One man is in custody in Buffalo County after leading authorities on a chase this weekend. The department reported on its social media page that deputies tried to pull over a male in the Village Of Nelson, but the suspect fled north on Hwy 35 and was seen throwing suspected baggies of meth out the window. The pursuit went into Pepin and Pierce Counties but was stopped for the public's safety. Pierce County deputies located the vehicle abandoned in a field and the Pepin County Drone Unit was brought in along with the K-9 units. The suspect was found and had to be tased as he resisted arrest.
Wisconsin 93rd Assemblyman Warren Petryk has introduced a bill series of workforce reform bills. During the Republican response to the governor's, weekly radio address Petryk says that voters overwhelmingly support the continued focus on assisting people to find work. Petryk says the Reemployment Assistance Act would put a greater emphasis on workforce training. The bill would also require drug testing for those applying for unemployment.
Advent Health of Durand was awarded a $916,000 Federal Grant to build a new ambulance bay. Advent Health Administrator Doug Peterson says without the grant it would have been impossible to build the new bay. The new ambulance bay will be taller and longer to accommodate the size of current ambulances. In addition to the new bay a drive-in port to accommodate the MRI Scanner Truck will also be built. Construction is set to begin this spring and it is hoped to be completed before winter.
The Durand-Arkansaw High School Athletic Department announced the selection of Lauren Peterson and Ethan Whitwam as the 2022-23 Dunn-St Croix Conference Scholar Athletes. Criteria for selection include grade point, number of varsity letters earned during the high school career, individual awards, and participation in lead-up competition to the State Tournament. These two student-athletes received recognition at the conference level and were honored as Dunn-St Croix Conference Scholar Athletes at the eighth annual Dunn-St Croix Conference Scholar-Athlete banquet at the University of Wisconsin -Stout Ballroom on Wednesday, April 12th.
With the snow and rain from the weekend, the fire danger has dropped. The Buffalo County Fire Association has dropped the burning ban in Buffalo County. However, those who plan on doing some burning are to call the Buffalo County Sheriff's Department prior to burning.
Somber faces crowded in a sea of blue at Saturday's memorial for western Wisconsin's two fallen police officers. Cops from across Wisconsin turned out to say goodbye to Chetek Police Officer Emily Breidenbach and Cameron Police Officer Hunter Scheel. They were gunned down on April 8th by the man they'd just pulled over. Governor Evers and several other state and local leaders also paid their respects. Cops say the man who allegedly shot the officers also died in the ensuing shootout. The state says the investigation into their deaths is ongoing.
Menomonie's new police chief starts today. Commander Rick Hollister won't have to move very far, he's currently with the city and is simply moving up. Menomonie's Police & Fire Commission made the announcement on Friday. Hollister has 37 years of law enforcement experience and has worked his way through the ranks of the Menomonie PD.
The fire near Fort McCoy is no longer burning. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says crews contained and extinguished the Arcadia Fire on Saturday. DNR says the fire burned more than three thousand acres, closed roads, and sent people out of their homes while it burned for three days. No one was hurt, and it's not clear yet just what all was damaged. The fire near Fort McCoy was the biggest of last week's wildfires across the state.
High schoolers in Wisconsin could soon have to balance a checkbook in order to graduate. Lawmakers in Madison this week will hold a hearing on a plan to require a class on financial literacy for all high school graduates. The idea is to make sure kids have a better knowledge about things like credit cards and student loan debt. Some pushback is expected from local schools that don't want another mandate from the state legislature.
An April 1st trial date has been set for a man accused of fatally stabbing a Minnesota teenager and wounding four others in western Wisconsin. It happened last July on the Apple River in St. Croix County, where inner tubing is a popular summertime activity. Fifty-three-year-old Nicolae Miu pleaded not guilty to charges including 1st-degree intentional homicide for the death of 17-year-old Isaac Schuman of Stillwater, Minnesota. Miu’s trial is scheduled to begin on April 1st and last 12 days. Miu told investigators he feared for his life after a group of people approached him while he searched for a lost cell phone.
Authorities say Pope County Sheriff's Deputy Joshua Owen was shot and killed during an arrest attempt in western Minnesota. Owen, another deputy, and an officer from the Starbuck Police Department were struck by gunfire Saturday evening while responding to a domestic abuse call at a Cyrus apartment building. Officials say the man involved fired the shots, and was shot to death when officers returned fire. Owen was taken to the hospital, where he died. The other deputy and the Starbuck officer suffered noncritical injuries. Saturday was Owen's 44th birthday.
The children of a missing Winona woman will remain in the custody of the county. A judge ordered Wednesday that the children of 26-year-old Madeline Kingsbury stay in the custody of the county. The five-year-old and two-year-old were taken from their father, Adam Fravel, after Kingsbury disappeared. Kingsbury was last seen March 31st when she was dropping off her children at day care with Fravel.
Speaker Robin Vos says Assembly Republicans aren’t jazzed about any American Family Field funding from the state. Vos, who’s already rejected Governor Tony Evers' proposal to send $290 million to the stadium district board, did say Thursday that he’s working to help his caucus understand the economic impact if the Brewers were to leave Wisconsin. That includes $11 million in annual sales tax revenue and the $12 million in income taxes from players' salaries, including those from visiting teams. Vos said he wants a long-term deal that is fiscally responsible.
A 4-year-old overdosed on a marijuana gummy at an Oregon home. Police say the child's mother and another adult found the child not responding at home. The child was then taken to a Stoughton hospital late Tuesday afternoon. An investigation by police determined the child had overdosed on the gummy. The following day, officers searched the home where the child overdosed and seized drug paraphernalia. The mother was arrested for child neglect and booked into the Dane County Jail. Oregon Police say the child was treated and released from the hospital.
A Wisconsin Rapids man convicted of child sex assault while working as a camp counselor could spend 40 years in prison. Remington Nystrom pleaded no contest Thursday to second-degree sexual assault of a child in relation to a 2009 incident in which he allegedly touched a sleeping child inappropriately at a Mount Morris camp in Waushara. The case came forward after a report to the Attorney General’s Clergy and Faith Leader initiative. The 33-year-old Nystrom will be sentenced in mid-July.
The Racine County Sheriff’s Office loses a third K-9 officer in a half-year. The department reports K-9 Murphy was euthanized after suffering an unexpected medical emergency at his home in March. The Belgian Malinois began his work with the department in late 2013. He was involved in searches, and drug detection, and was also with the department’s SWAT Team. Murphy, who was scheduled to retire at the end of this year, was preceded in death by K-9 Friday in March, and K-9 Nitro in October of last year.
A "Price Is Right" contestant is the winner of a six-night vacation at the Mall of America. On Tuesday's episode of the long-running game show, a contestant named Stephanie played a pricing game called "Bonkers." She pulled out the win at the last second and exclaimed "I'm going to Minnesota!" Her vacation trip includes two round-trip tickets in coach and a six-night stay at the Mall of America Radisson Blu hotel. The prize package is valued at just over six-thousand-seven-hundred-dollars.
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