Two people were injured in a three-vehicle accident in Milton Township on Tuesday. According to the Buffalo County Sheriffs Department, 22yr old Alija Wrycza of Buffalo City was stopped in the northbound lane of Hwy 35 waiting to make a left turn onto Bechly Road when the vehicle was struck by a 41yr old Pamela Tarjeson of Trempealeau also traveling northbound on Hwy 35. Wrycza's vehicle went into the southbound lane struck a vehicle driven by 41yr old Heather Grotjahn of Nelson. Tarjeson and Wrycza were taken to the hospital with moderate injuries.
As small retail investors continue their battle with the large hedge funds over companies like Game Stop and AMC, some are asking for an investigation into the online brokerage firms that limited trading in the two companies for retail investors. Wisconsin Congressman Ron Kind says congress is scheduling a hearing on what happened. Kind says the congress also has to look at the high-frequency trading that many large hedge funds are allowed to do.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to the state’s rape shield law. That law was created to keep defense lawyers from tarnishing a woman’s reputation by focusing on her sexual history. The state’s high court will hear arguments from a 2016 rape case from River Falls. Lawyers for 26-year-old Ryan Mulhern want the justices to rule on whether the law also bans evidence about a victim’s lack of sexual experience. That was one of the key points in the conviction of Mulhern of one count of second-degree sexual assault.
Alliant Energy says its shift from coal-fired production to renewable energy means it will shut down its power plant near Pardeeville. The Columbia Energy Center has been operating for more than 45 years. Alliant estimates the switch to renewable power sources will save customers about 250-million dollars on their bills over the next 10 years. It also helps reduce water usage and eliminates carbon emissions. The shutdown isn’t immediate. Unit One will close by 2023 and Unit Two by the next year. About 100 employees at the facility will be affected. When operations cease, the Columbia Energy Center will be the last coal-fired energy facility in Wisconsin.
A judge in Douglas County says there's enough evidence to charge a 12-year-old from Solon Springs with attempted first-degree homicide. The ruling came Wednesday at the preliminary hearing for the boy accused of stabbing his seven-year-old brother in the back, abdomen and near the heart. The criminal complaint says the alleged victim told police his brother put a pillow over his face so no one could hear him scream. He also said, "I was dead for a while." The boy is now said to be doing okay. The suspect is in juvenile detention in Eau Claire. A judge could decide to send the case back to juvenile court on March 5th.
Minnesota's health insurance marketplace is opening a three-month special enrollment period February 16th for those without MNsure coverage. The Biden Administration announced last week it will allow people to enroll in the Affordable Care Act during the COVID pandemic. MNsure ran a similar special enrollment period at the start of the pandemic last March and enrolled nearly ten-thousand Minnesotans. C-E-O Nate Clark said, "COVID-19 is still with us, so having access to comprehensive health care coverage is critical at this time." The enrollment period runs through May 17th.
Kenosha County prosecutors say Kyle Rittenhouse has violated his bond conditions. Police say the Illinois teen charged with killing two protesters in Kenosha does not live at the address he gave the court. Detectives say the man who actually lives at that address has no idea where Rittenhouse lives and that they now don't have a way to track his whereabouts. Rittenhouse was already on thin ice with the courts for going out drinking after his arraignment and being caught with members of the Proud Boys. The D-A's office wants to put him immediately back in jail and raise his two-million-dollar bond by another 200-thousand dollars.
A man from southwest Wisconsin did not survive an A-T-V crash in Vernon County. Sheriff's deputies say Adam Hemmersbach of Hillsboro lost control on a county road Monday and was ejected from the four-wheeler. Hemmersbach was airlifted to a La Cross hospital where he died of his injuries Tuesday. Officers say he wasn't wearing a helmet.
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The latest report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Wisconsin passing other states in getting its residents their first COVID-19 vaccination. Wisconsin is ranked 29th, up from 45th last week. The Badger State is still lagging when it comes to getting people their second shot. Wisconsin is 44th among the states when it comes to the percentage of its people who have received both shots. The C-D-C reports a little over seven percent of the people in Wisconsin have received at least one dose. The state Department of Health Services says 578-thousand doses have been administered so far, with 108-thousand people receiving both doses.
Workers would earn "sick and safe time" from their employer under a bill being considered in the Minnesota House. But the measure will face opposition in the Republican-controlled Senate. G-O-P Representative Joe McDonald from Delano claims employers take good care of their employees. McDonald told members, "when you're sick, yeah, sometimes you just gotta call in sick and you don't get a paycheck. That stinks sometimes. That's life." Duluth Democrat Liz Olson responded, "whether you're Hispanic that you work in the service industry or you're one of the lowest-wage workers at the bottom rung -- those folks, two out of three, do not have access to this benefit." The bill had a hearing in the House Tuesday but the committee has not yet voted.
Governor Tony Evers has announced his proposed two-year state budget will include language aimed at limiting prescription drug costs in Wisconsin. The Democratic governor wants a 50 dollar cap on copays for insulin and the elimination of drug copays in the BadgerCare program. Evers' budget would also create a new board with authority to establish drug spending targets for public sector entities and set price limits, allow the state to import prescription drugs, and create a new state-local entity to leverage purchasing power and reduce costs. Addressing prescription drug costs is a policy item that the Republican co-chairs of the legislature's budget committee specifically asked Evers not to include in his budget. Evers is to introduce his budget plan on February 16.
The Wisconsin Assembly is kicking the Republican effort to end a statewide mask mandate back to the Senate. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said that the chamber will adopt a new amendment to a COVID-19 relief bill to "correct the error" the Senate made, trying to address the consequences of overturning Democratic Governor Tony Evers' public health emergency order and mask mandate. Vos said the Assembly will approve its own resolution to overturn the public health emergency and send that and the amended bill back to the Senate. If it passes there, the governor would be forced to decide between signing a bill with things he doesn't like, or vetoing it and issuing another emergency order. The Assembly could act as soon as today.
Rochester Public Schools Superintendent Michael Munoz is stepping down at the end of June. The Rochester School Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to accept the resignation of Munoz. New allegations of plagiarism prompted more than a thousand people to sign a petition calling for the superintendent's resignation. Munoz was previously suspended five days without pay after admitting to plagiarism. He was hired by Rochester Public Schools in July of 2011.
Enterprising thieves are stealing tow trucks in Minneapolis. Police say they strip the name of the company off the side of those tow trucks, then use them to steal cars and cut off their catalytic converters. Minneapolis police say they had eight cars taken over a 24-hour period last week and evidence indicates stolen tow trucks were used. The catalytic converters are valuable on the black market for the precious metals they contain. Guardian Recovery Services in St. Paul says it happened with one of their trucks last week.
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