One person was injured in a motorcycle accident in Oak Grove Township on Saturday. According to the Pierce County Sheriffs Department, 51yr old Melissa Atkinson of Stewartville, MN was traveling northbound on Hwy 35, when she lost control while negotiating a curve and drove off the roadway and was ejected. Atkinson was transported to Mayo Hospital in Red Wing.
One person was injured in a motorcycle accident in Diamond Bluff Township Saturday. According to the Pierce County Sheriffs Department, 54yr old Michael Leifeld of Ellsworth was traveling northbound on Hwy OO and lost control while negotiating a curve and entered the east ditch. Leifeld was transported to Mayo Hospital in Red Wing.
The Pepin County Sheriffs Department has formed a committee to develop a K-9 unit for the department. The K-9 unit would be used for drug detection, tracking of missing persons along with public relations. Pepin County Sheriff Joel Wener says while the department wont need to purchase a new vehicle there will be some costs involved. The department is taking donations to help cover the costs of the k-9 unit and for more information call the sheriffs department on the non emergency number
The Durand City Council is meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include discussion and possible action on the design proposal for the 3rd Avenue East Reconstruction project, and a Facade Application for the Wine Inn Vizsla. There will also be department reports from police, fire, mayor and city administrator. Tonight's meeting begins at 6:30 and will be live-streamed on the WRDN Facebook Page and You Tube Channel.
The Winona State University campus will be on a self-imposed quarantine for two weeks following a spike in COVID-19 cases in the area. W-S-U President Scott Olson says they hope to slow an increase of asymptomatic transmission. Doctor Olson says non-essential activities will be limited and all in-person classes will move online. Coronavirus cases have more than doubled in Winona County in recent weeks. Olson says the administration is not aware of any serious illness related to COVID-19 within the Winona State community.
AstraZeneca
has put its clinical trial of a vaccine for COVID-19 on hold.
U-W Hospital was one of the worldwide sites for the work that started
last week. Tuesday’s move was made after a participant in the
United Kingdom suffered what was suspected to be a serious adverse
reaction. The reaction hasn’t been described. U-W
Health chief quality officer Doctor Jeff Pothoff says it is common
for trials like this one to be temporarily halted. Madison
enrollment is on hold and people scheduled to get the vaccine this
week have been notified their appointments are canceled.
Wisconsin’s governor says new restrictions on personal protective equipment from the federal government would force the state to revise its disaster plan in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. Governor Tony Evers has sent a letter to FEMA officials asking for the restrictions to be eased. New guidelines recently issued will limit who can receive the equipment and allows states to only buy a 60-day supply. Evers is asking FEMA to revert to its original guidelines issued in March.
Undergraduate students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have been told to “severely limit” their in-person interactions for the next two weeks. Campus leaders are trying to slow the growth in the number of positive COVID-19 test results. An open letter from Chancellor Rebecca Blank asks those students to limit their exposure. As of Monday, there were 76 students in quarantine on the campus and 91 at an off-campus location. Students failing to cooperate could be penalized.
Assembly Speaker Robin Voss and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald added their signatures to a letter dated sent to Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren, from legislators in Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio and Pennsylvania. The letter states "many concerned students, parents and coaches" have encouraged the lawmakers "to defend the students' long-term academic and career interests." The Big Ten has delayed fall sports until spring due to coronavirus concerns - most other major conferences have not.
Three students at Carroll University say they were just holding a small party at the beginning of the school year – but things got out of hand. Now, they have been suspended for the fall semester. When they hosted the party about two weeks ago a neighbor took a picture and sent it to university officials. Alec Hamilton, Blake Williams, and Tanner Hoffman were informed the party violated Carroll University’s new coronavirus safety protocols because so many students were present. The three thought they weren’t breaking any rules because the party was held at an off-campus apartment.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz could call another special session of the legislature to extend his COVID emergency powers. The peacetime emergency is set to expire this Friday. The Republican-controlled Senate has voted to end those emergency powers but has been blocked by the D-F-L-led Minnesota House. Senate G-O-P Leader Paul Gazelka wrote in a letter to the governor, "while we all agree that the COVID-19 pandemic is a serious health matter having a significant impact on our economy, there is no longer an emergency." State health officials reported 638 new cases Monday and three more deaths.
Thousands of absentee ballots could be tossed out in battleground states like Wisconsin this November. Ballots go uncounted because they arrived too late, the voters forgot to sign them, or their signatures don’t match the ones on file at the election office. Almost two dozen states are expected to go from absentee ballots making up less than 10 percent of the votes to possibly more than half. An Associated Press study finds that could mean up to 292 thousand ballots could be rejected in seven states, including Wisconsin. Since Donald Trump won the Badger State by 23 thousand votes, the rejected ballots could have a major impact on the election’s outcome.
The U-S construction industry is struggling during the coronavirus pandemic, with more than 400 thousand jobs lost. Forty-six percent of Wisconsin construction companies say they have had projects delayed or canceled. More than one-third of Wisconsin companies say their costs have been higher than projected and about 29 percent say those projects have taken longer to complete. When asked how long it might take for their business to return to normal, Wisconsin construction companies replied – "more than six months, or never."
Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is naming the co-chairs of a new task force on racial disparities, educational opportunities, public safety and police policies and standards. Vos says Republican Majority Leader Jim Steinke of Kaukauna and Democratic Representative Shelia Stubbs of Madison will lead the special committee. Stubbs criticized G-O-P lawmakers for doing nothing in special session to address police brutality following the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha. Stubbs said, "as co-chair of this task force, I will elevate community voices, so that we can create an inclusive dialogue that leads to action." Community members can apply via email through September 18th to be on the task force (SpeakersTaskForce@legis-dot-wisconsin-dot-gov.)
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety says the preliminary numbers show 368 people were arrested for D-W-I over the Labor Day weekend. That's a slight decline from the 408 D-W-I's during last year's holiday weekend. There have been nearly 16-thousand drunken driving arrests in 2020 - compared to more than 18-thousand by Labor Day 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic could be a factor in fewer D-W-I's this spring and summer.
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