One person was injured in a two-vehicle accident in Trenton Township on Tuesday. According to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, 67yr old Elizabeth Heywood of Plum City was traveling southbound on Hwy 35 when she entered the intersection of Hwy 35 and 63 and was struck by a vehicle driven by 39yr old Amy Berry of Red Wing that was traveling northbound on Hwy 63. Heywood was taken to Mayo Hospital in Red Wing.
Some big changes in the weather today. The warm temperatures from today will give way to much colder weather by late this afternoon. A strong cold front with temperatures 30-40 degrees colder is expected to move through our region today. Strong thunderstorms are possible today with the passage of the cold front.
Eau Claire Police say they are already working to hire new officers following Tuesday's tax increase vote. Chief Matt Rokus says they are in the middle of an open recruitment process and will start another one next month. Voters approved a nearly million-and-a-half dollar tax increase Tuesday. The money has been earmarked to hire 15 new police officers. Rokus says it may take some time to get the new officers on board, he says they want to hire the right police officers for the community.
Thirty-First State Senator Jeff Smith has won re-election. Smith defeated Republican Dave Estenson of Whitehall by a 678 vote margin. The 31st Senate District covers most of the city of Eau Claire, as well as the southwest portion of Eau Claire County, parts of Dunn, Pierce, and Jackson Counties, and all of Trempealeau, Buffalo, and Pepin Counties. Other results from Tuesday, Rob Summerfield was re-elected to the 68th assembly seat, in the Prairie Farm School District, a referendum to exceed the levy limit through 2027-28 passed while a major $194 million, school consolidation referendum for the La Crosse School district was rejected.
There are hardly any details about the underage coronavirus death in Chippewa County. The county's health department yesterday said someone under 18 died after testing positive for the virus. Public health managers are calling the victim a child. But specifics about just how old the child is, when they tested positive, or whether they had any other health concerns haven't been released. Childhood coronavirus deaths are extremely rare. Wisconsin's Department of Health Services says just 18 people under 19 years old have died from the virus since 2020. Nearly 70 percent of Wisconsin's 13-hundred-plus coronavirus deaths have been in people 70 years old or older.
Taxes are going up for roads in Boyd because of a single person. Leaders say their tax referendum passed Tuesday 114-113. The one-vote difference is enough to ask for a recount. But because fewer than four thousand people voted, someone in Boyd is going to have to petition for that recount. Chippewa County's clerk says it's not automatic.
Republicans who control the Wisconsin legislature have fallen short of their goal of winning veto-proof majorities in both the State Assembly and Senate. Republicans would have needed to win two-thirds majorities in each chamber in order to gain the power to override the vetoes of Governor Tony Evers, who was reelected on Tuesday. In the Senate, Republican Romaine Quinn won the seat vacated by Democratic State Senator Janet Bewley, giving them 22 of 33 seats. Republicans are also expected to pick up two northern Wisconsin districts in the Assembly giving them 64 seats - two short of what they'd need for the supermajority in that chamber. Since January of 2021 Evers has vetoed 126 bills passed by the legislature.
We could have to wait a little while longer to get a winner in Wisconsin's Secretary of State's race. As of yesterday, Democrat and current Secretary of State Doug La Follette, was leading Republican Amy Loudenbeck by about seven thousand votes. That's three-tenths of a percentage point. Election managers say 99 percent of votes were counted as of yesterday. La Follette says he's confident while Loudenbeck says she is waiting until every vote is counted.
Republican Ron Johnson is projected to retain his U.S. Senate seat in Wisconsin. Johnson held off Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes to win reelection with about 50-and-a-half percent of the vote. This will be Johnson's third full term in office.
Duluth-based Minnesota Power plans to shut down its two coal-fired powered plants by 2035. The action is part of a deal with clean energy groups that calls for more renewable power than originally planned. The facilities are located in Cohasset and are under the name the Boswell Energy Center. The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission is scheduled to debate Minnesota Power's long-term resource plan tomorrow.
Police in West Bend took a 38-year-old man into custody Tuesday afternoon after he showed up at a polling place armed with a knife and allegedly demanded that poll workers "stop the voting." The incident took place around 12:35 PM at the West Bend Community Memorial Library. Voting was paused for just over half an hour while the scene was secured. No one was injured.
The City of Oshkosh is getting a $124,000 grant to cover the cost of installing license plate readers. The Common Council will vote on using that grant Wednesday night. The Oshkosh Police Department wants to install license plate readers are various points in the city. City Manager Mark Rohloff says the readers are used to track where a vehicle may have traveled during a certain time.
Wisconsin Elections Administrator Megan Wolfe says once municipalities around the state have finished canvassing their vote totals, Wisconsin’s 72 counties will complete their canvass. If there are no recounts requested, the chair of the Wisconsin Elections Commission will certify statewide results. That process must be completed no later than December 1st.
Green Bay is named the best-midsized sports city in America. That's according to WalletHub, which puts Green Bay ahead of other pro football cities like Buffalo, New York, and Glendale, Arizona. WalletHub says the top sports city overall is Los Angeles, California.
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