One person was injured in a one vehicle accident in Clifton Township on Sunday morning. According to the Pierce County Sheriffs Department, 20yr old Lydia Taylor was traveling east bound on Hwy 29 near Hwy MM when she swerved to miss a deer. Taylor entered the north ditch and struck an embankment. She was transported to River Falls Hospital with undetermined injuries.
One person was injured in an ATV accident on private property in Martell Township on Sunday. According to the Pierce County Sheriffs Department, 33yr old Paul Gleich of Hastings was operating the ATV when he struck a fencepost Gleich was transported to the hospital with undetermined injuries.
On person was injured in a motorcycle vs deer accident in Maiden Rock Township on Friday. According to the Pierce county Sheriffs Department, 51yr old Scott Schaub of New Richmond was traveling westbound on Hwy SS near Hwy UU when a deer ran across the roadway and struck the side of Schaub's motorcycle. Schaub lost control and overturned. He was taken to River Falls Hospital with undetermined injuries.
Due
to the covid-19 pandemic, the members of the Durand Improvment
Group's holidazzle committee have decided to cancel this year Dazzle
Day and this years holiday parade. The committee members were
concerned that there would be no way to make the event safe for the
community. DIG will also be making the Christmas tree decoration
contest a virtual event this year. More information on the Christmas
tree decorating contest will be announced soon.
The Mondovi City Council is meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include a public hearing on the 2021 budget, discussion and approval of the budget after the public hearing, and discussion and possible action on a the 2021 capital improvement plan. Tonights meeting begins at 6:30 at Durand City Hall.
The Pepin County Health Department has issued a new health warning due to the covid-19 pandemic. The health department is reporting that covid-19 cases in Pepin County continue to grow at a rate that is significantly stressing the capacity of local public health, health care and educational systems. Over the past week the number of new positive cases is 10 per day. Since May 12, Pepin County has had a total of 266 people test positive for covid-19 with most of those cases coming in the last few weeks. Currently 94 of those cases are active.
Dunn County Authorities have charged a Menomonie man with attempted 1st degree intentional homicide, use of a dangerous weapon and one count of mayhem in connection with a stabbing earlier this month. Authorities were called to Domino's Pizza on Broadway for a man with a stab wound. After checking video police saw 42yr old Tasheen Googins grab the victims jacket and then thrust his left hand into the victims abdomen. Officers said they could see what appeared to be a small knife in Goggins hand. If convicted Goggins faces up to 105 yrs in prison. His next court appearance is November 18.
There
was a strong showing for Joe Biden in Eau Claire, but the rest of
Western Wisconsin voted Trump. The Chippewa Herald reports polling
got it wrong again in Wisconsin, underestimating Trump's support in
the state. Several cities propelled Joe Biden to a win, as more rural
areas voted for the President's second term. Unofficial results show
Biden leading Trump in the state by 21-thousand-votes.
A 19-year-old man accused of giving an assault rifle to Kyle Rittenhouse last August in Kenosha is charged with two felonies. Investigators say Dominick Black gave the weapon to Rittenhouse so he would help him guard Kenosha businesses during protests over the shooting of Jacob Blake. The 17-year-old Rittenhouse faces charges he killed two protesters and wounded a third. Blake is charged with supplying a dangerous weapon to a minor.
Minnesota
Governor Tim Walz is calling a sixth special legislative session
Thursday to extend his emergency COVID-19 powers for another 30
days. Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan said, "with
positivity rates, hospitalizations, and deaths rising, we have to be
prepared to protect Minnesotans over this long winter."
Governor Walz says he'll unveil at least some of his plans today
(Tuesday) for more narrowly-focused restrictions to combat the
growing number of COVID cases in Minnesota. Walz says last spring's
stay-at-home order was effective but a "blunt instrument"
he wants to avoid. The governor is talking about targeted
restrictions or shutdowns in places where young adults are spreading
COVID.
Cold weather is just around the corner, and Andrew Beckett with Wisconsin Emergency Management says now is the time to make sure your household has heat this winter. Beckett says having a working carbon monoxide detector is also critical. This is Winter Awareness Week in Wisconsin, and you can find more tips on preparing at readywisconsin-dot-wi-dot-gov.
The
executive director of the Wisconsin Elections Commission says the
call for an investigation of last week’s vote count is absurd and
insulting. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has asked a legislative
committee to investigate irregularities. Claire Woodall-Vogg
says her office did the best it could with the flood of absentee
ballots that took hours to count. She says the count was open
and transparent. Vos says he wants to look at questions of
vote-dumping and fraud.
Researchers
at the University of Wisconsin-Madison say the “Safer at Home”
policy followed last spring helped slow the spread of COVID-19.
A new study has been released using data from February-to-April in
Dane and Milwaukee counties. The reduction in the spread of the
virus was 40-percent in Dane County and 70-percent in Milwaukee
County while the order was in effect. The work of those
scientists has revealed the strain of COVID is different in Dane
County than the one present in Milwaukee County.
The company producing the canceled Country U-S-A and Rock U-S-A music shows plans to file for bankruptcy by next week. That means many people who bought tickets to the shows may not get full refunds. The COVID-19 pandemic forced the concerts to be shut down. Customers found out about the bankruptcy on the company’s Facebook page last month. Neenah-based Hypervibe says ticket buyers should be receiving claim forms in the mail in the weeks to come. It isn’t clear how much money they will be able to recover.
The University of Wisconsin says it is investigating a video posted on Instagram showing one of its employees trying to run over four protesters. The incident happened Saturday at the Wisconsin State Capitol. The man on the motorcycle has been identified as a Senior Power Plant Operator at the Madison campus. The Instagram account is set up to support Black, Indigenous, and people of color at the school. He hasn’t been arrested and faces no criminal charges at the current time. The university isn’t commenting other than to say it will take appropriate action when the investigation is complete.
More than two dozen people made a lot of noise Sunday afternoon outside the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Stillwater. The group drove right up to the gates honking their horns to send a message to the Department of Corrections. They want nonviolent prisoners to be released for their own safety during the coronavirus pandemic. Their action came in response to the death of a 61-year-old prisoner last weekend. Hundreds of inmates at the facility have tested positive for the virus. The prison is on lockdown in an effort to minimize the spread.
Nearly 3,400 mink have died over the last month, due to a coronavirus outbreak at a mink farm in Taylor County That's according to the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. DATCP confirmed the first mink deaths on October 8, at which time State Veterinarian Dr. Darlene Konkle said several hundred had died at the farm. DATCP will not release more specific information while an investigation into the virus is active. An agency spokesperson said all animals or animal products are still quarantined on the farm, and testing and other data will determine when the quarantine can end.
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