The Dunn County Sheriff's Department is asking for the public's help in a 4 victim homicide. . Deputies responded to the deaths in the Town of Sheridan on Sunday afternoon. The victims do not appear to have any connection to the area and were found in an abandoned black SUV that was driven into a standing cornfield off a rural road. The department is requesting any information related to the incident or may have seen a black SUV with Minnesota plates in that area. There may have been a second dark-colored SUV traveling with the black SUV that may be related. The department does not believe there to be a present danger to the public in the area.
The Mondovi City Council is meeting in a joint session with the Mondovi School Board. Items on the agenda included discussion of Jackson Street Flooding concerns, discussion on the contract for snow pile removal services, and discussion and possible action on an $850,000 loan disbursement from the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands to execute the option to purchase the Schmidtknecht option property. Tonight's meeting begins at 6:30 at the Mondovi School District offices.
One of three men arrested in December 2020 on drug charges was sentenced in Pepin County Court on Monday. Anthony Nelson of Arkansaw was sentenced to 5yrs probation and must submit to random drug testing. Nelson along with Chad Marson of Arkansaw and Matthew Schumacher of Menomonie was arrested after a year-long investigation. Schumacher will be back in court next week and Marson has an October court appearance.
The Pepin County Sheriff Department's K-9 officer is now on duty. According to Pepin County Sheriff Joel Wener, the last piece of the puzzle, the K-9 squad was delivered last week. K-9 officer Jack and his handler Deputy Darrin Lowenhagen will now be on duty during the evening hours. Yesterday, the Pepin County Law Enforcement Committee met Jack for the first time during the committee's meeting.
Authorities in Jackson County say one person is dead and a second one is injured after an incident last week. Deputies responded to a Thursday night call about a man needing emergency medical treatment. Lifesaving measures were performed until Black River Falls E-M-S arrived. While deputies were trying to find out how the man got hurt, they found a woman there who also needed emergency medical treatment. No names have been released. The man was airlifted to Marshfield Hospital where he died later Thursday night. The woman was taken to Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire. Her medical condition hasn’t been reported.
State health officials say the COVID-19 delta variant has reached every corner of Wisconsin. The Department of Health Services says 56 counties are reporting very high coronavirus activity. The other 16 are reporting high levels. D-H-S reported 936 new cases on Friday. Hospitalizations are also on the rise.
More than 46-thousand Minnesota students ages 12-17 have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine since the launch of the ‘Vax to School’ campaign. Governor Tim Walz says the percentage of Minnesotans 12-15 years old with at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose has increased from 42 percent to nearly 55-percent since late July. And for 16-17-year-olds, the rate has increased from 54-point-two percent to 60-and-a-half percent. Walz says Minnesota is leading the Midwest in reported student vaccinations.
A new study shows college students reported record high marijuana use, and record low drinking in 2020. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, alcohol use among college students dipped from 62 percent in 2019 to 56 percent. The percentages reporting being drunk in the past month and reporting binge drinking also declined. Also according to the report, 44 percent of college students reported using marijuana in 2020, an increase from 38 percent in 2015. Researchers are unsure whether the pandemic may have driven the record in cannabis consumption. Eighteen states have legalized recreational marijuana, 37 states have legalized it for medical purposes. Wisconsin allows neither.
Wisconsin health officials are warning people not to make or buy fake COVID-19 vaccination cards. The Department of Health Services says people who make fake cards could be charged in federal court. Health officials and federal prosecutors are also warning people not to post their vaccination card on social media, where information could be copied or stolen.
The Air National Guard in Madison got a hero’s send-off Saturday. About 300 airmen from the 115th Fighter Wing will spend three months in Southwest Asia. Governor Evers, guard commanders, and the airmen’s families all gathered on Saturday to say goodbye. No one is saying just where the 115th is going, or just what it will be doing.
Worries about the structural integrity have led to the closing of a building in downtown Madison. The city says it has been monitoring the situation, but the work to shore up the building hasn’t been completed. It houses Paisan’s Restaurant which posted on its Facebook page that it would be closed immediately and would likely stay that way for 15 days. The city of Madison says it will remain closed until its engineers determine if it is stable – or until the issues are corrected. The building in question is located on West Wilson Street near the Monona Terrace.
A small Oneida County town is about to lose both of its banks – unless a deal can be worked out. Officials in Three Lakes have been told B-M-O Harris and Nicolet National Bank plan to close their locations in the next few months. Anybody living there will have to drive to Eagle River or Rhinelander to conduct banking business. Members of the town board are hoping they can recruit a new bank to fill the void – or, convince the two banks already there to stay. B-M-O Harris says it will close its branch in early October while the Nicolet Bank will shut its doors in December.
Governor Tony Evers has signaled he wants to be involved in a redistricting case. Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul asked a federal court Monday to allow the Governor to intervene in a lawsuit filed last month by fellow Democrats that asks a federal court to draw the state's next set of electoral maps. The governor’s motion contends state law recognizes a joint role for both the governor and the Legislature in the redistricting process. The motion further argues the governor should be allowed to provide input in the litigation. Evers said he plans to submit maps drawn by a commission he created for the consideration of both the Legislature and the federal court.
Officials with the U-W System are offering more incentives to increase campus vaccine rates. As a part of its “70 For 70 Campaign,” the system is going to be giving away 70 scholarships for seven thousand dollars to vaccinated students on any U-W campus. The Madison campus isn’t included, and the campaign includes a stipulation. Those vaccinated students will only be entered for a chance at one of the scholarships if their campus reaches a 70-percent vaccination rate. At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus officials haven’t said what their vaccination rate is, but they say it is certainly not 70 percent yet.
Canadian Pacific has taken the first step toward a 31-billion-dollar purchase of Kansas City Southern. The Missouri company decided that was the best of two offers it had received. The rival bidder was Canadian National. The deal hasn’t been completed yet. Canadian National still has five days to make its offer better. Alberta-based Canadian Pacific has its U-S headquarters in Minneapolis and significant portions of its operations located in St. Paul. The company says if the merger goes through it will move its headquarters to Missouri.
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