No one was injured in a one vehicle accident in the Nelson on Tuesday. According to the Buffalo County Sheriffs Department, 22yr old Lucas Myer of Alma was traveling on Hwy 25 between Nelson and Wabasha when he swerved to avoid hitting a deer and went down an embankment and into the water. Myer was evaluated on scene by Alma Ambulance but was not transported to the hospital.
Authorities in Eau Claire County are accusing a woman of spending 33 thousand dollars in P-T-A and Scouting money. Christine Busse allegedly took the money to cover her bar tab and other personal expenses. She had served as treasurer for the Sam Davey P-T-A and the local Girl and Boy Scouts. Investigators began looking into the money in February. They say Busse told them she planned on paying it back, but things got out of hand.
The first Human Case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis has been reported in Eau Claire County in an 18yr old female. The news of a human case of EEE comes after the state announced last week that horses in three northwestern Wisconsin counties were infected with the virus. EEE virus is a rare, but potentially fatal disease that can affect people of all ages. In Wisconsin, the last human case of EEE was reported in 2017. EEE can be spread to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. Mosquitoes acquire EEE virus by feeding on infected birds. The virus is not spread person to person or directly between animals and humans.
The Plum City School Board will be holding a special board meeting tonight to discuss fall sports. Districts across Wisconsin are deciding on whether to hold sports like football and volleyball in fall or to delay those sports until spring. Tonight's board meeting begins at 6pm and will also available on google meet.
So far no problems for students or staff returning to school in the Durand-Arkansaw and Pepin School Districts. Pepin County Health Officer Heidi Stewart says the districts and health department are in daily contact. The school year officially started on September 1st.
Authorities in Goodhue County are investigating the death of a tree service owner from Pine Island. The Zumbrota Police Department says 62-year-old James Mueller was 30 feet in the air on the bucket of his boom truck Tuesday when the arm broke off. The bucket fell to the ground with Mueller inside. Officers say he was unresponsive when first responders arrived and didn't survive. The accident is still under investigation by the Southern Minnesota Regional Medical Examiner's Office.
The coronavirus pandemic is cited as the reason an expansion project at Rochester’s Mayor Clinic has been paused. The 11-floor add-on to the Gonda Building was supposed to be completed by the end of 2022, but that will now be delayed. Mayo Clinic officials say they are fully committed to the project. There is no official date for resumption of the work which is intended to “serve the needs of clinic patients for years to come.”
Neighboring law enforcement agencies are helping out in Mauston while nearly half of its police force is on administrative leave. Four of its 10 officers aren’t available for duty. Sparta Police and the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department are investigating the two separate incidents that occurred while the four Mauston officers were off-duty. No details of the incidents have been released. Mauston City Administrator Randy Reeg declined to provide additional details until the two investigations are completed.
The chief quality officer at U-W Health was the first to receive an injection of a potential COVID-19 vaccine as part of a clinical trial Wednesday. Doctor Jeff Pothof says because his professional life has been consumed by the virus over the last few months, he felt called to be a part of the solution. Two dozen more people will receive the vaccine today (Thursday) and Friday, with 16 hundred volunteers becoming part of the program over the next eight weeks. A spokesperson for the Madison medical facility says more than a thousand people have inquired about the clinical trial since it was announced earlier this week.
Laid-off workers in Wisconsin may get a little extra from the federal government. Wisconsin's Department of Workforce Development says the state has been cleared to offer 300 dollars-a-week in extra benefits. The money is part of a federal package that seeks to replace the 600 dollar-a-week unemployment enhancer that ended at the beginning of August. Around 140-thousand Wisconsinites are eligible. D-W-D Secretary Caleb Frostman say they likely won't receive the federal payment until October.
Governor Tony Evers didn’t get the police reforms he wanted to be passed during a special session this week, but Republicans have agreed to form a task force on racial disparities. Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke of Kaukauna will be the chairman. Steineke says issues involving police transparency and reform will be addressed. The Republican says he believes even law enforcement has recognized the fact that some things need to be done. No bills are expected to be passed before the November general election.
Wisconsin has joined several states that are challenging the early end to the 2020 Census count. Attorney General Josh Kaul filed a brief to that case Monday. Kaul says the Trump administration’s decision to stop accepting self-response census forms at the end of this month is making it harder to count everyone. Democratic leaders are pushing the effort to get everyone counted to ensure regions receive as much federal money as possible. Kaul says he thinks the Trump administration is trying to skew the final census results.
A judge in Ramsey County is dismissing a legal challenge to Minnesota's statewide mask mandate. The lawsuit from businesses and Republican lawmakers claimed that Governor Tim Walz was abusing his executive power and interfered with the legislative process. Judge Thomas Gilligan upheld the constitutionality of the governor’s actions. Gilligan wrote, "the COVID-19 pandemic constitutes an act of nature that provides the Governor with the basis to declare a peacetime state of emergency in Minnesota." This was just one of multiple lawsuits challenging the governor's emergency powers. At least 34 states require a face covering to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Letters explaining voters' options should be arriving in Wisconsin mailboxes soon.The Wisconsin Elections Commission sent more than two-and-a-half million letters to nearly every registered voter in the state Tuesday. People can vote in-person, with an absentee ballot at the polls, or with an absentee ballot through the mail. The letter explains how to do all three.
The City of Madison is creating a police oversight panel. The Madison City Council has approved creation of a police oversight committee. The board will be made up of 11 members and will appoint an independent police monitor to make assessments and recommendations to the Madison Police Department. The committee does not have the authority to fire or discipline.
Wisconsin’s top elections official says her office has been meeting with the Postal Service weekly to make sure everything is ready for the November presidential election. Meagan Wolfe says the battleground state of Wisconsin is ready, despite concerns about security, the coronavirus pandemic, and the ability of the Post Office to process a record number of absentee ballots that will be mailed in. Wolfe shared the preparation efforts at a Tuesday meeting of the commission, nine weeks before the November 3rd vote. President Trump carried the state by just 23 thousand votes in 2016.
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