The Goodhue County Sheriff’s Office says no foul play is suspected in the case of Brad Nagel. Authorities located Nagel’s body Sunday down a steep embankment with a single self-inflicted gunshot wound. The Goodhue County Sheriff’s Office is thanking the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office, Environmental Learning Center, Ellsworth Fire Department, Red Wing Ambulance, Northstar Search and Rescue, Siewert’s Towing, Southern MN Regional Medical Examiner’s Office, and many volunteers for helping to locate Nagel. Authorities say the investigation is ongoing.
A late-night fire in Goodhue County was quickly put out with no injuries thanks to a good Samaritan. According to the Goodhue County Sheriff's Department, authorities received a call just after 11:30 Sunday night from someone who saw a fire at a home on 4th Street East in Zumbrota. Firefighters arrived less than two minutes later and were able to evacuate the residence. Authorities say the people living there were able to safely go back inside shortly after midnight.
The Village of Pepin Has a new ambulance. The ambulance service reported the delivery during the Board of Trustees meeting on Nov 20th. The ambulance service is holding an open house on Saturday from 2-4pm to let the public see the new ambulance. Also on Saturday, Pepin Fire, Ambulance and Police are holding a food drive from 9-noon to pick up donations from area residents.
Those interested in running for Pepin County Board of Supervisors for the spring election can begin the paperwork process on Friday. Paperwork can be picked up at the county clerk's office and must be returned by January 2nd. The spring election will be April 2nd and for more information contact the Pepin County Clerk's Office.
Pepin County residents will see a lower mill rate on the county portion of their taxes for 2024. Earlier this month the board passed the 2024 budget with a tax levy of $5.6 million. The mill rate will now be $6.24 per $1000 of value, down from the $7.03 from last year. Finance Director Pam Hansen told supervisors that 43.5% of the total budget is earmarked for salaries and fringe benefits.
Natural gas heating bills are likely to drop in the Midwest this winter. The US Energy Information Administration says it expects a 21-percent drop in natural gas home heating costs this coming season. Madison-based Alliant Energy says the lower prices are due in part because a large natural gas reserve is built up -- and the Wisconsin winter is more likely to be normal, or even warmer than normal this year.
Black River Falls Police are requesting assistance to find a missing woman. According to police, 53-year-old Stacy Shramek was last seen Thursday afternoon around 2 p.m. She was in a red and blue kayak on the Black River. The kayak was later found on the bank where Shramek left. Her family said she was not properly dressed for cold temperatures. Shramek was last seen wearing a black jacket, blue jeans, and a purple top.
Someone in Western Wisconsin is $100,000 richer after winning the Wisconsin Lottery's All or Nothing game. The lottery reports a winning ticket was sold at the Kwik Trip on Gateway Drive and matched none of the 11 numbers drawn last Wednesday. All or Nothing players can win the $100,000 top prize by matching 0 of 11 numbers or by matching 11 of 11 numbers.
Wisconsin will be giving more than two-million dollars in grant money to veteran's mental health services. Governor Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary say they're now accepting applicants for three grants. The grants will go toward funding emergency treatment programs, as well as programs like dance, acupuncture, and equestrian therapies. Funding is also available for centers with family and marriage counseling and social workers. The DVA gave out nearly 650-thousand to 16 Wisconsin nonprofits in the first round of grants.
A lawyer for imprisoned ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin says there have been no updates provided to his client's family since he was stabbed behind bars. Minneapolis attorney Greg Erickson stated that he tried to reach out to the Federal Bureau of Prisons about 15 times. Chauvin was stabbed on Friday in the medium-security prison in Tucson, Arizona. He is in stable condition and is expected to survive.
The woman shot in the hip by a deer hunter in Adams County is not going to push for charges. The DNR says a hunter shot 47-year-old Billie Johnson while she was walking her dog. Turns out, Johnson knows the hunter, says he taught her how to hunt, and says the man is an old family friend. Johnson says it was an honest mistake, and says she won't be pressing charges. Johnson's daughter says her mom was walking her dog during the first weekend of hunting season, and wasn't wearing any blaze orange. The DNR says the hunter fired at Johnson's sound. Johnson was one of two people wounded in hunting accidents during the first weekend of gun season. The other shot himself in the foot while in a deer stand.
Republican lawmakers want school libraries across Wisconsin to keep a list of what kids are reading. And they want libraries to turn that list over to parents. A Senate panel will hold a hearing tomorrow on a plan to let parents know what their kids are reading at the school library. Supporters say the idea is to make sure kids aren't reading anything inappropriate. The plan will likely never become law. Governor Evers has vetoed other parental notification plans from Republicans in Madison before.
There will be a focus on mental health at the Wisconsin Capitol this week. A Senate committee will hold hearings on a series of plans from Republicans to expand mental health care in the state. One of the plans would start a pilot program to help first responders deal with the stress of their jobs, while another would change Wisconsin's telehealth rules to allow out-of-state doctors to take-on clients in Wisconsin. There is also a plan to connect mental health professionals with police officers during mental health calls. Lawmakers say the idea there is to help get someone to a doctor, and not necessarily jail.
Car-versus-deer accidents in Wisconsin have remained steady. That’s the word from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, which says drivers are expected to hit around as many deer this year as they have in the last three years. The agency says the most collisions of that sort happen in October and November, during the breeding phase for deer. The DOT adds that, though there's been a decrease in deer-vehicle collisions in Wisconsin since 2017, their data show you’re more likely to hit a deer now than you were 15 years ago. They suggest driving slowly at night and scanning roadsides to prevent you from crashing into a deer.
The Mayo Clinic will team up with a Rochester medical technology company to research treatments for service members exposed to airborne hazards in war zones. The U.S. Department of Defense is giving a three-year, two-point-four-million-dollar grant for clinical laboratory research on the subject. The Mayo Clinic will team with the Army's Medical Research Institute for Chemical Defense and Rion [[ RY-on ]], a company founded in 2017. The research will mainly center on using technology developed by Rion to treat lung damage as well as pulmonary conditions like COPD.
It was another successful elk hunt in Wisconsin. The state's Department of Natural Resources closed this year's hunt two weeks ago, after all four hunters hit their quota. Wisconsin picked four hunters for this year's hunt at random. They are from Cedarburg, Green Bay, Sparta and Mount Horeb. Wisconsin has allowed for limited elk hunting since 2018
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