The Durand-Arkansaw School Board has approved giving an 18-month notice of termination of the joint library agreement with the city of Durand. Even though the notice of termination was approved, it doesn't mean the library is going to close. During last night's school board meeting, board member Jason Weisenbeck said with the notice being approved, it will give all sides an opportunity to dig into the agreement and look at all the pluses and minuses. The City and School District will now have 18 months to hammer out a new agreement to keep the public library at its current location.
Residents in Pepin, Buffalo, Pierce, and Trempeleau Counties are encouraged to participate in a survey on broadband internet access before July 14. The Wisconsin Broadband Office is asking residents to go to tieh Public Services Commission website to fill out the survey. The information collected in the survey and speed map will be used for a broadband planning grant between Pepin, Pierce, Buffalo, and Trempealeau Counties. If you do not have internet services you are to call 608-261-6026 to take the survey.
A missing person in Dunn County has been found safe. According to the Dunn County Sheriff's Department, Jeffrey Ericksen walked away from his residence on 370th Street on Wednesday morning. Ericksen suffers from dementia and after a search of the area, Ericksen was located safe.
The reconstruction of North Eau Claire Street is ahead of schedule. Mondovi Mayor Brady Weiss says the project is moving ahead faster due to the dry weather. That project is slated to be completed by this fall.
The man investigators say made social media posts threatening the Chippewa County Courthouse in May has been charged with making terrorist threats. In May, Harley Alcala of Duluth made threatening social media posts against the Chippewa County Courthouse, leading authorities to lock down the courthouse. He was eventually pulled over by authorities near Bloomer. Alcala was charged in Chippewa County Court and given a $100,000 cash bond. If convicted, he faces a maximum of sentence of 21 yrs in prison.
La Crosse County Authorities discovered the remains of a male in the Mississippi River on Tuesday. According to the La Crosse County Sheriff's Department, the body was found Tuesday, just to the south of the city of La Crosse. The remains were in the river for some time and its believed the body may have passed through a lock and dam upriver. The remains were taken to Mayo in Rochester to be examined by their pathology lab and for DNA extraction to occur.”
The Wisconsin Assembly is approving a measure aimed at changing the way liquor regulations are handled across the state. AB 304 passed with broad support in a 90 to four vote yesterday. The bill would create a statewide bartending license, establish a new division in the Department of Revenue to enforce alcohol sales rules, and require wedding barns to obtain a permit or license in order to serve. Governor Evers is expected to sign the bill into law if it is approved by the state Senate.
State law changes that would allow pharmacists to prescribe birth control are getting the go-ahead from the Wisconsin Assembly. AB 176 was approved yesterday, with only eleven Republican lawmakers voting against it. Current state rules allow only doctors to prescribe hormonal contraceptive pills and patches. Representatives passed legislation to make the same changes last year, but, that bill did not make the public hearing stage in the Senate.
Wisconsin lawmakers are looking to okay a sweeping change to how kids in the state are taught how to read. But it might be doomed. The State Assembly is set to vote today on a proposal that would go back to teaching phonics as the basis for reading. The plan would spend 50-million dollars to re-teach teachers in the state, and focus on making sure kids can read at grade level by the end of the third grade. That might be what dooms the plan. Governor Evers has promised a veto because the reading overhaul would have kids who aren't reading at grade level take third-grade reading classes in the fourth grade, and that's something the governor doesn't like.
Childcare providers, parents, and kids rallied at the State Capitol Tuesday. They seek to change the minds of Republicans on the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee, who voted last week to remove more than $300 million for the Child Care Counts Program from the state’s next two-year budget. The program has distributed hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding to providers since 2020. Advocates estimate that 25% of childcare facilities could close without the funding. Others argue that pandemic-era funding for Child Care Counts should expire.
A Chatfield man has been charged for allegedly impersonating a police officer and attempting to pull over motorists. Last month, police responded to reports of a man in a white SUV trying to pull people over on Highway 52. Deputies located the vehicle and found that it had been fitted with blue and red lights attached with suction cups. The driver was identified as Dallas Burris, and he was charged with impersonating a peace officer. He's next due in court on July 18th.
Tensions between justices at the Wisconsin Supreme Court spilled over into filings this month. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that the court ruled 4 to 3 that a lawsuit against Madison School's gender affirmation policies has to go through the regular appeals process rather than jumping directly to the Supreme Court. Justice Brian Hagedorn wrote the majority opinion siding with the court's liberal justices. Amendments to the ruling include personal attacks against Hagedorn from Justice Rebecca Bradley, where she accuses Hagedorn of propagating false news and attacking conservative voices in the court, as well as disappointment from Justice Annette Zeigler that the court is ignoring important social issues. The court will be moving to a progressive majority in August when incoming Justice Janet Protasiewicz takes office
The Milwaukee Common Council is considering legal action concerning the new state shared revenue law. The action gives Milwaukee and Milwaukee County the opportunity to pursue new and increased local sales taxes. However, the revenue from those taxes can only be used to pay off pension debt and fund public safety. City alder Marina Dimitrijevic (duh-mit-tree-AY-vitch) said Tuesday the council's steering and rules committee will discuss next week whether to direct the city attorney's office to see if the city can challenge parts of the new law that limits how Milwaukee can use its tax dollars.
It's not the kind of animal control call police in northwestern Wisconsin expect to get every day. Deputies in Barron County took to Facebook yesterday to share their story of pulling a huge snake off of a home in Chetek. The snake, either a boa constrictor or python, escaped at the house and made its way to the roof. That's when officers got the call. The sheriff's office shared pictures of the snake, which they call a 'nope rope,' and said the call about a giant snake was 'an undersell.'
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