No one was injured in a one-vehicle roll-over accident on Hwy 25 just south of Durand yesterday. According to the Buffalo County Sheriff's Department 42yr old Jeremiah Cleland of Nelson was northbound on Hwy 25 when he lost control of the log truck he was driving, when into the ditch, and rolled over. The accident caused logs to be scattered across the area. Hwy 25 was closed for approximately 2 hrs while crews cleaned up the accident.
The Wisconsin State Patrol says 12-to-15 people suffered scrapes and broken bones when they were involved in a massive pileup on Interstate 94 Thursday. About 20 ambulances were called to the scene between Osseo and Black River Falls. Troopers say freezing rain caused ice-slick pavement leading to crashes involving more than 40 vehicles. The first accident was reported at about 5:45 a-m. Emergency crews responded to multiple crashes, drive-offs, and jackknifed semis in Jackson and Trempealeau counties.
Nearly $1000 was raised at last night's Durand-Arcadia Girls Basketball game for the Bendickson family of Durand. Nicole Bendickson died 12 days after giving birth to twins on December 1st. Durand Girls Basketball Coach Darrin Lowenhagen says that Arcadia Coach Lucas Passehl reached out to him asking how his team could help. The crowd at the game donated $700 while the Arcadia basketball program chipped in an additional $250. Lowenhagen says the Durand Girls Basketball Team will be holding a fundraiser for the Bendickson Family during January 4th home game against Prescott.
Two more tornadoes are confirmed to have occurred in Wisconsin on Dec. 15, according to the National Weather Service in La Crosse. The Weather Service says an EF1 tornado briefly touched down west of Greenwood in Clark County with a track of only a quarter of a mile at 9:33 p.m., but it removed the roof of a barn and destroyed a power pole, a pole shed, and damaged several trees in about one minute on the ground. Another EF1 tornado happened south of Osseo, crossing from Trempealeau County into Jackson County, traveling 2.7 miles in about three minutes and ending just before it hit Interstate 94 damaging a home and several trees. The weather service says there were 7 tornados that occurred in Wisconsin on December 15.
Some coronavirus relief money will help people pay their water bills in Wisconsin. Governor Evers says he’s earmarking 18-million dollars for the Low Income Household Water Assistance Program. The governor’s office says Wisconsin has diverted a total of 86-million dollars to help people impacted economically by the COVID-19 pandemic. The money is helping people pay utility bills, rent, and mortgage payments.
An assistant Wisconsin attorney general is asking Dane County Judge Rhonda Lanford to block a subpoena demanding the state’s chief elections administrator to turn over documents and submit to an interview. This is part of former state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman’s investigation into the November presidential election. The attorney representing Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe told the judge Thursday the subpoena is too vague and broad. Gabe Johnson-Karp also said the questioning needs to be done in public – not in private. Judge Lanford said she will issue her ruling by January 10th.
The chair of the search committee says she wants a new chancellor for the University of Wisconsin-Madison to be chosen by May. Karen Walsh released the committee’s timeline earlier this week. Walsh wants a faster decision so the school can avoid hiring an interim chancellor when outgoing Chancellor Rebecca Blank leaves this summer. Walsh says the plan calls for the application deadline to be in mid-March, semifinalist interviews a month later, finalist campus visits in early May, and a recommendation to the U-W System Board of Regents by the middle of that same month. Blank is leaving to become president of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
The changeover was quick in Milwaukee. Former Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett was sworn-in Thursday morning as U-S ambassador to Luxembourg. He represented Wisconsin’s largest city for 17 years. Barrett heads to Washington for briefs next month and expects to be in Europe by the end of January. His temporary replacement, Alderman Cavalier Johnson, took the oath at Bay View High School where he attend class as a youth. Johnson is now Milwaukee’s acting mayor and he has said he will run for the permanent position in next February’s local election.
Authorities in Calumet County have identified the human remains found at High Cliff State Park last September as a man who has been missing since 1983. Hikers found the remains on a trail and D-N-A tests were used to identify them as Neenah native Starkie L. Swenson. He had been legally declared dead and John C. Andrews of Chilton was sentenced to two years in jail in 1994. Swenson was 67 years old when he went missing. A witness, Susan Eggert, gave what officials are calling “ear-witness” testimony, saying she heard Andrews arguing with Swenson before Swenson disappeared. Andrews was her boyfriend.
Parents are demanding answers about the chemical leak that closed down the middle school in Spooner last month. When students and staff began getting sick the school was evacuated. Dozens were sickened by a smell they reported. Parents say the school district still hasn’t provided clear answers about what students were exposed to and whether the problem really has been fixed. Those district officials have said what they are calling “industrial hygiene” reviews suggest styrene may have been the chemical everyone was smelling.
The U-S Attorney says the conviction of a judge on child porn charges shows “no one is above the law. Thirty-nine-year-old Brett Blomme was sentenced to nine years in prison Wednesday. He had pleaded guilty to the charge in September. Blomme had served as a Milwaukee County Children’s Court judge. Federal Judge James D. Peterson described Blomme’s actions and the illicit materials he distributed as the “worst of the worst.” Acting U-S Attorney Timothy M. O’Shea says the sentence shows “we will track down and hold accountable those who distribute child sexual abuse material.”
An online lender who didn’t get licensed to do business in Minnesota has settled a lawsuit with the state Department of Commerce. MoneyLion agrees to pay a fine, cancel or forgive some of the loans, and give refunds to some of its Minnesota customers. The MoneyLion loans carried interest rates up to 645 percent. Department of Commerce Commissioner Grace Arnold says the settlement shows that Minnesota consumers who borrow from online lenders do have protections under state law.
The Metropolitan Airports Commission in the Twin Cities expects the day after Christmas to be the busiest travel day. They are projecting about 35 thousand passengers to clear T-S-A checkpoints at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Sunday. Similar crowds are expected Monday. Last year, 60 percent fewer passengers – 21 thousand – passed through the airport the day after Christmas.
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