A three-car crash in Buffalo County sent two people to the hospital on Saturday. According to the Buffalo County Sheriff's Department, 67yr old Keith Koenig of Alma was traveling southbound on Hwy 35 near Beach Harbor Road when he was rear-ended by a vehicle driven by 50yr old Jeremy Hulberg of Durand. Koening's vehicle traveled into the northbound lane of Hwy 35 and struck a northbound vehicle driven by 19yr old Grace Kennedy of Le Roy, MN. Both Koening and Kennedy were med-flighted to the hospital while Hulberg refused transport. That accident remains under investigation. Hwy 35 was closed for about 4hrs due to the accident.
Two people were injured in a motorcycle accident in Milton Township on Saturday. According to the Buffalo County Sheriffs Department, 57yr old James Lejk of Winona was traveling northbound on Hwy 35 and was turning right onto Hwy 88 when he lost control of the motorcycle and crashed. Lejk and 55yr old Robin Lejk were transported to the hospital with minor injuries.
Add two more tornadoes to Wisconsin's tally for 2024. The National Weather Service late last week confirmed two tornadoes in western Wisconsin from last week's storms. The first tornado was an EF-0, and touched down about three miles west of Beldenville in Pierce County. The second tornado touched down near I-94, close to Wilson in eastern St. Croix County. It was also an EF-0. Forecasters say there were some downed trees and other minor damage from the tornadoes. There were no injuries.
We are waiting for an update on a Thursday murder in Eau Claire. Officers say they found 56-year-old Michelle Jenkins Thursday night in a home near downtown. She'd been shot several times. No one is saying just when she was shot, or why. Eau Claire Police say they were called for a welfare check. There's also no word on a suspect in the case.
You can continue to swim at Eau Claire's beaches, but the health department says you are on your own. The city/county health department said over the weekend that it is ending its beach water testing program for the year. That means no more tests for bacteria and/or blue green algae. As of the last test, on Friday, all seven of Eau Claire County's beaches passed their tests with flying colors.
One person was arrested over the weekend after a shooting in La Crosse. According to La Crosse Police, officers responded to a shots fired call in the 200 block of George Street on Sunday afternoon. Investigators believe that an altercation happened between three people and one person was shot in the incident. On Monday, 34-year-old Ryder Ott turned himself in and was charged with attempted 1st-degree intentional homicide and possession of a firearm by a felon. He is currently being held in the La Crosse County Jail. The victim is currently hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
Adam Fravel will be back in court in Winona County today. Lawyers are expected to argue several motions today, including one that would not allow witnesses to be in the courtroom during Fravel's trial. Fravel is accused of killing Madeline Kingsbury, a woman who disappeared from Winona last year and was found dead weeks later in Fillmore County. Fravel's trial will be held in Mankato next month.
President Biden is set to travel to western Wisconsin. The White House yesterday confirmed that the president will be making a campaign stop in Westby, near La Crosse on Thursday. It is Biden's first Wisconsin visit since he dropped out of the race about a month ago. It's the second presidential visit to the La Crosse area in two weeks. Former President Trump was in La Crosse last week to host a town hall meeting.
Wisconsin lawmakers will hear from farmers this week as they continue to try and figure out what to do about the state's sandhill cranes. The Legislative Study Committee on Sandhill Cranes will meet at the Capitol tomorrow. The head of Wisconsin Corn Growers Association will be one of the people testifying in front of the committee. The hope is to come up with a strategy for lawmakers to vote on sometime next year.
Northern Wisconsin's wild rice crop harvest is below average this year. The Department of Natural Resources says a mild winter last year and heavy storms in mid-June appear to have set back wild rice production this year in the northern part of the state. Wild rice harvesting is open to all Wisconsin residents and provides an opportunity to forage a highly nutritious food source unique to the upper Midwest. The decline in wild rice production has been a notable trend over recent decades. Scientists cite the impacts of climate change as a widespread stressor on the wild rice population. Wild rice maturity typically ranges from late August through mid-September across the state and varies by waterbody and rice bed.
There is a plan to possibly spin-off UW-Madison. The Legislative Study Committee looking into the university on Friday listened to a proposal to move UW-Madison out of the UW System. The idea, supporters say, is to allow UW-Madison to continue to grow and do what it does best while trying to find a solution for the other UW schools. Some committee members say UW-Madison has needs and challenges that none of the other UW schools have. This is not the first time this has been pitched. Former Governor Scott Walker suggested the same typing, but ultimately couldn't find enough support for it.
A Madison man is heading to prison for lying about a PPP loan. A judge on Friday sentenced 36-year-old Eric Upchurch to over two years in prison. Prosecutors say he forged tax documents to steal 400-thousand-dollars in Paycheck Protection loans. He told the federal government he had several employees in his various businesses, but he never employed anyone but himself. The prosecution said Upchurch laundered some of the ill-gotten money by buying Bitcoin.
A Rochester man is dead following a motorcycle crash in Fillmore County. The Minnesota State Patrol says 81-year-old Noel Alan Ludke was riding east on Highway 30 on Saturday when his bike left the road and crashed into a ditch. He died from injuries received in the crash, which is still being investigated.
Bear hunters in Wisconsin are applauding the new audit of Wisconsin's fish and wildlife fund. State lawmakers ordered the audit last week. The idea, they say, is to make sure that the money Wisconsin's hunters and fishermen pay for hunting and fishing licenses is being used to pay for hunting and fishing programs. The Bear Hunters' Carl Schoettel says outdoorsmen want transparency and accountability if something is wrong.
More than 400 cases of salmonella across the country have been linked to backyard poultry. The CDC reported last week that more than a hundred people have been hospitalized. Texas and Missouri have the most cases, followed by Minnesota, Washington, Michigan, and Oklahoma. Nearly 70 percent of those who got sick said they had contact with backyard poultry. Salmonella is a bacteria that can lead to diarrhea, fever, and stomach pain.
A guild that oversees more than a dozen public charter schools in Minnesota has ordered the closure of an Olmsted County high school. The guild announced this week that Rosa Parks Charter High School near Rochester will close on October 10th. The decision came several months after the guild received complaints about the school, including poor staffing and violations of policy. The school must now come up with a closure plan and work with affected families to transfer students to new schools.
A Minnesota native has earned a gold medal in swimming at the Paralympics in Paris. Mallory Weggemann won the women's 200-meter individual relay medley final over the weekend. She also won gold in the same event at the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021. It was also her first medal since becoming a mom nearly a year-and-a-half ago. The Eagan native will be in the pool again on Thursday to compete in the 50-meter freestyle.
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