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Fight preceded early morning shooting at Minneapolis' Nicollet Mall light rail station, police say
MINNEAPOLIS — An early morning shooting at a downtown Minneapolis light rail station left one person injured, according to the Metro Transit Police Department.It happened at about 6 a.m. at the Nicollet Mall Station. The victim, described only as a male, suffered a gunshot wound to the leg. He was taken to Hennepin Healthcare for treatment and is expected to survive.Police say surveillance video "suggests an altercation occurred between the victim and suspect prior to the shooting." The suspect is still at large.The shooting halted the METRO Blue Line for more than two hours during rush hour, with buses temporarily filling the transit gap throughout downtown, according to police.This is the fourth reported shooting this year at a Twin Cities light rail station or on a train. In May, a man was fatally shot at St. Paul's Dale Street Station.In June, Metro Transit officials said reported crimes on trains and stations were down by about 8%, while ridership had increased by about 12%.
Wisconsin 4H clubs invited to take part in ice cream flavor contest
WISCONSIN – The Wisconsin 4H Foundation and Cedar Crest Ice Cream have once again teamed up for their annual ice cream flavor contest. All Wisconsin 4H clubs are invited to take part in the Cedar Crest Ice Cream 4-H Flavor Creation Contest. Clubs are eligible to submit their idea for a new ice cream flavor, along with a flavor description and interesting flavor name, between Sunday, Sept. 1 and Friday, Nov. 15.
How Wisconsin’s education endowment factors into the Lac du Flambeau land dispute
Boozhoo ("hello" in Ojibwe) and miigwech ("thank you") for reading the First Nations Wisconsin newsletter. Last week, there finally seemed to be some movement forward to settle the 19-month long dispute over four roads on the Lac du Flambeau Reservation in northern Wisconsin. Officials with the nontribal town of Lac du Flambeau, located on...
76-year-old Wisconsin man arrested for 4th OWI after police find vehicle stopped near train tracks
MADISON, Wis. (WFRV) – A 76-year-old Wisconsin man was arrested for his fourth operating while intoxicated offense after officers found him stopped near train tracks. According to a release, the Madison Police Department received several reports of a vehicle stopped just short of train tracks near East Johnson Street and North First Street in Madison.
Evers, DNR propose new set of PFAS drinking water standards
Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) introduced a proposed new set of standards for the allowable amount of PFAS in the state’s drinking water on Monday. The action brings Wisconsin’s standards in line with the federal government’s. PFAS, also known as “forever...
DNR sends back CAFO expansion application after accusations of false manure spreading agreements
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has sent back a factory farming operation’s application to expand a Pierce County farm after local residents raised concerns that properties listed in the application as sites where manure would be spread on fields had never agreed to that arrangement. The Appleton-based Breeze Dairy Group has requested permission from […]
Wisconsin communities say no to ballot drop boxes
(The Center Square) – City councils in two Waukesha County municipalities, Brookfield and New Berlin, have voted to ban the use of ballot drop boxes in their cities for the upcoming general election, following a state Supreme Court ruling that reinstated municipalities' right to utilize the equipment. Brookfield justified its decision last week to ban drop boxes by arguing they are unnecessary. “Unlike 2020 and 2021, Covid is no longer...
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