The Pepin County Highway Department vehicles will begin using green warning lights on highway department vehicles. This will be in addition to the existing amber/orange warning lights. The change is due to new regulations and traffic safety research. The Pepin County Sheriff's department reminds motorists that only state, county, and municipal vehicles are allowed to use green warning lights and to please slow down in work zones.
Two people were injured in a semi vs pickup truck accident in the town of Wheaton on Tuesday. According to the Chippewa County Sheriff's Department, the pickup truck was southbound on Hwy M and failed to stop and yield at the intersection of Hwy 29 and was struck by a westbound semi. The semi entered the median and overturned while the pickup went into the north ditch of Hwy 29. Both drivers had to be extricated from their vehicles and were transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
There is a new memorial for the three Chippewa County Girl Scouts who were run down on the side of the road four years ago. Friends and family members of Jayna Kelley, Autumn Helgeson, Haylee Hickle dedicated the new memorial yesterday. It is a heart on top of a cross, and it stands 19 feet tall and 10 feet across. The girls, and one of their mothers, died when a driver hit them with his pickup truck while they were picking up trash along the highway in Lake Hallie back in 2018. Police say the driver, Colten Treu, was high at the time. He's serving a 54-year sentence for the crime.
The lawyer for the teen accused of killing Lily Peters says it's unfortunate that the case is taking so long. Prosecutors are asking the judge in the case to speed things up, they say delaying a decision on whether the suspect will be charged as an adult is delaying justice for Lily's parents. But the suspect's lawyer said the next hearing date, in August of next year, is the first time when he, the judge, and the D.A. can all be together in the same courtroom. Lily was killed last April.
Most of Minnesota including Wabasha and Goodhue Counties are under burning restrictions. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources issued the restrictions yesterday, saying extreme drought conditions, dry fall vegetation, low humidity, and wind increase the risk of wildfires. Permits will not be issued for the open burning of brush or yard waste until the restrictions are lifted. Due to the warm and dry conditions, the fire danger is also high in the rest of the WRDN listening area.
A hiker is safe after falling down an embankment off a walking trail in Red Wing. According to the Red Wing Fire Department, the accident happened around 2 p.m. Tuesday afternoon on He Mni Can Barn bluff. Firefighters and paramedics arrived on the scene and found the injured hiker within 15 minutes and pulled them to safety. The hiker was taken to Mayo Clinic Health System Red Wing and is in good condition. The name of the victim was not released.
There's another look at just how expensive Wisconsin's race for governor is. The latest campaign finance reports show Governor Tony Evers has outspent Republican Tim Michels by 12-and-a-half million-dollars so far this year. The governor has spent more than 37 million-dollars since January, while Michels campaign has spent about 25 million. Those numbers don't include all of the spending from outside groups in the race. Politicos say Wisconsin's race for governor is the most expensive in the country.
Absentee ballots in Wisconsin must be fully filled-out to be counted in this year's election. Both a judge in Madison and a state appeals court yesterday refused to change the rules for addresses on absentee ballots. A number of liberal groups wanted to allow local election managers to continue to fill-in missing addresses on the ballots or ballot witness applications. The Wisconsin Elections Commission allowed that two years ago, but both lawmakers and a Waukesha County judge ordered them to stop. The judges yesterday both essentially said that changing the address rules again would 'upend the status quo' and cause confusion ahead of next week's Election Day.
A 15-year-old girl has been charged in connection with a Green Bay traffic crash that killed a 17-year-old Milwaukee boy Sunday night. The teen is charged with first-degree reckless homicide, hit & run involving death, and driving a vehicle without owner’s consent for the crash at Oneida & Mason streets. The family has identified the victim as Cruz Beltran. According to the criminal complaint, the suspect told police she had her mother’s car without permission and was traveling in excess of 100 miles an hour as she tried to beat a light at the intersection. The posted speed on Mason Street is 35 miles an hour. The Green Bay Police investigation, in this case, is on-going. The teen's bond has been set at $100 thousand.
A judge says Green Bay's election managers must let poll watchers watch people return their ballots. The judge yesterday issued a temporary injunction after the Republican National Committee sued. Green Bay's clerk says they kept poll watchers away from the actual voting process because of limitations on space. The Republicans said poll watchers were allowed to watch people sign-in, register to vote and get their ballots. But they were not allowed to watch people certify those ballots and put them into the box to be counted. Wisconsin law is clear that poll watchers must be allowed to watch the entire process.
The last Marquette Law School poll of this election season is out. The poll continues to have the race for Wisconsin governor tied between Governor Tony Evers and Republican challenger Tim Michels. In the race for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin, Senator Ron Johnson has a two-point lead over Democratic Challenger Mandela Barnes, a race Johnson led by six points last month.
The latest Marquette Polls finds Inflation remains the number one concern of Wisconsin voters. Overall among registered voters, 68% say they are “very concerned” about inflation, the issue with the highest percentage. But top concerns diverge along party lines. Among Democrats, abortion policy, gun violence, public schools, accurate vote count, and inflation were the top five issues that have them very concerned. The top five issues that have Republicans very concerned are an accurate vote count, inflation, crime, illegal immigration, and taxes.
The State of Wisconsin is making it easier to get coronavirus treatment medication. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says anyone can visit its website for a free telehealth consultation on coronavirus medication. The department can even ship medication overnight.
A Coon Rapids man is pleading guilty to making violent threats to a U. S. senator. Brendon Daugherty entered his plea yesterday in U. S. District Court in Minneapolis. He was charged with interstate transmission of a threat to injure in connection with telephone messages he left at a senator's office five months ago. Daugherty could be sentenced to two years in prison.
It will be a while before the bridge over I-90 in De Forest reopens. Wis-DOT yesterday closed the bridge until repairs can be made. The driver of a boom truck damaged the bridge in a crash back on October 14th. The closure means folks in De Forest have to take a different route to the nearby Village of Windsor. There's no word just how long the closure will last, or how much the repairs will cost.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is recommending hunters be prepared before firearm deer hunting season opens Saturday. Officials are encouraging people to obtain permits to harvest more than one deer as a way to help achieve population management goals. The DNR says deer populations are abundant, especially in central and southern Minnesota. Officials say more than 400-thousand hunters are expected to participate in the firearm season.
A new report reveals Wisconsin's favorite side dish for Thanksgiving. Campbell Soup Company says the favorite side in Wisconsin is mashed potatoes, however stuffing is the top side in the U.S. In Campbell's first ever State of the Sides report, it says a majority of Americans would rather have side dishes than the main entrée.
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