The WRDN Listening area is under a Winter Storm Warning. The National Weather Service says heavy, wet snow will blanket the area. Forecasters expect up to seven inches of snow by the time the storm is done. The Weather Service is leaving the Winter Storm Warning in place til 3 p.m. this afternoon. Wis-DOT and local road crews are asking people to stay home if they can today. The City of Durand is under a snow emergency and that means no parking on city streets, with the exception of downtown until the street is plowed from curb to curb.
Pepin County has agreed to use $25,000 of ARPA funds toward handicap accessibility for the Tarrant Park Pool. The County Board approved the resolution last night. The board decided that for the money to be used, the pool project must be underway by March of 2024 or the money will be reallocated for another project. Also last night, Elizabeth Bauer was appointed as the District 6 County Board Supervisor to replace Tessa King who resigned from the board.
It's just two months in prison for a western Wisconsin man who tried to have sex with a 13-year-old in Eau Claire. A judge yesterday sentenced 25-year-old Jay Lee to two months in jail and five years probation. Lee answered an online message from someone he thought was a 13-year-old girl, but was actually a state investigator. He was arrested after he went to an Eau Claire park to meet up for sex. Lee will have to register as a sex offender for the next 15 years.
Probation for a Boyceville man accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a child. Austin Stuart was charged in 2021 with 5 counts of repeated sexual assault of a child and one count of sexual assault of a child. On Wednesday, he pleaded no contest to a reduced charge of 3rd-degree sexual assault, and the other charges were dismissed. Dunn County Judge Luke Wagner placed Stuart on probation for five years. He also ordered him to register as a sex offender.
Somebody gave Altoona's public library 10 thousand dollars. The library announced the anonymous donation yesterday. Library director Arin Wilken says the money will most likely be spent on new self-checkout machines. She says adding a self-checkout option will free up overwhelmed clerks at the library.
An investigation is underway after an inmate died in the Olmsted County Jail in Rochester. Russell Simon Junior was discovered not breathing on Monday during a routine well-being check. Life-saving efforts were performed before the inmate was pronounced dead. Simon was being held on assault charges in the jail facility.
The body of a missing woman has been found in Monroe County. According to the Monroe County Sheriff's Department, the body of 50yr ol Felicia Wanna was found during a search on Wednesday morning. Wanna was last seen on December 29th and the death investigation is active and ongoing.
If you shop at Hy-Vee and eat pot roast, you're going to want to check your fridge. Hy-Vee yesterday recalled pot roast dinners because some of them may contain an allergen. The worry is that the label does not include all of the possible ingredients. The meals were all produced between Dec. 26th of last year and Tuesday. You can find the exact UPC codes at Hy-Vee's website. If you have one of the recalled meals, you can take it back to the store.
One of Wisconsin's Republican members of the Elections Commission says he has no plans to resign. A group of Democrats yesterday demanded Bob Spindell resign or be fired. They are upset with what he said about voter turnout in Milwaukee. Spindell told Republican leaders in the state that they should be proud that outreach efforts in Milwaukee convinced some voters not to vote for Democrats last fall. The Democratic lawmakers say that's voter suppression. Spindell says it's voter outreach.
A Wausau area man accused of having inappropriate contact with children at a daycare facility will go to trial Shawn Wilde entered a not-guilty plea to a dozen charges including five counts of first-degree sexual assault involving someone under the age of 13. Wilde is accused of inappropriately touching and photographing the girls while telling them they were playing a "Game" that he had invented. Additionally, one of the alleged victims said he would sometimes photograph them with props. A judge also bound him over for trial as part of Tuesday's hearing, further court action against him is pending. If found guilty he could face well over 140 years in prison.
The State Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday in a case over the use of ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19. In 2019, Aurora Health refused to administer ivermectin to John Zingsheim, after his family got a prescription for it from outside of the Aurora network. The FDA and most major medical groups maintain that ivermectin is ineffective against COVID. His nephew, Allen Gahl, sued the hospital to force the treatment, and a local court sided with him. The appeals court ruled in favor of Aurora, saying the courts had no legal authority to force doctors to perform medical treatments. Gahl's attorney says this is a case about personal freedoms.
A Marathon County man pled guilty to first-degree intentional homicide on Tuesday. David Morris was handed the mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole for stabbing Renee Hindes (HIND-us) in the spring of 20-21 at a Weston Apartment, then threatening police with the knife as they responded to the scene. Morris, who was shot by officers but survived, will also pay five thousand dollars into the crime victims fund and will pay court costs. The plea deal saw a handful of other charges, including false imprisonment and a count of battery by prisoners, dismissed but read in. Morris has been held at the Dodge Correctional Institute while awaiting trial, it's unclear if that is also where he will serve his sentence.
There are new fish consumption advisories being posted for the Yahara chain near Madison, and some lakes in Central Wisconsin. The DNR is recommending people limit the amount of fish they eat from the Yahara chain of lakes, Lake Wausau, and the Lake Du Bay chain. DNR Toxicologist Sean Strom says new testing in those areas shows increased PFAS contamination in popular fish like bass, crappies, and walleyes. You can find full fish advisories online at DNR dot WI dot Gov, and search for "Eating Your Catch"
Waukesha's police chief is looking at a fine for bringing his gun to Milwaukee's airport. The sheriff in Milwaukee says TSA stopped Chief Dan Thompson yesterday morning when they found his loaded pistol in his bag. Thompson says he forgot the pistol was there. He was fined just under 770 dollars, and allowed to board his flight. The chief says he was on his way to a conference to talk about Waukesha's response to the Christmas Parade attack and did not double-check his bag before heading to the airport.
A judge now has 90 days to decide if a former Minneapolis cop convicted of the murder of George Floyd will get a new trial. The lawyers for Derek Chauvin appeared in court to argue the location of the original trial and a juror who attended a march related to the case should be grounds for a new trial. Chauvin's trial was held in Minneapolis and his attorneys said that meant he didn't get a fair trial. Meanwhile, the state claimed Chauvin was treated fairly and all jurors were vetted. Chauvin received a 22-and-a-half-year state sentence and a more than a 20-year federal sentence.
Madison is one of the top metropolitan areas for STEM professionals. WalletHub ranks Madison 9th compared to the 100 largest metros in the country. WalletHub uses over 20 key metrics for its rankings and puts Madison in the top 20 in many of them. WalletHub says the top metro for STEM professionals is Seattle, Washington.
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