Two Barron County Sheriff's Deputies fell through the ice rescuing a snowmobiler on Saturday. According to the Barron County Sheriff's Department, deputies arrived on the scene early Saturday morning at Prairie Lake and made their way on the ice to find the man who had fallen into the water. While attempting to rescue the man the ice gave way and the two deputies fell into the water. One deputy held onto the snowmobiler while firefighters rescued all three. One deputy and the snowmobiler were taken to the hospital, the other deputy suffered minor injures but remained on scene.
A woman who sued the Fall Creek School District over its COVID-19 policies has dismissed her lawsuit. Gina Kildahl filed the lawsuit last year after she claimed her children contracted Covid-19 at the school and accused the district and school board of failure to implement reasonable safety measures. Her attorney said they dropped the lawsuit as the issue is now moot given that the coronavirus level in the area is now low.
U.S. Rep. Angie Craig is officially announcing she will run for reelection this fall. Craig issued a statement Sunday saying enthusiasm for her campaign is strong. Craig was first elected to Congress in 2018. She represents Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District, which includes the Twin Cities’ far southeastern suburbs and rural parts of southeastern Minnesota including Wabasha and Goodhue Counties. Republican Tyler Kistner is running for the seat. Craig narrowly defeated him in 2020.
Tommy Thompson’s time as University of Wisconsin System president is over. Thompson stepped down Thursday. Wisconsin’s former long-time governor took over as interim system president in 2020, and announced plans to retire earlier this year. Milwaukee lawyer Jay Rothman will take over as System president on June 1st. Thompson might run for governor again. He served four terms in the 80s and 90s. He says he will make his decision in April.
A Las Vegas man faces extradition back to Wisconsin for allegedly running from police in a stolen U-haul full of marijuana. Police are accusing 26-year-old Demandre Andrew-Tyshann Fraizer of fleeing from officers in a stolen U-Haul truck. The incident happened on Wednesday in Viroqua when police tried to talk to Fraizer about the stolen van. He fled from police and made it as far as Winona County in Minnesota before he was stopped by the police there. A large amount of marijuana was found inside the rental when police searched it. Frazier now faces several felonies including evading police and recklessly endangering safety.
Wisconsin Congressman Glenn Grothman is one of just a few lawmakers who voted against ending trade relations with Russia. Grothman joined 7 other lawmakers as the sole no votes on a bill that would curtail Russia's trade status. The bill allows the President to increase tariffs with Russia and neighboring Belarus. Grothman tells the Journal Sentinel that he opposes an expansion of the Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, which allows the US and other countries to issue sanctions against individual people for contributing to human rights abuses. He claims it could be used against people who have Christian beliefs.
The Minnesota Department of Commerce Solar for Schools Program will award about seven-point-five-million dollars in grants for up to 80 schools in 45 school districts in Greater Minnesota. The Commerce Department's Mo Schriner says the program hopes to provide savings and learning opportunities. Grants will cover up to 95-percent of costs for the schools, based on their financial need, allowing schools to install solar panels on school rooftops or school grounds.
As mobile carriers phase out their 3-G networks to make room for more advanced services like 5-G, customers need to be aware the transition could impact devices other than phones. Madison College Professor Steve Noll says there are a lot of other devices that may still use older 3-G technology -- they include medical alert necklaces and bracelets, smartwatches, older tablets, and crash alert systems in cars. Some of those have already been turned off -- A-T-and-T has already shut down its 3-G network, and other carriers are set to do so later this year. Noll says if you’re unsure, check directly with your provider.
Sunday the Gloria De Lutheran Church in Duluth celebrated 80 years of broadcasting weekly services on the radio. Pastor David Carlson told K-D-A-L the church began the broadcasts in 1942 and is believed to be the longest continuing broadcast of church services in the country. He says the broadcast began with the straightforward purpose of giving more people a chance to participate in services each week.
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A Wisconsin man has been arrested for his part in the riot at the U-S Capitol last year. Twenty-three-year-old Riley Kasper of Pulaski faces felonies in the case, including assaulting police and civil disorder. Prosecutors say Kasper sprayed Capitol Police with pepper spray and forced his way into the Capitol building. They also say Kasper bragged about the attack on Facebook, saying “I pepper-sprayed three cops so bad they got undressed and went home,” and that the event was like “the most real version of paintball ever.”
Wisconsin Secretary of State Doug LaFollette announces he’s seeking a 12th term in office. The Democrat says he opposes Republican proposals to give the partisan office oversight of elections. He says two years ago he might have made a different decision, “but now with the integrity of this office at risk,” many people have urged him to run for reelection. LaFollette says in his entire 44 years in office, the Secretary of State has never been involved in election supervision. There are four Republican candidates for secretary of state, including state Representative Amy Loudenbeck, and all have said the office should oversee elections.
Governor Tony Evers says he will not endorse a candidate in the Democratic primary for U-S Senate. Evers says all the candidates in the crowded field are good people, and that as the highest-ranking elected Democrat in Wisconsin, it would be wrong to pick just one. That’s even though the widely-perceived frontrunner is his own lieutenant governor, Mandela Barnes. Eleven Democrats are running in the August primary for a chance to unseat incumbent Republican Ron Johnson.
Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar is continuing a push to lower prescription drug costs -- especially for seniors. Klobuchar is advocating for legislation that requires Medicare to negotiate for less expensive drugs from drug companies. She says people “would be shocked to know that Medicare is banned from negotiating right now, whereas the Veterans Administration DOES negotiate” with drug companies, resulting in lower costs for veterans. Klobuchar says U-S consumers pay the highest drug prices in the world. She and fellow Minnesota Senator Tina Smith today (Friday) join leaders of A-A-R-P to discuss progress being made in trying to lower costs.
More than half of rural Minnesota counties lack hospital-based birthing services. The Rural MOMS Act was co-sponsored by Minnesota Senator Tina Smith and has now been signed into law. Smith says the legislation will provide grants to connect patients to needed care, expand telehealth, and provide training for clinicians to practice in rural community-based settings. With shortages of health care providers and a challenging payer mix, rural hospitals are more likely to close their labor and delivery units in order to make ends meet. Smith says the point was driven home to her when she heard that some women were making 200-mile round trips to get to their doctors.
Now that Winter’s over, be sure you trust where you’re storing your snowmobile or other winter equipment. State Consumer Protection director Michael Domke says that D-A-T-C-P has a list of trusted storage facilities. He says if something goes wrong or they find out they failed to fulfill their obligations or are operating a little bit outside the law -- there is protection for the consumer to potentially recoup some of their losses.” You can find that list online at D-A-T-C-P-dot-W-I-dot-U-S.
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