The Mondovi City Council has decided to transfer $1.25 million to a savings account at CCF Bank. During this week's council meeting the council decided to transfer the money that is earmarked for various projects and put it into the savings account and earn 4.5% interest. CCF Bank offered the city the best interest rate.
With the new Dollar General Store coming to Durand, the city will be repaving 12th avenue east. Bidding for the project started yesterday, and will be opened at the end of the month. Construction will begin during the construction of the Dollar General Store this spring.
A mobile home in Jackson County is a total loss after a fire. Firefighters say no one was home and no one was hurt when the trailer near Alma Center burned. Pictures show the home completely on fire. Firefighters from Black River Falls, Clark County, Fairchild, Hixton, and Merrillan all played a part in putting out the flames. There's no word on what started the fire.
A Southeast Minnesota State Senator is facing backlash after saying he's never seen anyone go hungry in Minnesota. Republican Steve Drazkowski made that comment earlier this week before the Senate voted on a bill that would give free meals to all students in the state. A video of Drazkowski saying he's "yet to meet a person in Minnesota that says they don't have access to enough food to eat" has been viewed almost six-point-five-million times on Twitter as of this morning, and many people are slamming his comments. The bill passed with a 38-26 vote and now heads to the House for final approval.
The state of Wisconsin is once again asking for volunteers to listen for frogs and toads in Western Wisconsin. The Department of Natural Resources is asking for 'froggers' to be a part of this year's Frog and Toad Survey. The survey has been running in Wisconsin since 1984 and is now the longest-running in the country. Froggers listen for the sounds in their area, then report back to the state. The DNR says the survey helps track the local populations of the state's 12 species of frogs and toads.
Parts of I-94 in Eau Claire County will be down to one lane for about ten weeks as crews make needed repairs. Construction will get back underway on I-94 between the 312 interchanges and the Chippewa River. Weather permitting, traffic will be routed on Tuesday to a single-lane in each direction on the highway's westbound side, so that repairs can be made to the eastbound lanes. The project is expected to be completed by Memorial Day Weekend.
Folks who take an Uber in western Wisconsin could soon be on tape. Uber yesterday announced plans to launch an audio recording feature for both riders and drivers in Eau Claire and La Crosse. Uber says it's a safety feature that would allow people to record any incidents that may happen. The audio would be encrypted on the rider or driver's phone. Uber has offered the recording feature in 70 cities across the country since 2019, but Eau Claire and La Crosse would be the first cities in Wisconsin where it's available.
Xcel Energy reports it 's cleaning up about 400-thousand gallons of water containing radioactive tritium (TRIT-ee-um), that leaked from a broken pipe into groundwater for nearly a month at its Monticello nuclear plant northwest of the Twin Cities. Xcel’s Chris Clark says they're "quite confident" there is no threat to the nearby Mississippi River, drinking water, or public health. A Minnesota Pollution Control Agency official said they announced the leak nearly three months after it was patched because there’s "now sufficient information to be able to share it out to a wider group." The Minnesota Department of Health said persons would have to drink or breathe water with tritium to be harmed.
There's a plan at the Wisconsin Capitol to make the Henry 45-70 Wisconsin's official state rifle. New legislation from state Reps. Dave Armstrong, Treig Pronschinske, and James Edming, as well as state Senator Romaine Quinn, would be symbolic, no one would have to buy the rifle and the state wouldn't be purchasing any either. Henry is based in Rice Lake, and there's a Henry plant in Ladysmith. At least nine other states across the country have 'official' state rifles.
There's now a proposed law that would ban the kind of secret microphones that were installed in Green Bay. State Rep. David SteSteffen and State Senator Eric Wimberger, both from Green Bay, yesterday introduced legislation that would spell out just when and how state and local officials can record people. The legislation comes after Green Bay's mayor secretly installed microphones inside city hall. The mayor claimed the microphones were legal, and part of a security system. The new legislation would require cities, counties, or state governments to warn people when their conversations are being recorded.
Republican lawmakers at the Wisconsin Capitol want to do more about PFAS pollution, but they also want a firm price tag for what it will cost. State Senator Rob Cowles this week pressed Wisconsin's DNR secretary for more specifics on the governor's plan to spend 100 million dollars on PFAS projects. Cowles says the 100 million is 'doable' in the state's new budget, but he wants to know how much of that will go for testing, how much will go for treatment, and how much will go for other projects.
A Republican plan to modify Wisconsin’s 150-year-old criminal abortion statute has bipartisan opposition. Just hours after Republican lawmakers announced legislation on Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu of Oostburg said the bill would not be considered on the Senate floor. In a statement, LeMahieu said abortion “is not a topic to use as a political football,” and criticized the response of Governor Tony Evers, who’s rejected anything short of full access to abortion. The bill would update language regarding the life of the mother in the existing law and also allow for 1st-trimester abortions in cases of rape or incest. Senate sponsor, Irma Republican Mary Felzkowski, also said Republicans do not currently have the 17 votes needed to pass the bill in the Senate.
Wisconsin is getting 24 million dollars in federal money to be used on road projects. Governor Tony Evers says the money will be used on 18 different projects, including installing smart traffic lights, buying electric buses, and extending multi-use trails. There's a full list of projects the money will go toward on the Wisconsin Department of Transportation website.
Kalahari is growing in the Wisconsin Dells. The resort yesterday announced a 50-million-dollar expansion that will add 237 new rooms. Kalahari Resorts President Travis Nelson said the growth is a reflection of the popularity and support they get in the Dells. The new rooms will be in their own building and will be connected to the resort with a skywalk. Nelson says they hope to open the new rooms by Memorial Day weekend of 2024.
A New Berlin man is arrested after starting an explosion in a Milwaukee parking garage Sunday. A criminal complaint says a man dumped two bottles out of a vehicle driving out of the garage at Potawatomi Hotel & Casino. One of the bottles exploded, while the other smoked and didn’t explode. Casino surveillance video showed the man driving the vehicle presenting an ID to get a player's card. The name on the ID was Dennis Beard. Police head to Beard's home and find clothing matching that worn by the man in the video, as well as materials used to make the improvised explosives. The complaint states Beard "said his actions were stupid.”
Minnesota isn't as dependent on federal aid as most states. That's according to a new WalletHub study. It ranked Minnesota 30th based on two key factors: residents' dependency on federal funds, and the share of state revenue that comes from the federal government. Alaska was found to be the most dependent on federal aid, while New Jersey ranked dead last.
It's a little early to start talking about icy cold treats for the summer, but this one is new. Coors Light is offering beer-flavored popsicles. The Coors-icles are non-alcoholic and marketed as 'made to chill.' Molson Coors is selling them for the NCAA Tournament as a way to 'stay chill when things get heated.' Supplies are limited, and you have to buy them at Coors online shop. A new batch is released everyday at 11 a.m. through March 24th. A six-pack of Coors-icles will cost just over 20 dollars.
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