A Minnesota man will spend five years in federal prison for dealing methamphetamine in western Wisconsin. Twenty-five-year-old Zakaree Stelzer was pulled over last December in Buffalo County and deputies found a toolbox in the trunk that contained more than a pound of meth. Stelzer and his passenger - Doua Moa- were both wanted on arrest warrants. Investigators say they admitted to buying the drugs in the Twin Cities and planned to sell the meth in the Wisconsin Rapids area. The judge said that Stelzer’s possession of a “staggering amount” of methamphetamine was troubling. Moua was sentenced to six years last month.
Some area health providers will be receiving a portion of $28 million in American Rescue Plan funding from the US Department of Health and Human Services. The payments are being distributed to providers and suppliers who serve rural Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Medicare beneficiaries. These payments will help provide relief to rural providers who have faced significant financial pressure during the COVID-19 pandemic. Advent Health in Durand is receiving $3100,000, Elmwood Ambulance Service,$3614 and the Elmwood Nursing Home is receiving a payment of $48,505.
Chippewa Falls police are seeking a funding source to pay for the purchase of a new, high-tech drone. Police Chief Matthew Kelm told city council members the drone, its camera, and battery would cost about 75-hundred dollars. When he brought up the idea last summer Kelm said the drone would help document crime scenes and vehicle collisions, helping eliminate risks by remotely checking hidden areas and blind spots. It would also be used in search and rescue assignments. The Chippewa Falls Police Department Alumni Association is trying to raise enough money to buy the drone – then, the department hopes the city would be able to cover the cost of maintenance and training for operators.
Authorities in southeastern Minnesota are investigating the shooting death of a dog near Rochester. The Olmsted County Sheriff's Office says the Alaskan Malamute went missing Saturday and was found dead Sunday morning by its owners on a neighbor's property. The owners live in the Douglas Township area. Deputies say the dog was apparently shot by someone hunting on the neighboring property and was dragged to a ravine. The Minnesota D-N-R is helping with the case.
Wisconsin's deer harvest on opening weekend of the firearms season is down compared to last year. The Department of Natural Resources say hunters took 85-thousand-860 deer last weekend - which is about 14-thousand fewer than the 99-thousand-832 harvested in 2020. Wisconsin hunters shot 47-thousand-529 bucks or about seven percent fewer than opening weekend last fall. The D-N-R says the Northern Forest Zone saw one-thousand-339 more deer harvested this year than on opening weekend than in 2020. There was a nearly four-percent increase in out-of-state hunters on opening weekend.
Wisconsin Department of Corrections Secretary Kevin Carr says the state’s juvenile prisons for boys and girls in Irma can’t close for at least four years – and possibly much longer. Carr says the delay is caused by the Legislature’s failure to provide funding to build new facilities. He told the Journal Sentinel the lack of money means dozens of juvenile offenders will continue to be held at the Lincoln Hills School for Boys and Copper Lake School for Girls for the foreseeable future. Lawmakers said they would close the facilities by July of this year, but no plan to accomplish that goal has ever been approved. Recent reports by a monitor indicate the atmosphere is much-improved at Lincoln Hills after reports of abuse and numerous lawsuits.
A spokesperson for Triple-A Wisconsin says it remains to be seen if the release of 50-million barrels of oil from the country’s strategic oil reserves has the intended effect. The Biden administration authorized the release Tuesday. Triple-A’s Nick Jarmusz says we won’t really know what the effect will be for another week or so. The average price for a gallon of regular gas was three dollars, 11-cents Tuesday in Wisconsin. The national average was three-40 a gallon.
The Minnesota State Fair is holding a flash sale today on 2022 admission tickets. They are 12 dollars each for all visitors age five and older. There is a limit of eight tickets per person. Regular gate admission will cost 16 dollars next summer. The 2022 Minnesota State Fair runs August 25th through September 5th.
La Crosse school officials say Logan High School is safe but a “concerning Snapchat message” is still being investigated. In the message, a student threatened to shoot other students and staff members after the Thanksgiving break. The district is telling families it is working with law enforcement to identify the sender of the threat. The email from the district indicates it has information that it expects to help lead investigators to the person. The message promised eight students and two teachers would be killed after the holiday break.
The Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office now wants to know why the bail was so low for the man accused of driving an S-U-V into the Waukesha Christmas Parade Sunday, killing five people. Darrell Brooks had been released five days before the incident on a one-thousand-dollar bail – despite being charged with two felonies and three misdemeanors. Prosecutors asked for that “inappropriately low” amount while Brooks was already out on bail from a previous arrest for serious charges like recklessly endangering safety. A statement from D-A John Chisholm is critical of his office’s low bail recommendation. Brooks is expected to face five counts of first-degree intentional homicide for the Sunday incident.
The social media manager for the Democratic Party of DuPage County, Illinois has been fired for what are being called “callous and reprehensible” tweets. Mary Lemanski compared the driver who’s accused of killing five people and injuring 48 at the Waukesha Christmas Parade to Kyle Rittenhouse. Lemanski speculated, “It was probably just self-defense.” A Wisconsin jury found that Rittenhouse acted in self-defense when he shot and killed two men and wounded a third during last year’s rioting in Kenosha. Lemanski also tweeted she believes in karma and suggested it came around quickly on the citizens of Wisconsin.
The Grant County Sheriff’s Office is sharing more information about last week’s fatal shooting. A Monday news release says deputies responded to the area in the Village of Potosi when dispatchers got a 9-1-1 call and they could hear what sounded like an argument. Deputies spent some time trying to find the home where the call originated, then they heard a gunshot and a woman’s scream, followed by a second shot. Investigators say 47-year-old Aaron Osthoff of Dubuque, Iowa forced his way into the home at about 3:30 a-m, shot the woman, then shot himself to death. Her name hasn’t been released. The woman is listed in stable condition at a hospital and Osthoff is dead.
Minnesota researchers are evaluating the results of major work done over the last decade on restoring trout streams. Countering erosion is the core aim of most projects. Scientists are checking to see if the trout have returned, but the state also needs to know if realigning creeks has upset their natural connection with groundwater sources or has accidentally made some of the problems worse. The job isn’t done. More streams will be realigned in the years to come as they wash away land near homes, roads, bridges, and businesses.
Students at the University of Wisconsin-Stout can learn how to find an off-campus apartment, handle their own simple car maintenance, and be responsible for their own financial health. An instructional program called “Adulting 101” is designed to help them develop skills they may need outside of school. The series was created by the university’s Involvement Center about five years ago. The next lesson is scheduled for December 1st at the Memorial Student Center. It will include information on household basics and useful items to keep in a home.
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