One person is dead after becoming pinned underneath a vehicle in the Town of Pigeon on Monday. According to the Trempealeau County Sheriffs Department, the 64yr old man was working on a vehicle when he became pinned. Emergency crews attempted to remove the man, but it was already determined the man was dead due to the injuries sustained from the incident.
The Wisconsin Justice Department’s D-C-I is handling a Sunday night shooting involving Eau Claire police officers. Two officers are on routine administrative assignment while the shooting is reviewed. W-E-A-U/T-V reports they were responding to a disturbance report on the city’s north side just before midnight. Witnesses told them a man who was involved in the disturbance was armed and when they confronted him, two officers opened fire. The man was hospitalized for treatment.
No one was injured in a one-vehicle accident on I-94 westbound at exit 52 in Dunn County on Saturday. According to the WI State Patrol, 25yr old Lucy Chang crashed while exiting the interstate at exit 52. Troopers noticed signs of impairment and conducted field sobriety tests and arrested Chang for operating while intoxicated with passengers under 16yr old
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The Wisconsin Elections Commission is asking lawmakers and the governor to create a new Inspector General position. Meagan Wolfe is the administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission. She’s asking for one-point-three million dollars to staff a ten-person Inspector General’s office over the next two years. Wolfe says they would improve the commission’s ability to handle data requests, and allegations of election law violations, and increase the number of audits.
Authorities are asking potential witnesses to come forward with information about Saturday night’s shooting at the State Fair. A single shot was fired near the Midway entrance, and it created a chaotic scene. The shooter was able to get away as fairgoers were running for cover -- the victim suffered a non-life-threatening leg wound. Minnesota Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington is asking anyone that may have pictures or video of the shooting to call the B-C-A so they can find and arrest the shooter. Governor Tim Walz, meanwhile, is calling for “harsh” consequences for the young man who fired a gun with innocent people and dozens of police officers in the area.
With access to the internet in the palm of our hands, parents are being reminded to pay attention to what their child is doing online. The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says there’s a growing trend of online predators wishing to harm kids in a variety of ways. Drew Evans, Superintendent of the B-C-A, says the worst thing a child can do is to hide if they’re being extorted or if they’re being bullied online because adults are here to help in whatever way they can. Evans says if kids don’t feel comfortable telling their parents about the situation, to find a teacher or staff member. His advice for parents -- begin talking to their kids about digital dangers as soon as they have access to computers, phones, or other devices that connect online.
Kohler Company Executive Chairman Herbert Kohler, Junior, is dead. He passed away Saturday at the age of 83. Kohler worked at his family’s plumbing company for 62 years, becoming C-E-O in 1972 and company president in 1974. His passion for golf was influential in both the Wisconsin and U-S golf scenes. He opened Blackwolf Run in 1988 and Whistling Straits came ten years later. The Kohler courses have hosted six major golf championships, including the P-G-A Championships and the Ryder Cup.
The 52-year-old Prior Lake man accused of stabbing five people last July in Wisconsin has been bound over for trial. One of the stabbing victims – 17-year-old Isaac Schuman of Stillwater – died of his injuries. St. Croix County Judge Michael Waterman ruled Friday there is enough evidence for Nicolae Miu to be arraigned next Thursday. Miu faces one count of first-degree intentional homicide and four counts of attempted first-degree intentional homicide for the incident on the Apple River in western Wisconsin.
The lawyer for the boy accused of killing a ten-year-old girl in Chippewa Falls wants his client’s case moved back to juvenile court. The case is in Chippewa County’s adult court system for now. The 14-year-old defendant is charged with first-degree homicide and with sexual assault. Before a preliminary hearing could start Thursday, attorney Michael Cohen announced plans to file for a reverse waiver hearing, with the goal of sending the case back to juvenile court. A hearing on that request is scheduled for the 29th. Ten-year-old Lily Peters was killed in April.
