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On September 28, 2022, at approximately 8:10 PM , the Dunn County Communication Center received a call of a 4 year old child that was struck by a skid steer in the Town of Peru, Dunn County. The Dunn County Sheriff’s Office along with Dunn County First Responders, The Pepin County Sheriff’s Office, Durand Fire and Durand ambulance all responded to the scene. Life Link helicopter also responded. The responding units provided medical care at the scene but the 4

The suspect in the murder of two Shawano County brothers is expected to plead guilty by the end of the week.  Prosecutors in Johnson County, Missouri say Garland Nelson has agreed to plead guilty to killing Nicholas and Justin Diemel after a cattle deal back in 2019.  Investigators say Garland killed the brothers, then either burned or hid their bodies.  The Diemel brothers were missing for weeks.  Garland had been facing the death penalty in the case, his guilty plea

An electric fire truck, Jolly Good soda, and a massive rope shovel are up for this year’s title of Coolest Things Made in Wisconsin.   Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce unveiled this list yesterday.  It includes 16 things. The contest has become very popular as it highlights all of the things, from the small to the huge, that are made in the state.  This is the seventh year that WMC has asked people to vote on the Coolest Things Made in Wisconsin.  Last year’s winner

The University of Wisconsin is part of an ever-shrinking club in the Big Ten. Penn State yesterday said it will begin selling beer to fans at football games. That means Wisconsin is now just one of five Big Ten teams that don’t. The others are Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska, and Northwestern. Badger fans will have to wait to get a Happy Valley beer, Penn State is not on the schedule this year.

Generac is waiting to move into Florida once Hurricane Ian moves on.  The company sent a team from southeast Wisconsin down to the hurricane zone yesterday.  They are bringing with them all manner of parts and pieces for people whose generators may have been swamped or damaged by the storm.  The idea is to get power back for some people who got hit by the storm.  The team will stay in Georgia until it knows where it needs to go.

The man accused of killing six and injuring 60 others during last year’s Waukesha Christmas Parade will represent himself at his trial.  A judge yesterday signed-off on Darrell Brooks Jr. acting as his own lawyer.  Brooks originally planned an insanity defense, but later changed his mind.  The judge in the case yesterday said there’s no evidence that Brooks is mentally incapable of acting as his own lawyer, though she says it may be very difficult for him. Brooks’ trial is

Police in Black River Falls are turning to the public to help find whoever vandalized a brand new school there.  Investigators yesterday say they have several suspects for the damage at the Forrest Street Elementary building, they’re now looking for evidence on social media that will tie the suspects to the crime.  Police say someone broke into the school just before it opened last month, sprayed fire extinguisher foam all over the walls and the inside of the recently built

There is a desperate need for blood in Chippewa County.  The county’s health department yesterday said The Red Cross is looking to fill its blood bank.  The Red Cross is sending blood to Florida to help with the hurricane relief effort.  Here in the Chippewa Valley that means they are looking for people with Type O blood.  There is a blood drive tomorrow at the county courthouse.

Wisconsin’s public health managers have a new website to track monkeypox cases in the state.  The Department of Health Services launched the new site yesterday.  Wisconsin saw its monkeypox cases peak back in early August, since then cases have fallen to just two last week.  In all, Wisconsin has seen 75 monkeypox cases.

 A new report shows Wisconsin’s governor election is the most expensive in the U.S.  This month’s campaign finance report shows Governor Tony Evers raised over four-and-a-half-million dollars between July 26th and August 31st.  Republican challenger Tim Michels raised over five-point-four-million dollars, five-million of which he contributed himself.  AdImpact Politics says the two have spent a combined 55-million dollars on their campaigns.