The weather sirens will sound today as a statewide tornado drill will take place. The first drill will happen at 1:45 this afternoon and the second at 6:45 this evening. It is all a part of Severe Weather Awareness Week. Along with the weather sirens sounding the National Weather Service will activate the weekly EAS Test on radio and TV.
The Buffalo County K-9 unit was busy over the weekend. According to the Buffalo County Sheriff's Department's Facebook Page, K-9 Deputy Owen helped officers recover 21.8 grams of methamphetamine, 16 grams of cocaine, and 3.5 grams of fentanyl. No other information was available on the drug recoveries or if any arrests were made.
An Eleva woman that was convicted of 2nd degree recklessly endangering safety has been sentenced in Eau Clair County Court. 61yr old Barbara Wiedenbeck pleaded guilty to the reduced charges after striking a bicyclist while driving on Hwy HH and leaving the scene in August of 2021. As part of a deferred prosecution agreement, Widenbeck will have to perform 120 hours of community service.
Lake Hallie police say an Eau Claire man-made verbal and physical threats to officers as he was being arrested for operating while intoxicated. W-E-A-U / T-V reports that 57-year-old Scott Vanigan is also accused of threatening hospital staff when blood was drawn for a test. Vanigan’s driving privileges had been suspended meaning he had a blood-alcohol content restriction of point-02. The test showed his blood-alcohol content was point-15. He was pulled over at 1:30 a-m Saturday in Lake Hallie after he was observed driving erratically.
The Raptor Education Group along with residents of Dunn and Chippewa Counties are offering a $6000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who shot a bald eagle in the town of Crooks Valley. According to the Raptor Education Group, the eagle appears to have been shot in mid-flight and is suffering from 20 wounds along with lead poisoning and a broken wing. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is investigating the shooting.
Students at La Crosse Central High School say they are worried about the increasing number of school threats and they want someone at their school at all times to discourage vandalism and fights. W-K-B-T / T-V reports a group of students presented a petition to the school board earlier this week seeking to keep school resource officers on the campus. The petition held 300 signatures in support. Students like Adam Manka spoke to the board members at the Monday meeting. Manka says the responsibility for S-R-Os is to make sure students are safe during emergencies. The agreement between the La Crosse Police Department and the school district is set to end this summer.
Congressman Ron Kind says he voted to find two men in contempt of Congress Wednesday because they had failed to comply with subpoenas. The subpoenas for Daniel Scavino Junior and Peter Navarro had been issued by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th attack on the U-S Capitol. The Wisconsin Democrat says Scavino and Navarro had a legal obligation to comply and they have refused. Last year, Kind voted to hold Steve Bannon and Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress when they ignored a similar order to appear before the same committee.
Homeowners in a rural area of Jefferson County are testing their groundwater over concerns from chicken carcasses buried nearby. The confirmed cases of bird flu at Cold Spring Egg Arm led to the killing of nearly three million chickens. Scientists say composting is the most environmentally-friendly way to dispose of the bodies. The problem is, at least one farm is just six miles away. W-T-M-J / T-V reports the noise of heavy trucks and the smell of the composting is worrisome, but the homeowners doing the testing are more worried that their well water will become contaminated. The composting effort started March 27th.
Republican state Senator Van Wanggaard has filed a complaint with the Wisconsin Elections Commission over the way Racine officials handled Tuesday’s vote. Wanggaard says the city of Racine openly flaunted the decisions by the circuit court, the Wisconsin Supreme Court, and the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Racine accepted ballots submitted by someone other than the voter. Wanggaard says the city “is intentionally ignoring the law.” A Waukesha circuit court judge ruled in January that there are only two legal ways to return an absentee ballot in the state – personally through the mail, or a voter delivering his or her own ballot to the clerk.
U-S Senator Tammy Baldwin is working to allow all children to get a free meal this summer without needing to fill out the paperwork. Parents would be able to pick up the meals at school when they are needed for a virtual learner. The Wisconsin Democrat says when the pandemic emergency is declared to be over “we would go back to the old rules, the old eligibility requirements.” She says there was concern that a lot of children would go hungry this summer if the U-S Agriculture Secretary isn’t given the ability to be flexible.
Sheboygan County prosecutors say a mother killed her eight-year-old son over fears he would be taken from her. Forty-one-year-old Natalia Hitchcock is a Russian native who became agitated over the last few weeks by news of the invasion of Ukraine. Hitchcock made an initial court appearance Tuesday. She is charged with first-degree intentional homicide for the strangulation of her son, Oliver – and attempted first-degree intentional homicide for trying to drown a second son. She is being held on a one-million-dollar bond.
The weekend collapse of a concrete span at a new parking ramp in Appleton has stopped work on the multi-million-dollar project. Businesses nearby say the double-tee span came crashing down Saturday but they didn’t hear or see anything when it happened. The project at the Appleton U-M-C-A is expected to cost seven-and-a-half-million dollars. It was on pace to be completed in August but that could change. The general contractor says once the investigation is completed more information will be released about timetables and needed repairs.
The perennial debate over Minnesota’s estate tax has re-ignited in the legislature. Democratic Governor Tim Walz’s revenue commissioner, Robert Doty, testified Tuesday that Senate Republicans’ proposed changes would benefit the wealthiest Minnesotans, allowing a larger amount of their estates to go untaxed. But the Minnesota Farm Bureau supports Republicans’ proposed change to the estate tax. Spokeswoman Kaytlin Bemis says “estate taxes can be a barrier to passing down farms to future generations by draining the financial resources of farmers and ranchers.”
For the eleventh year in a row, Minnesota’s moose population remains relatively stable. The 2022 population survey estimates the moose population at 47-hundred, statistically unchanged from the last survey, which was conducted in 2020. The D-N-R’s Glenn DelGiudice says, “these surveys are best for looking at long-term trends.” DelGiudice points out that Minnesota moose remain at risk long-term as the population is 47 percent lower than its peak in 2006. An estimated 19 percent of the population was calves, and the estimated ratio was 45 calves to 100 cows.
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