One person was injured in a UTV accident in Maiden Rock Township on Wednesday. According to the Pierce County Sherrif's Department, 65yr old Pauline Biederman of Plum City was traveling on private property when she lost control of the UTV and was ejected from it. Biederman was med-flighted to Regions Hospital in St. Paul. Three juvenile passengers on the vehicle were not injured.
A new report states Wisconsin's home prices are increasing even as sales decline moderately in November. According to the report, 6 homes were sold in Pepin County, 8 in Buffalo, 9 in Trempealeau, 13 in Peirce and 31 in Dunn County. While home sales are down compared to November of 2022, the median price of a home in Western Wisconsin jumped 6% year over year to $277,000.
The Durand-Arkansaw School District is still accepting bids for the Hanson Park Property. At this weeks board meeting, Superintendent Doverspike said he had not been contacted by anyone regarding the property, but that the those interested in the property have until January 8th at 4:30 to submit a bid. The property was returned to the school district this year after the City of Durand decided it was not going to build a park on the property.
Law enforcement officials throughout western Wisconsin are focused on safety the next several days. Extra police patrols will be out on the highways trying to keep impaired drivers and speeders from getting behind the wheel. Authorities remide travelers to buckle up, slow down and be paitent this holiday season as traffic is expected to pick up today.
A Steven's Point, Wisconsin man will be sentenced in March for scamming a woman for 400-thousand dollars' worth of gold bars. Gourav Patel was charged in July for scamming the Prescott woman. The victim says she got a notification on her iPad that her identity had been stolen. When she called the number provided, she was instructed to invest in gold bars. She says someone then picked up gold bars from her house three times after they were delivered. Patel pleaded guilty yesterday to felony theft, and is facing up to 12 and a half years in prison.
A Rice Lake teen will be sentenced in February after reaching a plea deal with prosecutors in connection with a vehicle crash that killed two Rice Lake High School Students. Troy Huehn Junior plead guilty to homicide by negligent driving and reckless driving causing great bodily harm on Thursday. Authorities say that last year,Huen was going 70mph when he hit train track and lost control of the vehicle and crashed killing 14yr old Evah Garcia and 15yr old Winter Broulliard. Another teen was seriously hurt.
The future of marijuana in Wisconsin is being discussed in Madison. While speaking with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel this week, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said GOP state lawmakers plan to reintroduce a medical marijuana bill next month. Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu says a fellow Republican in the state Senate has been working on a measure and has been consulting with Vos, so, the bill could potentially make it through both houses of the legislature. Wisconsin remains a cannabis prohibition hold-out in the region, with Minnesota joining Michigan and Illinois in legalizing recreational marijuana over the summer.
Wisconsin DNR is reminding deer hunters they still have some time to get their freezers filled this season. The special antlerless Holiday Hunt begins this Sunday, Christmas Eve, and runs through New Year's Day. Only antlerless deer can be taken in select farmland zone counties including Pierce, Buffalo and Eau Clarie Counties, and, all weapon types are permitted. To find a map of all the participating counties search D-N-R-dot-Wisconsin-dot-gov.
State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says Wisconsin's budget surplus means residents should be getting a tax cut. The GOP lawmaker told WISC-TV a proposal coming in January will offer up a tax bill break focused on citizens of retirement age. A tax relief plan for individuals making up to roughly 300-thousand dollars per year was included in the latest budget proposal, but the breaks were vetoed by Governor Evers. Prior to the budget proposal, the governor said he would be in favor of cuts for people making less than 100-thousand dollars annually.
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A Wisconsin attorney is filing a federal lawsuit against the state bar association over a diversity program for law students. In the litigation, plaintiff Daniel Suhr argues the bar association is violating his right to free speech by requiring him to pay dues that fund a discriminatory clerkship program. The summer employment initiative is open to Maquette and UW law students who have "backgrounds that have been historically excluded from the legal field". Suhr is being represented by Attorney Skylar Croy with the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission again rejects a complaint against fake electors in the 2020 presidential election. In March of last year, the bipartisan board previously rejected the complaint against the electors who attempted to cast the state’s 2020 presidential ballots for Donald Trump. But a Dane County judge ordered the commission in May to review the complaint again after one of the Republican members of the commission, Bob Spindell, served as one of the fake electors. Wednesday, the commission unanimously rejected the complaint which asked them to investigate the actions of the fake electors and assert that they broke the law.
Wisconsin will have a record six-point-seven-billion dollar positive balance in the state's 2022-2023 general fund for the fourth year in a row. Governor Tony Evers says the state got this positive balance using the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. The GAAP balance increased 40-percent from the four-point-six-billion dollar balance from the 2021-2022 fiscal year. Evers says Wisconsin's long-term debt also decreased by 175-million in the past year - meaning the state paid off more debt than it accrued.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is not issuing any citations for UW Health following a survey and review. State health officials began looking into operations at the hospital system after nurses complained that patient safety was in jeopardy due to high staff turnover. UW Health CEO Doctor Alan Kaplan says DHS conducted a three-day survey earlier this month, reviewing close to ten-thousand documents and interviewing a number of staff members. Kaplan says he has received a DHS report stating the nurses claims were "not substantiated". A spokesperson for the UW Health nurses' union says they have not yet reviewed the report but they are certain that their patient safety concerns have not been addressed.
Minnesota is looking to add more electric vehicle charging stations to the state. The Minnesota Department of Transportation and the federal government want to add 18 charging stations along Interstates 35 and 94. The stations need to be open to the public at all times and can't be located within 50 miles from another station or Alternative Fuel Corridor. Private and public entities are being encouraged to apply to the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program to receive federal funds for electric vehicle charging stations.
Minnesota voters would support a state constitutional amendment to protect abortion and reproductive rights. An online MinnPost-Embold Research poll of more than 15-hundred Minnesotans shows 53-percent would support such an amendment. About 34-percent of those asked said they would oppose such a measure, with 13-percent saying they were unsure. The poll also shows Minnesotans are in favor of an amendment to guarantee equality of rights under the state constitution, with 60-percent supporting such a measure. State lawmakers have previously considered both proposals and are expected to do so again during the next session of the legislature.
The 2024 Minnesota Ice Festival has been canceled due to warmer winter weather. Organizers say warmer temperatures affect the stability of the ice structures and create safety concerns. Meteorologists predict that temperatures will be well above the average for the next week or so. Anyone who purchased tickets for the festival will be automatically refunded.
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