A convicted sex offender who tampered with his GPS Unit has been located and arrested. The Pepin County Sheriff's Department reports that on Thursday afternoon, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections reported that Allan D Owens had tampered with his GPS monitoring device. Sheriff's deputies and Durand police searched the area and could not locate Owens. Pepin County Communications staff used technology to locate the cell phone believed to be in Owens's possession. The phone was located near Truax Lane and Hwy 312 in the town of Union. Eau Claire police found Owens at a Days Inn and arrested him. He is being held in the Eau Claire County Jail.
One person was injured on a motorcycle in near Spring Valley on Wednesday. According to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, 17yr old Quinten Berhow of New Richmond was traveling northbound on Hwy 128 when he lost control on a curve and slid into a guardrail. He was med-flighted to Regions Hospital.
One person is dead after a two-vehicle accident in Chippewa County yesterday. According to the Chippewa County Sheriff's Department, 48yr old Michael Krieg of Sheldon was traveling north on Hwy 178 when he crossed the centerline and hit a fuel truck. Krieg died at the scene while the driver of the fuel truck was uninjured. Controlled substances may have been a contributing factor in the accident.
A Prescott man, missing since Sunday on Red Cedar Lake has been found. According to the Barron County Sheriff's Department, the body of 55yr old Mitchell Farrel of Prescott was found by law enforcement and members of Bruce's Legacy. Farrell was the only person aboard a See-Doo which was found on the shores of Red Cedar Lake on Monday. The Midwest Medical Examiner's Office and Barron County Medical Examiner will conduct an autopsy.
A Cumberland man, who pleaded guilty to felony murder was sentenced in Barron County Court on Thursday. In February 22yr old Clayton Lauristen pleaded guilty to the charges in connection to the December 2020 shooting death of 45yr old Lauritz Robertson. Lauristen was sentenced to 15yrs in prison along with 10yrs of extended supervision.
The union representing workers at the Eau Claire Nestle facility has announced a settlement of a grievance over pay. The deal prevents workers at the plant from having to repay 160 thousand dollars to the company due to errors made by Nestle in its payroll. W-E-A-U/T-V reports the incident happened after the company’s timekeeping service, Kronos, suffered a cyberattack. Shortly after that manual tracking of work hours resulted in both under- and over-payments at the plant.
Wisconsin residents are once again getting misleading or incorrect voter information from third parties. The Wisconsin Elections Commission says third-party groups are once again sending out voter registration forms and absentee ballot request forms to Wisconsinites. In some cases, these people may be ineligible to vote or have already registered to vote. Some of those forms also incorrectly explain the way to vote absentee. WEC Administrator Meagan Wolfe says your official sources of information should be your local clerk's office or online at My Vote dot W I dot Gov.
A Dane County Circuit judge has decided not to penalize Assembly Speaker Robin Vos for contempt. Judge Valeria Bailey-Rihn said she will decide later whether Vos should face penalties for the way he handled open records requests from the liberal watchdog group American Oversight. Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman was on the witness stand for 90 minutes Thursday. He told the court he routinely deleted records and deactivated a personal email account after he had received open records requests. The next hearing is set for July 28th. American Oversight has filed three open records lawsuits.
Wisconsin's largest utilities will delay the retirement of three large coal plants We Energies and Alliant Energy released separate statements, explaining a decision based on global supply chain and economic challenges, as well as a potential energy shortage next summer. According to the utilities, the plants – in Oak Creek, Sheboygan, and Portage - will be used largely during days of highest customer demand. Retirement of the plants will now occur from May 2023 for the oldest units at Oak Creek, to June 2026 for the two remaining units in Portage.
Former Minneapolis police officer Mohammed Noor is scheduled for release next Monday. Noor shot Justine Ruszczyk Damond five years ago after she had called 9-1-1 to report a possible rape. He was initially sentenced to 12-and-a-half years in prison then the Minnesota Supreme Court reversed one of the two counts he was convicted of – third-degree murder. He was resentenced last year on the second-degree manslaughter conviction and has served the typical two-thirds of his sentence at the Oak Park Heights Correctional Facility.
The discovery of a woman’s body on a farm near Rochester is being investigated as a possible homicide. The Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office says a man mowing grass made the discovery last Friday after seeing an arm sticking out from under a tarp. Deputies say the body was so decomposed it could not be identified, but a fingerprint revealed it was the body of 28-year-old Tia Arlerth. Her mother reported her missing to Rochester police on June 12th. Investigators believe her body was brought to the remote site after she died.
We’re getting a better picture of just *how* bad last week’s storms were in Wisconsin. The National Weather Service says the storms produced 11 tornadoes. Three tornadoes touched down in Monroe, Vernon, and Juneau counties. Eight other tornadoes touched down in eastern and northeastern Wisconsin, including four tornadoes in Marinette County. Nearly ten thousand homes and businesses lost power at some point because of downed trees and power lines.
Authorities in Vernon County have identified the two shooting victims who were found in the Town of Coon Sunday as 47-year-old Tina Schermerhorn and 48-year-old Rick Schermerhorn. Deputies responded to a 9-1-1 call at 8:47 p-m about a possible suicide. W-E-A-U/T-V reports when they arrived, they found Tina Schermerhorn dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Shortly after, they found her husband dead of multiple gunshot wounds. The apparent murder-suicide is being investigated by the sheriff’s office and the Vernon County Coroner’s Office.
A 53-year-old Oshkosh man who has called himself the “next mass shooter” now faces federal firearms charges. It was illegal for Whittier P. Ives to possess a firearm after a court-ordered mental health commitment in April. He had also been convicted on felony charges in California. W-L-U-K/T-V reports that after receiving a tip, Omro police conducted a traffic stop on June 4th and took Ives into custody. Officers found boxes of ammunition and numerous magazines, plus a semi-automatic rifle.
Governor Tim Walz has doubled his proposal for rebate checks and wants to call a special session, but it’s unclear whether fellow Democrats in the Minnesota House would abandon their spending proposals that contributed to the meltdown at the end of the regular session one month ago. House Speaker Melissa Hortman says she supports the governor’s plan but adds that she sees no reason they couldn’t come back and do “the entire deal, plus provide some immediate assistance to Minnesota families.” Hortman contends investments in education and other programs are necessary to move the state forward. Republicans resist any additional spending, arguing it’s not a budget year.
An eight-million dollar grant will be used by the U-W-Stevens Point forestry education department to complete Wisconsin’s first start-to-finish wood mill products training center. Wisconsin Forestry Center director Les Werner says the money will also pay for the creation of a mobile training center that can be brought to high schools. Werner says the forestry industry is one of the pillars of the state’s economy. The grant money is coming from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
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