Durand teen has been charged with multiple counts of first-degree sexual assault of a child and attempted first-degree sexual assault of a child. 17yr old Michael R Wulff was charged on Friday in Pepin County Court after a 10yr old girl told her teacher of the assaults. The girl said the assaults started in May and Wulff hurt her. Judge Thomas Clark ordered a $5,000 signature bond for Wulff and he is due back in court on August 24th. If convicted, Wulff faces 150yrs in prison.
Expect heavier traffic in Downtown Durand this week. Prospect Street at 3rd avenue east is closed starting today for the 3rd Avenue East project. Crews will be replacing 2 water main tie-ins, sanitary sewer tie in and storm sewer tie-in. The detour will be Hwy 10 to Main Street, to 3rd Avenue West then back to Prospect street to continue south on Hwy 25. The detour is reversed for those heading north on Prospect Street. The closure is expected to remain in place until late Thursday.
One person is dead after a motorcycle accident in Lucas Township on Friday. According to the Dunn County Sheriff's Department, an unidentified male was traveling westbound on Hwy 12 near 250th street when he struck a deer and was ejected from the motorcycle. The male suffered life-threatening injuries and was airlifted to an Eau Claire Hospital, where he died of his injuries on Saturday. The name of the driver has not been released pending notification of the family.
One person was killed in a motorcycle vs deer accident in Hale Township on Saturday. According to the Trempealeau County Sheriff's Department, 55yr old Michael Sanding of La Crosse was traveling southbound on Hwy E, struck a deer. Sanding lost control of the motorcycle and overturned it. Sanding was pronounced dead at the scene.
Eau Claire County’s embattled district attorney is resigning. The governor’s office is investigating Gary King for alleged sexual harassment; he’s also accused of being intoxicated at work. In a letter to Governor Evers sent Friday, King writes the charges against him and the toll of working long hours, create a difficult work environment. King writes he’s getting professional help to address his health, while at the same time he "takes great issue" with the allegations against him. King’s resignation is effective August 14.
An Eau Claire woman has been arrested for OWI first offense with children in the vehicle. According to the Wisconsin State Patrol, troopers stopped 27yr old Florencia Lopez Cruz for a speed violation on Clairemont Ave in Eau Claire early Sunday morning. The trooper detected an odor of an intoxicant coming from Cruz and she failed a field sobriety test and was arrested. Passengers in the vehicle included a 16yr old, 15yr old and 1yr old.
U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin says broadband expansion remains critical, for rural Wisconsin. Baldwin was recently in Wausau for a roundtable discussion with local leaders on the proposed broadband expansion proposed in the current federal infrastructure plan.
The Minnesota Department of Health is investigating Legionnaires' diseases cases linked to a hotel in Albert Lea. Investigators confirmed two cases in people who were at the Ramada by Wyndham Albert Lea and spent time in the pool/hot tub area in late June. One person has been treated and released and the other remains hospitalized. State health officials are warning anyone who stayed at the hotel at that time to seek medical care if they are ill. The disease is spread by inhaling the fine spray from water sources containing Legionella bacteria. The pool area is closed for guests and M-D-H staff are working with the hotel on cleaning and decontamination.
Attorney General Josh Kaul is officially running for his office in 2022. Kaul announced his candidacy on Saturday, after spending several months raising money for the effort. Kaul touted his efforts to eliminate the sexual assault kit backlog and fight opioid manufacturers and drug companies during a small ceremony in Madison. A pair of Republican candidates are already in the running, UW-Madison law professor Ryan Owens and Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney.
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers has used his veto pen to kill a pair of Republican bills. The Democrat state leader announced Friday he had vetoed legislation that would delay redrawing political boundaries. Evers says the delay was too long to wait for new maps based on the 2020 U-S Census. He says it would result in skewed maps that don’t reflect current demographics. He also vetoed a measure that would prohibit Wisconsin police from enforcing any future gun laws. Evers says that law would have been unconstitutional because it would trump federal law.
A Catholic priest asked to resign by the Diocese of La Crosse has been removed as St. James the Less Church pastor. Bishop William Callahan requested that Father James Altman step down in May after making public comments that many considered controversial. Father Altman was accused of using anti-Black and LGBTQ-plus rhetoric, saying all Democrats are "Godless hypocrites going to hell" and spreading misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines. Altman has since raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for a legal defense fund. The Diocese of La Crosse says it will be working over the next weeks to arrange for the ongoing pastoral care of the parishioners of St. James the Less Parish.
A North Dakota woman is looking at charges for driving 137 miles per hour as she tried to speed away from police near La Crosse. An officer in the town of Campbell initially clocked Amy Torres driving 119 miles per hour along Interstate 90. When he tried to pull her over, she sped up to 137. Police say Torres ran out of gas on the bridge over the Mississippi River. She told the police she was scared and lost. Torres is facing charges for the chase and tickets for the speeding. She's also charged with misdemeanor drug possession.
Dentists in Wisconsin say the two-year state budget signed by Governor Tony Evers is the first significant investment in oral health in two decades. Wisconsin Dental Association president Doctor Paula Crum of Green Bay thanked the governor and legislators for including "monumental" increases in dental Medicaid reimbursement rates. Crum says expanding access to oral health is, and should remain a bipartisan priority. She says W-D-A member dentists sent more than 500 messages to state lawmakers urging them to support increased Medicaid reimbursement.
U-W Board of Regents president Edmund Manydeeds the third has named a 19-member search and screen committee to help find the next president. President Tommy Thompson has been serving in an interim role since last July following the retirement of President Ray Cross. Regent vice president Karen Walsh will chair the search and screen committee. The committee is expected to convene in August to review search procedures and begin the national search. The committee will schedule listening sessions at U-W System’s 13 universities in September. A special Regent committee to review finalists will be appointed later in the fall.
The C-D-C announced Friday that vaccinated teachers and students in Minnesota and other states don't need to wear masks inside school buildings. The shift comes after a growing national vaccination campaign in which children as young as 12 are eligible to get shots, as well as a general decline in recent months in COVID hospitalizations and deaths. The guidance generally leaves it to local officials to figure out how to ensure the unvaccinated are using precautions while letting those who are fully protected go mask-free.
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation says it’s engaged in site-selection talks with both Foxconn and the electric car maker Fisker. Foxconn announced a partnership with Fisker in February, Foxconn’s Mount Pleasant campus is said to be one of the choices to build electric cars in the United States. After failing to meet its original hiring goals, Foxconn and the state struck a scaled-back tax incentive agreement in April.
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