A Boyceville man is dead after a two-vehicle head-on collision in Dunn County Sunday. According to the Wisconsin State Patrol, a 56yr old Chetek woman was traveling southbound in a pickup truck on Hwy 25 near Northline Road, when she pulled out into the northbound lane to pass and hit a passenger car driven by a 57yr old Boyceville man. The man was killed in the accident while while the woman was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries. The Wisconsin State Patrol continues to investigate that accident.
Eau Claire and the Chippewa Valley are looking at an up-and-down week of weather. Forecasters say folks will see highs in the 60s today and tomorrow, followed by a dip into the 20s on Wednesday. Temperatures then rebound, and forecasters say the Chippewa Valley will be back above 60 by Saturday. Wednesday's cold snap could mean some snow or a wintry mix for western Wisconsin. The same weather system will mean rain and thunderstorms for folks in southern Wisconsin.
Firefighters from Wheaton responded to a brush fire just off of Hwy F and Hwy 29 on Saturday. When firefighters arrived they found the fire burning across a field and wooded area with a barn and outbuilding nearby. Approximately 10 acres burned in the fire, and no one was injured. Fire officials say the fire started when the property owner started a brush pile on fire. Both buildings were not damaged by the blaze.
Home sales in Western Wisconsin were nearly 8% lower in January compared to last year. According to the Wisconsin Realtors Association, home sales in Pepin County in January were 3, Pierce County 9, Buffalo County 10, and Dunn County had 32 homes sold. The median price for a home in Western Wisconsin in January was $265000. Meanwhile, statewide home sales were up by nearly 10 % compared to last year. Experts say the lead cause is baby boomers putting their house on the market and millennials looking to move in.
The Wisconsin Crime Alert Network is issuing an alert for a scam involving two men attempting to sell candy bars in Western Wisconsin. The two men were recently seen attempting to sell $10 candy bars to help the Boys and Girls Club in Chicago and the Building Brighter Futures organization. Both groups say they do not know of either man, one of whom was identified as Chriss Jefferson of Illinois.
There is another gaping hole in downtown Tomah. Firefighters say a Friday night fire destroyed a candle shop in the city's downtown. No one was hurt in the fire at the Sassy Girl Aroma store, but the fire did destroy the building. Firefighters from Tomah, Oakdale, Fort McCoy, and Volk Field and 8 other departments were all called-in to fight the fire. It took 88 firefighters and 9 hours to contain the blaze. No one is guessing at a cause as of yet. The fire at the Sassy Girl store comes just three months after another fire destroyed a Chinese restaurant in downtown Tomah.
La Crosse is losing one of its Mississippi riverboats. The American Queen last week announced that it is closing, and ending all operations. La Crosse was one of the destinations for the Queen, and tourism officials say the boat will be missed. A.J. Frels with Explore La Crosse says the boats brought a lot of visitors, and he said there will be a ripple effect. No one is saying just why the Queen shut down. No one is saying what will happen with the boat, or with anyone who may have booked reservations for next summer.
The plans to get tougher on human trafficking in Wisconsin will take another step forward this week. A senate committee is set to vote on the proposals from The Speaker's Task Force on Human Trafficking. Those include more training for everyone from teachers to hotel workers on how to spot the signs of human trafficking. There's also a plan to create a new Human Trafficking Council for Wisconsin. The State Assembly already approved the plans.
Authorities are continuing to search for a missing Manitowoc County boy who hasn't been seen since last Tuesday. No one is willing to give up on the search for three-year-old Elijah Vue. His mother and her boyfriend were in court on Friday, they were ordered held on child neglect charges. Prosecutors have not filed any other charges at this point. Last week, the FBI joined the search and was spotted searching through a nearby landfill. Elijah's pictures are online, and searchers are asking anyone who may know anything to please speak up.
This is National Flood Safety Awareness Week, and Wisconsin Emergency Management wants you to be sure you're prepared for a flood. Spokesperson Andrew Beckett says you can find out if your home is at risk with information from FEMA. Beckett reminds you that most homeowners insurance policies do not cover flooding, so it's important to get that separately if your home is in a flood-prone area. The National Weather Service is not expecting widespread spring flooding this year in Western Wisconsin due to the lack of snow cover.
In an agreement to settle a lawsuit, Assembly leaders have admitted former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman violated public records laws while probing the 2020 election. Liberal watchdog American Oversight filed the lawsuit after Gableman said he would routinely delete records during a different hearing. Gableman cost taxpayers two-and-a-half-million dollars during the investigation. He threatened to jail election and city officials who refused to be interviewed. He did however allegedly refuse to cave in when pressure came from President Trump and state allies to decertify the election results. No evidence was discovered that would put President Biden's victory into question.
A man from Minnesota is found guilty of a 2005 sexual assault on a Madison bike path. Addison Yang of Eagan, Minnesota, was found guilty on three counts tied to the assault. He assaulted the victim after using a knife to threaten her. Yang was found as a suspect through DNA collected on the victim's sexual assault examination kit.
An ethics commission in Wisconsin is recommending felony charges against one of Donald Trump's fundraising committees and several local Republicans. The Wisconsin Ethics Commission says there's probable cause Trump's Save America committee and several state and local Republican officials schemed to evade campaign finance limits in the 2022 primary race between Trump ally Adam Steen and Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos. The commission recommended local district attorneys investigate and bring charges against those involved.
UnitedHealth Group officials say one of their subsidiaries was hit this week by a cyberattack. The healthcare company said it isolated the affected information technology systems and contained and remedied the problem. UnitedHealth Group did not mention the functions of the affected systems. But Rhode Island-based CVS Health said some of its business operations were affected by the network interruption. CVS Health officials say there was no sign that its systems had been compromised
The number of Wisconsin residents who have received speeding tickets is nearly double the national average. A new report from the insurance comparison shopping website Insurify reports that the Badger State and Ohio each have 7.8% of its drivers reporting at least one speeding violation on their record. Both states are surpassed by only North Dakota at 8.7%. The national average is 4.1%. The website adds that the Wisconsin State Patrol issued 1,100 speeding tickets in 2022 for going more than 100 miles per hour, up from 583 in 2019.
The Wisconsin Beef Council is accepting nominations for their inaugural Wisconsin’s Best Burger Contest. The contest is designed to seek out and promote 100% beef burgers prepared in Wisconsin restaurants. Individuals may nominate their favorite beef burger from a Wisconsin restaurant (one nomination per person) on the Wisconsin Beef Council website at https://www.beeftips.com/events/best-burger-contest. Nominations will be accepted beginning Monday, February 26 through midnight on Sunday, March 24, 2024.
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