A Durand man is dead after a single vehicle accident in Springbrook Township on Saturday. According to the Dunn County Sheriff’s Department, the 36yr old man was traveling southbound on 960th Street and his vehicle had a mechanical failure, causing him to lose control, enter the ditch, roll and struck a tree. The vehicle started on fire but was put out by bystanders. The Dunn County Medical Examiner pronounced the man dead at the scene. His name has not been released.
One person is dead after a head on collision on Hwy 79 in the town of Sherman on Saturday. According to the Dunn County Sheriff’s Department, a pickup truck was traveling southbound on Hwy 79, when a southbound car crossed the center line and struck the truck head on. The driver of the car, a 36yr old female from Boyceville was found entrapped in the vehicle and deceased. The driver of the pickup truck was med-flighted to the hospital. That accident remains under investigation and no names have been released.
The body of a 56yr old man has been located after an incident on the Mississippi River just north of Lake City on Saturday. According to the Goodhue County Sheriffs Department, a 12yr old female was wading in the water alongside the male on a sandbar near Long Point. The girl fell into a deep spot, and was seen in distress by a passing boater and was safely pulled from the water. The man also went underwater and was not found and a search was initiated.
One person was injured in a motorcycle accident in the Town of Mondovi on Sunday. According to the Buffalo County Sheriff’s Department, 47yr old Chao Vang of Bloomington was traveling north on Hwy 88 when he failed to negotiate a curve, left the roadway, went into the ditch and hit a culvert. Vang was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
One person is dead and several others injured after a head on accident on Hwy 12 just east of Fall Creek. According to the Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Department, when deputies arrived they found two vehicles blocking both lanes of traffic. Five people were taken to the hospital where one person died later in the day. The name of the victim has not been released pending notification of family.
The new state budget includes an increase in funding for special education. Durand-Arkansaw Superintendent Ryan Nelson says it was one part of the budget he was happy to see passed. Nelson says that while the increase will help the district, it won’t make any significant changes for the school district’s budget.
La Crosse Police are searching for a young woman who was reported missing on Sunday. Twenty-two-year-old Eliotte Heinz was last seen walking along Front Street South just before 3:30 a.m. yesterday. She is described as a white female standing five-feet-four and weighing 120 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes.
A farm whose journey began around the Lincoln presidency is celebrating 150 years of operation. The Wolfe Family Farm started when Peter Steward settled on the land in 1862. Since then, the farm earned its name and generations passed it down to the younger ones. Don and Bonnie Wolfe own the land today, but his daughter is planning to sell it once she assumes control of the land.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is looking for volunteers to teach hunter education. Outdoor Skills Trainer Kayla Sasse says instructors are needed for both basic and advanced education courses. Since the creation of the hunter ed program in 1967, more than 20,000 volunteers have educated hunters in the state, certifying more than 1 million hunters. More information on volunteering can be found on the DNR's website.
A fifth tornado is confirmed by the National Weather Service. The EF0 tornado traveled on I-90 south of Mauston for a minute with minimal damages reported. It happened during Wednesday's storm through Juneau County. The agency is also tracking a funnel cloud sighting yesterday near Manitowoc. Officials say reports of property and tree damages suggest the funnel may have touched ground -- making it a tornado. It happened at Stone Road, near HWY 10 and I-43.
Starting this week, Wisconsin people getting Social Security Disability Income will also be eligible for unemployment if they qualify. Previously a state law denied unemployment to someone receiving SSDI. A judge ruled against the ban and ordered the state to stop denying the unemployment claims, effective July 20th. The question of whether people can collect back unemployment pay is not decided yet.
The body of a woman found in a crashed vehicle in Nebraska has been identified as a missing Dodgeville woman. The Iowa County Sheriff's Office confirmed Thursday that 67-year-old Dorinda Segebrecht was found dead in the back seat of a car spotted in Lincoln, Nebraska on Wednesday. After Nebraska State Patrol trooper spotted a vehicle connected to Segebrecht that wasn’t being driven by her, a brief pursuit of the vehicle ended with the driver crashing into a creek. The driver, a 23-year-old Dodgeville man, was arrested and jailed. The man faces several charges in Iowa County, including first-degree intentional homicide, burglary while armed and hiding a corpse. Authorities believe the crimes were random.
The second of two girls who nearly killed a classmate to please a fictional character will be released. Waukesha County Judge Scott Wagner has approved a release plan for 22-year-old Morgan Geyser. Then 12-year-old Geyser, along with then 12-year-old Anissa Weier repeatedly stabbed a classmate in 20-14 to please the Slenderman, an internet urban legend. Both were found not competent and sentenced to mental health treatment. Weier previously was allowed release, but Geyser's original release plan was shelved because she would live too close to the victim. The exact details of the new plan have not been released.
Minnesota lawmaker Nicole Mitchell has been convicted of first-degree burglary. The Democratic State Senator was accused of breaking into her stepmother's Detroit Lakes home last year. Defense attorneys argued their client went to the residence only to check on her stepmother because of concerns about her Alzheimer's. Mitchell faces up to 20 years in prison. It's unclear if she will continue to serve in the state Senate, where her party holds a one seat majority.
The Minnesota State Fair is announcing 70 new drink options. Some of the new drink options coming include a pineapple upside-down cake slushy, a frozen espresso martini hard seltzer, a scooby slush, and a caramel corn cream ale brewed by Lift Bridge Brewing Company. The fair takes place August 21st to September 1st at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in Falcon Heights. Admission is 20 dollars for adults, and 18 for seniors and kids five to 12.
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