The Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal shooting that happened near Byron late Sunday night. According to the department, deputies responded to the shooting in the 5000 block of County Road 105 in Kalmar Township around 10:44 p.m. Sunday night. Deputies say a male family member went out to investigate a suspicious vehicle on the property and was shot. Deputies set up a perimeter and searched for the suspect who was found and was arrested. The victim died of the gunshot wounds at the scene.
A local meat processor has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture's meat processor grant program. Jm Watkins of Plum City is planning on using the money to construct a new facility and purchase a new smoker. A total of $200,000 was available for this year’s meat processor grants with a maximum of $50,000 allowed for each project. Grant recipients were selected through a competitive review process and are required to provide a match of 100 percent of the grant amount.
The spring clean-up in the city of Mondovi will be May 20th. Durand Sanitation will pick up bulk items curbside. Each residence is allowed up to two items that must be less than 75lbs and can be lifted by hand. Items not allowed include computers, tires appliances mattresses, or construction waste. For a list of items allowed, contact Mondovi City Hall.
A judge in Chippewa Falls is ordering the case file in the Lily Peters’ homicide investigation to be made public. The files may contain more information about the death of the ten-year-old girl in the coming days. Various reports identify Lily’s killer as her cousin, but it's not clear if the case file will confirm that. The judge says some information will be redacted. While the judge ordered the criminal complaint to be unsealed, the search warrants will remain sealed. The 14-year-old suspect is charged as an adult. He was in court for a status hearing Thursday. All parties are due back in court on June 24th.
Expected scattered showers and thunderstorms could ease Wisconsin’s fire risk early this week. The National Weather Service says some form of rain is in the forecast for Monday and Tuesday for most of the state and there is the possibility of severe weather in the southwest. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reported high to very high fire danger in all but 11 counties in the southern part of the state Sunday.
There's a large field of candidates for governor as Minnesota Republicans get ready for their state convention which kicks off Friday in Rochester. Hamline University political analyst David Schultz says none of the candidates at this point have enough delegates to secure the G-O-P endorsement. Schultz says that sets up a likely scenario of primary challenges within the G-O-P to determine who squares off with the incumbent, Governor Tim Walz.
The Department of Workforce Development wants to help teens find their first job this summer by helping the people around them understand teen labor. Equal Rights Division administrator Jesús Villa says parents and employers need to ensure that teens have a good start to their careers to let them get a feel for what a job can be. DWD has released a series of short videos that will help teens navigate the job market and common issues that come up. You can find those videos on YouTube by searching for the Department of Workforce Development.
Over 100 Western Wisconsin veterans from World War 2, Korea, and Vietnam participated in the 26th Freedom Honor Flight on Saturday. The veterans went to Washington DC from La Crosse for a day-long tour of the memorials built in their honor. Volunteers assisted the veterans during the flight and when the veterans returned to the La Crosse Airport, they were greeted with music from the Westby High School Marching Band and a fireworks display from the La Crosse Skyrockers. So far, 2300 veterans have flown out of La Crosse on the Freedom Honor Flights and the next flight is being planned for September.
An Eau Claire County judge has sentenced a woman to three years’ probation for trying to sell a child for sex. Catherine Ottinger was sentenced Thursday morning. W-E-A-U / T-V reports she and Mark Scoville had been arrested last April at the conclusion of a three-year investigation. Ottinger pleaded no contest in February to a charge of causing a child over 13 to view sexual activity. The charges against Scoville are more serious. Included among the more than one dozen charges he faces are counts of second-degree sexual assault and human trafficking. He has a court appearance scheduled for next month.
A fire in rural Monroe County near the town of Little Falls Thursday has left four people dead. The Sparta Area Fire District says a house was reported on fire just after 9 p-m with people inside. Firefighters were unable to get through the heat, flames, and smoke to try and rescue those inside. No names have been released.
The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office reports a 51-year-old man died Thursday morning when he was accidentally trapped under a tractor tire on a farm. W-E-A-U / T-V reports emergency responders weren’t able to revive Eli Mullett of Curtiss. Witnesses say Mullet was “working on the tractor inside a machine shed and, at one point, the large rear tractor wheel tipped backward” and trapped him. A medical examiner says the victim died of asphyxiation. Investigators say there is no suspicion of foul play.
The Minnesota House has passed a tax-credit-and-rebate bill that its supporters say will bring relief to families with young children, seniors on fixed incomes, and those with student loan debt. Republicans believe a budget surplus topping nine billion dollars should include permanent tax cuts like the ones passed in the Senate. Glencoe Republican Glenn Gruenhagen says the D-F-L budget in the House only includes one dollar of tax cuts for every 21 dollars spent on growing government. Democrats maintain one-point-two-billion dollars of one-point-six-billion in cuts are permanent.
A report shows that multiple-drug overdoses have increased significantly in the last three years. Public Health Madison and Dane County released its annual report Thursday. It revealed that 138 people died due to a drug overdose in 2020 – a 39-percent increase since 2016. It also revealed that 44-percent of the people who suffered a fatal overdose had ingested multiple drugs. Emergency responders who deal first-hand with the problem say fentanyl is often laced with drugs like marijuana and cocaine – and the user doesn’t know.
Minnesota will be hosting the Special Olympics U-S-A Games in 2026. Governor Tim Walz made the announcement Friday at Huntington Bank Stadium on the U-of-M's Minneapolis campus. The governor says the Special Olympics Games will give the state an opportunity to showcase that this is a state where every single person can thrive in what they do. Walz says athletes from all 50 states, Canada, and the Caribbean will compete in more than 20 sports. He says it's expected the games will bring over 115-thousand people to Minnesota, with a projected economic impact of 70 million dollars.
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