One person is dead after a tractor accident in the Town of Ettrick on Saturday. According to the Trempealeau County Sheriff's Department a Mondovi, man was traveling northbound on Hwy S with several other tractors when the driver reached down, the tractor got too close to the ditch and overturned, pinning the man under the tractor. Firefighters were able to get the tractor partially winched off the driver, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The City of Mondovi is looking at making some changes to the Mirror Lake Dam spillway. Mondovi Mayor Brady Weiss says it's something that has been of concern for many years. The city is looking at putting in a concrete trench in the spillway and also making some changes to Mill Street.
A Minnesota man is in custody after a Trempealeau County Sheriff's deputy found 30 pounds of marijuana in his car. The sheriff's office says a deputy stopped and arrested Danny Reynold of New Hope, Minnesota. The traffic stop occurred at around 2 a.m. Saturday on I-94 in the Town of Sumner. Officers also found a pound of meth and some other drug-related items. Reynold is now in jail, and looking at several felony drug charges.
Blues on the Chippewa begins on Thursday at Riverside Park in Durand. Because of the new location, River Drive and parts of 1st Avenue will be closed. Open containers will also be allowed on Main Street and River Drive in the downtown area.
Three people are recovering after a weekend rollover in Eau Claire County. Deputies say the crash happened Friday evening in the Town of Lincoln. The sheriff's office says two of the three people inside the vehicle were ejected during the crash. Investigators say they believe that both alcohol and speed played a role in the crash.
An Eau Claire Deputy City Attorney is now a county judge. Governor Tony Evers appointed Douglas Hoffer to the Eau Claire County Circuit Court Branch Two-seat, which was left open by Judge Michael Schumacher. The former judge resigned in May. Hoffer's last day at the City Attorney's Office will be August 16th, and his term as judge will end next July. Hoffer lives in Eau Claire with his family and graduated from Marquette University Law School.
A woman with dementia is safe after being reported missing in Red Wing. The search for Elena Popa began Friday after she disappeared from her home. She was considered at risk due to the severity of her condition. A social media update posted yesterday by the Red Wing Police Department said Popa had been located but did not share any details about where she was found or her medical condition.
Wisconsin's governor has now pardoned more than 12-hundred people. Governor Evers added to that tally on Friday when he issued 153 new pardons. Most of the people on the list of new pardons were convicted of smaller or drug crimes decades ago, and the governor's office says they have all proven that they learned the errors of their ways. Evers has pardoned the most people in Wisconsin history since he became governor six years ago.
Some libraries and public buildings in Wisconsin are bound to be left out. The state's Department of Administration on Friday said it received 100 applications for some of the 300 million-dollars in Flexible Facility Program money. The cash is supposed to help local governments connect their libraries or other public buildings. The money is some of the last of Wisconsin's coronavirus stimulus cash, and needs to be earmarked by October of this year. That's when the DOA says local governments can expect to see if they made the cut.
Wisconsin is being infested by tree-killing beetles. The state Department of Natural Resources confirmed on Friday that the emerald ash borer has been detected in Burnett County, meaning the infestation has now spread to all 72 counties. The pest is called an emerald ash borer because the green beetle bores its way into ash trees, eventually killing the trees. The department says the insect is expected to kill 99 percent of Wisconsin's white, black, and green ash trees.
Text messages informing people they owe money from using E-ZPass lanes are fake and are not coming from the Minnesota Department of Transportation. MnDOT spokeswoman Anne Meyer says it is a scam. Officials say hundreds of people have called their offices that oversee the express lanes to inquire about the charge. The phony messages, some coming from a 613 area code, started arriving on cell phones earlier this week.
A task force appointed by Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers recommends continued investment in high-speed broadband. Evers says access to reliable high-speed internet is a necessity, not a luxury. Recommendations include efficiently deploying federal broadband funds while sustaining the progress already made toward digital equity. The task force also recommends improving coordination with Tribal Nations and local communities and ensuring access through either federal or state action. Since 2019, the Evers administration has allocated more than $345 million in state and federal funds to expand high-speed internet, including the state’s largest-ever investment in broadband expansion.
The U.S. Secretary of Transportation will visit Wisconsin next week. Pete Buttigieg has scheduled stops in the Green Bay area and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan on Tuesday, and the Milwaukee area on Wednesday. Officials say the secretary will visit those areas with Great Lakes ports that are key to the regional economy. It’s part of a Midwest tour by Buttigieg which a release says will "highlight how investments made possible by President Biden's Investing in America agenda are strengthening rural communities, revitalizing domestic manufacturing, and supporting our national economy."
Army Air Force Staff Sergeant Ralph H. Bode was a tail gunner onboard a B-24H "Liberator", and was lost when his aircraft was shot down while on a bombing mission over Kassel, Germany. In 1951, investigators located the crashed aircraft, scattered bits of clothing, and the bones of multiple service members believed to belong to those on Bode's plane. Last December scientists were able to identify Bode's remains by using anthropological analysis. Army Air Force Sergeant Jack Hohlfield was captured by Japanese forces in 1942 and was one of thousands of American and Filipino troops forced into doing the 65-mile Bataan Death March. He was then held at a POW camp and records show he died in December of 1942 but wasn't accounted for until May of this year, 84 years after his death.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is offering a discount on Endangered Resources license plates. The DNR is celebrating 30 years of Endangered Resources plates, offering a $25 rebate for new purchases now through the end of the year. Sales of the plates have played a critical role in funding DNR conservation work for hundreds of plant and wildlife species listed as endangered, threatened or of special concern. Endangered Species plate sales have also funded creation and upkeep of Wisconsin’s extensive system of State Natural Areas, preserving native ecosystems and special geological features. Visit the DNR website for more information, or to purchase a plate.
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