One person was injured in a two-vehicle accident north of Stockholm on Friday. According to the Pepin County Sheriff's Department, 68yr old Kimmyko Ly Pham, of Red Wing pulled out of the south entrance of the Maiden Rock Scenic overlook to travel north on Hwy 35 and was hit by a southbound truck and trailer driven by 71yr old John Stark of Mindoro. Pham was airlifted to Mayo Rochester with critical injuries.
One person was injured in a motorcycle accident on Hwy 35 near Deer Island Road on Saturday. According to the Pepin County Sheriff's Department, 74yr old James Randolph of St. Paul was traveling southbound on Hwy 35, when a deer entered the roadway. Randolph lost control of the motorcycle when he struck the deer and was ejected from the motorcycle. Randolph was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries.
Two people were injured in a motorcycle accident in Ellsworth township on Saturday. According to the Pierce County Sheriffs Department, 44yr old Kyle Fautt of Ellsworth was traveling northbound on Hwy 63 near the Hwy 10 intersection when he lost control and laid the motorcycle down. Both he and passenger 34yr old Alicia Fautt were ejected from the motorcycle. Both were taken to Regions Hospital in St. Paul.
Two people were injured in a motorcycle accident in Diamond Bluff Township on Saturday. According to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, 58yr old Gregory Sutton of Savage, MN was traveling southbound on Hwy OO near 410th aven when Sutton left the roadway while on a curve, entered the west ditch, and both he and passenger 58yr old Shelley Tan of Prior Lake, MN were ejected from the motorcycle. Sutton was med-flighted to Regions Hospital while Tan was transported to Mayo Hospital in Red Wing.
A man has been sentenced to three years in prison for a fatal 2021 shooting in Eau Claire. Le’fon Dru Luce Cantrell and a second man were charged after people in one vehicle had been shooting at the occupants of a second vehicle. W-E-A-U/T-V reports that two months after the shooting Cantrell came to the Eau Claire police headquarters to speak with investigators. During the visit, he suddenly ran outside and into the Chippewa River. It took authorities three hours to convince him to come out of the water. The second suspect, Xavier Luce, has a court hearing next month.
A child under the age of 12 has been getting a stern talking to after making several 9-1-1 calls that led to a big law enforcement response. During one of the three calls, the person on the phone said somebody had a gun at the scout camp near Rhinelander – then they hung up. Tesomas Scout Camp was locked down but it was quickly determined that there was no emergency. The Department of Social Services says the child’s parents are cooperating while the issue is addressed.
Mass testing is underway for monkeypox, even though the number of confirmed cases remains in the single digits in Minnesota. Mayo Clinic Laboratories in Rochester are testing for the disease using the Centers for Disease Control’s orthopoxviral. The laboratory’s response aims to increase nationwide testing capacity as the country has seen 790 monkeypox cases through July Eighth. There have been nine cases of monkeypox reported in Minnesota and a second case of monkeypox has been reported in Wisconsin.
Former University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank has given up her new job at Northwestern University. Blank says she has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer and will return to Madison to start a treatment program. She says fighting cancer will require all of her strength. Monday was supposed to be her first day as president at the prestigious Illinois school. Blank had served as U-W-Madison chancellor for eight years. Officials here say they are “devastated” by the turn of events.
Mayflies took over parts of downtown La Crosse last week. Some state officials are saying even though they are annoying, the annual return of the mayflies means local waterways are healthy. They only live for about 24 hours after they come out of the water. Lower numbers would mean they are being affected by low oxygen levels in the water. Hallie Rassmussen is the visitor services manager for the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge in La Crosse. She tells W-K-B-T/T-V that more pollution means less oxygen in the water so a good mayfly hatch means a healthy ecosystem.
Hundreds of firefighters from 67 departments took more than 24 hours to finally put out a large fire at a warehouse in Combined Locks. No injuries have been reported. The first responders arrived on the scene at about 10:00 a-m Friday. Bales of paper pulp were burning. A mill worker for McKinley Paper Company tells W-B-A-Y/T-V that large bales were stored at the warehouse and all of them were destroyed. Authorities are working to determine the cause of the fire but they say they don’t think it was set intentionally.
A Wisconsin nonprofit has had 10 thousand dollars worth of production equipment stolen during a Friday break-in. Camp Createability trains people living with autism in film production and editing. W-M-T-V reports that helps them share their stories and find work in the media. Security camera footage shows that a thief climbed through a broken window at about 11:15 p-m and took a special camera, computer, sound equipment, projector, and a film backdrop. The Madison organization's latest project was put on hold because the equipment is gone.
Derek Chauvin is now serving concurrent sentences on state and federal charges for the 2020 death of George Floyd. Former U-S Attorney for Minnesota Tom Heffelfinger says that while there is some degree of accountability as a result, “it’s still not going to bring back an innocent citizen, nor is it going to have a curative effect on the people of Minneapolis who have been through a lot with this.” Sentencing dates have not yet been set for the three other former officers convicted of depriving Floyd of his constitutional rights by failing to stop Chauvin from using excessive force. Thomas Lane pleaded guilty to state charges of aiding and abetting manslaughter in May to avoid a trial. The state trial for J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao is set for October.
A man from the southern Minnesota city of Bird Island is the new president of the Lions Clubs International. Brian Sheehan was elected at the international convention in Montreal on June 28th and says he never envisioned that he would be leading a world organization. The Lions Clubs’ main goal is still fighting blindness and vision loss, but he says they also combat hunger, environmental threats, childhood cancer, diabetes, and more. Sheehan will travel the globe during his one year as president, then become chair of the Lions International Foundation.
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