A nurse in western Wisconsin is criminally charged after a patient’s foot was amputated without permission. Charges of physical abuse of an elder person and intentionally causing great bodily harm and mayhem were filed in Pierce County Circuit Court on November 3 against 38-year-old Mary K. Brown of Durand. According to the charging documents, the Pierce County Medical Examiner called for an autopsy in June after noticing that the foot of a 62-year-old man was not attached to his body but laying beside him at the funeral home. According to the criminal complaint, Brown was the person who cut the man’s foot off at the Spring Valley Health and Rehab Center.
Incumbents for the state assembly here in Western Wisconsin easily won re-election last night. 93rd Assemblyman Warren Petryk defeated challenger Allison Page 60%-40%, while Treig Pronschinske won re-election for the 92nd assembly seat over challenger Maria Bamonti and 29th Assemblyman Clint Moses defeated Danielle Johnson to win re-election. For the 31st State Senate Seat, a much closer race as of early this morning incumbent Jeff Smith led Challenger Dave Estenson by 578 votes.
Western Wisconsin will have a new congressman for the first time in 26yrs. With over 80% of the vote counted, Republican Derrick Van Orden defeated Democrat and 32nd State Senator Brad Pfaff by a 52-49% margin. While Pfaff held leads in Eau Claire, La Crosse, and Portage Counties, Van Orden was leading in the rest of the 3rd District. Van Orden replaces retiring Congressman Ron Kind.
Eau Claire County voters elected Dave Riewestahl as Sheriff in a race decided by fewer than 800 votes. Riewestahl, a Democrat, defeated Republican Don Henning by 766 votes, according to unofficial results posted by Eau Claire County Tuesday night. Riewestahl, who is currently the Eau Claire County Jail Captain, will replace Ron Cramer, who announced earlier this year that he was not running for re-election before he passed away unexpectedly in September. Cramer was elected as Sheriff in 1996.
Minnesota's governor will serve another term. Democrat Governor Tim Walz defeats Republican challenger Scott Jensen by more than 200-thousand votes. Walz was elected governor in 2018. U.S. Representative Angie Craig will serve a third term in the Second Congressional District. Representing the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, Craig defeats Republican challenger Tyler Kistner by more than 16-thousand votes. Around 30-million dollars was spent on their race -- a rematch -- making it one of the most expensive in the country.
An Amery man has been arrested after a chase in Barron County on Monday. According to the Barron County Sheriff's Department, deputies responded to multiple reports of a suspicious man on property south of Barron and a report of a truck stolen. Deputies attempted to pull over 45yr old Derek Aune on Hwy 25 south of Barron, but Aune refused to stop and led deputies on a chase through the village of Dallas and towards Chetek. Cheteck police were able to successfully deflate the tires of the truck. Aune fled from the truck to steal another car at a gas station but was unsuccessful. He was arrested after deputies found him hiding in the brush. He is begin held on multiple charges including operating a motor vehicle without owner's consent, felony fleeing an officer, and a warrant from probation.
The Wisconsin DNR celebrates a successful elk hunt Efforts to reintroduce the elk to Wisconsin began in 1995 and the estimated population of the clam Lake herd in Northwest Wisconsin is 336. The state's fifth elk hunt opened Saturday October 15 and closed Wednesday October 19. All four licensed hunters filled their harvest authorizations, three in the first two days and the fourth by day five. This year's hunt marked the first modern harvest of an elk using a bow as with previous elk hunting seasons, Ojibwe tribal members have an opportunity to harvest elk in the ceded territory. The tribal season closes Sunday, January 8.
Minnesota Lottery officials are investigating after the state's system caused the Powerball drawing to be delayed by nearly ten hours. Officials say the state's sales verification system caused a processing delay on Monday. Lottery representatives say the delay was needed to confirm the security and accuracy of the drawing and that the process was never compromised. The Minnesota Lottery says it will provide more information once a "thorough review" is completed.
The University of Minnesota is suing UCare. They claim the nonprofit health insurer's proposal to expand its board of directors would cause university-appointed board members to lose the majority. UCare contends the lawsuit is speculation and that the university has not provided evidence that it would be harmed by the changes being considered. The health insurer also argues that the suit is asking the court to re-write the company bylaws to give the university more control, a move the board turned down in 2021.
A Dane County man with a history of making threats against public officials is charged in federal court with threatening to kill Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers. Fifty-two-year-old Michel Yaker of DeForest, was charged last week. Court records filed in the Western District of Wisconsin indicate Yaker is facing a felony count of transmitting interstate communications "containing threats to harm." Emails he sent Evers contained graphic threats. A warrant for Yaker remained sealed Monday. Yaker is charged federally because he allegedly made the threats from Kansas, according to the Dane County Sheriff's detective.
Kohl's CEO Michelle Gass is stepping down to become the new president of Levi Strauss. Levi Strauss says Gass' last day at Kohl's will be December 2nd and she'll take over for them on January 3rd. Reports say Senior Vice President of Information Services Tom Kingsbury will serve as interim CEO at Kohl's until a permanent replacement is found.
Wisconsin’s deer herd is on the move as the fall mating season nears its peak, increasing the risks of collisions with vehicles. Wisconsin averages about 20,000 vehicle-deer collisions annually.
A teen girl is helping a Minnesota farmer after he suffered a medical crisis. Steve Brake says his 17-year-old neighbor Abi Reetz has spent the last year riding with him in the tractor after he was diagnosed during harvest time with Miller Fisher syndrome. The debilitating disease made it unsafe for Steve to ride in farm equipment alone. Abi spends every day after school and all day on Saturdays and Sundays helping Brake read the tractor's screens and navigate the fields, missing only a few days for a band trip. She's also driven the tractor herself and helped with maintenance and other farm tasks. Steve says without Abi, he would have had to give up farming.
Leinenkugel's has made USA Today's list of top brewery tours in the country. The paper yesterday announced the results of the national vote on brewery tours, and the Leinie's tour came in at number eight. Leinenkugel's is the only Wisconsin brewery on the list. USA Today voters give the Leinie's tour high marks for its history, and for the option for a personalized tour with a Leinenkugel's family member.
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