The Durand-Arkansaw School Board is meeting tonight. At 6pm the board will hold its budget presentation and public hearing on the 2022-23 budget. Then at 6:30, the regular meeting of the board will take place. Items on the agenda include discussion and possible action on the Fund 46 project list, accepting bids for lawnmowing, and snowplowing, and reports from the District Administrator and department heads. Both meetings will be held in the board room at the high school.
The Buffalo County Board is meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include discussion and possible action on an initial resolution to borrow $1.7 million for the county's 2023-24 road improvement program, a resolution to establish the reclamation plan review fee and annual fees for nonmetallic mines in the county, and a review of the 2023 draft budget. Tonight's meeting begins at 7pm at the county board room in Alma.
One person was injured in a construction accident at the new Dollar General in Pigeon Falls on Saturday. According to the Trempealeau County Sheriff's Department, a 26yr old construction worker became trapped when a concrete wall collapsed. The worker was pinned from the torso down and was eventually freed. He was med-flighted to the hospital with unknown injuries. The collapse of the concrete wall remains under investigation.
Fire investigators don't think there's anything suspicious about the fire above Every Buddy's Bar in downtown Chippewa Falls on Saturday. Four people were living in the apartments above the bar when the fire broke out, they all made it out okay. Firefighters say they rescued a cat from one of the apartments. Investigators are looking for a cause. No one is guessing how long the bar will be closed because of the fire damage.
There was less training at Fort McCoy, but commanders say that was because there were more people on the base. The fort's latest training report says just over 77 thousand troops were trained at the fort in the fiscal year 2022. For 2021, that number was over 116 thousand troops. Commanders say the training schedule was impacted by the thousands of Afghan refugees who spent months at the base. Fort McCoy expects to see its training numbers rebound next year.
No one was injured after shots were fired outside of the Prairie Inn and Suites in Holman on Saturday night. According to the Holmen Police Department, officers responded to the call at the hotel and found Chanda Vande Slunt of Holmen admitting to firing several rounds from a handgun. Officers said she appeared intoxicated. Police are recommending charges of recklessly endangering safety and operating a firearm while intoxicated.
Despite adding more than 14,000 jobs, Wisconsin’s unemployment rate increased slightly last month. The latest data from the Department of Workforce Development show Wisconsin continues to fare better than the U.S. as a whole in terms of unemployment and labor force participation. It also shows that Wisconsin has added jobs in eight of the last nine months. The state added more than 14,400 private sector jobs last month. Still, the unemployment rate increased from 3.1 percent in August to 3.2 percent in September as summer hospitality jobs wound down. For comparison, the national unemployment rate was 3.5 percent in September.
Teamsters Local 320 won't strike after reaching a deal with the University of Minnesota. The union shared the update on Facebook, going on to say that the three-year contract includes an at least 12-percent wage increase and extended health insurance. Had a deal not been reached, the union that represents around 15-hundred university service workers would have gone on strike on campus in Minneapolis and St. Paul Wednesday.
A Southeast Wisconsin healthcare system says millions of patients' information may have been leaked to outside companies. Advocate Aurora Health says that data may have been transmitted to Google and Facebook parent company Meta thanks to tracking programs on Aurora's websites. Those programs may have been sending the companies information on who someone's doctor is, what appointments they have, and the types of procedures they're getting. Aurora says no financial or social security data was sent and that they've started an investigation.
Riot-damaged corridors in Minneapolis will get 10 million dollars in grants to help rebuild after the 2020 uprising connected to George Floyd's murder. The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development is providing the Main Street revitalization grants to help 20 small businesses and nonprofits complete redevelopment projects. The funding will be followed by another 19-point-5 million dollars worth of grants in 2023 for Minneapolis and corridors in Brooklyn Center and Brooklyn Park.
A new report says Governor Evers' push to be carbon-free by 2050 comes with a 250 billion-dollar price tag. The Center of the American Experiment released its report this week. The study looks at the cost associated with closing coal and natural gas power plants, as well as the cost to build new solar farms and wind turbines. The report notes that 65 percent of Wisconsin's power currently comes from coal or natural gas. Just two-and-a-half percent comes from wind. The report also says utilities are going to have to charge customers thousands-more per-year to pay for the transition.
Fifteen vehicles are destroyed after a fire sweeps through a parking lot in Portage. The Portage Fire Department says the fire was discovered at about 7:30 Saturday morning in the rear parking lot of Insurance Auto Auction off Highway 16. In a Facebook post, the department said vehicles were exploding in the parking lot when crews arrived, and 15 cars on fire. The crews were able to contain the fire, and no injuries were reported. It's uncertain what started the blaze.
Wisconsin health officials counted more than a thousand new COVID-19 cases over the past week. The Department of Health Services reported one-thousand-21 new cases and ten deaths in Friday's update. Four-hundred-56 COVID-19 patients were being treated in Wisconsin hospitals, including 63 in intensive care. DHS reports 65-point-five percent of the state's population have gotten at least one vaccine dose and just under 62-percent are fully vaccinated.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is working to get kids outside. The department's No Child Left Inside grants will be used to help boost outdoor programs around the state. The grants will also benefit communities with limited opportunities to get outside. The DNR began accepting applications last week for small grants of less than five-thousand dollars and larger grants of up to 25-thousand dollars.
University of Wisconsin Police says dozens of fans were kicked out of the Badgers Homecoming game last night. Wisconsin defeated Purdue 35-24 at Camp Randall Stadium, and university police say 23 citations were handed out during the game, mostly for underage drinking. Police say 43 people were ejected from the game, mostly students in possession of alcohol or for being intoxicated, and 20 people were arrested.
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