Wisconsin 3rd Congressional District Candidate Derrick Van Orden has raised more than $2.6 million in the last year for his run for the seat. The republican candidate reported the numbers to the Federal Election Commission. The amount so far raised is more than the total amount he raised when he ran in 2020. Current Congressman Ron Kind announced last year he was not running for re-election in 2022.
Another phone scam to report. The Buffalo County Sheriff's Department is reporting that scammers are calling residents claiming they have won a large lottery prize or some type of sweepstakes. The caller then tells the victim that they must pay taxes or other fees to get the prize and ask for the victim's credit card or banking information. If you receive this type of call, do not give out your information, just hang up.
With bitter cold back in Wisconsin and Minnesota, there are ways to get help paying energy bills. John Marshall with Xcel Energy says the first step is to reach out to them and find out what specific options are available. Marshall says representatives can help customers set up payment plans that help work through potentially tough times. More information is available via Excel Energy's website.
An Eleva man charged in 2019 after meth and dozens of fake IDs were found in his vehicle was sentenced Friday. Song Lee was placed on three years probation. He has already paid more than $14,000 restitution. As part of the sentence, Lee must tell law enforcement how he was able to steal the victim's information to make the fake ID's.
A La Crosse man was arrested Friday after fleeing the scene of an accident. According to the La Crosse County Sheriff's Department, the accident happened Friday night on Hwy B in Barre Township. Deputies say that the driver, 25yr old Austin Olson fled on foot but was found quickly. Olson refused medical treatment and was arrested for suspicion of operating while under the influence. Authorities believe speed and alcohol were factors in the accident.
A member of the legislature’s audit committee is not optimistic that the partisan probe into the 2020 election will be audited. Senator Tim Carpenter wants the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau to look into former state Supreme Court Justice Mike Gableman’s investigation. Carpenter and the other Democrats on the audit committee requested that in a letter to Republican co-chairs, but he’s not optimistic Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has said progress has been slowed because local elected officials and others have refused to cooperate with subpoenas Gableman has issued.
Authorities in Juneau County say a domestic disturbance suspect refused to communicate with them early Saturday morning. W-M-T-V reports the man was eventually taken into custody by the county’s START team. His name hasn’t been released. Deputies were able to speak to a woman who had made it out of the house unharmed. Several efforts to speak to the suspect were unsuccessful. Authorities say the incident was first reported at about 3:30 a-m. There were no reports of any injuries.
Minnesota Senate Republicans roll out their plan today to replenish Minnesota's COVID-depleted Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund. They say their plan will avoid harmful tax increases on businesses. House Speaker, Democrat Melissa Hortman suggested compromise on the trust fund would be a way to break the continuing deadlock over COVID bonuses for front-line workers. She proposed one billion dollars for each. House minority leader Kurt Daudt doesn't like the idea, saying it is basically like Democrats are holding the funds hostage.
Two weeks into the Minneapolis and St. Paul city mandates requiring customers at restaurants and other entertainment venues to show proof of receiving a COVID-19 shot or a negative test, restaurant owners say they are seeing a notable drop in business. Luke Derheim, the co-owner of Craft and Crew Hospitality, told KSTP-TV they are seeing a 30-percent drop at in their Twin Cities location. Other owners report similar trends. Derheim says they own restaurants in the suburbs where there are no mandates and they have not experienced a similar drop in those locations. Unless ended early, mandates in Minneapolis and St. Paul will be in effect until the end of the month.
A Minnesota man is facing two federal charges for aiming the beam of a laser pointer at airplanes in Wisconsin in October. The U-S Attorney's Office says 42-year-old Nicholas Link of Rochester pointed his laser at a Delta Air Lines commercial flight and a Minnesota State Patrol aircraft while in Wisconsin. An indictment by a grand jury was unsealed Thursday. Prosecutors say Link could face up to five years in prison on each count if convicted. His initial court appearance hasn't been scheduled.
Monona police say a bomb threat directed at a charter school in Monona Thursday morning has turned out to be a parent experiencing a mental health issue. The threat was spotted on SnapChat. Police identified the person of interest and took that person into protective custody. There was no bomb at One City Charter School. Monona police say the parent has been put in touch with mental health professionals. Classes were called off and students were reunited with their parents or guardians. School was back in session Friday morning.
Menomonee Falls-based Kohl's says recent offers to buy the company are undervalued. Two companies have reportedly offered to buy Kohl's for between 64 and 65 dollars a share, but Kohl's says that's not enough. Kohl's also says it enacted a shareholder rights plan this morning that will avert a company takeover. Kohl's says it will release more information at an investor day next month.
Governor Tony Evers vetoed a bill that would have increased penalties for making or distributing butane hash oil marijuana. The highly concentrated version of the drug is gaining popularity but the process to extract the substance often involves butane, an odorless gas that could easily ignite. Evers, a supporter of the full legalization of marijuana, called the bill a step in the wrong direction. The Republican-backed bill also had the support of the Wisconsin Chiefs of Police Association.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is rejecting a request to take over a challenge to the use of absentee ballot drop boxes. Republican candidate for Governor Rebecca Kleefisch filed the petition, asking the court to take the case after a lower court ruling kept the current law in place. Kleefisch claimed that the Wisconsin Election Commission did not follow the law on the use of absentee ballot boxes, the role of voting deputies at nursing homes, and the use of polling places.
Money from the federal infrastructure bill has made Amtrak’s proposal for a route between Milwaukee and Madison a possibility. The Milwaukee Business Journal quotes Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway as saying it could happen within five years. Several Wisconsin mayors sent a letter to federal officials supporting the expanded service last year. The infrastructure bill includes 66 billion dollars for Amtrak to maintain its existing lines and expand its service routes.
Soon, there will be no way to miss it. Construction on Wisconsin’s tallest residential tower is moving on from excavation work and turning vertical. A monster crane was installed at the site Thursday. It is 175 feet tall, but will eventually reach 621 feet as work is completed on the 44-story hi-rise. The crane can pick up loads of eight tons and it will be used mostly as the concrete superstructure is put together. Backers say the 122-million-dollar project means an estimated 44 hundred construction jobs for Milwaukee. Work should be finished by the end of next year.
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