Firefighters from Alma, Durand, Mondovi, Nelson, Tri-Community, Waumandee, and Wabasha responded to a fire at the Alma Hotel in Downtown Alma yesterday afternoon. Firefighters were on the scene for over 2hours but were able to get the fire contained. Hwy 35 in Alma was closed during the fire, and there are currently no reports of injuries. Damage estimates and the cause of the fire have not been released.
Strong odors coming from the SBF pet food plant in Mondovi have residents concerned. At last night's Mondovi City Council a resident that lives near the plant told the council the odor is so strong it is nearly unbearable. Another resident said while the plant is good for jobs and the economy, he has considered moving away because of the odor. Mondovi Mayor Brady Weiss says the city has been receiving complaints and will consider fines against the company. The city has also asked the company to restart air quality testing in and around the plant to determine if the filtering equipment is still working properly.
A report from the March of Dimes released on Tuesday says that Pepin County is a maternity care desert. A maternity care desert is defined as any county without a hospital or birth center offering obstetric care and without any obstetric providers such as obstetricians, gynecologists, and certified midwives or nurse midwives. The report says that Pierce and Trempealeau Counties have moderate access to maternity care, while Buffalo and Dunn have full access. The report does not include the ending of maternity care in Menomonie at the end of the year. Between the 2020 report and today, 5% of U.S. counties shifted to lower access to maternity care, and 3% of counties shifted to higher access of care.
The Wabasha County Sheriff's Department is reporting a rash of break-ins and thefts in the City of Elgin. The department is reminding residents to remove valuables from vehicles and lock the car and garage doors. If anyone has any information on the person or persons responsible for the thefts, they are to contact the Wabasha County Sheriff's Department or Minnesota Crime Stoppers.
The Durand City Council is meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include a discussion on the site plan for the proposed Dollar General along with reports from the Mayor, Administrator, and City Department Heads. Tonight's meeting begins at 6:30 at Durand City Hall and will be live-streamed on the WRDN YouTube Channel.
One person was injured in a single-vehicle accident in Oak Grove Township on Tuesday. According to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, 22yr old Tucker Thoen of Ellsworth was traveling westbound on Hwy 10 and was turning south onto Hwy E when the vehicle left the roadway, overturned, and came to rest on the east side of Hwy E. Thoen was med flighted to Regions Hospital in St. Paul. That accident remains under investigation.
One of the teenage girls involved in this week's rollover crash in Barron County has died. The sheriff's office says one of the 14-year-olds who was seriously hurt in Monday night's wreck passed away yesterday. She was flown to the hospital in St. Paul because of her injuries. Two other teenage girls were also severely hurt in the crash. Deputies arrested the 16-year-old boy who was driving for being under the influence.
The same people who helped with the designs for the Cannery District are going to take a look at the future of the Oakwood Mall. The city of Eau Claire has hired a consultant to brainstorm some ideas for what to do with the mall, its empty stores, and the parking lot. Community development director Scott Allen said the planning is in the very early stages. He says AMC's decision to close its movie theater at the mall sparked Eau Claire's decision to act.
Governor Evers says he wouldn't sign a law allowing for abortion exemptions because it doesn't go far enough. The governor told a crowd in Milwaukee yesterday that he doesn't want exemptions for abortion, he wants abortion to be fully legal in the state. Wisconsin is one of about two dozen states that saw a near-total ban on abortion go into effect when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade. The governor says he wants Roe to become the law of the state. His opponent, Republican Tim Michels, said last month that he would sign an exemption law if lawmakers sent it to him.
You're going to have to spend some more time at home with the family this Thanksgiving. Kohl's yesterday said it will be closed on Thanksgiving. Kohl's first closed on Thanksgiving in 2020 because of the coronavirus but has decided to keep the new tradition going. Other big stores are doing the same. Target says it will be closed on Thanksgiving this year as well.
Before you decide to buy bitcoins or invest in an NFT or other cryptocurrency, be careful. Michelle Reinen with DATCP says cryptocurrencies are often the preferred method of trading value between criminals. Risks also include artificially inflated prices due to 'wash trades', where a single entity is both the buyer and the seller. So there can be money laundering involved, pump and dump, and pyramid schemes. Reinen says that you shouldn't ever invest more money than you're willing to lose and realize that cryptocurrency has been steadily losing value across all markets since the start of the year.
Mayo Clinic is getting a 100-million-dollar gift to expand its radiation treatment facility in Rochester. The donation came from the Fred and Katherine Andersen Foundation. The gift will allow Mayor to almost double appointments for the treatment of cancer patients. The expansion will include a new building with two floors below ground, and construction is expected to start next year.
The freshman class at UW-Madison is a record-breaker. The university yesterday said there are eight thousand-628 freshmen on campus this fall. Nearly 60 percent of the freshmen class at UW-Madison is from outside of Wisconsin. Madison is one of just two UW campuses that saw enrollment increase this year. All others were either flat or lost students.
The rules for poll watchers in Wisconsin are not changing. The state's Elections Commission was deadlocked yesterday on a plan to clarify the rules for where election observers can stand on Election Day. Republican Commission chairman Don Millis said he wanted to give some guidance to local election clerks who may be nervous about next month's elections. The Democrats on the Commission blocked his ideas. That means local election managers across the state could interpret the state's laws differently when voters head to the polls in less than a month.
There are calls for a restraining order and a federal investigation after police in Baraboo say some adults used a flamethrower to angrily stop a car full of teenagers. It happened last week. Police say the adults were angry because one of their homes was TP'd. One of the adults is Baraboo High School athletic director James Langkamp. He says he tried to defuse the situation. Some of the kids in the car are students of colors. Their moms now want a restraining order against Langkamp, saying they no longer feel safe. The Ho-Chunk Nation wants a federal investigation to see if race played a role. Police say the man with the flamethrower was arrested.
It's cybersecurity awareness month and state consumer protection officials want you to keep your computers and devices up to date. Michelle Reinen with DATCP says that is vital to keeping your data safe from the latest emerging bugs and hacks. If you're not sure if your device has auto updates, check with the manufacturer and see what needs to be done to get it up to date. You should also make sure that your passwords are long and hard to guess. Consider using pass phrases that are easy to remember, or get a password manager to generate strong passwords for you.
A Canadian mining company has submitted a request to the DNR, to drill inside Chequamegon Nicolet National Forest. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that GreenLight Metals is looking to do some exploratory drilling in Taylor County, inside the national park. The plan is similar to the one that's being attempted in Marathon County. State legislators voted to lift the moratorium on metallic mining in 2017 after another company expressed interest in mining in the state. Those plans never reached the drilling phase.
A horticulture teacher from Minnesota is the new U.S. record holder for heaviest pumpkin. Travis Gienger of Anoka drove the gourd 35 hours to yesterday's 49th World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, California, south of San Francisco. He took over the U.S. record with a gargantuan pumpkin weighing 25-hundred-60 pounds. Gienger said it was "like winning the Tour de France on a big wheel" in that it's very difficult in Minnesota to raise such a large gourd. An Italian grower holds the world record, with a squash weighing 27-hundred-two pounds in 2021.
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