The trial for a man accused of killing Bruce McGuigan in November 2020 has begun in Dunn County. Chad Turgeson is charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the beating death of McGuigan in the town of Dunn. Two other people were also charged in connection with that murder. Ashley Gunder has already been sentenced while Ryan Steinhoff will go on trial in November.
One person was injured in a motorcycle accident in Frankfort Township on July 11. According to the Pepin County Sheriff's Department, 69yr old Dennis Altfillishof Morrison, IL was traveling northbound on Hwy N when he failed to negotiate a sharp curve and crashed into the southbound ditch. He was treated for minor injuries at the scene. Speed and unfamiliarity with the road are believed to be contributing factors in the accident.
A September court date has been set for the federal case involving a former Eau Claire County district attorney. King is scheduled to make a court appearance as part of the federal civil lawsuit filed against him by a former co-worker. Although it could change, the case is currently scheduled to go to trial in August of next year. Gary King has denied the allegations that he sexually harassed the victim for more than a year. He has asked that the lawsuit be dismissed. Court papers indicate he is being sued by Jessica Bryan. King has admitted kissing Bryan on the cheek as an expression of gratitude but says it wasn’t sexual.
The Town of Washington has filed a lawsuit against the city of Eau Claire over a recent land annexation. The suit claims that the land annexed by the city does not border the city because a portion of the land, Lowes Creek Park, is owned by Eau Claire County, and the county did not sign off on the annexation petition that had been submitted by Laverne Stuart and Todd Hauge. The city counters that land like Lowes Creek Park does not count toward the city border requirement and therefore the annexation is valid. Eau Claire has 20 days to respond to the lawsuit.
Authorities in Olmstead County say a 42-year-old woman has been hospitalized after she was thrown, then kicked, by her horse. K-A-A-L/T-V reports the incident happened Saturday night in Pleasant Grove. The Rochester woman’s name hasn’t been released. She was found in an area of thick vegetation and had to be carried to an ambulance on a U-T-V. She was eventually airlifted to a hospital. The victim’s name and medical condition haven’t been released.
A reminder from M-n-DOT -- political, lost pet, garage sale, and other advertising signs are prohibited from being placed on highway rights of way. M-n-DOT’s Scott Thompson says highway rights of way include driving lanes, inside and outside shoulders, ditches, sight corners at intersections, and boulevards in urban areas. He says private signs can distract motorists and, in some cases, obscure their view of the road -- increasing the risk for crashes. Workers will take down private signs located on the state highway right-of-way and transport them to the nearest M-n-DOT truck station where they will be available for retrieval.
The latest report shows closed sales of Minnesota homes in June were down 14 percent compared to 2021. Just over 92 hundred properties were sold across the state last month. Minnesota Realtors C-E-O Chris Galler says that’s obviously due to the increased interest rates slowing down the marketplace itself, and again a lack of housing. He notes we’re getting into a better situation as far as the number of homes that are for sale within the state. Galler says the statewide median home price rose six-point-two percent to 345-thousand dollars in June.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels is having to scrub an NRA endorsement from his advertising because he never got one. A flyer stating that Michels had the endorsement of the National Rifle Association went out over the weekend, but the NRA says it hasn't endorsed anyone in the Wisconsin race. Michels' campaign says that message was in error and it's being fixed now. That flyer will be edited to say that Michels got a positive rating on a candidate's questionnaire from the NRA.
A 21-year-old driver who hit a squad car while he was trying to get away Friday night has been jailed in Waupaca County. The suspect’s name hasn’t been released. Deputies were checking out reports of an underage drinking party in the Town of Scandinavia at about 10:25 p-m when one of the people at the party took off. After hitting the deputy’s car, the driver led authorities on a short pursuit before he crashed into a power pole and his vehicle rolled. The driver was treated for minor injuries and transferred to the Waupaca County Jail.
A Jefferson County judge has ruled the Wisconsin Department of Corrections violated state law with its visitor policy. The prison system barred Catholic clergy from meeting with inmates for more than a year during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty filed a lawsuit last year on behalf of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, alleging the policy stopped clergy from meeting in person with inmates in order to provide spiritual guidance, communion, and penance. It argued that violated a state law granting clergy visits with all prisoners – and violated the inmates’ constitutional right to freedom of religion.
Quick help for suicidal thoughts and other mental health emergencies is now only three digits away. You can now call or text 9-8-8 to connect with a trained mental health counselor. Dan Reidenberg, Executive Director of Minnesota-based SAVE (Suicide Awareness Voices of Education), says this new nationwide service is needed more now -- than ever before. He says a lot of people are struggling and that suicide rates go up when the economy takes a downturn, when inflation and recessions hit, and when unemployment is a problem. Nine-eight-eight is designed to be as easy to remember and use as 9-1-1, but instead, a dispatcher will connect callers with trained mental health counselors.
A Dane County judge is giving the Wisconsin legislature’s top Republican another chance to produce records requested by a liberal watchdog group. American Oversight wants the documents connected to Michael Gableman’s review of the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin. Judge Valerie Bailey-Rihn is ordering Assembly Speaker Robin Vos to come up with the documents and pay statutory and attorney fees to American Oversight, but she’s denying the group’s request for punitive damages. Vos has so far turned over 14 hundred pages of emails and documents related to the Gableman probe.
A garage fire in Janesville sent one person to the hospital with burns to their hands and arms. Authorities say the fire was sparked by siphoning gas with a wet dry vacuum. The fire broke out late Sunday morning on North River Road Firefighters were able to keep the flames from engulfing the nearby home damage is pegged though at $150,000.
It’s peach season in Sturtevant again. Milder winters are letting founder Dave Flannery grow peaches for sale at Apple Holler. He tells W-I-T-I/T-V he tried 10 different varieties to see which ones did better in the climate of southeast Wisconsin. Apple Holler in Racine County is primarily an apple orchard, but it has peaches, too – 11 kinds that are available from early July to early August, weather permitting.
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