A 44-year-old man is in Wabasha County Jail being held in connection to the death of his father in rural Zumbro Falls. Wabasha County Sheriff's deputies were called to a home in the rural community Friday evening and found 73-year-old Edward Riley dead. His son, James Riley was arrested a short time later.
An Independence man has been arrested for an armed robbery in Arcadia on Sunday. According to Arcadia Police, officers responded to a panic alarm at the Express Mart in Arcadia. When officers arrived the clerk said a man wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and black neck gator pointed a gun at the clerk and demanded money. Trempealeau County Sheriffs Deputies stopped the vehicle used in the getaway and arrested 34yr old Michael William Andre. Items used in the robbery were found in the car.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation is awarding 14-million dollars to four projects aimed at supporting freight movement on the state's waterways. The Duluth Seaway Port Authority is getting a five-million-dollar grant to repair a failing dock wall at the Clure Public Marine Terminal, and two-point-four-million to build a warehouse with three truck bays. St. Paul Port Authority will receive a six-point-three-million-dollar grant for improvements to barge terminal 2, and Wabasha Port Authority was awarded 300-thousand dollars to construct a new Mississippi River barge terminal.
Congressman Ron Kind is one of several co-sponsors of a bipartisan bill aimed at combatting the obesity epidemic. The legislation introduced Thursday would expand Medicare options for treatment. A news release from the Wisconsin Democrat’s office says 40-percent of Americans over the age of 60 are considered to be medically obese – and the National Institutes of Health rank complications from obesity as the second-leading cause of death in the U-S. Kind said in the release it is critical that we take steps to tackle this epidemic head-on.
A Rochester man is accused of assaulting a woman who pulled down her face mask inside of a Kohl's store. Police say the 61-year-old woman was checking out and remove her mask Thursday afternoon because she couldn't breathe. A man in line behind her reportedly started yelling at the woman and calling her names and saying he would fight her. Officers say the suspect followed the woman outside and pushed her to the ground. She hit her head and was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. Twenty-nine-year-old Levi Solland was pulled over after leaving the parking lot and arrested on suspicion of fifth-degree assault and disorderly conduct.
Authorities in western Wisconsin have arrested a man who shot at a Jackson County deputy late Thursday night. The sheriff's office says the deputy went to a home in the Town of Springfield to find 73-year-old Gary G. Hughes on a felony probation warrant. Hughes reportedly told the deputy he wasn't going back to jail, pulled a firearm, and fired at the officer. The deputy wasn't hit and called for backup. The incident led to a 15-hour negotiation and stand-off and Hughes somehow got out of the house. On Saturday, a man believed to be Hughes was seen on a property in the town of Springfield but disappeared into a wooded area. Officers were able to locate Hughes on the property and arrest him.
A judge is expected to decide by Tuesday when a Cuba City police officer gets to keep her job. Police Chief Terrence Terpstra is accusing Officer Kimberly Jackson of insubordination and neglect of duty. His frustration with the officer came to a head last December when she and a second officer transported a prisoner to Madison, earning 11 hours of overtime. The chief says his department has a small budget and it shouldn’t have taken two officers to transfer the prisoner. Officer Nathan Kennicker says he called the chief to get clearance for the overtime and Terpstra didn’t answer. A disciplinary hearing was held last Thursday.
The highly anticipated trial of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin, charged in the death of George Floyd, begins the jury selection process today. The selection process is slated to take three weeks. The trial proceedings are then scheduled to begin on March 29th and last between two weeks and a month. Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill is presiding over the case.
Democratic State Representative Gordon Hintz says he doesn’t believe anything Foxconn says anymore. The top Democrat in the Wisconsin Assembly says the state has been played by the Taiwan-based tech giant in the past – and it’s being played again. Hintz says he simply doesn’t believe that Foxconn will make electric cars at its plant near Mount Pleasant. He says the lack of transparency, the lack of honesty, and the lack of accountability – from the very beginning – makes it hard to take any statements by the company seriously. Democrats have been skeptical and critical of Foxconn since it signed a deal worth three-billion dollars with the state in 2017.
The list of Wisconsin residents eligible for the coronavirus vaccine is about to grow again. The state’s Department of Health Services says it will announce the next group to be eligible for COVID doses next week. Currently, people over age 65 and essential workers are eligible for the shot. The D-H-S is expected to add people with pre-existing health conditions next. But being eligible does not guarantee a coronavirus shot as vaccine doses continue to be limited in Wisconsin.
Governor Tony Evers and state health officials say one-million Wisconsin residents have now received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. More than a half-million people have completed the two-dose series of Pfizer or Moderna vaccines. Evers said in a video message, "while we still have a long way to go, the light is certainly at the end of the tunnel. And every day we are one step closer than yesterday to reaching community-wide immunity and getting back to our Wisconsin way of life." The governor's office says the state ranks third in the U-S for percentage of doses administered.
A proposal from Minnesota State Representative Pat Garofalo of Farmington would allow the Minnesota Twins to play "home" games in Wisconsin. Garofalo says the Twins are playing the Milwaukee Brewers on Opening Day April 1st and ten-thousand fans will be in the stands at American Family Field. He calls it "silly" that there's no guidance from the Walz Administration on fans at Target Field. The Milwaukee Health Department approved 25-percent capacity at the Brewers' ballpark, not Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers' office or the Department of Health Services. The Twins have not commented on the proposal.
U-S Senator Ron Johnson won't confirm whether he's going to run for re-election next year. The Wisconsin Republican told reporters on a call Friday that his pledge not to seek a third term is "probably my preference now" and he added, "I'm happy to go home." But Johnson also said that his pledge was based on the assumption that Democrats would not be in control of the U-S Senate, House, and White House. Outagamie County Executive Tom Nelson and Milwaukee Bucks executive Alex Lasry have already announced they plan to seek the Democratic nomination for U-S Senate in 2022.
The Minnesota and U-S hockey community are mourning the loss of Olympic "Miracle on Ice" hockey star Mark Pavelich. The Midwest Medical Examiner's office says 63-year-old Pavelich died Thursday at a residential treatment center in Sauk Centre. Pavelich had been charged in August 2019 with beating a neighbor in Lutsen, but a judge found him mentally incompetent to stand trial. His cause and manner of death are still under investigation. The Eveleth native played college hockey at Minnesota Duluth before joining Herb Brooks and the 1980 U-S Olympic team. Pavelich assisted on the game-winning goal in Team U-S-A's upset over Russia in the semifinals at Lake Placid, New York.
A man who used to live in Chippewa Falls has started a petition on change-dot-org to try to keep the Indian maiden on Leinenkugel labels. Chad Haas is trying to convince the Wisconsin company not to change. The Native American woman has been part of the Chippewa Falls-based Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company’s brand for years. Haas says the maiden is a work of art and should be preserved. The company announced last year it is moving toward a new design. The petition started by Haas already has more than three-thousand signatures.
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