One person is hospitalized after a crash Friday morning in Pierce County. According to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, 40yr old Luke Dziengle of River Falls was traveling westbound on Hwy FF and was turning into a private driveway when he collided with an eastbound vehicle driven by 17yr old Cloe Plourde of River Falls. Dziengle was taken to Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota after he was injured in the crash. Plourde was not hurt.
So far, students at the Durand-Arkansaw School District will not have to make up any snow days this year. Durand-Arkansaw School Superintendent Greg Doverspike says virtual learning helped prevent any extension to the school year. Doverspike says the district believes using the virtual learning days accomplishes more than having students and staff in the building for additional days during June.
Property owners are being encouraged to sustain healthy ash trees The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says “healthy, valuable ash trees” should be treated with insecticide this spring. That can help to protect against the emerald ash borer, which kills more than 99% of untreated ash trees it infests, according to a DNR media release. The agency says emerald ash borer was found in five additional northern counties in 2022 and is now confirmed in 66 of Wisconsin’s 72 counties.
The annexation by Eau Claire of land in the Town of Washington was among the topics the Eau Claire City Council took comments on last night. The annexation included part of Lowes Creek County Park and the Orchard Hills development, which residents have spent years fighting. The Town of Washington sued, saying the annexation was not valid and the city filed a petition to annex it with the consent of landowners. Neighbors are continuing to push back.
The Dewey Street Bridge in downtown Eau Claire could reopen this week. An inspection of the bridge was done yesterday morning by an outside engineering firm that used a drone to check under the bridge and do sound testing to determine how much it had deteriorated. The bridge has been closed since March 25 when a hole was discovered two feet by two feet. The city has applied for nine-point-four-million dollars from the federal government to replace the 92-year-old bridge.
Volunteers are filling sandbags in downtown Stillwater today to prepare for spring flooding. Organizers want to have as many as 30 thousand sandbags along the St. Croix River by the end of the week. This comes after the National Weather Service said there's an 80-percent chance the river will see major flooding this year.
A 42-year-old La Crosse man is facing meth delivery charges after police found six thousand dollars of the drugs at his home. Alfredo Almanza was also charged with maintaining a drug house, possession of drug paraphernalia, and illegally obtaining prescription drugs. He told police he was not aware of any drugs in the home before admitting a small amount of meth was there. Police also seized over eleven-hundred dollars in cash, a digital scale, and 51 Clonazepam pills.
Experts are urging Wisconsin farmers to seek mental health support during the stressful spring season. Many farmers are dealing with costly operating expenses, unpredictable weather, and other pressures as they begin to get production going for the year. La Crosse physician Doctor Kim Lansing says she is also a farmer and sees a cultural barrier with many agriculture operators when it comes to seeking help for themselves. She is urging anyone who needs support to contact resources such as the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation and the National Farm Medicine Center.
University of Wisconsin police and the Dane County Medical Examiner are investigating after a student was found dead on the Madison campus yesterday. Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Lori Reesor has confirmed the individual was found deceased outside Smith Residence Hall, adding that police do not suspect foul play. University Health Services is working to connect those impacted by the incident with counseling and mental health resources. Reesor says officials are unable to share additional information on the incident at this time.
The Dane County Humane Society is urging drivers to keep an eye out for turtles and other animals this spring. Experts say female turtles begin looking for nesting spots as the weather gets warmer, sometimes leading them to cross busy roads and risk being stuck by vehicles. Sarah Karls with DCHS says slowing down and turning flashers on can alert other motorists that they should pay attention. If you choose to help a turtle get out of the roadway you should move it in the direction that it was headed, according to wildlife officials.
An Amherst man accused of shooting and killing an elderly man is expected to reach a plea deal. Miles Bradley is charged in the November death of 92-year-old Clarence Banks. Investigators said the 72-year-old Bradley and another person lived at the home where the shooting happened. Banks was visiting the other resident who is his relative. Investigators say Bradley and his co-resident got into an argument in which Bradley allegedly armed himself and made statements that he was going to kill Banks. Bradley, who was arrested at the scene of the shooting, has his plea and sentencing hearing scheduled for April 27th.
A 39-year-old Whitewater woman has been arrested in connection with the death of a newborn baby boy earlier this month. Whitewater police believe the woman is the mother of the newborn, whose body was found in a field near the Twin Oaks Mobile Home Park on March 4. The woman is in the Jefferson County Jail. She could be charged with concealing the death of a child and resisting or obstructing an officer.
An arrest is made after a shooting outside a Monroe County gentleman's club. The sheriff's office says deputies were called to The Hunting Shack in Sparta early Sunday morning after someone was seen waving a gun in the air. The sheriff's office says the suspect fired several shots after being forced out of the club. No one was hit and the suspect was later found and arrested after crashing their car in La Crosse County.
All flags in Wisconsin will be flown at half-staff today in honor of a World War Two veteran whose remains were recently identified. Governor Tony Evers says Private First Class William Simon was killed in Germany back in 1944 and now his remains are being returned to his hometown of Middleton. He'll be buried tomorrow with full military honors.
The US House has passed a Parents Bill of Rights. The Republican-sponsored legislation passed last week includes Wisconsin Congressman Scott Fitzgerald’s CRT Transparency Act. That would require school districts to post the curriculum for each grade on a publicly accessible website as a condition of federal funding. CRT, or critical race theory, is an academic concept which is not taught in Wisconsin K-12 schools. However, state Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly said last year that “teaching about race and racism is the only way to teach the complete story of the United States.” The parent's Bill of Rights is unlikely to advance in the Democratic-controlled US Senate.
A wildlife expert says you should clear the snow off a patch of your yard to help migratory birds. Raptor Education Group director Marge Gibson says that while some birds are just fine with birdfeeders, others need to pick bugs out of the dirt. That includes Wisconsin's state bird, the robin. Gibson says clearing the snow warms up the turf, helping birds get at those bugs.
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