The Plum City School Board has reversed course and will allow fall sports to be played. On Monday the board voted to cancel fall sports, but a public backlash caused the board to hold a special meeting last night . After hearing from Pierce County Health Offier Ayslin Snyder and members of the Public the board discussed options of how to allow fall sports while at the same time mitigating the risk of a covid 19 outbreak due to student athletes intermingling with students from other districts while playing sports. The board voted 4-1 to approve fall sports and the student athletes will have the choice of co-horting together and having virtual learning in a separate part of the school or virtual learning from home.
A building in downtown Red Wing is heavily damaged after an S-U-V crashed through the front window late Wednesday night. The partially collapsed building is home to Liberty’s Restaurant on the main level and apartments upstairs. Officers were responding to a different call when they passed a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed in the area. Police saw the vehicle speeding through the intersection before striking the front of Liberty's Restaurant. No injuries were reported. The driver was taken into custody.
A Wisconsin congressman says the country’s school teachers deserve a coronavirus stimulus package of their own. Democrat Ron Kind said teachers are facing a difficult time, whether they are in front of a class or teaching their students from home. Kind is suggesting the use of federal money to pay for internet access for teachers, along with coronavirus testing, cleaning supplies, and contact tracing. Kind has not said how much he thinks this would cost.
A Hastings man is facing third-degree murder charges for providing the heroin that led to a fatal overdose. The Dakota County Attorney's Office says 41-year-old Jason Slattum is accused in the July 11th death of 50-year-old Michelle Cahill. Officers were called to medical emergency discovered Cahill not breathing and without a pulse and attempts to revive her were unsuccessful. The victim's wife told deputies that they ingested heroin purchased from (Jay) Slattum the night before. A field test later showed the substance tested positive for the presence of fentanyl. Slattum's next court date on September 10th.
Thursday’s meeting of the special legislative session looked a lot like Monday – lasting less than a minute before being adjourned until next Tuesday. Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke said the Speaker’s task force will address racial disparities and the discussion will include bills the governor is pushing. Steineke is the chairman of that task force. The Kaukauna Republican says things need to cool down in Wisconsin so people can come together and find common ground on solutions needed to move forward. So far there has been no movement on the package of police reforms the governor and lieutenant governor introduced two months ago.
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Chancellor Dwight Watson will be on administrative leave during the investigation of a complaint that was filed against him. U-W System officials aren’t commenting on the nature of the complaint. While Watson is on leave, vice-provost Greg Cook will lead U-W-Whitewater. Thursday’s news conference came just a day after classes had resumed in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.
An Elk River man is charged with placing hidden cameras in a Mall of America fitting room and other locations after a long investigation. Forty-two-year-old Trevor Nielsen is charged with interference with privacy against a minor, and being three years older. The criminal complaint says Nielsen admitted that he hid a camera in the fitting room of the Forever 21 store at Mall of America, and secretly recorded people in many locations including his girlfriend's 15-year-old daughter. Prosecutors say police confiscated Nielsen's electronic device and it produced "an enormous amount of information. His initial court appearance hasn't been set.
A second woman accused of attacking Wisconsin state Senator Tim Carpenter in Madison is pleading not guilty. Samantha Hamer is facing one count of substantial battery as party to a crime for the alleged assault at a June protest. Kerida O'Reilly also entered a not guilty plea this week. Carpenter says he was taking pictures of protesters when he was assaulted and suffered injuries that required surgery.
The Wisconsin Department of Justice says its "Speak Up Speak Out" effort is a school safety program aimed at making it easier to report threats of school violence. Attorney General Josh Kaul says reports can be made to the resource center 24-7, with the offer of threat assessment consultation, incident response, and school safety guidance. Students, parents, community members, teachers, and school staff members can submit a safety concern or report a threat through the website, by using the app, or by calling a toll-free number.
The Burnett County district attorney has cleared a police officer for the actions he took during a fatal shooting in St. Croix Falls. The officer’s name hasn’t been released. Investigators say a suspect was shot to death August 8th at a motel by the officer who was responding to a 9-1-1 call about a woman needing help. The man who was shot was holding a knife and refused to drop it. He died before he could be taken to a hospital. The two people involved in the incident haven’t been identified.
The U-S Labor Department says people in Wisconsin filed around 13-thousand, 900 first-time jobless claims the week ending August 22nd. That's nearly one-thousand fewer than the week before. Claims are still higher in Wisconsin compared to last year. 880-thousand Americans filed new claims for state unemployment last week.
The Wisconsin Professional Police Association has released a series of proposals to improve the profession statewide. The document is called a “Blueprint for Change.” W-P-P-A Executive Director Jim Palmer says his group wants to play a direct role in driving the public discourse, but it also wants the discourse to lead to some concrete and meaningful action. The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha have focused public attention on the profession. Among the things included in the “Blueprint” is a call for a uniform policy on the use of deadly force only as a last resort.
The first day of class at the University of Wisconsin-Madison was a frustrating one for many students and staff members. A spokesperson for the university’s I-T department says there were intermittent outages and other issues when people tried to go online. Technicians reportedly worked overnight to fix the problems caused when the systems were stressed. The issues facing U-W-Madison students and staff members were blamed on the crush of hundreds of universities starting classes this week.
Labor Day is the traditional end of the summer, and for many in Wisconsin, that means heading to the water for the last time of the year. The Department of Natural Resources is issuing its annual Labor Day boating safety reminder. The advice is to have life jackets on board, slow down, don't drink while boating, and watch for other people in the water. The D-N-R says 19 people died in boating accidents in Wisconsin this summer; most of them drowned while not wearing a life jacket.
Reedsburg city officials say a 60-year-old man was cited Tuesday afternoon when he brought an unusual “gift” into the front lobby at City Hall. Police were called after Kenneth Kruse brought the dead skunk inside – even though he had been told not to do that. Police say Kruse was also yelling at the receptionist and causing a disturbance. He was cited for disorderly conduct.
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