Congressman Ron Kind is looking back at 25 years in Washington. The La Crosse Democrat says it’s been an honor serving the 3rd District. Kind, who didn’t run for reelection in November, says he wishes he could have done more. He says healthcare costs remain too high, and Wisconsin family farmers are still struggling way too much. Republican Derrick Van Orden will be sworn in the 3rd Congressional District seat on January 3rd.
It is going to feel much warmer across the state of Wisconsin this week. The National Weather Service says last weekend's bitter cold will move out of the state today, and everyone will warm up. Temperatures will be near 50 degrees for folks in southeast Wisconsin later this week, it will of course be colder the further north you go. The big difference this week will be the lack of an arctic windchill and very few chances for snow. The next big chance for snow doesn't come until New Year's Eve.
A state trooper is recuperating after a truck slammed into his patrol vehicle near Wisconsin Dells. WMTV says the trooper was responding to a crash on I-90 in Juneau County early Saturday when the driver of a pickup truck lost control of his vehicle and slid sideways into the patrol vehicle. The report says the pickup truck rolled into the ditch, but the driver was unharmed. The trooper suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
Stillwater Police are searching for a 20-year-old man who went missing on Christmas Eve. George Musser was last seen at Brian's Bar in downtown Stillwater around two a.m. Police are asking people in the area to check their security cameras for signs of the man. Anyone with information is asked to call the Washington County Dispatch.
One man was injured after a semi jackknifed on Interstate 35 Friday morning. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, 54-year-old Roderick Dewayne Trice of Hastings was traveling southbound on I-35 when it jackknifed into the median of the road. Trice suffered non-life-threatening injuries during the incident and was taken to Northfield Hospital.
No one is hurt after a house fire on Saturday in La Crosse. The La Crosse Fire Department said the fire happened at a home on the 1000 block of Liberty Street on La Crosse’s north side at 6:54 p.m. Saturday. Noone was home at the time of the fire. Firefighters were able to quickly contain the fire to the room that it started in. Investigators said that the fire was caused by the reckless use of a heating appliance to thaw a frozen water pipe. The house had moderate fire and smoke damage.
We Energies says you can turn your heat back up. On Friday, the company asked customers to lower their thermostats to 62 degrees to avoid any outages after a system failure. Yesterday, officials said because of the measures taken on Friday, there were no power outages and it's now safe to turn the thermostats back up.
Five people are in custody connected to a fatal shooting at the Mall of America. On Friday, a fight involving two groups ended with the death of 19-year-old Johntae Hudson. Bloomington Police say three 17-year-old boys and two 18-year-old men have been arrested. They say this is the first gun-related homicide in the Mall of America's history.
Wisconsin’s delegation voted along party lines as the US House on Friday approved the omnibus spending bill on a 225-201 vote. The $1.7 trillion dollar spending package averts what would have been a government shutdown and increases domestic and military spending. Republican Congressman Scott Fitzgerald said, “the process and substance of the last-minute bill are reckless.” He joined Republicans Glenn Grothman, Tom Tiffany, and Bryan Steil in voting no. Republican Mike Gallagher did not vote. La Crosse Democrat Ron Kind cast his final vote as a member of the House of Representatives in support of the bill, along with Democrats Mark Pocan and Gwen Moore.
There's a change at the top of the Department of Natural Resource's board. Fred Prehn, who was nominated by former Governor Walker, has stepped down. Prehn fought to stay on the board, saying Governor Evers never officially replaced him. But last week, Prehn said it was time to allow the State Senate to vote on his replacement. Prehn was a deciding vote on a number of issues including Wisconsin's wolf hunt. Senate leaders say they expect to give the governor's nominees an 'up or down' vote this year.
A Madison man will spend six years in federal prison for illegal gun possession. A U.S. attorney said 33-year-old Devin Crayton pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Crayton was arrested back in January after he handled and fired a firearm in his girlfriend's residence. When officers executed a search warrant they also found a stolen police captain's badge. Crayton was also arrested in March for possessing two handguns and a shotgun.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he’s “hit the reset button.” The Republican leader made the comment referring to the upcoming legislative session in an interview with WisPolitics.com. He says that means not drawing bright lines, in hopes of arriving at some compromises with Democratic Governor Tony Evers. That would be a marked change from the previous session during Evers’ first term, during which the governor and Republican lawmakers barely spoke to one another and remained at odds on a variety of issues.
Wisconsin's Republican U.S. Senator says he voted against the one-point-seven trillion-dollar spending plan in Congress because it simply spends too much. Senator Ron Johnson last night said the omnibus package is an 'abomination.' Johnson tried to delete eleven billion dollars in earmarks from the package but was voted down. Johnson says the spending plan adds to the deficit and 'mortgages our children's future.
A second child in Wisconsin has died from complications related to influenza. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services confirmed that Friday morning after announcing the state’s first pediatric flu death of the season earlier this week. DHS has not released the ages of either child or where the deaths occurred. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data show that 47 children across the country have died from flu-related causes. Seventeen of those occurred in the past week.
The Palace Theater has closed its doors in the Dells and is telling people with tickets to ask for a refund. The theater's website yesterday simply said 'We will forever cherish the wonderful memories of shows, concerts, and special occasions that we created over the past eight years.' No one is offering a reason for the theater's sudden closing. The Palace says anyone who bought tickets within the past 90 days should cancel their orders through their credit card company. Anyone with tickets older than 90 days should apply for a refund.
Minnesota public school students are experiencing more stress and anxiety than in years past. The 2022 Minnesota Student Survey was released today, and the results show more students have been struggling with their mental health since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Twenty-nine percent of students reported having mental health issues lasting longer than six months this year, compared to 23-percent in 2019. The jump was most significant in female students.
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