Local-Regional News Feb 26

 

One person is dead after a one vehicle accident Wednesday in the Town of Lincoln. According to the Trempealeau County Sheriff’s Department, deputies responded to a call of an overturned vehicle on Hwy 53 just south of Richter Road on Wednesday morning. First responders arrived and located a deceased male who had been ejected from the vehicle. It appears the crash happened overnight and the driver was the lone occupant of the vehicle. Speed and alcohol were factors in the accident.

No one was hurt after a vehicle struck three parked vehicles in Alma on Tuesday. According to the Buffalo County Sheriff’s Department, 70yr old Steven Donner of Buffalo City was traveling on Main Street in Alma, when he was reaching for food in his vehicle, crossed the center line and struck three parked vehicles. Donner was not hurt in the accident.

An Osseo Man is facing multiple charges after an incident during the Gilmanton Ice Fishing Contest. According to the Buffalo County Sheriff’s Department, deputies responded to the contest after receiving a report of a gun had been stolen from the raffle table. After an investigation is was determined that Timothy Busse had taken the gun. He was arrested in Mondovi and is charged with possession of drug with intent to deliver, possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of THC and Theft.

The Durand City Council is meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include discussion of the upcoming economic development planning session, reports from the mayor and department heads and update on the pool project. Tonights meeting begins at 6:30 at Durand City Hall and will be live streamed on the WRDN Website.

A new baiting and feeding ban will go into effect in Clark County on March 1, after a farm raised deer in Eau Claire County tested positive for CWD. This deer is within 10 miles from the border of both Clark and Jackson Counties.  Eau Claire and Jackson counties already have baiting and feeding bans in place.  State law requires the DNR enact a three-year baiting and feeding ban in counties where CWD has been detected and a two-year ban in counties within a 10-mile radius of a CWD detection.

It's time to get your ice shanty off the lake. The Department of Natural Resources reminds anglers that the deadline to remove their shed from the ice is March 2nd if you're south of Highway 64, and March 16th if you're north of 64. That is the latest date, but warm temperatures and rain have been softening lake ice around the state. If your shanty falls into the water, you're liable for its removal and could face fines from the D N R.

A Western Wisconsin man is dead after a head on crash in Stearns County Minnesota. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, 52yr old James Wilton of Fairchild was driving eastbound in the westbound lanes of Hwy 23 when he hit another vehicle head on. Both Wilton and the other driver, 35yr old Greg Steil of Richmond, MN were killed in the accident.

The La Crosse Parks and Recreation Department along with the Forestry Department, is reminding residents that use trails in the area to be careful of trail conditions. The re-freezing process that we are in makes unpaved trails vulnerable to damage. The Parks and Rec. Department gives the following guidelines: Avoid soft trails. Stay on the paved trails and be patient.

All Joann Fabrics stores are now closing. The company declared bankruptcy last month, and announced store closures earlier in February. But this week, after the company was sold at auction, the buyers announced plans to liquidate all stores and stock. It's unclear how many people will be losing their jobs. Joann has been in operation for over 80 years, but slow sales and staffing troubles forced it into bankruptcy twice in the past year.

The Wisconsin Department of Justice will investigate a fatal shooting Monday night involving a Fond du Lac County sheriff’s deputy. Deputies were sent to a Fond du Lac residence for a person with a felony warrant. After the suspect ignored repeated commands to comply, one of the deputies discharged a non-lethal weapon. The suspect then brought out what deputies believed to be a firearm, leading to a second deputy firing their weapon and striking the suspect, who later died at a hospital. No one else was injured. The deputy who fired their weapon is on administrative assignment while the incident is investigated.

A defendant in the federal Feeding Our Future fraud trial accused of witness tampering is behind bars. Abdinasir Abshir was arrested yesterday and is being held until a hearing on Friday. Authorities say the defendant tried to persuade a witness last week to have a private conversation with him in a bathroom near the courtroom as he waited to testify. The incident caused the judge overseeing the ongoing case to bar other defendants in the case from being on the floor of the courthouse during the trial.

A Wisconsin school administrator is charged in a fatal drunk driving crash. Rebecca Salomon is the associate principal of Cumberland Elementary School in Whitefish Bay. She faces a count of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle for a crash last December in the Town of West Bend. Police said a car driven by the 51-year-old Salomon struck another vehicle after failing to yield at an intersection. The other driver later died at a hospital. A criminal complaint states that Salomon failed field sobriety tests. The Whitefish Bay School District said in an alert to parents that Salomon hasn’t returned to work since the district learned of the incident.

An Elon Musk funded ad in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race includes a glaring mistake. The State Journal reports that the online attack ad from the Musk-funded Building America’s Future group labels Dane County Court Judge Susan Crawford as “wrong for Wisconsin.” But the ad on social media platforms includes a picture of the wrong Susan Crawford - Susan P. Crawford, a Harvard University law professor. Susan M. Crawford, a liberal, is running against conservative Waukesha District Court Judge Brad Schimel for the Supreme Court seat.

A proposal was introduced to a Minnesota Senate committee to require an emergency response plan in all schools throughout Minnesota. This would prevent deaths associated with cardiac arrest. Last session a bill was approved that required the Minnesota Department of Education to mirror plans at the state level, in which schools could use if desired. This new bill would require schools to have written policies on how to respond, where AED's are located and more training. Lawmakers on both sides appear to be interested in this bill, as they could vote on this within the next two months.

A rare Canadian lynx was spotted in Northern Minnesota this past Sunday. Sara Hamilton, owner of the Trail Center Lodge says the lynx was on her deck walking around. The Minnesota D-N-R said they have had fewer than 100 credited sightings of the Canadian Lynx in Minnesota over the last 20 years. The cat is a protected animal in Minnesota and ever since 2000 is federally threatened.