One person is dead after a one-vehicle accident in Menomonie township Sunday morning. According to the Dunn County Sheriffs Department, a 24yr old male from Elk Mound was traveling southbound on 390th street and failed to stop for a stop sign at Hwy 12. The vehicle crossed Hwy 12 onto Hwy BB and then left the roadway and struck a large tree. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene by the Dunn County Medical Examiner. That accident remains under investigation by the Dunn County Sheriffs Department.
Police in Eau Claire say one person is hospitalized and another is in custody after a stabbing on New Year's Day. Officers report a man was stabbed during a fight outside the Brickhouse Pub and Grub around 4 a-m. The victim was transported to the hospital by a friend. Investigators say an alleged suspect was arrested a short distance away. The victim is in stable condition and expected to survive. Eau Claire police are asking witnesses to provide more information about the incident.
Authorities in southeastern Minnesota are investigating the discovery of a body in a burned up vehicle near Kenyon. The Goodhue County Sheriff’s Office says the human remains were found in a car parked outside a residence after a fire was reported on New Year’s Eve. Deputies say the homeowners and other residents have been accounted for. The Southern Minnesota Medical Examiner’s Office is doing an autopsy to identify the body and determine the cause of death. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
A break in a sanitary sewer main has the city asking residents to avoid contact with the water in the La Crosse River. The sewer overflow was reported Saturday shortly after noon. The problem was located on the north bank where the La Crosse River meets the Mississippi near River Side Park. Officials estimate 42-thousand gallons of sewage spilled into the river at that location. The leak has been contained and the city will start work on a permanent fix today
The Mayo Clinic is apparently trying to expand its presence in Rochester. Mayo reports it purchased the former Days Inn property in downtown Rochester for ten-million dollars, and the deal includes a three-point-seven-million dollar charitable contribution from developer Matt Kramer. Facilities and supportive services chair Doug Holtan said, "while there isn’t a planned use for the site at this moment, Mayo Clinic feels the proximity of this site to Mayo Clinic Hospital-Rochester, Methodist Campus, and the Downtown campus provides an opportunity for future expansion and growth to support Mayo Clinic’s mission."
It’s time for Wisconsin lawmakers to get back to work. The inauguration of the state Assembly is scheduled today . Sixteen new members will be sworn-in along with 82 who are back for another term. Republicans hold a 60-to-38 majority. Members of the Wisconsin Senate will also be sworn-in. Members of the Assembly and Senate are expected to pass a package of COVID-19 response bills and address the way state elections are run. Their main job will be approving a two-year state budget. Democratic Governor Tony Evers and the Republican-controlled Legislature will try to find some common ground on the big issues – a job that has been a challenge in the past.
Senator Ron Johnson is being condemned by Wisconsin politicians of both parties. Former House Speaker Paul Ryan, though not mentioning Johnson by name, called objecting to certifying Electoral College results "anti-democratic and anti-conservative." Republican congressman Mike Gallagher of Green Bay joined six other House Republicans who, despite concerns about fraud, object to the attempt to challenge the final results certifying Joe Biden as the winner. Democrats were more critical. Senator Tammy called allegations about results in Wisconsin "false and dishonest. Governor Tony Evers in a weekend tweet said, "this is disgraceful behavior by Senator Johnson."
Wisconsin distilleries won't be on the hook for a federal fee for retooling their businesses to make hand sanitizer. Last week, those distilleries found out that the FDA could charge them all over 14-thousand dollars for registering to produce sanitizer when the country was facing a massive shortage at the start of the pandemic. The FDA announced on Thursday that they won't be issuing that fee, after all. Health and Human Services chief of staff Brian Harrison wished everyone a Happy New Year and said that no one would be charged a surprise, arbitrary fee.
The Green Lake County Sheriff’s Office reports the body of a 35-year-old woman has been recovered from the Fox River. The woman’s name hasn’t been released. She had been painting an outdoor scene near the river Saturday afternoon when she and two dogs went missing. Her hat was found on the ice at the river’s edge. The woman’s body was found about two hours later, three-quarters of a mile downstream. The person who reported her missing located one of the dogs, but the other is still missing.
More information is coming out about the pharmacist accused of deliberately tampering with more than 500 doses of COVID-19 vaccine at Aurora Medical Center in Grafton. Police did not release his name, but the Journal Sentinel reports 46-year-old Steven Brandenburg of Grafton was booked in the Ozaukee County Jail on suspicion of criminal damage to property and second-degree recklessly endangering safety. State records showed Brandenburg is a licensed pharmacist. Grafton police said the pharmacist removed 57 vials from a refrigerator and left them out overnight, knowing this would render them "useless," and make recipients believe they were vaccinated when they were not.
Wisconsin's two U-S senators came together to override President Trump's veto of the National Defense Authorization Act. Democrat Tammy Baldwin and Republican Ron Johnson were among the 81 "yes" votes on New Year's Day. The 740-billion-dollar defense policy bill includes a three-percent pay raise for members of the U-S military and improvements in child care and military housing. Trump called the first veto override of his presidency "pathetic."
U-S Senator Ron Johnson is talking about his opposition to President Trump's call for increasing the 600-dollar stimulus checks to two-thousand. The Wisconsin Republican tells C-N-B-C, "we just had to lard out another 900 billion dollars, and now people are talking about another 464 billion like this is Monopoly money. It’s not. This is a mortgaging of our children’s future." Johnson claimed that " many, many, many of those individuals [receiving checks] have been working, they’ve been getting a paycheck, they’re not financially struggling." He warns there's going to be a debt crisis and "it's not going to be pretty."
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is hinting that he might ease some COVID-19 restrictions on Minnesota bars and restaurants. Walz said during a W-C-C-O radio interview Friday that the data on case positivity in Minnesota is "incredibly encouraging right now" and lower hospitalization numbers are "a huge factor in determining what's next." The governor said hopefully by Tuesday or Wednesday of next "we'll try to get that guidance out." The executive order banning indoor dining expires January 11th. Senate Republicans urged Walz to let bars and restaurants know by Monday about whether he'll allow to re-open at reduced capacity so they have time to prepare.
The flu season in Minnesota continues to be a mild one. The State Health Department's latest update shows there have only been 19 flu-related hospitalizations and zero deaths. Officials report two flu outbreaks in Minnesota's long-term care facilities and three in schools. The common strain in the state is influenza B. Flu activity was very high at this time last before the COVID pandemic. Some doctors say precautions to stop the spread of coronavirus are also slowing the flu.
After more than two months of treatment for coronavirus, a Wisconsin woman is out of the hospital. Sandra Ebben received a standing ovation from the staff at UnityPoint Health Meriter in Madison as she was finally discharged from the hospital after a 65-day stay for COVID-19, which included a month in the I-C-U. Ebben will continue her recovery at a rehabilitation facility. UnityPoint Health - Meriter says more than 650 patients have been discharged after treatment for COVID-19.
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