Two people were injured in a one-vehicle accident in Trimbelle Township on Sunday. According to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, 27yr old Francisco Rivera of Red Wing was traveling eastbound on Hwy K when he lost control and entered the north ditch, and overturned. Both Rivera and passenger 36yr old Cassy Hoven of Ellsworth were trapped in the vehicle and had to be extricated. Both were taken to Red Wing Mayo Hospital.
Parents of teenagers are invited to attend the Buffalo County Partnership Council's Wake Up Call presentation tonight from 5-8pm at Cochran-Fountain City School. Parents will tour a mock-up bedroom that will show ways teens conceal alcohol, nicotine, and other drugs or items that may indicate drug use. The goal of the presentation is to educate parents and other adults about seemingly innocent items that may indicate substance abuse.
The Lake City Yard Compost and Brush Chipping Site will open this Friday for Lake City Residents. Grass clippings, garden debris, and leaves will be accepted at the Yard Compost Area. Residents are reminded not to rake those items into the street as city crews will not pick them up. The site will be open Monday-Wednesday-Friday from 10am-6pm and Saturday from 9-5. A permit sticker is required and for more information visit residents should visit City Hall.
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office reports human remains were found inside a burning building Monday morning. W-E-A-U / T-V reports the remains were discovered as firefighters worked inside the apartment building in Milltown shortly after 4:30 a-m. The name of the victim hasn’t been released. The cause of the fire is under investigation. The first crews arriving on the scene reported the roof was “gone” and the building was fully engulfed. No other injuries were reported.
If you use Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge browsers on your computer or smartphone, you will want to update it as soon as possible. Google announced that there is a security flaw and users should update their browsers. Users of either browser can click on the three dots menu in the upper right-hand corner, click “Help” and then “About” Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge. That will show whether there is an update available.
A late January court date has been set for the man accused of killing a Clark County woman. Jesus Contreras Perez is charged with first-degree intentional homicide, stalking, and hiding a corpse. The body of the victim, 28-year-old Cassandra Ayon, has never been found. Ayon reportedly told her friends she and Contreras Perez had an abusive relationship and she felt threatened after she broke it off. Contreras Perez is being held on a one-million-dollar bond. Ayon’s family says there has been no traceable activity on her accounts and there is no evidence she ever left the country.
A plan by Oshkosh Defense to keep production of new electric US Postal Service trucks in Wisconsin was reportedly scuttled by Foxconn. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that a request from Oshkosh Defense to rent or lease a building on the Foxconn campus in Mount Pleasant to build those new vehicles was turned down. That reportedly contributed to a decision to build the trucks at an Oshkosh Defense facility in South Carolina. A statement from Oshkosh Defense said that Wisconsin did not have any available buildings of the dimensions required to meet the postal service contract.
The State Supreme Court will not give Senator Ron Johnson special permission to speak at oral arguments over the use of absentee ballot drop boxes. Attorneys for Senator Johnson filed a brief in that case but also asked the Supreme Court for equal time in oral arguments alongside the Wisconsin Elections Commission and the plaintiffs in the case. The Court accepted those briefs but denied Johnson the right to speak at arguments. Justices said that the parties involved may cede some of their time to the Senator, but that no extra time will be granted to either side.
Wisconsin agriculture officials are warning people with backyard chickens about bird flu. The Department of Agriculture says people thinking adding chickens to their backyard flocks this spring should not get them from Jefferson County. A bird flu outbreak there has led to quarantine and the destruction of more than two-and-a-half million chickens. Ag officials are is also recommending people to keep their chickens safe by keeping their surroundings clean and sanitary.
Disability rights groups say new rules on Wisconsin absentee ballots are going to disenfranchise some voters. Marilee Adamski-Smith tells W-K-O-W’s Capital City Sunday she won’t be allowed to cast a ballot. Adamski-Smith was born without arms and legs. A Wisconsin Supreme Court order means people aren’t allowed to have assistance getting absentee ballots into mailboxes – even if they do get help filling out the ballots. The only exceptions are for people on jury duty and those who are hospitalized. Conservatives say allowing people to collect and mail ballots for other voters will lead to “ballot harvesting” and will compromise election security.
A man wanted for a domestic incident in Monroe County last summer has been arrested in Vermont. W-C-A-X / T-V reports 32-year-old Christopher Herricks was taken into custody Saturday night in Sharon, Vermont. Herricks is accused of threatening a family member with a knife. There was an arrest warrant in his name for the Wisconsin incident that happened in 2020. A Monroe County judge ordered that Herrick be committed after he was found not competent to stand trial on multiple charges, including strangulation and suffocation, battery, and disorderly conduct.
Minnesota U-S Senator Amy Klobuchar is calling on Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from any future lawsuits filed over the 2020 presidential race. It comes in the wake of revelations that his wife, Ginni Thomas, sent numerous text messages to then-Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows urging him to find ways to keep Donald Trump in office prior to the January sixth riot. During appearances on A-B-C’s “This Week,” Klobuchar called it “unbelievable” that the wife of a U-S Supreme Court justice would “advocate for an insurrection…for overturning a legal election to the president’s chief of staff.” Ginni Thomas has denied having any role in the events of January sixth.
Despite the long controversy over counting votes in Wisconsin very few people showed up Saturday morning when the Madison City Clerk’s Office tested 92 voting machines. W-M-T-V reports they turned the machines on, checked the system, and ran test ballots through the voting process. One city official says the biggest challenge is making adjustments for court-ordered ward changes after redistricting. The Wisconsin Elections Commission suggests people check MyVote.WI.Gov to find their polling places for the April 5th spring election.
Minnesota Poison Control is encouraging Minnesotans to add the Poison Control number to their phones in case of emergency. Spokeswoman Samantha Lee says, “whether you have a child who got into a cleaner, whether it’s your parents or grandparents that made a medication error,” they can help. The number to call is 1-800-222-1222, to their phones so they can be prepared in a poison emergency – Lee says all calls are free and confidential. Poison prevention tips can be found at w-w-w-dot-M-N-poison-dot-org.
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