One person is dead after a semi-truck vs SUV accident in Spring Brook Township on Wednesday. According to the Dunn County Sheriff's Department, a loaded log truck was traveling eastbound on 240th Aveune, and the SUV was traveling southbound on 710th Street. The SUV did not stop for the stop sign at the intersection of 240th Avenue and was struck by the semi. The 77yr old driver of the SUV was pronounced dead at the scene by the Dunn County Medical Examiners Office. The driver of the semi was not hurt. The name of the deceased driver is not being released at this time.
The Durand Arkansaw School District will make some changes to the co-curricular code of conduct for middle and high school students. Last night the board approved separating the policy for middle school and high school students. Changes include a student would be academically ineligible if they have a single F grade, and 4th quarter grades would determine eligibility for fall sports and activities. Another change would also be that mid-term grades would also be a checkpoint for eligibility.
The City of Mondovi has been notified of a mailing that has been mailed out to people stating it was from the Mondovi City Council asking for donations to the Police Association. This is NOT affiliated with the Mondovi Police Department. Please be cautious when sending donations in the mail. If you suspect a scam, please notify the police department or bring the mailing to City Hall.
One person was injured in a single-vehicle accident in Rock Elm Township on Monday. According to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, 18yr old Mason Zimmerman of Spring Valley was traveling northbound on 110th Street when he went through a stop sign and struck a tree. Zimmerman was transported to Western Wisconsin Health in Baldwin.
A man from Eau Claire was found guilty of wire fraud in federal court. Robert Carter was accused of stealing more than 510-thousand dollars in a fraud scheme that lasted years. The U-S Department of Justice Western District of Wisconsin says Carter provided false documents and gave false information to companies that lease and sell semi trucks in order to obtain property. He later used that property for his own business, Carter Transportation Group. Carter faces 20 years in prison each for two charges. His hearing is scheduled for October.
Another hospital is suing the city of Eau Claire over its property tax bill. Marshfield Clinic this week filed a lawsuit that challenges its million-dollar tax bill. Marshfield says it is exempt from property taxes because it is a hospital, and it is a 'benevolent facility devoted to the care of the sick, injured or disabled.' The Mayo Clinic Health System filed a similar lawsuit against Eau Claire last month, claiming almost the exact same thing. Eau Claire's defense there is that the hospital portion of the hospitals are exempt, but the office space, parking lots, and other pieces of the hospital's property are not.
A former northwestern Wisconsin police officer is headed to prison for a deadly drunk driving crash in Eau Claire. A judge yesterday sentenced Gregory Swanson to five years in prison, and another five years of parole for the deadly wreck back in July of 2022. Investigators say Swanson smashed into the back of an Eau Claire man's car after he broke down along the side of the road in Superior. The man died immediately, his infant son died a few days later. Swanson pleaded guilty in the case back in April.
There won't be any charges from the dust-up between an RNC protester and western Wisconsin's Republican congressman. The Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office yesterday said it won't be filing charges against activist Nour Jaghama. She was arrested Tuesday after Congressman Derrick Van Orden said she assaulted him. Van Orden called it political violence. Code Pink, the group Jaghama belongs to, said it was Van Orden who pushed his way past her and into line. Prosecutors say they watched the body camera footage of what happened, and said they didn't see any 'violation of Wisconsin law.
Wisconsin's governor is joining the lawsuit that seeks to declare a right to abortion in the state. Governor Tony Evers yesterday said he and the state's attorney general are supporting the case from Planned Parenthood that asks the liberal-majority Wisconsin Supreme Court to find a right to abortion in the state's constitution. Evers says he promised voters that he would fight to restore the Roe decision, and says he is making good on that promise. The governor is already supporting the lawsuit from Planned Parenthood to strike down Wisconsin's 1849 law that all-but bans abortions in the state. The state supreme court is also hearing that case, though arguments have not yet been scheduled.
Add this to the list of RNC incidents. Commanders yesterday say a fighter jet had to escort a small plane out of the restricted space above the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. There's no indication that the plane was a threat, but it was in restricted air space. NORAD says an F-35 intercepted the plane about 3:30 yesterday, and escorted it out of the no-fly zone. Logs show the pilot was flying from Indiana to Oshkosh.
This one shouldn't surprise anyone: Most people in Wisconsin want to keep their gas-powered cars. The state's largest business group, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce is out with a new poll that says 59-percent of people in the state opposed a gas-powered car ban. The poll says 22-percent of people support the idea, and another 19-percent aren't sure. No one has introduced a plan to stop gas powered engines in Wisconsin yet. But Republicans at the Wisconsin Capitol are worried enough that it may happen, that they've already tried to pass a ban on gas-powered car bans. That idea, however, hasn't made it past Governor Evers yet.
Wisconsin is among the states with the least financial distress. A new WalletHub report looked at credit scores, the number of deferred payments, and bankruptcy filings between March 2023 and March 2024. Wisconsin was ranked the fifth least financially distressed state and was also in the top five states with the highest change in the average credit score. New Hampshire and Iowa were at first and second for least distress, while Michigan, Texas, and Nevada were the three most financially distressed states.
The American soldier who jumped the border into North Korea is reportedly in plea negotiations with the Army. Travis King, who is from Racine, ran into North Korea last July. He was due to be sent back to the states to be disciplined for a fight in South Korea. King spent almost three months in North Korea. He was due in a military court in Texas for a preliminary hearing yesterday, but military prosecutors say that's been delayed because of the plea talks. King is facing several charges, including desertion.
A federal appeals court is ruling that Minnesota's ban on 18 to 20-year-olds carrying handguns publicly is unconstitutional. The Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals made the decision yesterday. This ruling takes place three years after three gun-rights groups and three young adults sued Minnesota's public safety commissioner and the sheriffs of Douglas, Millie Lacs, and Washington counties. Adults younger than 21 in the state will soon be able to apply for permits to carry handguns in public.
An investigation is underway after the driver of an Excel Energy truck slammed into a Minneapolis business. It happened this afternoon at the Supply Studio, an art store on East Hennepin Avenue. The driver wasn't seriously hurt, and no one inside the building was injured. It's unclear what caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle.
Green Bay may be small, but the Packers aren't poor. The Packers yesterday said they turned a 60-million-dollar profit for the last year. While that is not a small amount of money, CEO Mark Murphy says net profits were down about 12-percent. Almost all of that drop, however, can be blamed on higher player salaries and the depreciation costs at Lambeau Field. The Packers got 402-million-dollars from the NFL's revenue sharing agreement, and another 251-million from local revenues. Murphy says the team remains in a strong financial position.
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