Two people were arrested after a pursuit in Buffalo, Wabasha,, and Pepin Counties on Thursday. According to the Buffalo County Sheriff's Department, deputies attempted to pull over 32yr old Jonathon Olson of Ellsworth on Hwy 25 in the town of Nelson Thursday night when Olson failed to stop. Olson Continued into Minnesota. He then came back to Wisconsin when a Pepin County Sheriff's Deputy was able to deploy spike strips and disable the vehicle near the intersection of Hwy V and Johnson Hill Road. Olson fled but was apprehended an hour later near Spring Creek Road in the town of Maxville. A passenger in the vehicle, 26yr old Christina Fetzner of Nelson was arrested and has had charges of obstructing law enforcement officers during the search for Olson. He has been charged with fleeing an officer, possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine, possession of thc, possession of drug paraphernalia, and driving after revocation.
A Lake Hallie woman is looking at attempted homicide charges after police say they found her boyfriend covered in blood in her shower. Police in Lake Hallie say they got a call about noon on Christmas Eve, and found a 56-year-old man who said he's been stabbed in the eye and beaten with a baseball bat. Officers arrested his girlfriend, 55-year-old Laura Feala. Police say the man had been stabbed at least 15 times. He was rushed to the hospital in critical, but stable condition.
The first child death from RSV in Wisconsin this season is confirmed. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says the virus is spreading rapidly among children under five, and influenza is spreading rapidly among school-age children right now. Covid is also spreading in Wisconsin with a 47-percent increase in hospitalizations in the Madison area this past week according to the Centers for Disease Control. There's no increase in the Eau Claire region and a drop in hospitalizations in the La Crosse and Milwaukee regions.
One person is dead after a one-vehicle accident in St. Croix County on Saturday. According to the St. Croix County Sheriff's Department, 58yr old Lavonne Hampton of Baldwin was traveling westbound on 90th Avenue Saturday night, when she lost control of the vehicle, entered the ditch and rolled over. Hampton was pronounced dead at the scene.
An Eau Claire firefighter is expected to be okay after a house fire yesterday. The fire department says the firefighter was slightly injured while fighting the fire at a house on Arlene Place. The firefighter was not taken to the hospital. No one else was injured, but the house was damaged. The cause of the fire is under investigation
Shane Helmbrecht will have to wait til February to see if he will go to trial. A judge last week ordered Helmbrecht's latest competency hearing be pushed back. Helmbrecht was originally found unfit for trial in the 2016 death of his neighbor. He was sentenced to a state mental hospital, but then left a halfway house earlier this year and fled to Mexico. He's back in Eau Claire, and prosecutors are considering filing charges once again.
Firefighters in Sparta say a house fire on Saturday killed two dogs and three cats. The fire happened Saturday afternoon. The people who own the home came home to find the fire and they called 911. Fire investigators say the fire started in the kitchen, but they don't know how it started. No people were hurt in the fire.
It's prison time for a former Metropolis Resort employee on child pornography charges. A judge on Thursday sentenced Brent Nicole to three years in prison after investigators found nearly 12 hundred child pornography images on his computer. They also found hundreds of images of women's butts that Nicolet took at local shopping centers and some that he took of his co-workers at Metropolis. After his prison stint, Nicolet will spend three years on probation and have to register as a sex offender.
The lack of snow means more than just a non-white Christmas. Wisconsin's snowmobile trails have yet to open because of a lack of snow across the state. Trail organizers say they need several inches of snow to safely open. Forecasters say most of the state will be too warm for significant amounts of snow for at least the next week or so.
Santa didn't leave any winning Powerball tickets in anyone's stockings this year. The lottery says no one won last night's 638 million-dollar grand prize. That means the jackpot will grow to at least 685 million for Wednesday's drawing. Someone in California, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania did win a million-dollars from last night's drawing. The winning numbers, in case you won something, were 5, 12, 20, 24 and 29 with a Powerball number of 4.
Olmsted County is taking steps to enhance health and mental well-being through a new online platform. The recently launched site is run as part of a partnership with CredibleMind, which identifies local resources and provides content on health-related subjects. The new platform is being funded by money allocated to the county as part of a nationwide settlement related to the opioid crisis. The site can be viewed at olmsted-county-dot-credible-mind-dot-com.
The Salvation Army is thanking the Rochester community for helping their final push to meet this year's fundraising goal. The organization had asked the community to donate during the last two days of this year's Red Kettle Campaign because the Mayo Clinic planned to match all donations up to 100-thousand dollars. The Salvation Army announced Saturday night that the public had donated more than 139-thousand dollars on Friday and Saturday. That will increase to over 239-thousand with the Mayo Clinic's matching funds. The organization called the generosity of the community "inspiring" in a statement, saying the money donated will go to programs that help families in need in the area.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is ruling the state's legislative maps are unconstitutional. The current maps were drawn up by Republicans and are criticized as being among the most gerrymandered in the US. Democratic attorneys argued the layout violates the state's requirement that districts be contiguous. On Friday, the court ordered lawmakers to draw new maps for the 2024 elections.
Minnesota's attorney general is banning a charity from operating in the state. Attorney General Keith Ellison says his office filed an assurance of discontinuance against Kids Wish Network, preventing the organization from soliciting donations in the state for the next five years. The Florida-based organization says its mission is to grant wishes to children who are ill, but CNN reported that most of the money the organization spends goes towards companies that are hired to drum up more donations. Ellison alleges that Kids Wish Network violated Minnesota law by claiming the funds went towards granting wishes.
A proposal at the state capitol would ban anyone 75-years-old or older from becoming a state judge or state supreme court justice. Senate Bill 569 would apply both to judges running for election as well as judicial appointments. A companion bill already passed in the Wisconsin State Assembly. The law would not affect federal judges.
Minnesota is continuing to see job growth. The state's Department of Employment and Economic Development says Minnesota gained more than nine-thousand jobs from October to November, and the unemployment rate dropped a tenth of a percentage point. The sectors that gained the most jobs include education and health services and trade, transportation and utilities. This is the fifth month in a row that the state has seen job growth.
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is giving tips about properly disposing of holiday greenery. The agency says holiday trees, plants, and wreaths shouldn't be used for compost, as they could spread disease and invasive species. Trees should left at the curbside for collection or taken to a designated drop-off site. Wreaths and other decorative items can be dropped in the trash. The agency says some items can be burned, but that it should only be done as a last resort.
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