Two children were injured in an ATV accident in Pepin County on Sunday. According to the Pepin County Sheriff's Department, the accident happened on private property on Albany KK Street. A preliminary investigation indicates a 9yr old female was assisting a 3yr old male operating an ATV when they lost control and struck a tree and both children were ejected from the ATV. One of the children was taken to the hospital while the other child was med flighted to St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester with critical injuries. Due to the age of the children names will not be released.
The city of Durand should have enough debt capacity for the reconstruction of Madison and Main Streets over the next 5yrs. The city has already received a grant for Madison Street and is applying for another for Main Street, however, the grants will not cover the entire costs of both projects. Durand Milliren says the city is working on putting the financial pieces together. The city has 5yrs to use the first grant on Madison Street.
Two men from Black River Falls were arrested after a shooting incident in Buffalo County early Friday morning. According to the Buffalo County Sheriff's Department, 26yr old Shakuur Kroll of Black River Falls got into an altercation with three other males in a parking lot outside a tavern in the Town of Buffalo. Kroll pulled a handgun and fired twice and then fled the scene. He returned to collect evidence that would link him and then went eastbound on Hwy 35-54. Trempleaue County Deputies pulled over Kroll and 21yr old Artanya Engle of Black River Falls and both were detained. Both are being held at the Buffalo County Jail on charges of Operating a firearm while under the influence, endangering safety by use of a dangerous weapon, and first-degree recklessly endangering safety.
Chippewa Falls police say a 29-year-old man was stabbed to death early Saturday during an apparent domestic violence case. No names have been released. Witnesses told investigators about seeing a man chasing a woman just before 6:00 a-m, then collapsing to the ground. W-E-A-U / T-V reports emergency responders say he was suffering from critical injuries and was rushed to a hospital where he died. The woman told police she fear for her life and picked up a knife as she ran from the home. The man was stabbed near a doorway. Chippewa Falls police say there was a history of domestic violence between the two.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is warning of high to very high fire danger in the upper two-thirds of the state, including here in the WRDN Listening area. Residents are being asked to avoid burning after the issuance of a fire danger alert Saturday. Special burning permits will be suspended in some counties. Even outdoor campfires are being discouraged while the fire danger remains. The D-N-R reports it has responded to about 400 wildfires so far this year, burning more than 600 acres.
An investigation is underway over a possible murder-suicide in New Richmond Friday. Officers responded to a home in New Richmond to reports of an odor coming from the home. Officers found two adults dead from apparent gunshot wounds and do not know how long they had been deceased. Officials said the Wisconsin State Crime Lab was called in due to the suspicious nature of the deaths. The bodies were transported to the Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office for further investigation as well as identity confirmation.
A total of seven Wisconsin counties have now reached “High” levels of COVID-19 community spread. That’s the level of spread at which the CDC recommends everyone wear masks in public indoor spaces. In Western Wisconsin, counties identified by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services are Vernon, Monroe, La Crosse, Rusk, and Barron. While COVID-19 case numbers have been rising, DHS reports deaths and hospitalizations are not increasing at the same rates, with the current seven-day average at about 4 new deaths recorded per day.
Doctor Scott Jensen is the Minnesota Republican party’s candidate for governor. The battle for the endorsement took nine ballots and lasted most of the day Saturday at the G-O-P state convention in Rochester. Neil Shah dropped out first then Paul Gazelka was eliminated after he failed to meet the vote threshold. It took several more ballots for Mike Murphy to throw his support to Jensen, accusing the campaign of rival Kendall Qualls of offering him the lieutenant governor running mate spot, then pulling back. Qualls told delegates his “integrity was soiled” and “no offer was ever made” to Murphy. After the convention, Qualls thanked his supporters and said he and his wife were returning to private life.
Special counsel Michael Gableman now tells Republicans the Legislature can’t decertify its electoral votes. Gableman says he isn’t reversing himself with the statement. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says Gableman made the comments to the party’s entire leadership team last week. The former justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court was hired last summer to review the 2020 presidential election. He gained national attention when he presented a report to the Assembly Elections Committee saying he believed the Legislature “ought to take a very hard look at the option of decertification.” Most experts on the left and right politically said that was legally impossible. Now, Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke says Gableman’s position is you could do it but it wouldn’t have any practical effect.
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Onalaska police are releasing more information about a standoff in that city’s downtown area Tuesday night. Officers say they had an active warrant for Gary Willert when they approached him at a parking lot. At the same time, they saw David Olsen arrive – and he had two outstanding warrants in his name. W-K-B-T / T-V reports the two men went into a nearby apartment. Willert quickly gave up but Olsen and two other people refused to come out for about 90 minutes. They were eventually taken into custody.
Governor Tony Evers is stepping in, to halt the release of a convicted killer. In a Friday letter to Wisconsin Parole Commission Chair John Tate, Evers asks for immediate reconsideration of next week’s scheduled release of Douglas Balsewicz. The letter follows a meeting Evers had with the family of Johanna Balsewicz. Douglas Balsewicz was convicted in 1997 of stabbing his wife to death in front of their two young children. He was sentenced to 80 years in prison, and the presiding judge told the parole commission at the time that the case was not appropriate for early release. Johanna’s family has been outraged by the decision to release Balsewicz after only 25 years.
Charges are filed in connection with a fatal mill explosion in Columbia County five years ago. Five people were killed and 15 injured in the 2017 explosion at the Didion Milling plant in Cambria. The company and five executives are charged in federal court on allegations that safety standards were violated in order to save money. The executives also allegedly impeded the OSHA investigation. No court dates have been scheduled.
A bill introduced by U-S Representative Angie Craig would impose a lifetime ban on lobbying for members of Congress after they leave office. The Closing the Congressional Revolving Door Act also removes special privileges for former members -- specifically, access to the House chamber, Congressional athletic facilities, the Members’ dining room, and other private locations on Capitol Hill. Craig says in a statement, “the American people deserve to know that their elected representatives are focused on fighting for their communities in Congress -- not working to line up a high-paying lobbying gig.”
A 17-year-old boy from the Stillwater area is dead after a water emergency on the St. Croix River. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office says witnesses reported a juvenile had gone underwater Thursday evening while playing with friends in Lake St. Croix Beach. Crews began searching and the dive team located the teen about 40 minutes later. Deputies say the boy was taken by ambulance to the hospital and later died. His name hasn’t been released.
The Minnesota State Patrol is conducting high-intensity patrols focusing on the deadliest traffic violations in certain areas of Minnesota. State Patrol Lieutenant Gordon Shank says we’re approaching the “100 deadliest days of the year,” which begins on Memorial Day. Shank says extra troopers will be looking for speeders, distracted and impaired drivers, and those who are not wearing seatbelts from now through September. Through May Eighth of this year, there have been 95 traffic-related deaths on Minnesota roadways, including 26 involving speed, 14 involving impaired drivers, eight involving distracted driving, and 24 involving unbelted drivers.
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