One person was injured in a truck accident in Nelson Township on Thursday. According to the Buffalo County Sheriff's Department, 75yr old Stephen Brenner of Arkansaw was hauling corn silage in a truck northbound on Center Creek Road negotiating a curve when the truck traveled into the northbound ditch and flipped on its side. As the truck flipped onto its side, Brenner struck the windshield and dash of the truck causing non-life-threatening injuries. He was taken to St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester.
Due to a shortage of testing supplies, the results of covid-19 tests are being delayed. Angela Jacobson, Director of Emergency Preparedness at Advent Health says the shortage has been happening for the last few weeks. She says Advent Health has about a 3-5 day wait for test results. If you need a covid 19 test, your asked to call ahead to Advent Health and schedule an appointment for the morning hours so your test can be sent in that day. Tests are free.
The COVID-19 pandemic is being blamed for a shortage of volunteer firefighters at the Chippewa Fire District Station 3. The fire district’s Town of Lafayette location has 36 members and – depending on the call – could have as many as 25 responding to a fire. Lately, that location has struggled to get as many as six at the scene. Deputy Chief Corey Jeffers says about one-fourth of the staff has quit due to the pandemic. Jeffers says some don’t want to be exposed, others don’t have time due to illness, or family illness, or quarantines. He points out that volunteer firefighters can earn anywhere from five-to-25 thousand dollars a year depending on availability and how many calls they can respond to.
On Friday in La Crosse County Court, two men charged with the killing of 3 people in La Crosse County in July have pleaded not guilty. Khamthaneth Rattanasack and Nya Thao bother have been charged with the shooting of Peng Lor, Nemo Yang, and Trevor Maloney on July 23 at the Romskog Quarry near West Salem. Authorities say the 3 men were killed over a $600 debt.
A man is under arrest after firing a shot in a University of Wisconsin campus parking lot. The UW-Madison Police Department received a report of a man with a gun around 9 a-m Friday in the Waisman Center lot. Officers responded and arrested the man right away. They say 32-year-old Danion ODell of Madison fired a shot into the ground as he attempted to unload his firearm. No one was hurt. I investigators say ODell does not have a connection to U-W Madison. Police say he is believed be the subject of an impaired driver complaint earlier this morning. Odell was booked for possession of a firearm by a felon, endangering safety by use of a dangerous weapon and O-W-I.
A Dane County judge has ordered three reporters to testify about the attack on a Wisconsin lawmaker. Democratic State Senator Tim Carpenter suffered a concussion last June when protesters beat him while he was shooting video outside the state Capitol. Television reporter Lance Veeser of W-K-O-W, Isthmus reporter Dylan Brogan, and radio reporter Chali Pittman were subpoenaed Thursday after a hearing. An attorney for the journalists says an appeal is possible. Assistant Dane County District Attorney Paul Humphrey says the reporters are his only eyewitnesses to the attack. Protesters Samantha Hamer and Kerida O’Reilly are scheduled to go on trial for their actions next month. Veeser helped Carpenter after the attack and got help by calling 9-1-1.
A licensed athletic trainer from Minnesota saved the life of a veteran who collapsed on the sideline of a high school football game Friday night. The man was part of a presentation involving military veterans who joined members of the Hutchinson Tigers football team as they took the field. Athletic trainer Amy Rogotzke was nearby, initiated C-P-R and the man came to. On Twitter Hutchinson High School called Rogotzke a "lifesaver."
Former Minnesota Viking Mick Tingelhoff died Saturday. The N-F-L Hall of Fame and Vikings Ring of Honor inductee was 81 years old. Tingelhoff spent his entire 17-year career with Minnesota. He was selected to the Pro Bowl six times, earned First-Team All-Pro honors five times, and appeared in four Super Bowls with the Vikings. He started 240 games at center, the longest ever at his position. His number 53 was retired in 2001 and entered the Hall of Fame in 2015.
COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations in Wisconsin last week are the highest they've been since early in the year. The state Department of Health Services reported a new seven-day average of 11 daily deaths Friday - the highest since mid-February. Just over a month ago, the daily average was one death. D-H-S reported 37 deaths in July, the lowest since vaccines became available. In August, the total increased to 199. The Wisconsin Hospital Association on reported more than a thousand COVID-19 patients, the highest since early January. The numbers are being driven up due to the more contagious delta variant. Just over 52 percent of the state is fully vaccinated.
The former state Supreme Court justice who is leading the investigation into the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin is asking that those records be preserved. Mike Gableman also wants to know about any evidence that has been destroyed. He sent a letter to the Wisconsin Elections Commission Thursday asking that local clerks be told to preserve any and all records and evidence. Gableman says he also wants to know about any intentional or unintentional destruction of election records. After receiving Gableman’s letter, the commission voted to stop the election software company E-S-and-S from selling its upgrade to any clerks using the current system – to ensure no data is deleted.
Members of the policy board for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources decided they wouldn’t attend that board’s September meeting. It has been canceled. Chairman Fred Prehn’s term expired in May, but he has refused to step aside because his replacement – named by Democratic Governor Tony Evers – hasn’t been confirmed by the Wisconsin Senate. Attorney General Josh Kaul has sued to remove Prehn. The members of the policy board decided not to take part in the September 22nd meeting while the partisan fight is going on. A spokeswoman for the D-N-R says the recommendation to cancel the meeting from Deputy Secretary Todd Ambs was based only on a lack of agenda items.
A report from Fort McCoy indicates there is one case of measles and about two dozen COVID-19 cases among the thousands of Afghan refugees who are being housed there. A fort spokesperson says the patients infected with measles or COVID-19 have been quarantined. All refugees from Afghanistan are tested for COVID-19 before they arrive at the Wisconsin military base. They are given a medical screening and are offered a free vaccination. The people at the base who were at risk of being exposed to the highly contagious measles were also quarantined in another area and given post-exposure shots.
One of the two women being held in mental health facilities for their roles in the Slender Man stabbing is being released. A ruled on Friday that 19-year-old Anissa Weier will be released from Winnebago Mental Health Institute on Monday. Then 12-year-old Weier and her friend Morgan Geyser lured the victim into the woods during a sleepover in 2014, and stabbed her in an attempt to please the fictional horror character Slender Man. Morgan Geyser is currently serving a 40-year sentence in the case.
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety reports 167 people died on roads in the state between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Preliminary reports show the highest number of fatalities, 47, were related to speeding. Another 35 deaths were alcohol-related and D-P-S says unbelted motorists accounted for 29 more deaths. The total number of deaths on Minnesota roads this year is now 321. That is a 25-percent increase over last year at this same time and a 30-percent jump from 2019.
There’s a good chance nobody will show up to claim a package being held at the Town of Geneva Police Department. A picture of three bags of marijuana that were found inside an undelivered U-P-S package was posted online Wednesday. The post reads that police hope to find “the rightful owner.” In the first 24 hours that Facebook post received more than 500 likes and nearly 800 shares. The package was originally delivered to the wrong address and had a bogus return address. The U-P-S agent turned it into authorities after noticing a familiar aroma. One person did show up at police headquarters, but that was just an attempt at humor.
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