A Nelson man accused of first-degree intentional murder in the death of his wife has reached a plea deal. Jonathan Medeiros was charged in January with shooting his wife and killing her. Investigators say that Mederios told them he had gotten out of bed and shot his wife. He said his wife Jolene Mederios was screaming at him so he shot her again. Yesterday Medeiros pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of reckless homicide. He will be sentenced in August.
One person was injured in a car vs motorcycle accident in Maiden Rock on Tuesday. According to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department 23yr old Paden Sabo of Pepin was traveling northbound on Hwy S and was attempted to perform a U-Turn in the roadway to park on the opposite side of the road, when a nortbound motorcycle driven by 38yr old Jordan DeJong of Maiden Rock struck Sabo's vehicle. DeJong was taken to Mayo Hospital in Red Wing.
Congressman Ron Kind says 109 Rural Health Clinics in Wisconsin will share ten-point-nine-million dollars in federal funding for COVID testing and mitigation. Each clinic will receive 100-thousand dollars from the American Rescue Plan. Kind said, "as we turn the corner on this pandemic and vaccines continue to roll out, it's more important than ever to be giving our Rural Health Clinics the funding they need to continue fighting off this virus, getting shots in people's arms, and keeping Wisconsinites safe and healthy." The Wisconsin Democrat co-chairs the House Rural Health Care Coalition.
The old Bubba's bar is one step closer to being torn down by Pepin County. Durand Mayor Patrick Milliren says the county has filed a tax deed against the property in the first step toward demolition. Once the tax deed process is complete, the county will have the ability to tear down the building. The cost of demolition is being paid for with a grant the county received late last year.
Durand Police continue to struggle in finding candidates for open positions within the department. Durand Police Chief Stan Ridgeway says many communities in our area also have open positions. Ridgeway told members of the safety committee last month that the days of using part-time officers may be coming to an end as it's more expensive to train multiple part-time officers only to lose them after a few months to full-time positions.
Legislation backed by Assembly Republicans and local governments would delay the drawing of political boundaries for a year or more. Under the bill, county boards and local aldermanic districts would stay the same as they are now. Redrawing those boundaries based on the 2020 U-S Census would be put on hold. The bill wouldn’t affect redistricting for congressional or legislative districts. Those borders must be redrawn before next year’s statewide elections. Democrats say the law would be unconstitutional.
The legislature's budget committee has agreed to increase state funding for some health sectors. Under a motion approved by the Joint Finance Committee this week, the state would increase Medicaid reimbursement rates for skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities by 252 million dollars over the next two years. The state would also increase reimbursement rates for dentists treating low-income Medicaid patients by 40 percent. The committee also approved increases for long-term care and personal care workers' wages. But Republicans stopped short of including some of Governor Tony Evers' other requests to expand Medicaid coverage.
Governor Tim Walz is ordering the Minnesota National Guard to begin preparing to assist law enforcement in Minneapolis if they need help. The move is in response to what Mayor Jacob Frey (FRY) terms "ongoing peaceful protests and potential civil unrest" after officers fatally shot Winston Smith in an Uptown parking ramp. Frey asked the governor that a "limited number" of Guard soldiers be "available to assist in ensuring calm and order throughout the city, without immediately being deployed." The Governor's Office says "The Minnesota National Guard has not been given any operational orders, and as of this time their assistance has not been needed."
Bail is set at one million dollars for a Clark County man accused in the death and disappearance of a woman last fall. Forty-one-year-old Jesus Contreras Perez appeared in court Tuesday on charges of being party to first-degree murder and hiding a corpse. The mother of his son - 27-year-old Cassandra Ayon - has been missing since October. Court records indicate Perez and Ayon broke up three weeks before she disappeared. Her body and car have not been found. Perez has another court hearing June 23rd.
The Wisconsin and Minnesota Better Business Bureaus are warning high school seniors not to post graduation pictures and other information on social media. Doing so could leave students vulnerable to scams. The B-B-B's Bao Vang says the ultimate goal is to steal your identity, your banking information and to take your hard-earned money, don't allow them any chance. She says not to post your school name, graduation year, or hometown on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or Snapchat. Vang says once scammers have that info, it's very easy for them to steal identities.
The Legislature’s budget panel has agreed to borrow 125-million dollars for broadband expansion in rural Wisconsin. The money will go toward grants for companies or organizations that bring faster internet service to those underserved areas. Governor Tony Evers has said he wants to spend 200 million dollars on the same projects. The Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee says Evers has billions of dollars in federal stimulus money that he can spend on it.
People who come to Stillwater to look at the scenic St. Croix River say it is usually too high, but that’s not the case right now. Even though visitors are enjoying walking along the river looking at the high water marks from previous floods, almost all of them say they hope the drought ends soon. What happens over the next couple of weeks will be crucial to what happens to those water levels this summer and fall. The best result would be for substantial rainfall upstream, so it could flow down and stop the water levels from receding.
Last year, the COVID-19 pandemic kept everyone home. This year, the attractions at the Wisconsin Dells are filled with vacationers. Local officials say the tourist destination could break some records. Many of the people filling the attractions say they put off travel and family vacations last year. Now, cases of the virus are declining, more and more people are vaccinated, and most of the parks at the Dells are filled to capacity. Business owners in the Dells say they don’t think their convention business will fully recover until next year.
Senator Ron Johnson is unhappy about a push to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, but won't press to stop it. Johnson says that while he appreciates that recognizing the official end of slavery in the US is important, he isn't happy with creating an extra paid holiday for federal workers. He's also unhappy that no one else seems to want to debate the bill or offer amendments because of the significance of the day, so he won't object to any new attempts to pass a bill.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will celebrate the Northern Highland Fishery Research Area's 75th year of operation on June 20, 2021. Located in Vilas County, the NHFRA is the DNR's longest-running fisheries research project and an umbrella project for multiple fisheries research initiatives, contributing to understanding how fish communities respond to fishing regulations, environmental change, and angler practices. The NHFRA was founded in 1946 to establish experimental fisheries research lakes to understand the role of angler harvest in altering the fish communities' size structure and growth rates. More recently, NHFRA lakes have been used to test regulations on length limits, bag limits, and gear restrictions for several Wisconsin species.
Leinenkugel’s is looking to find the next generation of minority brewers. The Chippewa Falls brewery is starting a minority brewing scholarship at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. The scholarship is open to students who identify as Latino, Black, Native American, Asian, Pacific Islander, as well as L-G-B-T-Q-plus. Two people will be awarded the 50-thousand-dollar scholarship each year. The winners will also get a summer internship at Leinenkugel’s.
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