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    June 19, 2013
    UPDATE: Prescott bridge reopens after rollover
    PRESCOTT -- A rollover accident on the Hwy. 10 bridge at Prescott temporarily closed the highway as police and emergency personnel assisted a woman injured in the crash. Authorities were notified of the accident, said to be just onto the Minnesota side of the crossing, at about 7:50...
    news / accidentsJune 19, 2013 - 8:01am
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    June 18, 2013
    Letter from Sen. Vinehout: The "Eat Dessert First" budget
    "I love to eat dessert first," the Prescott man said as he munched on cake. He smiled and said, "The problem is you don't have room for the good things you need to eat." The first course of dessert in the state budget is a tax cut for about seventy five percent of tax filers.
    news / government / politicsJune 18, 2013 - 3:44pm
    Morning State News Briefs: State maple syrup harvest largest in 21 years
    Wisconsin's maple syrup harvest for this spring is the biggest in at least 21 years. The USDA said today that the Badger State made 265-thousand gallons of syrup this year. That's five times as much as a year ago, when an early spring cut the sap season short. Officials said this...
    newsJune 18, 2013 - 11:26am
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    State Government and Political Round-up: Assembly takes up budget today
    MADISON - Republican leaders are still confident that the current version of the new budget is basically the one that will pass both houses this week. The state Assembly is scheduled to start debating the two-year, $68-billion package of spending and new policies. They're expected...
    news / governmentJune 18, 2013 - 11:14am
    Western Wisconsin News Briefs: Body pulled from Chippewa River
    EAU CLAIRE - A body was pulled yesterday from the Chippewa River in Eau Claire. Police said canoeists spotted what appeared to be a body near the Short Street Bridge around 5:50 p.m. Fire Department rescuers launched a boat, and recovered the body about 40 minutes later about a...
    newsJune 18, 2013 - 11:09am
    Menard sued for sexual harassment in Indiana
    EAU CLAIRE - A former business partner is suing Eau Claire billionaire John Menard. Tomisue Hilbert claims that the home improvement magnate pressured her for sex, and later retaliated by firing her husband and filing suits against them and their friends. The 43-year-old Hilbert...
    business / newsJune 18, 2013 - 11:01am
    Minnesota News Briefs: Man hit by shrapnel at bachelor party dies
    RUSHFORD, Minn. - A man died after he was accidentally hit by shrapnel during a bachelor-bachelorette party in southeastern Minnesota.
    newsJune 18, 2013 - 10:51am
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    St. Paul market raided for bad drugs
    ST. PAUL - A St. Paul market was raided after several people became ill after using drugs purchased there, and Ramsey County Sheriff's officials say one of the overdoses was fatal. The investigation began after the sheriff's department received a tip that two people were selling...
    news / healthJune 18, 2013 - 10:48am
    June 17, 2013
    State News Roundup: Miss Connecticut named Miss USA
    Neither of Wisconsin's two candidates made the Top-15 at the Miss USA Pageant in Las Vegas. Christine Zamora of Greenfield represented Wisconsin...
    newsJune 17, 2013 - 9:59am
    Boat traffic on the St. Croix River blocked this morning
    Boat traffic on the Saint Croix River is being blocked this morning, until a broken cable can be fixed on the Stillwater Lift Bridge between Houlton Wisconsin and Stillwater Minnesota. D-O-T officials in the Gopher State said the cable snapped around eight last night, while the bridge...
    newsJune 17, 2013 - 9:52am
    Soldier known for fight against cancer dies
    ROSEMOUNT, Minn. -- Lt. Col. Mark Weber, the Rosemount soldier who became an inspiration to many as he battled terminal cancer for nearly three years, died shortly after 4 p.m. Thursday, according to a post on his Caringbridge site. According to the post, he died at home surrounded...
    newsJune 17, 2013 - 9:49am
    Minnesota News Roundup: Son of accused Nazi denies allegations
    MINNEAPOLIS -- An Associated Press report identified a Minneapolis man as the commander of a Nazi-led military unit from World War II, and 94-year-old...
    newsJune 17, 2013 - 9:42am
    Government and Political Roundup: Full legislature to debate budget tomorow
    The full Wisconsin Legislature will start acting on the new state budget tomorrow. In a different tactic from recent years, the G-O-P majority wants to make as few changes as possible. They did most of their negotiating with the Joint Finance Committee over the past month. Minority...
    news / government / politicsJune 17, 2013 - 9:31am
    Crime and Court Roundup: Trial begins today for 14-year-old charged with homicide
    Attorneys are scheduled to make their opening arguments this morning in the Sheboygan County trial of Nathan Paape. He's the 14-year-old boy charged in the brutal killing of his friend's great-grandmother in Sheboygan Falls last September. A jury was selected on Friday. The trial...
    newsJune 17, 2013 - 9:23am
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