Four people were injured in a two-vehicle accident that involved a Mondovi Police Officer on Tuesday. According to the Buffalo County Sheriff's Department, Mondovi Police Officer Tucker Teige pulled out onto Hwy 10 to perform a traffic stop on a vehicle that failed to yield to emergency vehicles responding to an accident in Eau Clair County. Tiege attempted a U-turn on Hwy 10 in front of 45yr old Amber Evans of Mondovi who was traveling eastbound on Hwy 10. Evans vehicle t-boned the squad car. Evans, along with passengers 47yr old James Evans and 18yr old Lydia Evans of Mondovi were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Tiege also sought treatment for non-life-threatening injuries. The Buffalo County Sheriff's Department is investigating that accident.
Residents living along Country lane in Durand can expect crews to begin seal coating the road next week. According to Durand Public Works Superintendent Matt Gills, crews are currently prepping Country Lane this week and will complete the seal coating on Monday and Tuesday. The road will remain open during the seal coating and residents can expect loose gravel on the road for the next few weeks.
The Durand City Clerk's Office will be testing the electronic voting equipment that will be used in the upcoming August Primary on Tuesday. The testing of the equipment is required by state law and is open to the public. The testing will begin at 10:30 Tuesday morning at Durand City Hall.
Altoona police say two people have been arrested in the death of 79-year-old Dennis Schattie. Investigators say they think the homicide was “financially motivated.” They say Schattie was killed in Altoona and his body was found in the Rock River near Rockford, Illinois. W-E-A-U/T-V reports that 46-year-old Brandson Gaston of Rockford was arrested April 8th. Fifty-five-year-old Tracey Clark of Altoona was taken into custody six days later. Both are being held in the Eau Claire County Jail.
An Eau Claire man was found not guilty of homicide in the death of a Hayward man in Dunn County on Tuesday. The jury found 39yr old Chad Turgeson not guilty of 1st-degree intentional homicide in the death of Bruce McGuigan. Turgeson was found guilty of retail theft under $500 as a party to a crime and was sentenced to 6 months in jail and pay $463 in court costs. Two other people were also charged in connection with McGuigan's death, 26yr old Ashley Gunder who pleaded no contest and was sentenced to 25yr in prison, and 39yr old Ryan Steinhoff who will have a jury trial in November.
A La Crosse woman says she was working Saturday when she got a call telling her two city-owned trees had crashed through the roof and were sitting in her living room. Heather Morales says she has been bugging the city of La Crosse to take care of the trees for five years. Nobody was injured but the front room of her home is unusable. Morales says the trees have caused problems in her neighborhood for several years. La Crosse Parks, Recreation, and Forestry Department spokesperson Dan Trussoni says the office has one complaint on record from Morales and an arborist was set out to assess the trees’ condition. He found them to be “fair.” Trussoni points out that more than 51 hundred trees in the city are assessed as “fair.”
A man from Rusk County will spend the rest of his life in prison for a double-murder two years ago. A judge sentenced 19-year-old Joseph Falk to life in prison Tuesday without the possibility of parole. Falk pleaded guilty to charges he killed Robert and Bonnie Rosolowski. The other shooter was the couple’s grandson. 23-year-old Adam Rosolowski also pleaded guilty, but he’s yet to be sentenced. Rosolowski and Falk admit to killing the elderly couple at their home near Sheldon, and stealing their truck.
Mike Pence endorses former lieutenant governor Rebecca Kleefisch for Wisconsin governor. In a statement, the former vice president called Kleefisch “the only candidate that will deliver a stronger and more prosperous Wisconsin,” and said he's proud to support her. The endorsement from Pence comes less than 24 hours after former President Donald Trump, who's endorsing construction executive Tim Michels, announced he'll hold a rally in Waukesha next week in support of Kleefisch's opponent in the Republican primary. The dueling endorsements here in Wisconsin mirror the situation in Arizona, where Trump and Pence are endorsing opposing candidates in that state's Republican primary for governor.
As the investigation progressed more victims were identified. A 20-year-old man from Thorp has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for the sexual assault of 12 underage boys. Kyle Zacharias was sentenced in Clark County Court Monday. W-Q-O-W/T-V reports Zacharias pleaded guilty to 11 felony charges last December. Investigators say most of the victims were between the ages of eight and 10. When he gets out, Zacharias will be supervised for the rest of his life. He has to pay for the psychiatric and psychological care and treatment of each of his victims.
Milwaukee Bucks executive Alex Lasry is dropping out of the Democratic U.S. Senate primary WisPolitics-dot-com report Lazry is endorsing Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes for the Democratic nomination to face US Senator Ron Johnson. Lazry is the second Democrat to drop out of the race. Outagamie County Executive Tom Nelson left Monday and is endorsing Barnes. State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski is now the remaining high-profile Democrat facing Barnes in the August 9 primary.
A Whitewater Unified School District employee has been arrested for allegedly having a sexual relationship with a minor. The 34-year-old suspect’s name hasn’t been released. W-K-O-W/T-V reports he was taken into custody Friday when police responded to a call about a person experiencing a mental health emergency. The suspect is charged with the sexual assault of a child by a school staff person. Police say additional charges could be filed as the investigation continues.
Two former Minneapolis police officers have been sentenced for violating George Floyd’s civil rights two years ago. J-Alexander Kueng was sentenced today (Wednesday) to three years in federal prison and Tou Thau was sentenced to three-and-a-half years. Kueng, Thao, and Thomas Lane were convicted in February of not intervening when former officer Derek Chauvin caused Floyd's death by kneeling on his neck. Lane received a 30-month federal prison sentence last week. Kueng and Thao are also scheduled to stand trial on state charges in October for aiding and abetting manslaughter and murder.
The 53-year-old Wisconsin man who once called himself the “next mass shooter” will pursue an insanity defense in his federal case. A psychiatric exam was ordered during a Tuesday court appearance. W-L-U-K/T-V reports Whittier P. Ives is charged with the illegal possession of a firearm. Omro police were told last month that Ives was loading ammunition, magazines, and a long gun into his vehicle. He had shown another man a picture of a person on his phone saying he would kill the man, along with another person, and shoot “a bunch of other people.”
The Wisconsin Humane Society announced Tuesday it brought nine Beagle mothers and 53 puppies to Wisconsin over the weekend, as part of an operation to remove the dogs from a mass breeding facility in Virginia. All 62 Beagles are currently in foster homes. The Humane Society of the United States is coordinating the removal of approximately 4000 beagles from a Cumberland, Virginia facility that bred dogs to be sold to laboratories for animal experimentation. The transfer is a result of a lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice in May alleging Animal Welfare Act violations at the facility.
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