One person is dead after a motorcycle accident in Clifton Township on Sunday. According to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, 58yr old Thomas Weijk of New Richmond was traveling southbound on Hwy F just south of River Falls, when he left the roadway on a curve, and entered the west ditch, struck a grove of trees, and was ejected from the motorcycle. He was med flighted to Regions Hospital in St. Paul where he later died. That accident remains under investigation.
Hwy F south of Durand to the Buffalo County Line is closed for construction. The Pepin County highway department is replacing the pavement, guard rails, and culverts. Homeowners who live on the section of the road will be allowed access, however dependent on the stage of the project they may have to go around from the top of the hill to access their homes. All other drivers will need to use alternate routes to access Hwy F south into Buffalo County. That project is expected to be completed in about 4 weeks.
One person is dead and another is in custody after a hit and run in Altoona on Sunday. According to Altoona Police, 29yr old Jonathan Peacock was walking westbound on Hwy 12 between McCann Drive and 10th Street West when he was hit by a vehicle driven by 35yr old Brendan Barkovich. Peacock died of injuries received in the accident. Authorities later located Barkovich and the vehicle he was driving later in the day and was taken into custody. He was being held on charges of hit and run causing death and possession of cocaine. He is to appear in court today.
The body of a Buffalo County woman was pulled from the Mississippi River on Tuesday. According to the Winona County Sheriff's Department, deputies responded to reports of the body in the water Tuesday afternoon. A dive team recovered the female and it was determined she was from Buffalo County. The identification of the woman and the cause of death has not been released at this time. The Buffalo County Sheriff's Department is now leading the investigation.
Three people have been picked to participate in Wisconsin’s elk hunt this year and the Department of Natural Resources still has one more tag to give away. More than 25,000 hunters applied for what the DNR described as “a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” to participate in this year’s elk season. The agency did not identify the winners, only saying they were from Fort Atkinson, Hudson, and New Richmond. The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation will award the fourth of eight tags via a raffle. Wisconsin residents (and Wisconsin residents only) can enter to win it on the foundation’s website. The other 4 tags were given to the Ojibwa Tribe as part of their treaty rights. The Elk Season in Wisconsin will start Oct 15th.
Many drivers in northwestern Wisconsin had apparently been drinking to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday weekend. The Wisconsin State Patrol charged a dozen drivers with operating while intoxicated in the northwest region alone through Sunday night. The number will likely be higher when the final totals are reported. W-Q-O-W/T-V reports Trooper Bill Lindeman says estimates are it costs about 10-thousand dollars when you’re arrested for drunk driving. Lindeman says there are fines, court costs, vehicle repairs, and increasing insurance premiums. Drivers who have been drinking are encouraged to consider using a rideshare app like Uber or Lyft.
A man is reportedly in stable condition after being rescued from a grain bin near Dexter in southeastern Minnesota. The Mower County Sheriff’s Office says the 48-year-old man was trapped up to his neck Tuesday morning. First responders were able to free the man from the grain bin and he was taken to a hospital in Austin. No more information is being released.
Republican Kevin Nicholson has dropped out of the race for Wisconsin governor. The business consultant and former US Marine said that over the past week it's become clear the only path forward for his campaign is attacking the other Republican candidates and running a very negative campaign. Nicholson said that was something he wanted to avoid. Nicholson's decision leaves former Lieutenant Governor Rebecca clay fish and pipeline construction executive, Tim Michaels, to square off in the August 10 Republican primary with the winner taking on incumbent governor Tony Evers in November. Nicholson said he has no plans to endorse any candidate prior to the primary and will support the nominee.
Former state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman has been ordered not to delete any records – even if no one has asked to see them. Dane County Circuit Judge Jacob Frost issued the order Tuesday. It comes about a week after the watchdog group American Oversight filed its fourth open records lawsuit aimed at Gableman’s review of the 2020 presidential vote in Wisconsin. The latest suit was filed after he testified that he had deleted records that weren’t useful as he pursued the investigation. Judge Frost issued a temporary restraining order.
A former justice with the Wisconsin Supreme Court says a challenge of the state’s 1849 abortion law is “certainly a legitimate argument.” Attorney General Josh Kaul filed the suit in Dane County last week. W-B-A-Y/T-V reports Kaul has asked a judge to ban enforcement of the 173-year-old abortion ban. He says it conflicts with other abortion laws that have been passed. Former Justice Janine Geske says one law passed in 1985 was consistent with Roe-V-Wade but conflicts with the 1849 statute. Geske says that’s a legitimate argument. She says she wouldn’t be surprised if the case goes to the state Supreme Court where conservatives have a four-to-three majority.
Congressman Tom Tiffany says the nation’s policymakers should make sure climate change really is man-made before changing energy policies. The Wisconsin Republican appeared on W-K-O-W/T-V’s “Capital City Sunday.” Tiffany says climate change “is always happening.” He says the question is whether man is causing it. Tiffany warns that changes to the nation’s energy policies on renewable energy sources could make electric power more expensive and lead to blackouts.
U-S Senate candidate and Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes is harshly criticized by Republicans for his comments about how slavery is taught and the founding of this country. Barnes is running for Senate in the Democratic primary. Speaking at an event in Portage last year he told the crowd, “Imagine being so ashamed of how we go to this place in America that you outlaw teaching it.” Republican Rebecca Kleefisch (KLAY fish) said Governor Evers needs to call out Barnes for his “awful comments about our great nation.” She added: “Unless of course, he agrees.”
Two men have been arrested for allegedly shooting at a Willmar police officer. The incident happened just before midnight on the Fourth of July. The officer was responding to a report of a window being shot out. While he was checking out the damage he was confronted by several people. Shots were fired at the officer, he returned fire, and the suspects ran away. The investigation led to a house where 25-year-old Christian Arevalo and 28-year-old Sebastian Arevalo were taken into custody. Both men are charged with first-degree assault.
A new survey by the state and the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis finds that professional firms such as accountants, lawyers, technical services experts, and other business service companies are most worried about inflation, followed by labor availability. Neal Young with the state Department of Employment and Economic Development says 85 percent of businesses surveyed expect inflation to be at least as bad in the coming year, if not worse. Sixty-one percent expect unchanged levels of employment. Young says, “it takes more time and more effort and cost to attract and train a new worker than it does to retain an existing worker.”
This is an intense week for hundreds of young musicians from all over the country, as the final roster of the Golden Gopher “Pride of Minnesota” Marching Band will be named on Friday. Band director Betsy McCann and her assistants are determining which incoming students will make the final cut and perform at seven home football games this fall. She says she’s reviewing about “130 videos” of “high school musicians, transfer students, even current U of M students who didn’t join the band right away.” McCann says there are about 320 total band members, and many of the very best musicians will receive partial scholarships for their commitment.
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