important issues affecting our student athletes and our athletic programs." She called it a time of "great complexity and challenge for colleges and universities." Blank will represent the Big Ten Conference. Fall football will return in late October.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources plans to begin updating the state's 1998 walleye management plan. The D-N-R will be hosting regional meetings and doing surveys of Wisconsin anglers. Fisheries supervisor Mike Vogelsang says the current plan is more than 20 years old and needs updating to reflect current science and technology for managing walleye. Officials will seek public input on stocking priorities, regulations and agency resource allocation. The first regional virtual meeting for Douglas, Bayfield, Ashland and Iron counties is set for October 13th.
A new Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) survey shows Minnesota businesses continue to feel the deepening impacts of COVID-19. Nearly 70-percent of Minnesota small businesses indicate the pandemic had a negative effect on their businesses to some extent. Forty-one percent expect to go back to normal operations in more than six months. And 72 percent say they received assistance from the U-S Small Business Administration's Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), far surpassing any other financial assistance programs in the state
A federal court has put a hold on a judge's extension of the window by which absentee ballots will be accepted in Wisconsin. In a Sunday meeting of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, a judge's panel put a stay on a ruling by Judge William Conley that would have lengthened the amount of time absentee ballots would have been accepted until November 9. That's so that either the 7th Circuit or the US Supreme Court can issue a proper ruling in the case. Democrats want the state to have more time to handle what's expected to be a record number of absentee ballots.
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The Rochester man accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend and two-year-old daughter is now in the Olmsted County jail. Twenty-six-year-old Renard Carter was extradited back to Minnesota Thursday from South Carolina. Police say Carter left Rochester after the September 13th murders were discovered in an apartment where he had been living with the victims. He reportedly went to South Carolina to kill a former girlfriend. He was shot by police in Columbia when he refused to drop a gun. Carter faces three counts of second-degree murder.
The National Transportation Safety Board has released its final report for a fatal helicopter crash in Hazelhurst more than two years ago. Three people died in the crash - thirty-four-year-old pilot Rico Caruso of Hazelhurst, and medical personnel, 43-year-old Gregory Rosenthal pf Mosinee and 30-year-old Klint Mitchell of Watersmeet, Michigan. The NTSB determined the probable cause to be pilot fatigue. The crew of the Ascension Spirit Air Helicopter had dropped off a patient in Madison around 9:00 the night of April 26, 2018. Just before 10:45 p.m. the in-helicopter camera shows Caruso slumped to the left. Rosenthal and Mitchell shouted at him but got no response. The crash happened shortly after that.
If you're suddenly working from home or your child is doing remote learning, and you lack the internet connection you need, the Wisconsin Public Service Commission wants to help. State consumer protection administrator Lara Sutherlin says the new Internet and Phone Helpline is there to connect people with the broadband access they need. It includes a list of providers in various areas around Wisconsin. Sutherlin says that's especially important in rural communities where traditional broadband access is limited. I f you need help with establishing broadband service, call the P-S-C at 608-267-3595.
The mayor of Stevens Point is using the words "recommending against" instead of "banning" when it comes to trick-or-treating this Halloween. Mayor Mike Wiza said it's just too risky to have kids going house-to-house for candy this year. Instead, Wiza is suggesting that parents share pictures of their kids in costume, or pictures of their decorated houses with the city. Both the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and the C-D-C are also recommending against trick-or-treating this year.
A newly released video shows a man doing 40-thousand dollars worth of vandalism to Miller Park in June. Investigators say Keyon Lambert drove a tractor across the ball field and used the scoop to dig holes in the turf. Lambert told police he was going to write his name with the tractor tires but it moved too slow. He's facing criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct charges.
Tickets for the fall Minnesota State Fair food parade are sold out. The fall edition of the food parade takes place at the State Fairgrounds in Saint Paul October 1st through the 4th and 8th through the 11th. People who have tickets can drive through the fairgrounds and buy food from 16 different vendors.
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