Durand City Council members saw the preliminary budget during last night's council meeting. The proposed budget would have a 3% increase in the total tax levy to $776,389. Durand Mayor Patrick Milliren says the budget doesn't have any big projects next year. The mill rate is projected to increase by 2.5% to $7.68 per $1000 of assessed value.
The City of Mondovi is looking for a new police chief. Current Chief Collin Severson will be returning to the Buffalo County Sheriff's Department as Chief Deputy. Mondovi Mayor Brady Weiss says the goal is to have a new chief in place by January 1. Buffalo County agreed to allow Severson to serve as Mondovi Chief on a part-time basis while the city finds a permanent replacement.
Prosecutors are dropping the threat charges against a man who said he was going to shoot-up Carson Park last Fourth of July. The Eau Claire County District Attorney's Office yesterday said pursuing a terroristic threat case against Joshua Cheek would not be "in the interest of justice." Cheek made threats against Carson Park's celebration and against the group home where he lives during an episode over the summer. The D.A. says he is instead focusing on the criminal damage to property charges that stemmed from that incident.
Voters in one Barron County township are being asked to decide if they want to go wet. The Town of Stanfold is asking voters whether they want to allow for alcohol to be sold inside the town's limits. Stanfold is one of the few remaining dry towns in Wisconsin. The owners of a local orchard, Licks Orchard, Music, and Gifts, want to open a tasting room for their wine. Some neighbors don't want to allow for alcohol sales because they don't want to see more traffic. The wet question is advisory only, which means town leaders will have to vote on any changes regardless of what voters have to say.
Rescuers in La Crosse had to use their ropes and their know-how to get an injured man off of a bluff yesterday. The man fell while riding his bike on a trail in Hixon Forest. Crews had to rappel down the bluff yesterday evening. The man was taken to a local clinic to be checked-out. La Crosse firefighters say it took about 12 rescuers to get the man off the bluff.
There's a lot of talk about justice and about the victims of the Waukesha Christmas Parade attack after yesterday's guilty verdict. State and local leaders all said it is important for Waukesha to move forward now that Darrell Brooks Jr. will be heading to prison for the rest of his life. Governor Evers said he won't forget the lives that were lost in the attack. His opponent, Tim Michels, said the verdict is important for justice. Waukesha Mayor Shawn Reilly said the verdict will help the community take the next steps forward and continue the healing process.
A man responsible for the theft of the head of the statute of Hans Christian Heg during protests in Madison in 2020 has received probation. 36-year-old Rodney Clendening of Beloit pleaded guilty to theft on Wednesday. Dane County DA Ismael Ozanne says Clendening avoided the full charges in the case because he returned the head to the state. He's also been fined 1 thousand dollars in restitution. The statue itself has since been repaired, restored, and rededicated. Both the Heg statue and the Forward statue were torn down during those protests.
A new report says Wisconsin shouldn't have to pay 240 million-dollars if a new casino opens in Kenosha. The report from the Legislative Fiscal Bureau says the "'financial risk to the state" is not as big under the latest gambling compact with the Forest County Potawatomi as it was under the last. The old agreement with the tribe could have cost Wisconsin 243 million-dollars in compensation if a new casino opened within 50 miles of the tribe's Milwaukee casino. The report says the new deal "significantly reduces" that cost, but it doesn't have a price tag. State Senator Van Wanggaard said new casinos in Illinois and Indiana also lower the future costs to Wisconsin because it will be tough to show that a new Kenosha casino is the only one taking business away from the casino in Milwaukee.
A one-million dollar-winning Powerball ticket is sold in Milwaukee County. The Wisconsin Lottery says the ticket was sold at a Citgo station in Cudahy last week. Another one-million-dollar Powerball ticket was sold in Mauston back on October 1st.
A judge declines to issue a temporary injection allowing Wisconsin clerks to accept absentee ballots with missing information for witnesses. According to the Wisconsin Elections Commission, a ballot witness address must include a street name, street number, and municipality. The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin sued, seeking a ruling that an address can only be considered missing when the entire field is blank. A Dane County judge on Wednesday rejected the league’s request to allow ballots with incomplete addresses to be counted. Judge Nia Trammell said she feared that would cause confusion. As of Wednesday, more than 300,00 ballots had been received by clerks, according to the elections commission.
A 17-year-old is behind bars for allegedly killing one family member and injuring four others in Roseville. Police say the teenager attacked his relatives with an unknown weapon at a home on the eleven-hundred block of Ryan Avenue yesterday. The suspect was taken into custody following a widespread shelter-in-place alert that accidentally went out to thousands of people in the Twin Cities metro area. Police said the alert was only meant for residents in a small section of Roseville.
The couple responsible for a company that promised COVID-19 testing but didn't deliver is facing fines from the state. State consumer protection director Michael Domke says Aleya Siyaj and Akbar Syed, the co-owners of the Center for Covid Control closed up in January of this year after multiple investigations showed they failed to provide services. Siyaj and Syed will have to pay Wisconsin over 22 thousand dollars in civil forfeiture. Multiple other states have lawsuits pending against the couple.
Suspects are sought for vandalism on the University of Wisconsin campus. UW Madison police have identified two people as suspects in the graffiti vandalism outside Memorial Union and Alumni Park earlier this week. Spokesperson Mark Lovicott said it took place around 4:00 AM Monday as suspects spray painted multiple walls, signs boats, displays, memorials, and art, all apparently targeted toward conservative commentator Matt Walsh, who spoke on campus Monday amid protests. According to Lovicott cost of the damage and cleanup is at least 30-thousand dollars.
In a Fox News interview on Tuesday, former House Speaker Paul Ryan of Janesville said "anybody not named Trump" could win the White House for Republicans in 2024. Ryan said the new swing voter in American politics is the suburban voter, and it's really clear the suburban voter doesn't like former President Donald Trump. The Wisconsin Republican blamed Trump for his party losing the White House and both houses of Congress. Trump for his part has suggested he may run for president again in two years.
Milwaukee is one of the top cities in America for baseball fans. That's according to WalletHub, which ranks Milwaukee 15th out of the country's 332 largest cities. WalletHub says the top city for baseball fans is New York.
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