A Menomonie man is headed to prison for decades for the sexual assault of a little girl. A judge in Pepin County yesterday sentenced Pedro Perez-Garcia to 25 years in prison. Prosecutors say an 11-year-old girl told police that Perez-Garcia assaulted her several times, starting when she was about six years old. His lawyers say they have new evidence in the case and are asking for a new trial.
A Colfax man has reached a plea deal after being accused of raping a woman. Russell Anderson was charged with second and third-degree sexual assault after authorities said he locked a woman in a camper. She was able to text relatives and they called authorities who arrived on the scene after Anderson had raped her. In Dunn County Court, Anderson pleaded no contest to disorderly conduct and received a 30 day jail sentence and one year of probation. He also entered into a deferred agreement of a guilty plea on a count of third-degree sexual assault. If he does not commit any new crimes in two years and has no contact with the victim the charges will be dismissed.
The Buffalo County Sheriff's Department will have enhanced speed enforcement this weekend. The department will have extra patrols on Hwy 37 and Hwy 10 on Friday and Saturday from 7pm-3am. The extra enforcement is being paid for by a Traffic Safety Grant that the department has received.
The Buffalo County Sheriff's Department has received a $20,000 donation from the owner of Buffalo County Outfitters. The donation will fund the purchase of new rescue tools including advanced GPS devices, thermal imaging cameras, specialized communication gear, K9 equipment, and other essential equipment. These resources will help improve the Sheriff's Department's efforts during search and rescue missions, particularly in challenging terrains and adverse weather conditions.
A Minnesota man faces drug charges after being pulled over with a significant amount of marijuana in his car. Trempealeau County Deputies pulled Danny Renold of New Hope, MN over on Saturday for speeding on I-94. A drug dog alerted on his vehicle, and officers allegedly found 30 pounds of pot inside, along with some meth. The man has not been formally charged but has been referred on numerous felonies.
Candidate for Minnesota's Second Congressional District seat Joe Teirab is getting a prestigious honor. The National Republican Congressional Committee added him to its 2024 Young Guns leadership program. The list will help Teirab to get more access to fundraising, communications, and online strategy. He will be the only challenger to face Democratic incumbent Angie Craig in November. Recently GOP hopeful attorney Tayler Rahm ended his campaign to work as former President Donald Trump's senior adviser in Minnesota. National Republicans have looked at Congresswoman Craig as one of the most vulnerable Democrats in Congress this year. She won her reelection bid in 2020 by a narrow margin against GOP opponent Tyler Kistner.
We're going to get a snapshot of the mental health of Wisconsin's school kids today. The state's Department of Public Instruction will release its Youth Mental Health Data update. DPIU has been tracking the mental health of students for years. Many kids in Wisconsin say they are anxious or nervous, and those feelings got worse during the coronavirus outbreak. Wisconsin's state superintendent says there is a real need to provide more mental health services in the state's schools.
A statewide outbreak of whooping cough has Wisconsin health departments concerned. The Department of Health Services reports there have been 226 cases of the disease so far this year, and state immunization director Dr. Stephanie Schaur tells the Journal Sentinel that's a significant increase over last year. While most of the infections have been in teens, nine of those cases were in infants under 1 year old. Babies that young cannot be immunized and the disease is much rougher on them, sometimes fatally so. D H S recommends everyone check to see if they're immunized, and if not, schedule an immunization with your doctor.
There won't be any changes to absentee voting in Wisconsin. A Door County judge yesterday dismissed a lawsuit that claimed the current absentee voting process breaks Wisconsin's election laws. The suit alleged that voters have to include a physical copy of their absentee ballot request in their absentee ballot envelope. Wisconsin's Elections Commission said the ballot itself is proof of a request, and urged the judge to reject the lawsuit because there is not enough time to change the entire absentee voting process at this point. Today is the first day of absentee voting for the August primary.
A hiker is recovering after falling in Sugar Loaf Park in Winona. First responders were called to the park Sunday afternoon after the fall from the 85-foot-tall rock was reported. The hiker was treated at the scene and then taken to the hospital with serious injuries. The Winona Fire Department did not say what may have caused the fall.
A state committee is studying potential regulation for Artificial Intelligence in Wisconsin. Committee Chair, state Senator Julian Bradley, says he hopes the committee’s work can help alleviate peoples’ fears about AI. The goal is to ensure that AI is used in the right ways so that we're not harming consumers or protecting data. The committee will hold hearings around the state in order to establish “guardrails” for lawmakers to consider when drafting policy.
The group looking for solutions to Wisconsin's sandhill crane population is heading into the wild this week. The Legislative Study Committee on Sandhill Cranes will tour the Horicon Marsh on Thursday. The group is trying to come-up with recommendations about what to do with the birds. Farmers and some homeowners complain that the birds are a nuisance, but environmentalists don't want to see Wisconsin add a hunting season. The tour is one of the group's first acts. They're not expected to have anything for lawmakers to consider until after the new year.
Residents in southern Minnesota will soon get a new area code. The rollout of area code 924 will start on August 30. The change affects new phone lines in the 507 area code region, which includes Mankato, Worthington, and Rochester. and several other communities in southern Minnesota.
Researchers have discovered the site of an 1893 shipwreck in Lake Michigan. The Margaret A. Muir, a 130-foot, three masted schooner built in 1872, was found under just 50 feet of Lake Michigan water off the coast of Northeast Wisconsin. The ship was lost to a fierce gale in September of 1893, and sank only a few miles off the entrance to the Algoma Harbor. It went undetected for more than a century despite hundreds of boats passing over it each fishing season. The Wisconsin Underwater Archeology Association is now working to nominate the site for the National Register of Historic Places.
The Minnesota State Fair will ban birthing cows and newborn calves from the Miracle of Birth Center due to the risk of bird flu. State agricultural industry officials say the move is out of precaution as the virus continues to spread to the dairy cattle industry. The exhibit will continue to showcase dairy cow-calf pairs, but the calves will be weaned and the cows will be dry. In Minnesota, H5N1 infections have been reported among nine dairy herds since June. The most recent was reported on July 17 in Stearns County.
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