Three people have been charged in the death of 46yr old Eddie Banks in June. Philip Movak, Vanessa Ketteman, both of Eau Clarie, and Kristina Keppert of Cadott were charged in court in connection with Banks' death. Novak is charged with first-degree intentional homicide, robbery, possession of a firearm by a felon, and bail jumping. Ketterman and Keppert were charged with first-degree intentional homicide as a party to a crime. In June Banks was found in a ditch on a rural road near Bracket.
A state audit is raising questions about where Wisconsin’s funding for broadband service was actually spent. The Legislative Audit Bureau released a report Thursday saying the Public Service Commission didn’t track how much internet companies actually spent on expanding the service. Auditors also say there was no documentation to prove the work was actually done. The commission dispersed more than 100-million dollars to those internet companies in federal ARPA money over the last two years.
Thousands of barbers, nurses, plumbers, social workers, and other professionals are still waiting to hear from the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services. One mental health case worker says he started the process in February and is still waiting. A department spokesperson tells W-I-S-N/T-V that the processing system is antiquated and a lot of the data entry is done manually. That means more errors and it slows things down dramatically. The system has reportedly been automated, staff has been added, the call center expanded, and the backlog should start to shrink.
Former corrections officer Wyatt Symonds is charged with sexually abusing two children. Prosecutors say the crimes were committed when the suspect was a teenager. Symonds is now 24 years old. Authorities say one of the victims came forward in June and reported the inappropriate sex acts which had happened about seven years ago. There is no statute of limitations for prosecuting first-degree child sexual assault in Wisconsin. W-S-A-W/T-V reports Symonds resigned from his position at the Oneida County Jail last month – one day before the criminal complaint was filed.
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A foundry in Manitowoc is creating 80 new jobs with its plans for a 20-million dollar expansion. Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry broke ground on the 55-thousand square-foot addition Thursday. That company produces aluminum and copper-based castings for several industries. It currently has a workforce of 750 employees. Leaders announced the expansion project should be completed by next summer.
U-S Senator Ron Johnson tells a Fox Valley business group he strongly disagrees with the Assembly Speaker’s decision to withdraw subpoenas issued as part of the investigation into the 2020 election. The Wisconsin Republican says that means Speaker Robin Vos “just gave up” after he fired former state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman. He says Vos conceded legislative oversight of an entity that Vos created. The subpoenas had been issued to Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and Green Bay Mayor Eric Genrich.
Nurses at U-W Health are telling hospital administrators they plan to hit the picket lines in less than two weeks. The group will deliver a 10-day notice today (Friday). W-M-T-V reports the three-day strike will then begin Tuesday, September 13th. The three-day walkout is designed to pressure U-W Health into recognizing the union that the nurses want to organize for collective bargaining.
Companies that manage hospitals in the Twin Cities and Twin Ports are firing back at the Minnesota Nurses Association, which has set a strike date of September 12th. The hospitals have filed an unfair labor practices complaint with the National Labor Relations Board and point out the nurses’ union has refused to enter into mediation. Union President Mary Turner says all of their proposals have been designed to keep nurses at the bedside, and she accuses hospitals of making “a desperate attempt” to further attack nurse’s collective bargaining rights.
The F-B-I has questioned former Packers star quarterback Brett Favre about the money he got for speeches he never gave. Reports indicate Favre was paid one-point-one-million dollars in 2017 and 2018 with federal welfare funds intended for needy families in Mississippi. The state auditor is demanding the money be returned with interest. Favre has repaid the one-point-one million, but hasn’t paid 228-thousand dollars in interest. Favre’s lawyer says his client has done nothing wrong, and was unaware he was being paid with welfare money.
Deep-fried cheese curds are an annual State Fair favorite for many Minnesotans. Dave Cavallaro (cah-vuh-LARE-oh) runs the Mouth Trap Cheese Curd booth in the food building. He says you probably wouldn’t think of cheese curds as a breakfast staple but there’s usually a line of 20 or 30 people when they open at Eight A-M. Cavallaro says curds at the fair stand apart from the rest because they’re brought in fresh from Ellsworth Creamery every night and made with cold batter, clean oil, and fryers. Believe it or not, Cavallaro says only about one in four customers use ketchup with their curds.
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