The Eau Claire County Sheriffs Department has arrested a Durand man for OWI 10th offense. According to the sheriff's department, a convenience store clerk called police Tuesday morning to report a man was in the store and appeared very intoxicated. When officers arrived at a second convenience store they took Douglas Van Buskirk into custody and they reported he refused a breath test or field sobriety tests. Van Buskirk was on probation and was also required to have an ignition interlock device installed in his vehicle but one was not installed.
The Durand City Council is meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include discussion on the swimming season schedule at the Tarrent Park Pool, an overview of the special assessment policy for the Laneview avenue project, and reports from the mayor, city administrator, and department heads. Tonight's meeting begins at 6:30 at Durand City Hall and will be live-streamed on our YouTube Channel at Durand Broadcasting WRDN.
The search for a missing Cumberland man continues. Barron County authorities are asking for the public's help in locating 22-year-old Benjamin Jacobson. According to the department, Jacobson was last seen Monday in a 2002 Ford F-150, green in color, and has not shown up for work Monday or Tuesday. If you have any information you are to contact the Barron County Sheriffs Department.
The University of Wisconsin Extension will be holding two focus groups with farmers to talk about farmer's stress. Katie Wantoch, Dunn County Extension agent says the effort is all about educating health care providers to understand the aspects of farming. The focus groups will be held February 16th at 1:30 and February 18th at 8pm. All information is strictly confidential and for more information contact the Dunn County Extension Service.
A former pharmacist in Grafton could face up to 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges he spoiled 57 vials of COVID-19 vaccine on purpose. Forty-six-year-old Steven Brandenburg made a virtual court appearance Tuesday during a video conference with U-S District Judge Brett Ludwig in Milwaukee. Brandenburg pleaded guilty to two counts of attempting to tamper with consumer products. He had been arrested on New Year’s Eve as part of an investigation into how the vials of Moderna vaccine had been left sitting outside of a refrigerator for hours. Brandenburg told investigators he believed the Moderna vaccine wasn’t safe and could alter a person’s D-N-A.
The state of Wisconsin is suing a company, alleging it failed to give its employees the required notice that it was shutting down. A lawsuit against Merrill-based Semling-Menke Company says 140 employees are owed wages totaling nearly 683-thousand dollars. Attorney General Josh Kaul and Department of Workforce Development Secretary-designee Amy Pechacek want to enforce a lien against all property owned by the company. SEMCO reportedly told its workers it was ceasing operations December 30th, 2019. They were terminated effective the next day. State law requires 60 days' notice.
Wisconsin lawmakers have been told if they don’t allow first responders to file for workers’ compensation for P-T-S-D they are going to see suicide double and triple over the next 20 years. Police officers, firefighters, and E-M-S workers spoke during a Senate committee hearing Monday. They say people who do what they do for a living need to have access to the help that they need. State Senator Andre Jacque of DePere, the bill’s sponsor, says he is optimistic it will be before the full Wisconsin Senate next week. The Committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform is expected to vote on it Thursday.
One of the five victims in Tuesday's mass shooting at an Allina Health clinic in Buffalo did not survive their injuries. A spokesperson for Hennepin Healthcare in Minneapolis confirmed that a victim transported there has died. The other four were taken to North Memorial in Robbinsdale where three are in critical, but stable condition. One victim was discharged Tuesday afternoon. Buffalo police arrested 67-year-old suspect Gregory P. Ulrich and they believe that he acted alone. A former neighbor of Ulrich tells the Star Tribune that he is addicted to painkillers and was upset that his doctor wouldn't give him high doses. Wright County authorities say Ulrich will make his first court appearance Thursday morning.
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A federal court will not stop the construction of the Line 3 pipeline replacement project in northern Minnesota. Native American tribes and environmental groups filed a lawsuit in December seeking a preliminary injunction on a water permit issued by the U-S Army Corps of Engineers. U-S District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly denied the request, saying the plaintiffs failed “to demonstrate a likelihood of success on the merits and that they will suffer irreparable harm.” The group Jobs for Minnesotans said, "the U-S District Court decision reinforces the sound scientific record of the Line 3 Replacement Project." Several protesters have been arrested recently for attempting to block construction of the oil pipeline which ends in Superior.
A California couple is being held in jail after their 11-year-old son died under suspicious circumstances. Roman Lopez was born in Wisconsin and his biological mother lives in Milwaukee. Shelly Lopez says her husband had primary custody of the boy while she recovered from injuries she suffered while serving with the U-S Army in Iraq. The victim was found dead in a storage bin in the family’s California home more than a year ago. Thirty-six-year-old Jordan Piper and 38-year-old Lindsay Piper are charged with child abuse, poisoning, and torture. Shelly Lopez says she didn’t know the family had moved to California until a friend pointed out an online news story about her son’s death.
Minnesota House Democratic leader Ryan Winkler says a Republican plan to completely re-open all businesses by May 1st is a "very good goal" - but he doesn't want to create false expectations about the course of the pandemic. Willmar Republican Dave Baker proposes phased-in re-opening of restaurants, bars, fitness facilities, and other venues. Baker said, "I would be shocked if we don't get a good group of D-F-L members that want to support this kind of an idea." Winkler says House Democrats are very open to looking at individual executive orders -- "but what we're not willing to do is immediately terminate all of the governor's emergency powers." He says he doesn't want to make Minnesota "essentially defenseless against COVID-19 without having anything to replace them."
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is confirming a second case of the United Kingdom coronavirus variant in the state. The new B-1-1-7 case was detected over the weekend in Waukesha County. The state's first case was confirmed January 12. State health officials believe this strain is more contagious than the original form of COVID-19. D-H-S chief medical officer Doctor Ryan Westergaard said, "we are able to sequence a small proportion of tests collected, which means, in reality, there are likely many more cases of this variant in Wisconsin." He's asking Wisconsinites to remain vigilant to stop the spread of COVID by wearing masks, washing hands, staying home, and getting vaccinated.
Former Rhinelader city administrator Daniel Guild could see a final felony charge against him dropped this spring: The embattled former City Administrator in Rhinelander has reached a Deferred Prosecution Agreement with Oneida County that calls for one count of misconduct in office to be dropped if he goes between now and May without accumulating any additional felony counts. Guild was the subject of an investigation that led to a document raid at Rhinelander city hall in the fall of 2019. Back in December two counts of tampering with public documents were tossed when it was determined that the prosecution's case lacked merit. A review hearing is scheduled for May 6.
The owners of Sun Country Airlines are filing to take the company public. The Minnesota-based carrier has been privately held for its entire 39-year history. According to Sun Country's filing, they plan to list its common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol S-N-C-Y. The price range and number of shares offered have not yet been
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