Today is the day candidates for local offices must return nomination papers for the spring election. Durand Mayor Patrick Milliren says there are three at-large city council seats and the mayor's office up for election. Those nomination papers must be turned in by 5pm today.
A Boyceville man is in custody on charges of sexual assault of a child. 33yr old Ross Hoffman turned himself in to law enforcement Monday. Hoffman told investigators the assaults began six to seven years ago but ended two years ago. He also told investigators he assaulted the child more than a hundred times. He is being held on a $75000 bond and will have a preliminary hearing in Dunn County Court on Thursday.
The Dunn County Sheriff's Department is asking for the public's help in identifying the person or persons who took a dual-axel car trailer from an accident scene. On Sunday a truck had entered the ditch after failing to negotiate a turn on Hwy 64 at 1230th Avenue. The truck was pulling the car trailer with either a skid steer or golf cart. The trailer was removed and the truck was left behind. Authorities are looking for a white Dodge truck with a diamond plate flatbed at the scene. Anyone with information is to contact the Dunn County Sheriffs Department.
A Black River Falls man is facing attempted homicide charges after firing a handgun outside of a home early Saturday. According to the Black River Falls Police Department, officers were sent to an apartment complex for a man reportedly running around shooting a handgun. Officers arrested 50yr old Roy Thompson and charged him with attempted 1st-degree intentional homicide along with 5 counts of recklessly endangering safety and domestic violence.
Students at La Crosse Central High School were evacuated to Longfellow Middle School Monday after the school received a bomb threat. La Crosse police say the threat was emailed to the school's administrators Monday Morning and officers from La Crosse and the Wisconsin State Patrol responded to search the school but did not find any threats. This is the second threat to the school in three months and authorities continue to investigate who sent the threat yesterday.
The former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice investigating the state’s elections has subpoenaed two Madison city officials. Madison information office Sarah Edgerton and finance director Dan Schmiedicke were served last week. Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway says the move shows Michael Gableman and his team have learned “nothing about election administration” in the state. She calls the investigation “a waste of time and taxpayer dollars.” Edgerton has been ordered to turn over election communications January 13th and 19th, then submit to questioning February 14th. Schmiedicke would be questioned five days after that.
A newly discovered exploit in the Java programming platform means you need to get your business's programs updated. Madison College security expert Mike Masino (MAH-see-no) says a common part of many Java programs was exploited to run programs without authorization. For most home users, many of those programs have been updated, but any business that uses custom Java programs ought to have their IT staff or outside profession give their programs a once over to see if they need to be patched.
Health officials are urging the public not to go to emergency rooms to get COVID-19 tests. Public health officials there are designated places to get a COVID-19 test, and the emergency room is not one of them. Jamie Lucas is Executive Director of the Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals. She says people are clogging an already overloaded healthcare system when they use the E-R for tests. Hospitals in Wisconsin are struggling with staff shortages and burn-out as coronavirus cases are on the rise again.
A 19-year-old man is under arrest for his alleged role in a shooting Friday at the Mall of America. Officers took Latrell Avonte Litts into custody at a Roseville hotel for aiding and abetting first-degree assault. Two people were wounded during the shooting at M-O-A and police do not believe it was a random incident. One victim was treated at H-C-M-C for minor injuries. The shooting prompted a short lockdown at the mall in Bloomington.
Democratic state lawmakers are backing a bill that would end excessive fees for phone calls made by jail inmates. The charges would be capped at the same rates that national prepaid wireless telephone providers charge. Wisconsin Public Radio reports the move comes after a Prison Policy Initiative found that some counties charge more than 14 dollars for a 15-minute phone call. Backers say the charges are a case of counties profiting from inmates who haven’t been convicted of any crimes. They say it cuts them off from friends and family members.
People living in an apartment complex in the Town of Madison were scrambling for shelter last week when bullets started coming in through their walls. Police say two groups of people in an S-U-V and a car were firing shots at each other as they left a nearby gas station. One bullet ended up in a bathtub but no one was hit. A child was home at the time. Police Chief Scott Gregory called it another example of reckless individuals putting the public at risk.
Authorities in Wood County say one man has been hospitalized and a second man has been arrested after a Saturday morning stabbing incident. Emergency responders were called to the Village of Vesper shortly after midnight about a man seen walking on the roadway after he had been stabbed multiple times. The victim was treated and taken to a nearby hospital. After a short standoff, deputies say they were able to take 64-year-old David Kelm into custody. Charges are expected to be filed against the stabbing suspect.
A member of the jury that found former police officer Kim Potter guilty says jurors felt she had made an honest mistake – but she was still responsible for Daunte Wright’s death. Potter was found guilty of manslaughter. The juror agreed to speak with reporters on the condition of anonymity due to the “public animosity” surrounding the case. The juror said last week no one felt Potter was a racist or meant to kill Wright, but that didn’t mean she was above the law. Deliberations reportedly became heated at times and the juror said nearly every one of them cried at some point.
Several people were injured over the weekend as shootings continue in the new year in Milwaukee. At least nine people were injured in shootings over the weekend. That led Milwaukee’s acting mayor, Cavalier Johnson, to call the violence “unacceptable” and to say the “ongoing turmoil must end.” One of the wounded people was a nine-year-old boy and a 40-year-old man was killed. No names have been released. Johnson says he will finalize the city’s new public safety and violence reduction plan. He says reducing violence is the highest priority for his administration.
Officials say more flights have been delayed and canceled at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. As of Sunday night, 74 flights had been canceled and 121 delayed. Airline officials report pilots and staff members are calling in sick in growing numbers after testing positive for COVID-19. The omicron variant and hazardous winter weather conditions worked with the holiday rush to affect flights all across the country. Travel experts recommend you check on your reservations frequently to get as much advanced notice of changes as is possible.
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