All of the tornadoes from Tuesday night's storms fell in western Wisconsin. The National Weather Service in Minneapolis yesterday confirmed tornadoes in Buffalo, Trempealeau, Marathon, and Clark counties. Forecasters also confirmed a small tornado in eastern Eau Claire County. None of the twisters were very strong, they were all EF1 tornadoes with top wind speeds between 90 and 105 miles-per-hour. There are no reports of any serious injuries from the tornadoes, though Tuesday's storms did plenty of damage.
The Durand City Council has approved moving forward in negotiations with the Durand Rural Fire Department to merge both the City and Rural Fire Departments into a fire district. During last night's council meeting members discussed how over the years both departments have merged services and now was the time to look at creating the fire district. The Council put a July 2025 time limit for negotiations to wrap up and for the fire district to be created.
Two people were injured in a two-vehicle accident in Martell Township on Tuesday. According to the Pierce County Sheriffs Department, 64yr old Dennis Kiefer of Spring Valley was traveling southbound on Hwy 63 when he was struck by another soutbound vehicle driven by 23yr old Dennan Fogarty of Colfax. Kiefer and his passenger, 55yr old Anne Kiefer were taken to Western Wisconsin Health in Baldwin. Fogarty was not injured in the accident.
One person was injured in a two-vehicle accident in Ellsworth Township last Thursday. According to the Pierce County Sheriffs Department, 25yr old Cole Rasmuson of Baldwin was traveling northbound on Hwy 63 when he rear-ended another northbound vehicle driven by 34yr old Elizabeth Wallin of Spring Valley. Rasmuson was taken to Western Wisconsin Health in Baldwin while Wallin was not injured.
Two people were injured in a single-vehicle accident last Thursday in Isabelle Township. According to the Pierce County Sheriffs Department, 73yr old Wolfido Doron of Brooklyn Center, MN was traveling northbound on Hwy 35, when he lost control of the vehicle and entered the ditch. Doron was med-flighted to Regions Hospital, while passenger 77yr old Mara Fe Rosalodo Doron was taken to Mayo Red Wing Hospital.
The man who threatened to shoot up the Chippewa County courthouse is back in the Chippewa County Jail. The sheriff says Harley Alcala was returned to Chippewa Falls this week. He was arrested in Texas after he made threats last year that he was going to shoot up the courthouse because of a custody dispute over his daughter. Alcala is also facing charges in Eau Claire County, the sheriff in Chippewa Falls says they will keep him in their jail until those charges are settled out as well.
A man is under arrest under suspicion of sexually assaulting a minor in a downtown Eau Claire restroom. Police say they got a 9-1-1 call about a man coercing a young person into a portable toilet. Officers say they knocked on the door and Ray C. Jackson came out. They say they saw the child inside. Jackson was arrested Monday, and was in Eau Claire County Court yesterday and charged with second-degree sexual assault of a child under 16, child enticement, and kidnapping.
A retired teacher from St. Croix County has announced he will run for Wisconsin's 10th Senate Seat. On Wednesday, Paul Hambleton announced his candidacy saying that its time for new faces in Madison who are willing to put in the time and effort to accomplish the hard work. District 10 will now include Buffalo, Pepin, Pierce, St. Croix, and parts of Trempealeau and Dunn Counties. Currently, the district is represented by Senator Rob Stafsholt.
The man pulled from the water in Chetek has died. Barron County's Sheriff on Tuesday said the 63-year-old La Crosse man who was found in the water at the Pokegama Lakeside Cantina died. The man was pulled out of the water back on May 11th. No one is saying how the man ended-up in the lake, but investigators say alcohol likely played a role.
Wisconsin is allowing hunters to take 12 elk this year. The state's Department of Natural Resources yesterday announced the quota for this year's elk hunt. The DNR says eight elk bulls can be taken in the Clam Lake Elk Zone, and four bulls can be taken in the new Black River Elk Zone. The DNR says the Ojibwe tribes may claim up to half of the harvest for themselves. There is a lottery for an elk permit in Wisconsin, and hunters can win it just once in their lifetime. The deadline for those permits is the end of the month.
Another funding request from the governor to Republican lawmakers. Governor Tony Evers wants the Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee to release $20 million to assist communities in the redevelopment of closed two-year UW campuses. The Democratic governor signed legislation earlier this year to create a program to award grants of up to $2 million. To date, the UW System has announced the closure of UW-Platteville Richland Center, UW-Oshkosh Fond du Lac, UW-Green Bay Marinette, and UW-Milwaukee campuses at Waukesha and Washington County due to decreased enrollment and limited funding. Evers and finance co-chairs have already deadlocked over releasing funding for PFAs remediation and assisting western Wisconsin communities following hospital and clinic closures.
Nearly half of voters in swing states said they expect violence around November's presidential election. A Bloomberg/Morning Consult poll asked voters in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin how much they trust the election to be free from violence. Forty-nine percent said they either trust there to be "not much" violence or none at all. The poll also found that in a hypothetical matchup between President Biden and former President Trump, swing state voters leaned towards Trump by four points.
UW Milwaukee's chancellor issues an apology over a deal struck with campus protesters. After receiving criticism from Milwaukee’s Jewish community and Universities of Wisconsin president Jay Rothman over an agreement reached to end a two-week-long pro-Palestinian protest, Chancellor Mark Mone (MO-nay) released a statement in which he says, quote “It is clear to me that UWM should not have weighed in on deeply complex geopolitical and historical issues. And for that, I apologize.” Rothman responded to the statement on social media by saying he appreciated that Mone reassessed his approach regarding the protests.
The Mayo Clinic is showing strong revenue growth in the first quarter of this year. The clinic posted its unaudited financial report on Monday. Operating income increased by 143-percent between January and March, rising to 363-million dollars. Total revenue was up nearly 11-percent, rising to more than four-point-seven-billion dollars. Mayo Clinic officials credited the increases to their employees, saying that team members continue to put patient needs first.
Designers are seeking the public's help is the revamping of the Minnesota State Capitol Mall in St. Paul. The Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board released their plan yesterday with a request for feedback. The goal is to make the Capitol Mall more welcoming for visitors. The CAAPB is asking Minnesotans to visit the project website and provide feedback before August 20. It's mn-capitol-mall-dot-engage-dot-sasaki-dot-com.
Northwoods hospitals are once again ready to save people from their own fishing tackle. W X P R in Rhinelander reports Howard Young Medical Center in Woodruff and Aspirus Eagle River Hospital make a display of every fish hook, spoon and musky lure they remove from patients. They call it their People Catchers' Club. Hospital staff say the displays help ease people's fears and shame at seeing they aren't alone in having a bad day on the water. The collections first started in 1993.
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