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• Fishing opener: Gov. Doyle to fish in Hayward
• Motorist dies in St. Croix County accident Friday
• St. Croix County establishes flu phone bank to answer questions

Governor Jim Doyle will participate in the 44th Annual Governor's Fishing Opener Saturday, May 2.

The Governor will board a boat early in the morning and will fish on the Chippewa Flowage.

The Governor's Fishing Opener began in 1965 by then-Governor Warren Knowles, and is an event hosted annually by the Wisconsin Indian Head Country, a regional tourism promotion group in northwest Wisconsin.

A Clear Lake man died in a one-car rollover accident Friday morning.

The St. Croix County Sheriff's Office responded to a single-vehicle accident on 270th Street, just north of 210th Avenue, in the Town of Forest at 5:43 a.m. Friday, May 1.

A 2001 BMW, driven by Nicholas Elwood, 23, Clear Lake, was northbound on 270th Street. The car apparently left the roadway and entered the ditch. The vehicle struck a tree stump and rolled several times.

Elwood was ejected from the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene by the St. Croix County medical examiner. Elwood was allegedly not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.

The crash remains under investigation by the Sheriff'c Department. The Clear Lake Fire Department and EMS assisted at the scene of the crash.

This is the fourth fatality of 2009 in St. Croix County.

The St. Croix County Public Health Department has begun a phone bank to answer residents' questions about the H1N1 flu outbreak and related topics.

If area residents have questions, they should call 715-246-8224, according to Public Health Officer Wendy Kramer.

The phone bank, which was started on Friday, is just one source of local information on the flu topic. Residents can also check the St. Croix County Web site (http://www.co.saint-croix.wi.us/) to look at regular updates about flu news. They can also visit the Center for Disease Control's Web site (http://www.cdc.gov/) or the State of Wisconsin site (http://pandemic.wisconsin.gov/) for additional information.

Kramer said county officials continue to meet to discuss plans for dealing with an H1N1 outbreak if it occurs in this area.

An incident command site has been established in Kramer's New Richmond office, where daily updates are issued to staff and health care professionals in the region.

Kramer said her office is also sending regular e-mails to schools, hospitals, clinics, nursing homes and other care facilities to keep people abreast of any news.