CLEAR LAKE — A 32-year-old Glenwood City man is in the Polk County Jail for allegedly trying to kill a 77-year-old rural Clear Lake man Friday evening. According to a press release from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, on Friday, September 25, at 6:09 p.m. deputies responded to a rural Clear Lake address for an…
Read MoreMADISON – Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Ramon Howard, 37, Portage, Wisconsin, was sentenced Friday, September 18, by U.S. District Judge William Conley to nine years in federal prison for three bank robberies. Howard pleaded guilty to these charges on June 25, 2020. Over the…
Read MoreMADISON – United States Attorney Scott C. Blader announced on September 23, 2020 that two individuals have been charged with attempting to damage and destroy by means of fire two commercial buildings during the civil unrest that occurred in Madison, Wisconsin on August 25, 2020. Anessa Fierro, 27, and Willie Johnson, 45, both of Madison,…
Read MoreThe Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) and the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory confirmed that a Dunn County horse tested positive for Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). It is the state’s first confirmed equine case of EEE this year. The unvaccinated crossbred mare was approximately 10 years old and was euthanized due to…
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BOYCEVILLE — A single-vehicle rollover along State Highway 170 on Friday evening, September 25 near Boyceville, has injured two people including one seriously. A male occupant, who suffered life-threatening injuries after being ejected during the crash, was air lifted from the scene by a Life Link III helicopter. The other occupant, also male, was taken…
Read MoreJoan Malcean reported to us on Tuesday morning that their pro-life “Babies Lives Matter” sign on their property along County Highway D in Baldwin Township was destroyed during the night. She indicated that the county sheriff’s department is investigating the incident.
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A two-car collision occurred Saturday afternoon, September 19 on State Road 128 in Cady Township near the Wilson Kwik Trip. No details of the accident were available at press time. The Spring Valley and United Fire Departments along with Baldwin EMS and the Wisconsin State Patrol and the St. Croix County Sheriff’s Office responded to…
Read MoreUpdated Information September 22, 2020: The driver of the vehicle involved in the crash has died do to injuries sustained in the crash. The driver was identified as Alysha Hellekson, age 25 from Menomonie, WI. On Thursday, September 17, 2020, about 11:54 a.m. the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office, Menomonie Fire and Ambulance along with Mayo …
Read MoreIn cooperation with local businesses, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources staff will collect deer heads for chronic wasting disease (CWD) testing during the 2020 archery, crossbow and gun hunting seasons. The health of the deer herd relies on commitment from hunters. Managing CWD begins with knowing where the disease exists on the landscape, and having…
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University of Wisconsin System President Tommy Thompson issued this statement on Friday, September 18: “Today’s announcement by UW-River Falls Chancellor Connie Foster to suspend in-person classes for two weeks while imposing shelter-in-place within its campus community will curtail the COVID-19 case increases we have identified on the campus. Moving to online course delivery for a…
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