One person was injured in a single-vehicle accident in Belvidere township on Thursday. According to the Buffalo County Sheriffs Department, 28yr old Angel Ginez of Osseo was traveling on Hwy E near Blank Hill Road, when he failed to negotiate a curve, left the roadway, and struck a driveway embankment. A passenger of the vehicle was taken to the hospital with serious injures. Ginez was arrested for OWI Causing Injury, Operating After Revocation, and on an Eau Claire County Warrant.
The Durand City Council will begin work on the 2022 budget in September. Durand Mayor Patrick Millren says oversite committees will begin going through department budgets. The city's equalized value did increase this year which means the city would have the ability to increase the tax levy if need be.
Governor Tony Evers is appointing Peter Rindal as the new Eau Claire County district attorney. Rindal fills the vacancy created by the resignation of ex-District Attorney Gary King, who was accused of sexual harassment and being drunk at work. Rindal grew up on an Eau Claire County dairy farm near Fall Creek and has been with the Eau Claire County District Attorney's office since 2013. Evers' office says then-Deputy District Attorney Rindal handled a full caseload of felonies while managing a team of nine prosecutors. The governor said he's confident Rindal will be an excellent district attorney for the people of Eau Clair County.
One person is dead after a two-vehicle accident Friday in St. Croix County. According to the St. Croix County Sheriffs Department, 25yr old Jenna Achterhof of Wilson was driving northbound on Hwy 63 when her vehicle struck a vehicle driven by 82yr old Douglas Last of Spring Valley after Last had pulled out in front of Achterhof's vehicle. Last was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead, while Achterhof suffered minor injuries. That accident remains under investigation.
The Eau Claire Fire Department responded to an overturned kayak in the Eau Claire River on Sunday after it was reported the kayaker was in distress. The incident happened near the Dewey Stree Bridge. Rescuers had to rig a rope system to rescue the victim and the victim was transported to the hospital with minor injuries. Residents are reminded of the higher water levels and faster currents on the Chippewa and Eau Claire Rivers to be extra cautious when out on the river.
An outside law enforcement agency will investigate the death of an inmate in the Jackson County Jail. The 33-year-old man was found in his cell Thursday. Life-saving measures were attempted by jail staff members, deputies, and the Black River Falls E-M-S, but the inmate died before he could be taken to a hospital. A release from the sheriff’s department indicates an autopsy is pending and investigators will review in-hour surveillance camera footage.
The Winona City Council is rescinding the mask order issued by Mayor Scott Sherman. Council members voted 4-3 in an emergency meeting Friday to end the 30-day mask requirement Sherman signed Wednesday. It called for face coverings inside bars, restaurants, gyms and other businesses. Health officials told the council the pandemic isn't over and masks help reduce the spread of COVID in the community. Council members who voted down the order said the people of Winona are smart and know when and where to wear a mask.
Authorities searching for a missing teenager in Wood County say she could be heading to Utah. Family members say Elexa Cooley has been gone since last week. They say she could be traveling with a person they identify as Roby Parker. Madison investigators have been able to confirm that Parker visited a business there last weekend, but they haven’t said if Cooley was with him. She recently moved back to Wisconsin from Utah, but it is thought she and Parker may be headed to that state. Authorities are asking the public to be on the lookout for a green Acura M-D-X with Utah plates. If you spot it, please call the Wood County Sheriff’s Office.
Hundreds of people gathered on the lawn of the Minnesota State Capitol Saturday to show opposition to COVID-19 shot mandates that have popped up from state and local governments, schools, and businesses. The gathering was dubbed the "Medical Freedom Rally." Former state senator and current candidate for governor, Dr. Scott Jensen spoke at the rally. He estimated many in the crowd had taken the shot, but they remain concerned personal choice is being taken out of the equation and setting a dangerous precedent.
A report from the U-S Department of Veterans Affairs says doctors and nurses at the Tomah V-A mismanaged the care of a patient – leading to their death. The 30-year-old patient died two years ago. The name and gender of the victim haven’t been released. The report indicates the veteran walked into the Tomah V-A urgent care department and reported having a seizure. The patient was admitted, then transferred to two other facilities over the next month. They finally died in a V-A hospice unit. The Office of Inspector General found the V-A treatment decisions inadequate at several points during the treatment.
Interim President Tommy Thompson says the University of Wisconsin System should establish a distance learning system, stop duplicating courses at different campuses, and figure out a better way to deliver degrees. Thompson wants Governor Tony Evers to work with the Legislature to set up a task force to re-examine every area of Wisconsin’s higher education. During a WisPolitics-dot-com interview, he said the system keeps repeating the same approach, creating more student debt, more buildings, and more classrooms.
Wisconsin’s Democratic governor says Republicans are going to have to answer for spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a review of the 2020 presidential election. Comments from Tony Evers Thursday came in response to former Wisconsin Republican Party chairman Reince Priebus saying the review could cost nearly 700 thousand dollars. Evers says spending that much money on “something that has already been decided” is wrong. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says said he thinks the investigation will be wrapped up by early November.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will not block the latest mask mandate in Dane County. The state's high court rejected a motion for an injunction by the Wisconsin Institute Law and Liberty on Friday in a 4-3 decision. WILL argued that another decision blocking Public Health Madison and Dane County’s ability to close schools also stripped its authority to issue another mask mandate. Conservative Justice Brian Hagedorn cast the deciding vote.
Minnesota education officials say the COVID pandemic contributed to a drop in Minnesota students' statewide assessment results last school year. Reading scores were down seven percent, math scores fell 11 percent and science scores were off by eight percent compared to 2019. Department of Education Commissioner Heather Mueller says the assessment results affirm what we already knew, that the COVID 19 pandemic has disrupted our students' learning and they need our help to recover. The dip is resulting in a new statewide system--called COMPASS--aimed at supporting learning recovery as students head into another school year. Many students had in-person, hybrid and-or in-person learning last year.
The board of supervisors in Wood County approved bonding for a proposed jail expansion. Board Chairman Lance Pliml says the project is a needed upgrade. He says the county was in a position where it could either spend more to maintain the current facility or spend less to build a new jail. Pliml says the project is likely several years overdue. He says a more modern facility will be safer for everyone. The plan approved calls for Wood County to bond 61-and-a-half million dollars – including three-and-a-half million for other county projects.
The Madison Police Department says a man from Baraboo claimed a fanny pack containing ten thousand dollars that was found last month. A police spokeswoman says an I-D inside belonged to the Baraboo man and he was able to describe the unique fanny pack before seeing it. There was also a bank slip that matched the man's account. Detectives said the pack fell off the man while he was bicycling in the area. He told police he didn't think anyone would turn it in. The woman who found the cash said didn't want any reward.
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