An 83-year old Wisconsin man was killed in a two-car crash Monday on Interstate 94 in Afton, authorities said.

According to the Minnesota State Patrol, a 76-year-old man was driving a 1987 Chevrolet Corvette east on I-94 near Manning Avenue around 2:15 p.m., when he collided with a 2009 Toyota Corolla that also was heading east.

The Corvette lost control, spun out, and went into the south ditch, where it rolled, according to the State Patrol. The Corolla also went into the south ditch, State Patrol officials said.

A passenger in the Corvette, Thomas Samuel Amsbaugh, of Downing, Wis., was later pronounced dead at Regions Hospital in St. Paul. The driver of the Corvette, Peter Henry Jungenberg, 76, of Menomonie, was taken to Regions for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, according to the State Patrol.

The driver of the 2009 Toyota Corolla, Say Wah Doh, 30, of North St. Paul, was not injured, according to the State Patrol.

All three of the people involved were wearing seat belts, according to the patrol.

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The Washington County Agricultural Society is looking for a new fair manager and treasurer following last week’s resignation of Washington County Fair Manager and Treasurer Dorie Ostertag.

Ostertag, of Afton, celebrated her 31st year as fair manager this summer. She declined to comment Tuesday on her resignation, which occurred on Oct. 21 at the annual meeting of the Washington County Agricultural Society in Baytown Township.

President Phyllis Wirth said Agricultural Society officials are in the process of posting the position. “Hopefully, we will be interviewing soon,” she said.

Ostertag’s resignation is “a loss in part because of the experience that goes with it,” said John Rheinberger, a longtime Agricultural Society board member whose term ended Tuesday. “She will be hard to replace.”

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By JANIE HAR, Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge in San Francisco on Tuesday indefinitely barred the Trump administration from firing federal employees during the government shutdown.

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U.S. District Judge Susan Illston granted a preliminary injunction that bars the firings while a lawsuit challenging them plays out. She had previously issued a temporary restraining order against the job cuts that was set to expire Wednesday.

Illston, who was nominated by Democratic President Bill Clinton, has said she believes the evidence will ultimately show the mass firings were illegal and in excess of authority.

The Republican administration has slashed jobs in education, health and other areas it says are favored by Democrats. The administration has also said it will not tap roughly $5 billion in contingency funds to keep benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly referred to as SNAP, flowing into November.

After a driver crashed through the wall of a business Tuesday morning on St. Paul’s Grand Avenue, no injuries were reported and the business, Abbott Paint & Carpet, was able to remain open.

“It was just kind of a normal Tuesday morning,” said floor manager Maddy Connor, who was about to place a Benjamin Moore paint order. “All of a sudden, there was a huge boom and we saw a shelving unit start to come down.”

Connor thought, “What just happened?” and then “fully realized it was a car that had come straight through the wall.”

She checked the driver, who “was obviously very shaken up, but we got her out” and Connor then called 911. There were no customers in the store at the time.

Police responded just before 8:45 a.m. to the Grand and Fairview store. An elderly woman crashed her vehicle into the side of the store after she mistook her gas pedal for the brake and lost control, according to a police spokesperson. She was not cited.

Officials determined the building was structurally sound and safe for continued operations, so the store remains open for business. There will be cleanup and minor repairs in the affected area of the store.

Started in 1945, Abbott Paint & Carpet remains a family business.

“We’re incredibly grateful that no one was hurt and that our team and customers are safe,” a spokesperson said in a statement. “We appreciate the quick response from St. Paul Police and emergency crews, and we thank our community for their concern and support.”

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