The Buffalo County Sheriffs Department has released additional information on the three-vehicle accident that killed one on Wednesday. According to the department, 42yr old Errol Doerr was traveling northbound on Hwy 35 and slowing to make a left turn when his vehicle was rear-ended by a vehicle driven by 24yr old Kylee Tiffany of Cochrane when she looked at her cellphone. Doerr's vehicle was pushed into the southbound lane and was struck by a vehicle driven by 18yr old Emma Allen of Fountain City. Doerr was pronounced dead at the scene and two passengers in his vehicle were taken to St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester.
A Fairchild woman has been charged in connection with a serious accident in Trempealeau County in December. Ashley Heath has been charged with injury by use of a vehicle, OWI, and child neglect. Authorities allege that Heath hit a man on Hwy 10 just east of Strum causing serious injuries. An investigation found drug paraphernalia in Heath's vehicle and text messages on her phone saying she had smoked before the accident. A one-year-old child was in the car at the time of the accident. Heath has her next court appearance on Tuesday.
Sun Country Airlines has begun to book flights to Minneapolis from the Chippewa Valley Regional Airport. The airline made the announcement yesterday as flights from Chippewa Valley will begin on December 1st. The company also announced that they would have 4 round trip flights to Minneapolis per week instead of the two that were announced earlier this year. Sun County also will begin service from Eau Clair to Fort Myers, Florida on December 18. Sun Country replaced SkyWest Airlines after SkyWest dropped flights from Eau Claire due to a national pilot shortage.
The Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office is investigating several catalytic converter thefts in Stewartville. According to the department, seven large pick-trucks parked outside of a business had their catalytic converters removed and stolen. The stolen catalytic converters were reported Tuesday morning and are estimated to cost around $25,500 total. The business did have a security camera but it didn’t reach the area where the theft occurred.
A charge of criminal damage to a religious property has been filed against a 32-year-old Black River Falls man. Video surveillance showed a man using a metal baseball bat to break the glass in a church window and door last April. W-E-A-U/T-V reports the suspect was identified as Samuel Bush. A pastor at the church told investigators that Bush was seen drinking alcohol on the property during a church service the morning before the damage was done. The pastor says he ran away when an off-duty officer attending the service approached Bush. The next court hearing for the case is scheduled for August 29th in Jackson County Court.
About 15-thousand nurses across Minnesota are scheduled to vote Monday, August 15th, on whether to accept new contract offers from several hospitals across the state or go on strike. The Minnesota Nurses Association has been holding informational pickets in recent weeks showcasing what they’re asking for, which include pay increases and more time off. Nurses in the Twin Cities area have been working without a contract since the end of May, while nurses in the Twin Ports have been working without a contract since the end of June. If they do go on strike, it would be one of the largest strikes of registered nurses in U-S history.
The suspected shooter and his accomplice in last week’s shooting incident at the Mall of America have been arrested in Chicago. Authorities had earlier identified 21-year-old Shamar Lark as the suspected shooter and 23-year-old Rashad May as his accomplice. The two men were arrested Thursday afternoon after leaving a barbershop in Chicago and will be extradited back to Minnesota. No one was shot during last week’s incident, but a few people suffered minor injuries while fleeing the Mall.
Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu calls it a “defiant and flagrant abuse of the law.” The Legislature is joining a lawsuit aimed at blocking a Wisconsin Elections Commission guidance that lets clerks “cure” absentee ballot return envelopes. W-I-S-C/T-V reports the commission voted to let those clerks enter missing information on a return envelope – like, for instance, the zip code on the witness address. Legislative Republicans don’t want the clerks to be allowed to do that. The original lawsuit was brought by the Republican Party of Waukesha County.
One of Waukesha’s Slender Man stabbing defendants is dropping her request to be released from a mental hospital. After getting the results of a court-ordered mental health evaluation earlier this week, Morgan Geyser’s lawyers have decided to end her bid to go home early. Geyser is now 20 years old. She was 12 and in sixth grade, when she and Anissa Weier repeatedly stabbed a classmate to appease a fictional character they say they thought was real. The girls were 16 when they were committed. The victim survived the ordeal. Weier was released to her father last year.
Governor Evers says it’s time to end Michael Gableman’s review of the 2020 presidential election. Evers says Gableman should be fired, and the special counsel’s office should end its work. Gableman's taxpayer-funded office has not turned up any evidence of election fraud, and the probe has become mired in expensive legal challenges. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says Republican state representatives will assess the situation when they caucus next week.
Former Minneapolis police officers J. Alexander Keung and Tou Thao are appealing the federal sentences handed down against them for violating George Floyd’s civil rights. Thao received three-and-a-half years and Kueng three years for failing to come to Floyd’s aid while former officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on Floyd’s neck for nine-and-a-half minutes and suffocated him to death. On Wednesday, attorneys for Kueng and Thao filed their intentions to appeal the sentences. The two also face state charges and are scheduled to go on trial October 24th.
The governors of Wisconsin and Minnesota are asking the federal government for 889-million dollars to rebuild a bridge connecting the states. The Blatnik (BLOT-nick) Bridge joins Superior and Duluth. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz says the money would come from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers calls the heavily-used connector “an absolutely critical piece of our economy and a vital route.” It isn’t known when the federal government might inform the states that the funding has been approved.
The Wisconsin Secretary of State’s Office says provisional voters have until 4:00 p-m Friday to prove their identity to their local clerks. In Wisconsin, voters who don’t have an I-D available can still cast a provisional ballot. If they fail to turn in proper I-D by the deadline, their ballots won’t be counted. In Madison, city election officials say 25 provisional ballots were submitted at polling locations.
The Mall of America is celebrating its 30th "birthday" today (Thursday). The mall first opened its doors on August 11th, 1992. Mall officials say more than one-point-three-billion people have visited the mall over the last three decades. It is still the largest mall in the country. The mall’s executive vice president of business development, Jill Renslow, says the secret to success is “keeping it fresh.” Renslow says there are always new tenants coming in. She says the facility hosts more than 400 events a year.
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