Pepin County Solid Waste is reminding residents that all Pepin County Collection Sites will be closed on Saturday for the July 4th holiday. The shooting range will also be closed Saturday. The Waubeek Collection site will be closed on Wednesday, July 8 for preparation of new asphalt on the service road.
Pierce County Emergency Management is advising Plum City Residents that the village’s outdoor warning siren is currently out of service. The Village is aware of the issue and is working to have the siren repaired as soon as possible. Residents are reminded to have several ways to receive severe weather warnings including listening to WRDN, NOAA Weather Radio, or using a phone app. Outdoor warning sires are designed to alert people who are outdoors and sould not be your only method of receiving emergency notifications.
Officials are sharing the name of a woman who died after a single-vehicle crash on I-94 East near Eau Claire Monday night. The accident involved a pickup truck that went off the roadway near mile post 64. A female passenger -- since identified as 27-year-old Anna Melicher -- suffered fatal injuries in the accident. The truck's driver -- 28-year-old Cyrus Muehlberg -- was also hurt and has been charged with suspicion of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence.
Bond is being set at 50-thousand dollars for an Eau Claire man accused of secretly recording people in various states of undress. According to reports, the victims -- females aged 9, 17, and 21 -- were recorded through an opening in a set of bedroom window blinds. Jesse Xiong faces charges that include invasion of privacy with a surveillance device.
Law enforcement authorities in Wabasha and Olmsted County plan to increase patrols through September. The effort is part of the 100 Deadliest Days campaign on Minnesota roads. The targeted roadways are Highways 14, 19 and 60. Olmsted County is also warning drivers of increased deadly accidents this year. So far in 2026, there have been ten roadway fatalities in the county, compared to nine for all of 2025. The
In Barron County, bond has been set at half-a-million dollars for a man accused of trying to hire a killer. Prosecutors say Tyler Crotteau was incarcerated at the county jail when he tried to hire a fellow inmate to kill the mother of his child. The man he reportedly tried to hire informed jail officials and Crotteau later confessed. He is charged with solicitation to commit first degree murder.
Authorities
say that more than three dozen dogs were removed from unsafe
conditions at a Jackson County home on Monday. Officers performing a
welfare check at a location in Adams Township convinced the owner to
surrender the animals that are now receiving care from a number of
organizations. No charges have been announced.
Probation for an Onalaska woman convicted after a deadly crash. Megan Urch was driving and reportedly looking at her phone when she hit a pedestrian in September 2024. The victim -- 83-year-old Darlene Wozney -- later died at a local hospital. Urch pleaded guilty earlier this year to a charge of homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle and has now been sentenced to five years of probation.
Wisconsin has been approved for 22-point-six-million dollars in federal disaster assistance following severe storms, tornadoes and flooding in the state. The move comes after communities across the state experienced heavy rainfall and severe weather in April, causing rivers to flood and destroyed homes and businesses. Governor Tony Evers formally requested a federal disaster declaration from President Trump for the damaging storms and floods that same month. Trump posted on Truth Social Tuesday, saying he spoke with Representative Tom Tiffany about the approval. Tiffany says he appreciates "President Trump and his administration for their partnership as we work together to help every affected community recover."
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is accused of trying to cover its tracks after sending personal information to wrong addresses. Officials say notifications were sent out yesterday to affected individuals explaining their information may have been accessed by people who shouldn't have seen it. DHS notified the impacted Wisconsinites when the error was discovered back in April, compiling a list of more than 81-hundred names. Those people have been offered free credit monitoring for one year, and a dedicated call center to have questions answered.
A judge is greenlighting the sale of a former UW-Milwaukee campus in Washington County. The circuit court judge denied a request yesterday by the Washington County Charitable Foundation to block the university's sale to Ozaukee Catholic School. The Foundation sued in March to stop the sale, arguing it has supported students studying at the Washington County campus so long as it is used for public education. The campus has been closed for two years, and officials approved its sale to Ozaukee for three-million dollars last August.
Wisconsin lawmakers are encouraging kids to avoid screens this summer. The Wisconsin Partnership For Kids hosted a kickball game between state legislators and youth players during a local summer camp in Waunakee yesterday. The two sides played each other at Heritage Elementary School. Democratic Rep. Alex Joers told WMTV she hopes the children take more opportunities to get out and socialize, noting what she described as a direct connection between screen time and isolation.
Funding expires for Wisconsin’s Knowles-Nelson land conservation program. During a Tuesday media event at Governor Nelson State Park outside Madison, Democrats pointed the finger at Republicans in the Legislature. Senate Minority Leader Diane Hesselbein (HESSEL-bine) said they attempted to work with Republicans to sustain funding for the program. Republicans and Democrats failed to agree on reauthorization. Hesselbein said that puts future acquisitions in jeopardy and that parcels that come up for sale may be purchased by developers. Republican lawmakers argued that the program which has acquired some 750,000 acres for conservation since 1989 needs greater legislative oversight.
The Marine Corps is declaring a Twin Cities Marine as dead after going missing at sea. Twenty-one-year-old Lance Corporal Armando Ortiz Canseco of Richmond, Minnesota, was reported missing on Thursday morning. He was last seen on the USS Anchorage off the Southern California coast. The Corps says an extensive search and rescue operation ended Friday before shifting to recovery efforts. Ortiz Canseco, one of five siblings and a Richfield High School graduate, enlisted in the Marines in April 2023.
A La Crosse woman is giving thanks to local firefighters who helped to rescue her cat this week. The feline named Garland got stuck Monday after climbing high up into a tree. Members of the La Crosse Fire Department -- who happened to be in the area -- deployed a ladder and came to Garland's rescue. The fire department says it's always rewarding when they can help a neighbor, whether they have two legs or four.
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