A rural Arkansaw man has been arrested after leading Pepin County Sheriff's Deputies on a chase Saturday. According to the Pepin County Sheriff's Department, Shawn P Bauer led deputies on a pursuit for around 5.5 miles in the rural Durand area and into the city of Durand. During the pursuit, Bauer intentionally struck a Pepin County Squad car with his truck twice resulting in significant damage to the squad. Deputies attempted to use a taser on Bauer but it was ineffective. A second pursuit was called off after Bauer drove away through residential yards. Bauer was located at his home, and was barricaded himself inside, and refused to come out. He was arrested after the arrival of the Pierce and Pepin County Emergency Response Unit. No injuries were reported as a result of the crashes or standoff.
Two juveniles were injured in a one-vehicle accident in the Town of Gale on Friday. According to the Trempealeau County Sheriff's Department, the two juveniles were traveling southbound on McKeeth Drive when they lost control of the vehicle and struck a large bolder in the Northbound Ditch. Both were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. Speed and wet road conditions are suspected factors in the accident.
The Trempealeau County Sheriff's Department has identified the man killed when he became trapped beneath a vehicle on Labor Day. 64yr old Garthe Duxbury of rural Whitehall was killed when the vehicle he was working on pinned him. Deputies and EMS personnel attempted to get Duxbury removed from under the vehicle but it was determined he was already deceased due to the injuries he had sustained from the incident.
A new monument at the Wisconsin State Patrol Academy pays tribute to state troopers who lost their lives in the line of duty. The Fallen Heroes Memorial was dedicated during a ceremony Friday at Fort McCoy. This is the first memorial dedicated solely in the honor of the eight state troopers killed throughout the 83-year history of the Wisconsin State Patrol. Department of Transportation Director Craig Thompson said, "we know their contributions mattered. There are many who are alive and safe today because these fallen troopers were carrying out the vital mission of the State Patrol.”
A woman charged with killing her fiancé in New Richmond has made a court appearance. Thursday’s status conference for 53-year-old Marian Smith confirmed that she had obtained counsel and set the stage for the scheduling of a preliminary hearing. W-E-A-U/T-V reports she is charged with first-degree intentional homicide for the death of Shaun Lewis on August 27th. He was stabbed to death inside their home. Smith is in custody in the St. Croix County Jail.
An Eau Claire woman who lost her father on 9/11 is fighting for compensation legislation for the victims. Angela Mistrulli, along with others, is hoping to receive payment from the Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund, or V-S-S-T, which pays families of people who died in terrorist attacks. The issue is that she received money from the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund. Congress recently allowed September 11th victims to start collecting their judgments from the V-S-S-T, including catch-up payments for the years they were ineligible. However, Mistrulli says she and other victims need Congress to fund it, which would cost about two-point-seven billion dollars.
A tentative agreement has been reached in the UW-Health nurses' labor dispute. Thousands of UW Nurses United members were set to go on a three-day strike starting this Tuesday but late last night negotiators representing both sides arrived at a settlement. The Milwaukee Journal reports that union membership and University Hospital management are reviewing the negotiated settlement details before anything becomes official. The Journal says Governor Evers was in some way involved in the negotiated agreement although no further information has yet been made available in this regard.
A new survey suggests two-thirds of Minnesotans support the recent legalization of T-H-C edible products. A state law that went into effect in July allows the sales of hemp-based products that contain small amounts of the psychoactive compound. The KSTP/SurveyUSA poll finds that 66 percent of respondents strongly or somewhat agree with T-H-C legalization, 24 percent somewhat or strongly disagree, and ten percent are not sure. Fifty-seven percent of those surveyed favor the legalization of recreational marijuana.
Exports of manufactured, agricultural, and mining goods from Minnesota were valued at six-point-seven-billion dollars in the second quarter of 2022 – the highest level on record. Minnesota exports grew 12 percent between the second quarters of 2021 and 2022. Department of Employment and Economic Development Commissioner Steve Grove says, "this record-breaking quarter for exports is another sign that Minnesota’s economy is expanding on the international stage." Minnesota’s top three largest export markets remain Canada two-point-three billion, China 704-million, and Mexico 637-million.
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is warning about an increase in text message scams. The D-O-T says scammers are texting people and impersonating the D-O-T, asking people to click on a link and give out personal information. An example of a recent scam is posted on the D-O-T's Facebook page.
A leader from the White Earth Nation is urging federal officials to redo an analysis of the impact Canadian Pacific’s proposed acquisition of the Kansas City Southern Railway would have on the environment. Eugene Tibbetts says he disagrees with a federal agency’s conclusion that there’s only a small risk of derailments and Canadian crude oil spills as train traffic increases along the merged line. Tibbetts says the Environmental Impact Statement drafted by the U-S Surface Transportation Board does not mention the potential threat to natural wild rice growing in the state. In southeastern Minnesota, Winona State student Jessica Weis (WICE) believes the increase in train traffic would be both a nuisance and a threat, saying she doesn’t want to worry about the planet or her health and safety, on top of being a college student.
Officials with the University of Minnesota are set to request a nearly 15-percent boost in aid from the legislature. U officials told the Board of Regents yesterday that they want to ask for extra funding to help cover costs related to inflation. The bump would also go towards improving safety on the Twin Cities campus and upping financial aid to students statewide. The funding request would add 80 million dollars to the university's budget for the 2023-2024 school year.
People living near Kenosha Regional Airport say they are concerned about more noise if a Boeing 737 jet is based there. A Waukesha man who owns two private jets already staying at the facility wants to bring the bigger plane there. Neighbors say they worry about dealing with more noise. Kenosha Airport Commission Rocco Lamacchia tells W-T-M-J/T-V the city could lose a lot of money and jobs if the Waukesha man moves elsewhere. The owner says he would only use the big just a couple of times a month. Lamacchia says he has been told the 737 is actually quieter than the two planes based there now.
A federal judge has ruled a Canadian energy company is trespassing on tribal lands. U-S District Judge William Conley stopped short of calling for an immediate shutdown of the Line 5 pipeline in northern Wisconsin. He ordered Enbridge to pay damages to the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. Judge Conley said the pipeline can continue to operate while the company completes a 40-mile reroute around the reservation. The tribe had sued Enbridge three years ago demanding that it remove the section of pipeline that runs across its land in Ashland County.
There’s much speculation about the future of Britain and the British monarchy following the death of Queen Elizabeth the Second. University of Minnesota History Professor Anna Clark says Elizabeth began her reign in a time of regained prosperity after World War Two and was symbolic of that as a young woman. Clark says Britain has gone through a lot of “pretty traumatic changes” in terms of the economy, including a crisis with energy costs combined with adjusting to a new prime minister. She suggests these things -- combined with a change in the ruling monarch -- could symbolize the fear of a loss of stability in Britain.
It’s that time of year again, as Explore Minnesota and the D-N-R are launching the weekly fall color reports. Explore Minnesota’s Amy Barrett says we’re not seeing much color across the state yet except maybe a few sumac leaves or color in some trees stressed from drought conditions. The wave of peak fall colors typically starts in the northern part of the state in mid-September and makes its way south to the Iowa border by mid-October, and Barret says when it starts it’s going to come on “fast and furious.” More information on the progress of fall foliage can be found on the websites of the Minnesota D-N-R and Explore Minnesota Tourism.
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