Road work begins today on Hwy SS in Pepin County. Motorists will need to find an alternate route as Hwy SS will be closed to traffic from the intersection of Hwy D(Ganoe Hill) to the bottom intersection of Hwy D in Porcupine. Local traffic will be allowed, however, the road will be completely closed to all traffic at times.
The Durand-Arkansaw School Board is looking for a new board member as Tammy Hoyt has resigned from her board seat representing the City and Town of Durand. Those interested should contact the school district office by September 19. Depending on the number of candidates, interviews would take place, and then the board would select a new member at the September 14th Board meeting.
A man is expected to be charged after an all-day standoff Saturday with law enforcement in southeast Minnesota near Pine Island. The Goodhue County Sheriff’s Office reported the suspect threatened to shoot officers and said he was holding a hostage, but investigators learned no one else was inside. SWAT teams deployed less than lethal rounds into the home and the man returned fire, hitting patrol cars. Deputies say the suspect eventually surrendered Saturday night and was taken into custody. The incident prompted a shelter in place alert for people living in the area.
No one was injured in a house fire in the Town of Washington on Sunday. According to Township Fire, crews responded to the fire on Shellamie Drive and found the flames coming from the roof of the home. A woman and her dog were able to escape the fire and were not hurt. The cause of that blaze in under investigation and the home is a total loss.
Construction begins today on Hwy 53 in Trempealeau County. Crews will be replacing two box culverts carrying Reynolds Coulee Creek under Hwy 53 south of Blair. Hwy 53 will be closed between Galesville and just to the north of Blair. Motorists will need to use Hwy 93 and 95 through Arcadia. That project is expected to be completed in November.
Republican state Senator Kathy Bernier says trying to dispel misinformation about Wisconsin elections has been challenging. She says she has explained the electoral system “numerous times” to people who just look at her and say they don’t believe her. Bernier says we’re in a hyper-partisan environment where Democrats call all election bills voter suppression. The Chippewa Falls politician says “that’s pretty pathetic.” Bernier is not seeking reelection after serving 12 years. She appeared on W-K-O-W/T-V’s Capitol City Sunday program.
A new report shows Minnesota has seen its employment numbers recover faster than any other state. WalletHub says Minnesota's unemployment picture improved by more than 44-point-six percent in the last year and nearly 78 percent since July 2020. The state's jobless rate of one-point-eight percent last month is the lowest in the nation.
A new program aims to donate soy-based Skechers shoes to frontline workers around the state. It's called "Stepping up from Farm to Frontline" and Minnesota Soybean Council CEO Tom Slunecka says they're making thousands of shoes available to first responders. Minnesota Soybean Council C-E-O Tom Slunecka says the shoes are just the latest local effort showing the versatility of soy products. You can find out more about soy products and about the "Stepping Up" program at "mnsoybean.org."
Authorities in southwestern Wisconsin say heavy fire damage was done to the Premier Co-op in Lancaster Saturday morning. Firefighters from at least three departments, plus police and E-M-S, were called to the scene just after 4:30 a-m. No injuries were reported. W-I-S-C/T-V reports the building was said to be “fully involved” as fire crews arrived on the scene. The fire was quickly contained and two adjacent buildings were protected. Investigators are trying to determine what caused the fire that started in a storage building
A Medford company has announced plans to close its operation there by the end of next year. Phillips-Medisize has 170 employees in Medford. It says it will move all of that production to other facilities. Phillips tells W-A-O-W/T-V that Medford employees will be able to apply for jobs at the company’s other Wisconsin locations. Those who choose not to apply will receive a severance package and other employee assistance over the coming months.
Sixty-nine percent of the people who responded to the latest Marquette Law School Poll support the legalization of marijuana in Wisconsin. Twenty-three percent were opposed. Poll director Charles Franklin notes that – for the first time – a majority of Republicans are in favor of the change. The poll finds 81 percent support among Democrats and 75 percent of independents supporting the move.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is working on its messaging about monkeypox. The Gender and Sexuality Campus Center is preparing to answer questions and ease any concerns students might have when they return for the fall semester. Campus health officials say they want to be especially careful not to stigmatize marginalized students who could be most at risk. Mental health support will likely be offered. The Madison campus is the only one in the state to have its own supply of the monkeypox vaccine.
A man accused of killing his children has been found guilty of trying to escape from the Outagamie County Jail. Thirty-eight-year-old Matthew Beyer still faces two counts of first-degree intentional homicide in the deaths of five-year-old William and three-year-old Danielle Beyer. They were found dead in their Kaukauna home in February of 2020. W-L-U-K/T-V reports Beyer and a second man took a corrections officer hostage in June 2020 but they never managed to get out of the jail’s secure area. Beyer pleaded no contest to the escape charge and will be sentenced in October. His murder trial starts next month.
Law enforcement agencies in Minnesota are stepping up D-W-I enforcement through Labor Day. More than 16 thousand people have been arrested for driving while impaired through August 15th. Officers will be looking for drivers who appear to be under the influence of alcohol or other substances. State troopers say drugged driving incidents are on the rise and they are a growing concern.
Lawyers for the Waukesha Christmas parade attack suspect want the case against him thrown out on a technicality. Lawyers for Darrell Brooks, Junior say authorities took privileged documents from his jail cell in July. Guards say they were looking for evidence Brooks was conspiring on an insanity defense with his mother and another inmate. Brooks’ lawyers say if the judge won’t dismiss the case, then the prosecutors should be replaced. Brooks is charged with killing six people and injuring more than 60 others with his mother’s S-U-V. Brooks has another court appearance in August. His trial is scheduled for later this fall.
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