One person was injured in an ATV accident in Ellsworth Township on Saturday. According to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, 53yr old Jeffrey Conley of Beldenville was traveling northbound on 670th Street and overturned the ATV while turning eastbound onto 610th Avenue. Conley was med flighted to Regions Hospital.
Residents in the Red Wing area will likely see lots of patrol cars, ambulances, and emergency vehicles today. The state Department of Public Safety says agencies from Minnesota and Wisconsin are taking part in a simulated emergency at the Prairie Island Nuclear Plant. Officials say it will test the capabilities of federal, state, and local authorities to work together in the event of a real incident at the generating plant. The field activities are in Dakota and Goodhue counties in Minnesota and Pierce County, Wisconsin.
The Durand-Arkansaw School Board has approved the preliminary budget for the district. The district's financial year runs from July 1 through June 30th of each year so a preliminary budget must be approved even though state aid for the upcoming year has not yet been determined. While the preliminary budget has a $70,000 deficit, the district administration is confident that the final district budget will be in balance.
The discovery of a 46-year-old man’s body in a rural Eau Claire County ditch is now being labeled a homicide investigation. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. W-E-A-U/T-V reports the body was found last Thursday shortly after 11:00 a-m in a ditch east of the St. Raymond Parish church in the Town of Clear Creek. Investigators say the evidence at the scene makes it appear to be a targeted attack. The sheriff’s office hopes anyone who knows anything about the death will come forward with that information.
Police say the official cause of death for the three people who died in a house fire in Barron last month was smoke inhalation. That confirms the results of a preliminary autopsy of the father and his two children. The Wisconsin Department of Criminal Investigation is handling the case. Police Chief Joe Vierkandt says the victims had no injuries unrelated to the fire and toxicology test results are pending. Vierkandt says it could be weeks before the official cause of the fire is determined. A woman who was in the house at the time survived. No names have been released.
If the experience in Wausau is any indication, eliminating PFAs from drinking water will be an expensive proposition. Water Works Commissioner John Robinson says even with a new treatment plant coming on line, a new granular activated carbon filtration system will be needed. The projected cost of that filtration system – 16 million dollars – is in addition to the 120 million investment in the treatment plant. PFAS has been found in wells in Eau Claire and La Crosse.
A Nevada real estate company has reportedly agreed to buy the former We Energies Pleasant Prairie power plant for 226 million dollars. W-T-M-J/T-V reports Dermody Properties wants to create an industrial park area with about two-point-two-million square feet of business space. The redevelopment plan could include the additional purchase of another 417 acres in the area. The plant was retired just over four years ago. Dermody is a national industrial real estate company based in Reno. It would convert the property into a build-ready business park. Final approval could come from village leaders in September, with working starting in the fall.
State officials say a Langlade County deer farm that tested positive for chronic wasting disease last year has been depopulated. W-I-S-N/T-V reports the six-acre farm had been under quarantine since last August. The U-S-D-A destroyed the remaining 47 animals last month. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection say the farm owner will receive federal indemnity for the lost animals. It won’t be allowed to hold deer for the next five years and it has to maintain its fences and have routine inspections during that time.
A La Crosse man is facing four felony charges for an incident last week, including strangulation and sexual assault. Police took 25-year-old Corey Spencer into custody. W-K-B-T/T-V reports he is accused of pushing in an air conditioning unit and entering his former girlfriend’s bedroom through the window last Thursday. She says Spencer assaulted her while holding a hair trimmer against her neck as if it was a weapon. She told investigators he also strangled her on June 11th, causing her to lose consciousness. Spencer was arrested at his job. He is free on bond after a Friday hearing in La Crosse County Circuit Court.
A Minnesota Congresswoman is calling for a moratorium on state and federal fuel taxes to help ease the burden of rising gas and diesel prices. Democrat Angie Craig says a fuel tax “holiday” would save nearly 50 cents a gallon at the pump. She says she “fundamentally” believes that Congress should be “completely focused” on using “every tool at our disposal to lower costs for working families. Fuel, food, and healthcare are areas of the budget that she says need to be focused on the most.
The head of the Republican partisan elections investigation is expected to be back in court on Thursday. Former State Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman has been subpoenaed as a witness in an ongoing open records lawsuit. A Dane County judge found Gableman and his office in contempt last week after he angrily refused to answer questions on the stand and belittled the judge and attorneys from the open record group who filed the lawsuit. He is being fined 2-thousand dollars a day until he complies with orders to turn over records to watchdog group American Oversight.
The body of a missing 26-year-old man from Royalton has been found not far from his home. Brandon Colligan was reported missing on June 10th. Witnesses told authorities Colligan met a friend for coffee in Stevens Point that day and hadn’t been seen since. The friend told investigators the missing man left the coffee shop to get something and never returned. Colligan’s car was found near a family member’s home and his wallet and phone had been left inside the vehicle. The Waupaca County Sheriff’s Office hasn’t said how he died – or, if foul play is suspected.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is pushing to give Minnesotans an even larger tax rebate than the 500-dollar checks he proposed during the legislative session. State lawmakers left the Capitol without passing tax cuts, despite a record budget surplus. Walz called for one-thousand-dollar rebate checks on W-C-C-O T-V’s Sunday Morning, saying “Minnesotans need it” due to the impact of inflation on food and gas. Republicans opposed the so-called “Walz checks” and wanted permanent tax relief. Senate Majority Leader Jeremy Miller has said he’s not interested in a special session.
A Cottage Grove firefighter is being credited with saving a family from an apartment fire. Fire crews were dispatched to the apartment Friday just before 5:30 p-m. The off-duty firefighter lived near the burning apartment and made entry to check on the residents. The fire caused by unattended cooking on a stove was quickly put out. One adult was treated for burn injuries and two children were examined for smoke inhalation. Authorities say if the firefighter hadn’t moved so quickly the outcome could have been much worse. Her name hasn’t been released.
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