One person was injured in a one-vehicle rollover accident in Ellsworth Township on Thursday. According to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, 75yr old Gerald Pieper from Ellsworth was traveling northbound on Hwy 65 when he attempted to turn eastbound on Hwy J, when his truck rolled onto its side. Pieper was taken to Regions Hospital in St. Paul.
One person was injured in a single-vehicle accident in Trimbell Township on Thursday. According to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, 42yr old Stacey Radunz of Hudson was traveling on 810th Street when he lost control and entered the west ditch. Radunz was taken to Mayo Hospital in Red Wing.
The Wabasha County Board is meeting tomorrow. Items on the agenda include approval of the quote for the Highway Shop Concrete Work, approval of the County Highway 81 Funding Exchange Agreement, and approval of the sale of tax-forfeited land. Tomorrow's meeting begins at 9am at the Wabasha County Government Center.
While some area pools are closed due to a lack of staff, Durand is not one of them. Durand Mayor Patrick Milliren says we are lucky to have the staff we have. The second session of swimming lessons will be starting soon.
A September preliminary hearing has been scheduled for the accused killer of 10-year-old Iliana “Lily” Peters. An eighth-grade relative identified only by the initials C-P-B is charged with first-degree intentional homicide, first-degree sexual assault resulting in great bodily harm, and first-degree sexual assault of a child under the age of 13. The defense attorney has asked the judge to issue a gag order. Michael Cohen referred to a YouTube video containing drone video, photos, police communications, 9-1-1 calls, and information about the case. The teenage suspect is being held in the Eau Claire County Jail on a one-million-dollar cash bond.
A survey shows little support for an Eau Claire school referendum. The school board is asking taxpayers for an increase in property taxes. Just over half of the people who participated in the survey said they support the idea of ending Wisconsin revenue caps to raise seven-and-a-half-million dollars for the local school system. Only 21 percent of the people said they would vote for the tax hike. School leaders could take steps to keep the increase low or move the referendum away from the fall election while working to build more support.
A House Democrat questions Republican U.S. Senator Ron Johnson’s explanation, of his role in an effort by his staff to get fake presidential elector documents to Vice President Mike Pence, just prior to the Senate vote to confirm Joe Biden’s 2020 election win. La Crosse Congressman Ron Kind (on WKOW’s “Capitol City Sunday”) said Johnson has some more explaining to do. Kind said the U.S. Department of Justice may need to investigate Johnson’s involvement in the matter.
With Friday’s action by the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe versus Wade, Wisconsin’s 1849 criminal abortion law is back in effect. Governor Tony Evers responded to that, at the state Democratic Party Convention in La Crosse over the weekend Evers is up for reelection in November along with Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, who has said he won’t use state DOJ resources to prosecute violations of that law.
The superintendent of the Sparta Area School District could face some form of discipline after the conclusion of an independent investigation. W-K-B-T/T-V reports Doctor Amy Van Deuren was found to have repeatedly violated the district’s anti-harassment and anti-bullying policies while creating a hostile work environment. The investigator found that Van Deuren engaged in harassing and threatening behavior. Some employees said they were concerned for their physical safety based on her actions and communications. The investigator says Van Deuren denied the allegations but the school board has placed her on administrative leave. An evidentiary hearing will be scheduled.
Republican members of the Wisconsin congressional delegation didn’t give their support last week to a package of gun reforms. President Joe Biden is expected to sign the bills into law. They provide funding for mental health services and school security programs, expand criminal background checks for some gun buyers, prohibit a larger group of domestic-violence offenders from buying guns, and provide funding for so-called “red flag” programs that allow the courts to seize guns from troubled individuals. No Republicans from Wisconsin voted for the package of bills.
The Waukesha County Circuit judge handling the case has issued an order that three doctors should evaluate the Slender Man defendant who is seeking a release from a mental institution. Twenty-year-old Morgan Geyser says she no longer offers a threat. Geyser and Anissa Weier admitted to police they attacked classmate Payton Leutner in 2014, stabbing her 19 times. They said they were trying to please the fictional internet horror character Slender Man. Leutner survived and Geyser was sentenced to 40 years of mental health supervision. She has been living at the secure Winnebago Mental Health Institute in Oshkosh. A follow-up hearing is set for September.
An executive order issued by Minnesota Governor Tim Walz aims to protect reproductive health care services in Minnesota. Abortion remains legal here but last week’s U-S Supreme Court ruling effectively overturning Roe-V-Wade severely restricts the procedure in Wisconsin and other neighboring states. Governor Walz said in his order, "our administration is doing everything we can to protect individuals’ right to make their own health care decisions.” It also says the governor will decline to honor requests to extradite individuals who are accused of committing acts related to reproductive health care that are not criminal offenses in Minnesota.
Despite higher fuel prices, the Minnesota Trucking Association does NOT support President Biden’s proposed gas tax holiday. Trucking Association President John Hauslauden says all it would do is “take money away from roads” or possibly even “increase deficit spending.” The current federal gas tax is around 18 cents per gallon, and the current federal diesel tax is around 24 cents per gallon. These taxes have been in place for almost three decades. Revenue from the gas tax goes toward the Highway Trust Fund.
A rash of scam emails and texts claiming to be from a big lottery winner looking to share some of their winnings with people. State Consumer Protection director Michael Domke says the scammers are just trying to trick you into giving them something. If it sounds too good to be true, and this really is too good to be true, just delete the message or block the email
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