One person was injured in a Motorcycle vs Deer accident near Wabasha yesterday. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, 66yr old David Deering of Minnesota City was traveling southbound on Hwy 61 near milepost 58 when he struck the deer. Deering was severely injured with potential life threatening injuries and taken to Wabasha hospital.
The cash bond amount for a man accused of secretly placing a recording device inside a bathroom at the Menomonie medical office where he worked has been increased. Other staffers at ReforMedicine say they found the device in November -- hidden in a non-public area. Medical Assistant Meng Vang faces 30 felony charges. Friday, in Dunn County, the judge in the case increased the bond for the 49-year-old Vang from ten-thousand to 30-thousand dollars. Vang had posted the ten-thousand dollar bond but now must raise another 20-thousand to leave jail. He's due in court in September.
Clean up continues after severe weather moved through Western Wisconsin on Friday evening. A shed was damaged at Merchants Baseball Field in Osseo along with damage to the roof of the pavilion and other tree damage. The National Weather Service says an EF-0 tornado with winds of up to 80mph was the cause of the storm damage.
Law enforcement officers from the Wabasha police department, Wabasha Sheriff Department, Wabasha Jail, Lake City, recently gathered in the wrestling room at Wabasha-Kellogg High School to complete their annual “Use of Force Training”. The main goal is using as little force as necessary to gain and maintain control of the situation.
This weekend, the lives of three young Girl Scouts and one of their mothers were remembered at Camp Nawakwa. It was eight years ago when the scouts -- Jayna Kelley, Autumn Helgeson, and Haylee Hickle and her mother, Sara Schneider, were killed in a car accident while they were cleaning along the highway. Areas around the camp have since been named in their memories. Camp officials say the memorials will help keep their names alive for future campers.
Rock Creek residents interested in the Lions Club are invited to an informational meeting for a new Lions Club for the Rock Creek Community. The group will be holding an informational meeting on July 14th at 7pm at the Rock Creek Town Hall. The new club will also have a booth at the Rock Falls Offutt Park Celebration on July 4th.
Another Wisconsin community enacts a data center moratorium. The Superior City Council unanimously approved a one-year moratorium last week and referred the matter to the city’s Plan Commission to consider the appropriateness and impact that a data center could have on the community. Mayor Jim Paine said the Plan Commission will begin its work on data centers when commissioners meet in three weeks. Google is building a 1.8 million square foot, $2 billion data center in the nearby Duluth suburb of Hermantown, a project that’s drawn opposition and a pair of lawsuits. In January, Madison enacted a 1-year moratorium on primary data centers larger than 10,000 square feet.
Made
in the USA, and Marshfield. Officials are celebrating the opening of
a new multi-million-dollar Weinbrenner boot factory and retail store.
City Administrator Steve Barg says despite Weinbrenner’s 90-year
history there, it was never given that they would stay in Marshfield,
as the company did due diligence and was getting offers from other
states to lure them away. Barg says Weinbrenner workers have
comfortable working conditions thanks to air conditioning and better
windows. City leaders are considering a housing development for the
former Weinbrenner factory.
A federal judge is ordering the release of the president of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee. Salah Sarsour has been in ICE custody in Indiana since March after federal officials argued he was a foreign policy threat. Sarsour's attorney's argued he was targeted because he spoke out against Israel and for Palestinian rights. A judge issued an order Thursday calling Sarsour "a lawful permanent resident" of the U.S. for more than three decades. The order said that the "mere invocation of foreign relations concerns does not automatically trump First Amendment rights."
Dozens are speaking out against dog testing at the University of Madison - Wisconsin. Protestors gathered at Library Mall on Saturday, many holding signs saying "save the dogs" and "free the animals." One demonstrator told 27 News the protest was meant to keep the momentum rolling after Ridglan Farms sold off all their beagles to animal groups. She mentioned that result came in part from protests increasing pressure on Ridglan Farms, and they hope the same can be done at UW-Madison.
The Republican Chair of the Wisconsin Elections commission wants all remaining ballots from the 2020 presidential election to be destroyed. Speaking on WISN's UPFRONT, Don Millis says pending litigation in Milwaukee County means some 265-thousand ballots could still be viewed, and he wants Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul to step in and hurry up the process. The request comes as FBI agents continue to ask questions about the 2020 election. Similar investigations have been opened in other parts of the country, and Millis worries voters' entire ballots could be viewed and tied to the voter.
A Rochester man who threatened to kill his apartment complex officials as well as himself in facing several criminal offenses. Michael Larsen has been charged with terroristic threats. The incident happened one week ago. After a warrant was issued, officers arrested Larsen and took him into custody.
The new Miss Wisconsin is being crowned in New Berlin. Jordenne Butler was named the pageant winner on Saturday, beating out 30 other competitors. Butler comes from Onalaska in the western part of the state, and she used a jazz dance for talent, as well as her community service initiative to help her take home the Badger State crown. She will compete in the Miss America pageant this September in Florida.
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