One person was injured in an ATV accident in Ellsworth Township on Tuesday. According to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, 67yr old Gregory Marks of Ellsworth was operating an ATV on 570th Avenue when he tried to avoid an animal in the roadway. Marks performed an evasive maneuver and was ejected from the ATV. Marks was transported to River Falls Area Hospital.
The Durand Panther PTO is hoping to provided school supplies for all students in the Durand-Arkansaw School District this school year. The Tools for Schools fundraising program is looking to raise $15,000. Diane Kundtson of the Panther PTO says the group will have the school district buy the supplies and they will be ready at school. If you would like to make a donation you can contact the Panther PTO at 715-495-5620
The Dunn County Sheriff’s Department is once again partnering with the National Child Safety Council in a Child Safety, Drug and Crime Prevention Educational Program. Through this program, the Sheriff's Department will be able to provide numerous educational materials for children pre-school and older, as well as materials on drug and crime prevention, identity theft, internet safety, and safety information for senior citizens. To cover the costs of the program, the department is looking for donations from Dunn County residents and businesses. If you would like more information, contact the Dunn County Sheriff's Department.
One person is dead after a motorcycle accident in the town of Lafayette Wednesday. According to the Chippewa County Sheriff's Department, a 54yr old man was traveling on 197th street at a high rate of speed, when he lost control of the motorcycle, went into the ditch, and rolled several times. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Speed is believed to be a factor in the accident and the victims' name has not been released pending notification of relatives.
Federal agents from the F-A-A and N-T-S-B are investigating a fatal plane crash in Clark County. The sheriff’s office says it got the report of the missing plane at about 11:00 a-m Wednesday. Tips from the public led deputies to the crash site northwest of Curtiss. The pilot was dead by the time emergency responders arrived. No names have been released. A captain with the Clark County Sheriff’s Office says a caller reported the pilot had left Curtiss at about 4:30 a-m and was headed to New Richmond, but never arrived. The pilot was the only occupant of the aircraft.
Authorities in southeast Minnesota say a teenager is dead after his Amish horse buggy was hit by a pickup truck. The Fillmore County Sheriff's Office says the buggy driven by 15-year-old Henry Hershberger of Harmony was rear-ended Tuesday night near Preston. Deputies say Hershberger died at the scene. A 39-year-old Hastings man was driving the truck that hit the buggy on County Road 12 near the Highway 52 intersection. The crash is still being investigated.
The Wisconsin Senate has passed the two-year state budget and forwarded it to Governor Evers. The vote Wednesday night was 23-to-nine. The state Assembly had approved the 87-billion-dollar spending plan after eight hours of debate Tuesday. Now, the governor has six days – not including Sundays – to take action on the budget. He can sign it or use his partial veto powers to rewrite it. If he does nothing, the budget becomes law.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission mailed almost 100 thousand postcards to registered voters in the state who may have moved. Those postcards will be arriving in mailboxes in the next few days. The operation is part of the annual clean-up of Wisconsin’s voter rolls. Anyone who has a different address on their driver’s license than the one of their voter registration will be contacted. They can re-register at the new address - or their local clerks may decide to drop them from the registration list.
U-S Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and six other Republicans have sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to end the trade war. The letter indicates the senators believe it is damaging many U-S businesses. It points out that farmers have lost access to growing markets and experienced significant price drops for their commodities. Johnson says, “Of course we all need to unify and demand China follows the trading rules and stop stealing intellectual property.” The group wants Biden to make good on his promise to end the tariffs. The senators signing the letter include Johnson, Deb Fischer of Nebraska, Mike Lee of Utah, Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, and Chuck Grassley, and Joni Ernst of Iowa.
Firefighters are out with their annual warning about fireworks safety. Fire departments are reminding people that fireworks can, and will, hurt some people this year. In addition to fire danger, firefighters say fireworks explode and injure people. Firefighters say only adults should handle fireworks, and everyone lighting them should be sober.
La Crosse police have arrested a 34-year-old man as part of a death investigation. Officers were called to Joseph Houska City Park Monday at about 11:40 p-m. They found a man severely injured and he died a short time later. David A. Pearson is in custody. Investigators say Pearson and the victim had been fighting. Pearson is being held in the La Crosse County Jail awaiting charges of first-degree reckless homicide and bail jumping. The victim’s name hasn’t been released.
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers has vetoed a bill that would have ended federal unemployment payments of 300 dollars a week. Wisconsin businesses have said the additional federal benefits are making it hard for them to fill open positions as the economy bounces back. The Legislature voted three weeks ago to eliminate the federal bonus for unemployed people in the state. The payments are scheduled to end in 10 weeks otherwise, but 25 states have decided to end the payments early. Evers accused the Legislature of interfering and encroaching on his office’s authority to administer the unemployment insurance program in Wisconsin.
The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a two-year-old child who was hit by a train. Deputies were called to the Village of Lublin Tuesday at about 5:15 p-m Tuesday. They were told a train had hit a pedestrian. When they arrived, they found the child had died. The preliminary investigation suggests the child was alone at the time of the fatal accident. The conductor of the Canadian National Railroad train says he saw the child running on the side of the tracks. He tried to stop the train, but couldn’t get it stopped in time.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has decided a former drug smuggler will be allowed to practice law in the state. The Wisconsin Bar Association was ordered Tuesday to admit Abby Padlock. A board of examiners had kept Padlock out because she didn’t include details of a 2015 arrest on her University of Wisconsin Law School application. She was stopped by authorities in Minnesota and they found she was transporting marijuana from Oregon to Wisconsin. Law school faculty members had supported her admission to the bar.
A key breakthrough early Wednesday put the Minnesota Legislature on track to finish the state budget before the midnight deadline and avoid a government shutdown. House Democrats agreed to end the governor's COVID emergency powers at the end of the day today and in exchange, Senate Republicans agreed to one of Democrats' additional demands for police reform -- "sign and release" warrants. Police would no longer have to arrest someone who missed a court date for some low-level offenses -- which Democrats say will avoid future situations like the one that resulted in the Brooklyn Center police killing of Daunte Wright.
New numbers suggest Minnesota leads the nation in recreational boats per capita. The website Boat Safe used Coast Guard and U-S Census data based on 100-thousand people. Minnesota ranked number one with 14-thousand-505 boats, South Carolina is second at 11-thousand-161, and Wisconsin came in third with 10-thousand-444. California and Michigan lead the U-S with about one million total registered boats and Minnesota comes in fourth place with almost 835-thousand.
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