One person was killed in a semi vs car accident on I-94 near Knapp early Saturday morning. According to the Wisconsin State Patrol, 55yr old Eric More from Wisconsin was traveling eastbound on I-94 when he struck a deer and stopped on the right shoulder of I 94. He then went in reverse into the left lane and was struck by an eastbound semi driven by 51yr old Jenie Barnes of Minnesota. A passenger in the vehicle, 57yr old Rufus Morre was killed in the accident while the driver of the car received minor injuries. The Wisconsin State Patrol is investigating the accident.
Hot weather can be expected over the next few days. A heat advisory is in effect for the WRDN Listening area as the National Weather Service is expecting temperatures in the upper 90s with heat indexes over 102. Cooler weather is expected by midweek.
The Mann Valley Research Farm at UW-River Falls was the host of this year's Pierce County Dairy Breakfast on Saturday. 93rd Assemblyman Warren Petryk says he is looking forward to representing the school in the assembly. Because of the redistricting, the 93rd now includes River Falls and the university.
The collaboration between CVTC and the UW System is expanding. UW-River Falls Chancellor Maria Gallow says River Falls along with UW-Stout and Eau Claire has signed an agreement with CVTC. Gallow hopes the new agreement will also make it easier for the student to continue their educations at UW.
A Milwaukee pastry business has issued a recall for products sold statewide. The Class One recall notice is for Reynold’s Northern Pastries’ one-pound package with an expiration date of June 23rd. The product includes an establishment number of 734. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection say the pastries were produced without being inspected by state officials. No sicknesses have been reported.
A new study finds tighter budgets for Wisconsin town governments. Wisconsin Policy Forum Research Director Jason Stein says towns' reliance on local property taxes has grown in recent decades as state aid has slowed. But Stein says the share of towns' overall budgets that go to roads has diminished over time, as spending on items like debt payments has risen
The Wisconsin Department of Justice says its Office of School Safety is in the midst of training 12 Critical Incident Response Teams. The state is working to make sure all school districts have access to regional support teams in a critical incident happens. W-K-B-T/T-V reports critical incidents would include acts of violence, natural disasters, serious injuries to students or staff, suicide, community turmoil, intruders, an AMBER Alert, or hate crimes. The D-O-J says its program should be fully implemented by this fall.
Starting Saturday Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin says it will direct patients to out-of-state facilities for abortions or work with them to find alternative care. The organization has stopped scheduling abortions past June 25th in anticipation of a U-S Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe-V-Wade. A spokesperson says the decision could come Monday, June 27th. A Wisconsin statute dating back to 1849 means abortion providers will have immediately suspend those serves on the same day the high court makes its decision. For now, there are just four health care providers who offer abortion procedures in Wisconsin. Planned Parenthood hasn’t said if it might resume abortion appointments if the Supreme Court doesn’t make its ruling on the landmark case.
The media wasn’t welcome at the first stop for the Wisconsin Republicans’ statewide “election integrity” tour. The first of nine stops was in Onalaska Wednesday. Republican party officials say the tour is about recruiting volunteers and poll workers. When W-K-B-T/T-V tried to gain access to the event its reporters were turned away. Some Democrats think the tour is about repeating allegations of election fraud in the 2020 presidential vote. Republican leaders say they are just focused on having a fair midterm election.
Embattled special counsel Michael Gableman is being called back to the witness stand. Gableman refused to answer questions when he took the stand in a combative hearing last week. His office is being sued for lack of compliance with open records requests. The judge in the case found Gableman in contempt of court, and is fining him two-thousand dollars a day until he turns the records over to a liberal watchdog group called American Oversight. Republicans hired Gableman to lead a review of the 2020 election at the urging of former president Donald Trump. Gableman's ongoing review has so far cost Wisconsin taxpayers roughly 900-thousand dollars.
Three Milwaukee men are sentenced for their roles in the 2020 assault on former Wauwatosa police officer Joseph Mensah. Ronald Bell is going to prison for two years; Niles McKee is credited with three days spent in the Milwaukee County jail; and William Lofton is paying a 750-dollar fine. Bell, McKee, and Lofton were among about 60 people who converged on the home where Mensah was staying to confront him about the death of 17-year-old Alvin Cole, one of three men Mensah killed in the line of duty over five years. Mensah was exonerated in all three cases. Mensah has since become a Waukesha County sheriffs deputy.
The Wisconsin Citizen Utility Board reports this state is one of the slowest states at getting power restored after storms – like the ones that hit the Badger State this week. The Electric Utility Performance report shows Wisconsin utilities average taking five hours to get the lights back on after a major storm event. That ranks Wisconsin 43rd among the 50 states. W-T-M-J/T-V reports the low ranking is being released at the same time WE Energies is asking for a 700-million-dollar rate hike. The money would be used to strengthen the power grid against outages during future storms. The average customers would pay an extra six-dollars a month. The Public Service Commission is considering the request.
More and more time outside as kids are out of school and the weather is warm, also means more and more interaction with bugs. Alex Carlson with the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District says along with mosquitos, ticks are out in force. He says, “June is peak month for Lyme disease transmission in Minnesota.” Carlson advises anyone who’s going to be out hiking in long grass or wooded areas “to check themselves, check their pets, check their kids, because ticks are very prevalent this time of year.” He also says tick numbers will dwindle in the middle of the summer and peak again in the fall.
The Science Museum of Minnesota’s summer-long emphasis on space is well underway. Karilyn Robinson with the museum says two of the most popular components so far have been the interactive “Sun, Earth, Space” and “Journey to Space” exhibits. She says, “there are different engineering skills and scientific concepts that you can test and see what they look like and then you’re learning about the way that impacts our ability to thrive and work in space. Robinson also says the exhibits have so far been a hit with kids and adults alike. The “Journey to Space” exhibition will run at the Science Museum through September Fifth.
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