Three people were injured in a two-vehicle accident in Nelson on Monday. According to the Buffalo County Sheriffs Department 70yr, old Aleeta Hetrick of Stockholm was traveling southbound on Hwy 25 when she struck a northbound vehicle head-on driven by Ilene Kallstrom of Pepin. Both drivers and a passenger of Hetrick's vehicle were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Portions of Hwy 35 and Hwy 25 were shut down for brief periods due to the accident.
A helicopter pilot from Texas is dead after a crash Monday afternoon near Elgin in southeastern Minnesota. The Wabasha County Sheriff's Office says the Robinson R-44 helicopter crashed in a field. Deputies say the pilot - 40-year-old Corey Adcock of Victoria County, Texas - died in the crash. The Federal Aviation Agency and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.
The Durand-Arkansaw School District is meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include discussion and possible action on a district opening plan, remote learning guidelines and the board will go into a closed session to discuss a possible purchase of district property. Tonight's meeting begins at 6:00pm in the board room at Durand High School.
The Pepin County Board is meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include reports from the Board of Health, and County Clerk, discussion of the opioid lawsuit and settlement update, and authorizing a loan from SFB for the sandpit property purchase. Tonight's meeting begins at 7pm at the board room at the Pepin County Government Center and will also be available on zoom via the county website.
Heavy smoke from Canadian wildfires has officially reached Western Wisconsin and Southeastern Minnesota. The traveling smoke led the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to issue an Air Quality Advisory for all Wisconsin counties for Tuesday. The National Weather Service says the upper-level winds should move the smoke out of our area over the next few days.
Governor Tony Evers was in Western Wisconsin yesterday to help kick off day one of Farm Technology Days at Huntzinger Farms. After the opening ceremony, Evers met with reporters and discussed the recently passed state budget. Evers discussed the supply chain issues during the pandemic and the importance of local and regional processors in the state. He also said. “We obviously put more money in the budget for farmer mental health and also the ag export business that we are working on.” Evers also stressed his goal to help farms and smaller communities get connected to the Internet.
The Wisconsin Department of Justice is continuing its investigation into clergy abuse in Wisconsin and is still looking for tips. Attorney General Josh Kaul says the task force has received over 100 reports from survivors since it started, and that his office wants people to know their information is safe. Kaul said, "I hear you and we know how important this review is and the Wisconsin Department of Justice is committed to pursuing accountability and to working to prevent future cases of abuse." The Milwaukee Archdiocese has refused to turn over records in the case, saying they've been sealed because of a bankruptcy investigation. Kaul says he has not seen any cooperation from the rest of the dioceses either.
Minnesota Congressman Tom Emmer is co-sponsoring a bill aimed at addressing the physician shortage facing rural communities. The Grant Residency for Additional Doctors (GRAD) Act would make it easier for foreign doctors to fill positions in hospitals and clinics. It would speed up the J-1 visa application process during times of increased demand, allowing foreign doctors to carry out their residencies in the U-S. Emmer says the Grad Act is a "nonpartisan way to keep our hospitals staffed while addressing bureaucratic delays in the J-1 program."
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A former police chief in Marshfield will go on trial in Wood County District Court in December. Rick Gramza is charged with sexual assault and disorderly conduct. Prosecutors say he assaulted a department employee on several occasions. The victim says she contacted the city’s H-R department about the unwanted touching but nothing was ever done. She said she feared she would lose her job after Gramza became chief. Eau Claire police investigated the case. Gramza acknowledged the contact but said it was consensual. He resigned in March. An effort to get the trial moved out of Wood County was denied by a judge.
A Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to charges he killed his pregnant girlfriend, her daughter, and her unborn child. Twenty-three-year-old Keona Foote, her two-year-old daughter Miyona Miller, and her unborn child were killed last September. Foote is a native of La Crosse. Renard Carter of Rochester, Minnesota pleaded guilty to three counts of second-degree murder. A sentencing date hasn’t been set. He had initially entered a not guilty plea last April. Rochester police thanked the residents of the apartment complex where the victims were killed, plus the family and friends of the victims, for their help solving the case.
Minnesota's s worsening drought conditions have Minnesota livestock producers seeking alternatives for grazing. About half of the Gopher State is suffering from severe drought and four percent is experiencing extreme drought. That spurred a warning late last week from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Some livestock producers are asking for emergency waives so they can graze their cattle on conservation land. The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is closed to the public by wildfires that are burning just across the border in Canada. Some officials are saying more lawn watering bans are likely.
Wisconsin’s lieutenant governor is running for U-S Senate. Mandela Barnes made it official with a Tuesday morning tweet. He says, and this is a quote, "Hard-working families deserve every opportunity, but politicians like Senator Ron Johnson aren’t delivering. " Governor Evers put out a statement supporting Barnes' decision. Seven other Democrats are running, with an eighth who’s formed an exploratory committee. Incumbent Republican has not announced whether he’s running for re-election, but has one-point-seven million dollars in his campaign fund; more than any announced candidate
It has been two years since a major wind storm knocked down millions of trees in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. The clean-up is still going on and the landscape is still scarred. Officials say 130 thousand acres of trees were flattened. On Highway 32-64 south of Mountain, the aftermath of that 2019 storm is still obvious. U-S Forest Service Timber Management assistant Adrian Ackley says there was a healthy stand of red pine there that had been planted by the C-C-C in the 1930s. More than three-fourths of the trees were blown down. The U-S Forest Service has coordinated more than 100 salvage timber sales in the last two years. A logging crew was cutting timber there Monday. Forestry officials say they expect the cleanup to continue for at least another year.
The National Weather Service says the haze in the air in Wisconsin’s Northwoods is coming from Canadian wildfires. Thousands of acres are burning just across the border. Some of the smoke in the air may be coming from as far as the wildfires burning the western United States. Government forecasters say people living in northern and parts of central Wisconsin are seeing the impact of those fires. Anyone who is sensitive to particulates in the air should consider taking some precautions over the next several days.
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