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MONROE CO. CRASH; MULTIPLE INJURIES

By Morgan McCarthy | December 30, 2019

Two of the people involved in a head-on collision in Monroe County are dealing with serious injuries. Deputies say four people were hurt in the crash along a county highway in Jefferson Township yesterday. Investigators say it looks like an SUV blew through a stop sign and smashed into another SUV. Both vehicles ended-up in the ditch. The people in the SUV that was hit suffered more serious injuries.

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WI WOMAN AND DAUGHTER REMEMBERED

By Morgan McCarthy | December 30, 2019

Friends are remembering Amy Gannon as a strong businesswoman and a great person. Gannon and her 13-year-old daughter died last week in a helicopter crash in Hawaii. Her husband and son were also in Hawaii, but not on the chopper. Gannon lead the Doyenne Group in Madison, she focused on entrepreneur development. There is no word as to what caused the crash. Gannon’s family is still in Hawaii as they deal with the aftermath of the wreck.

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VOTERS COULD BE FACING RE-REGISTRATION

By Morgan McCarthy | December 30, 2019

More than 200 thousand voters in Wisconsin could soon have to re-register to vote. The Wisconsin Election Commission is set to meet this morning to decide what to do about a judge’s order that would remove 234 thousand-people from the state’s voters rolls because they have either moved or haven’t answered questions about their addresses. The commission initially refused to abide by the judge’s order to remove the voters. Today’s meeting could end with another refusal, or a work-around. There is a legal challenge

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DISHING UP A HELPING HAND AT OUR LOCAL FOOD BANK

By Morgan McCarthy | December 30, 2019

Eau Claire’s food bank says it’s need for volunteers doesn’t end with the holidays. Managers at Feed My People say they see a swell of volunteers around Thanksgiving and Christmas, only to see those volunteers fade away after the holidays. Feed My People’s Nick Bursaw says everything they do at the food bank relies on volunteers, so there is a need year-round. Bursaw says almost anyone can help, and sometimes you can help by working as little as one afternoon

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BUCKY GOES TO DISNEYLAND! …AHEAD OF THE ROSE BOWL

By Morgan McCarthy | December 28, 2019

Badgers coach Paul Chryst trusts his players can maintain balance between enjoying the activities before the game, including a visit to Disneyland on Thursday and the annual Beef Bowl dinner at Lawry’s The Prime Rib, and preparing for ”The Granddaddy of Them All.” Oregon and Wisconsin are taking contrastingapproaches to everything that comes before the Rose Bowl. Ducks coach Mario Cristobal is treating this week as a businesstrip, making sure players got a workout in after arriving in LosAngeles on Christmas Day.

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MAN ARRESTED FOR 11TH OWI IN BAR PARKING LOT

By Morgan McCarthy | December 28, 2019

A Stoughton man is arrested on suspicion of his 11th OWI after a hit-and-run collision.  Police say they were called after 59-year-old Bruce Henningfield allegedly crashed into a parked vehicle on Christmas night, and continued driving to a nearby bar, where he was arrested in the parking lot.  Officers say he showed signs of impairment and booked him into the Dane County jail after charging him with his 11th OWI.

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MAN CHARGED AFTER WI DELLS HATE CRIME

By Morgan McCarthy | December 28, 2019

A Hales Corner man is charged with a hate crime for assaulting another man at Wisconsin Dells.  Bradley Davis reportedly admitted to police that he attacked another man at a bar on Monday night because of his race.  Davis allegedly knocked the victim out with a punch, and continued to kick him once he was unconscious.  Police say Davis told them the he was the victim of a hate crime, and he was afraid of the man he beat up.

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WI LOWER THAN AVERAGE AT PUMP

By Morgan McCarthy | December 27, 2019

The cost for regular gas in Wisconsin is 15-cents-a-gallon lower than the national average.  Triple-A says the price statewide is two-dollars-and-40-cents today, while it’s two-55 across the country.  Drivers in Milwaukee and Janesville are paying the lowest average price at two-33 a gallon.  The highest average price of two-49 is posted in Superior and Pierce-St. Croix County, followed by two-48 in Eau Claire. 

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MAN WHO KILLED 3 LOOKS TO WITHDRAW GUILTY PLEA

By Morgan McCarthy | December 27, 2019

A man who received a 75-year prison sentence for killing three people during an intoxicated-driving incident near Menomonie is set to return to court next month.  You may have seen reports in The Leader-Telegram that Sergei Kundilovski will be in Dunn County Court to ask a judge to withdraw his guilty plea to three counts of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle.  Police say Kundilovski drove the wrong way on I-94 in July of 2017 and hit another vehicle

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VICTIM IDENTIFIED IN CHRISTMAS EVE CRASH

By Morgan McCarthy | December 27, 2019

The Minnesota State Patrol is identifying the victim of a vehicle-versus-pedestrian crash on Christmas Eve in Hokah.  The state patrol says it was Kerrie Jean Hauser, of Hokah, who died in the collision at the intersection of Highways 16 and 44.  Among the other details being provided by authorities: that Hauser was struck by an SUV driven by Brittany Robb of Lewiston, Minnesota, and that alcohol is not an apparent factor in the crash.  But the state patrol isn’t saying

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