Two people were injured in a motorcycle accident in Mondovi Township on Saturday. According to the Buffalo County Sheriff's Department, 63yr old Lonnie Averbeck of Winona was traveling northbound on Hwy 88 when he lost control of the motorcycle on a curve. The cycle exited the roadway and Averbeck and passenger 63yr old Karen Palencia of Winona were both ejected. Both were transported to the hospital with significant injuries.
One man was arrested after a truck crashed into some homes in the town of Caledonia Friday night. According to the Trempealeau County Sheriffs Department, 31 yr old Hunter Bordman of Galesville was traveling northbound on Hwy K when he drove off the road, struck a tree, and rolled several times. The truck then hit a cement building at Country Road Estes Trailer Court. Two vehicles and two residences in the trailer court were also damaged. Bordman suffered minor injuries and was arrested for driving while intoxicated. Excessive speed and impaired driving were believed to be contributing factors in the accident.
Fire conditions remain high across the WRDN Listening area due to the dry and windy weather. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has over half of Wisconsin under high fire danger. While the winds will die down today, dry weather is expected for the week in our weather forecast, fire officials are asking people to refrain from burning at this time.
Expect traffic delays on I-94 in Dunn County starting today. Construction crews will start repairing concrete on I-94 between Hwy 25 and Hwy B and drivers can expect lane closures, ramp closures and the rest area will also be closed this week. With the dry weather expected this week expect the projects to be worked on week, with the repairs expected to be completed by Thursday.
A Rochester man has died after a motorcycle crash in Winona County. The county sheriff's office says the man was riding north on Highway 74 near Park Road when his motorcycle ran off the road around 6 p.m. yesterday. The man was later identified as 61-year-old Ross Stensrud. The sheriff's office says alcohol may have been a factor in the crash.
Some folks in the Chippewa Valley are woke-up to their first frost of the season. The National Weather Service issued a Frost Advisory for Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, and St. Croix Counties overnight. Forecasters say temperatures dipped low enough overnight to leave frost behind. The forecast is supposed to warm-up a bit this week, ahead of a cool down for the weekend.
Jury selection is set to begin today in the trial of a man accused of killing a Winona County woman. Adam Fravel was arrested last year after the body of Madeline Kingsbury was found in a field in Fillmore County. He's been charged with multiple counts of murder following the investigation into Kingsbury's death. The trial was moved to Mankato after Fravel's lawyer convinced a judge that his client could not receive a fair trial in Winona County. Jury selection is expected to last three to four days.
This week, the Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear arguments about just how far a governor can go with his veto powers. The liberal majority court is set to hear the challenge to Governor Tony Evers' 400 year school funding veto. The governor used his veto powers to erase some numbers in the current budget and turn a two-year school funding increase into a 400-year school funding increase. The Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce legal fund is arguing that Evers went way beyond what the law allows. The governor's office has defended the move as just part of Wisconsin's board amendatory veto powers.
A new report says Wisconsin's election managers have less wiggle room than election officials in other states. The report from the group Informing Democracy says Wisconsin law sets pretty strict limits on what the state's 18-hundred local election managers can do. That, according to the report, is a safeguard against election vulnerabilities. The report does say about 20-percent of Wisconsin's county clerks have resigned or retired since the 2020 election, but those numbers are not out of line with what other states have seen.
The newest candidate for state superintendent in Wisconsin says he has the backing of the state's largest teachers' union. Jeff Wright, who is the superintendent of Sauk Prairie Schools, on Friday announced that he is running against current State Superintendent Jill Underly. Wright says he has the backing of the Wisconsin Education Association Council Political Action Committee. WEAC is Wisconsin's largest teachers union. Wright says they want to see new leadership for the state's public schools. Wright is Underly's first challenger in the race. Voters will have their say next spring
The Food and Drug Administration is revising a previous egg recall that affects consumers in Wisconsin. The CDC announced the original recall September 6th, but it's now been revised to a class one recall, a commodity that "will cause serious adverse health consequences or death." The first recall issued said 65 people in nine states were sick with salmonella connected to eggs supplied by Milo's Poultry Farms LLC from May 23rd to August 10th. There have been no deaths reported but 24 individuals were hospitalized, according to the CDC. The recalled eggs were delivered to vendors in Wisconsin, as well as Illinois and Michigan.
A judge says Milwaukee's Archdiocese does not have to give Wisconsin's attorney general its abuse settlement records. The judge yesterday denied A-G Josh Kaul's request to examine the records as part of his church sex abuse investigation. The judge said unsealing those records could expose abuse victims, and said the attorney general didn't provide enough 'justification' to open them up. Kaul has been investigating past claims of abuse in the Catholic Church for years. Milwaukee's Archdiocese has said Kaul is targeting them specifically, and the church has not cooperated with the investigation.
A Wisconsin rescue team is back home from North Carolina after helping with recovery efforts following Hurricane Helene. Sixteen members of Wisconsin Task Force One arrived at Volk Field Air National Guard Base on Saturday. The team brought supplies for victims, such as inflatable boats, life jackets, and protective gear. The team manager said if needed, they'll return to North Carolina. According to the last report, the death toll from the storm is 227.
A former band director in Walworth County is charged with a ninth child sexual assault. John Rash worked at East Troy Middle School for 20 years and resigned in 2022. Prosecutors charged him after eight former students say he sexually assaulted them. A ninth former student, now 33-years-old, is also coming forward. Rash is currently out of jail after posting a thousand-dollar bond. He'll be in court on October 21 for the new charge. The trial for the other eight charges starts in December.
Picking up and dropping off air travelers at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is getting a bit easier. The Metropolitan Airports Commission announced yesterday that the new location for doing so is in the Terminal Two Express Lane. It's on the second level of the Airport's Purple Ramp. The news comes as MSP is experiencing an increase in travel demand, including a record of more than 711 thousand passengers in March.
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