The City of Durand is supporting the agreement with the Durand-Arkansaw School District for the public library. Earlier this month the School Board sent the city an 18-month notice of termination of the agreement. The City Council passed a resolution supporting the agreement and directing the city administrator to negotiate a new agreement with the school district. Durand Mayor Patrick Milliren says the goal is to clean up the current agreement. The school board has also made similar comments in regard to cleaning up the agreement, and District Superintendent Greg Doverspike is wanting to have something in place by next summer.
No one was injured in a truck fire in Pepin County yesterday. According to the Pepin County Sheriff's Department, a truck owned by A & J Insulation of Durand, was traveling eastbound on Hwy SS when the engine for unknown reasons malfunctioned and immediately burst into flames. The truck was carrying a large amount of liquid chemical foam insulation and none of the chemicals were spilled. The truck was a total loss and the driver, 27yr old Brent Hase of Spring Valley was able to safely exit the vehicle.
No one is saying what the Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action will mean for UW-Eau Claire, UW Stout or UW River Falls. The UW System yesterday said it is 'carefully reviewing' the ruling and waiting for 'further guidance' on what changes the university may need to make. UW-Eau Claire says it does consider race as part of its 'holistic admissions process.' The Supreme Court yesterday said basing university admissions on race violates the constitution's equal protection clause, and discriminates against mostly Asian and white students.
The governor was in Eau Claire yesterday to help open the new Sojourner House expansion. Governor Tony Evers helped cut the ribbon on the four thousand-square-foot addition to the shelter in Eau Claire. Hope Elliot, the shelter's coordinator, said the new space will allow the Sojourner House to help more people in the community who don't have a place to live. The expansion has been in the works for years.
A western Wisconsin mailman isn't going to prison on meth charges, A judge yesterday instead sentenced 69-year-old Timothy Wilson to two years probation. The Barron County Sheriff's Office arrested Wilson while he was making his mail rounds in February of 2020 for possession of meth. It's not clear if he was dealing meth on his postal route, but the sheriff's office says they found about a thousand-dollars cash on him when they arrested him. Wilson pleaded guilty to meth possession charges.
A survey is seeking to find out the base compensation for jobs in the Chippewa Valley and western Wisconsin. The Eau Claire, Menomonie, and Chippewa Falls Champbers are joining other chambers of commerce for the Western and Central Wisconsin Wage Survey. The goal of the survey is to be a "definitive resource of base compensation information for commonly recognized jobs in our geographic area." All of the information is confidential. The deadline has been extended to July 31. The results will be published this coming fall. Visit the Eau Claire Chamber of Commerce Website to take the survey.
A man's facing charges in Richland Center after police say he threw axes and machetes at officers while they tried to arrest him. Officers were called to investigate the man last night after people reported seeing him swing an ax around. Police say the suspect swung the weapons at them and even hit several cars before being tased and arrested.
If you want to take part in some fireworks displays this 4th of July Weekend, make sure you're doing it safely. Department of Natural Resources wildfire prevention specialist Catherine Koele says with the dry conditions outside right now, any stray spark could cause a disaster. Koele says if you do want to shoot off your own displays, be sure to do so on non-flammable surfaces like gravel or concrete, and be sure to only use ground displays and nothing that goes into the air like a bottle rocket.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources advises boaters that they will see more DNR conservation wardens and area law enforcement on the water July 1-3 as part of the national Operation Dry Water campaign. Wardens and other participating law enforcement agencies will be educating boaters about safe boating practices across the country, which includes sober boating. Operation Dry Water is a year-round boating-under-the-influence-awareness-and-enforcement campaign with the purpose of reducing the number of alcohol and drug-related incidents and fatalities through increased recreational boater awareness and by fostering a stronger and more visible deterrent to alcohol and drug use on the water.
The Fourth of July travel crowd in Wisconsin is expected to top a million people. Triple-A yesterday said it expects one-point-one million people in the state to hit the road or catch a plane this weekend. Most people will drive though. Nationally, Triple-A says more than 50 million people will take a trip this weekend. The Fourth falls on a Tuesday this year, so Triple-A says people have an even longer holiday weekend for travel.
A teenage boy is accused of killing his niece in La Crosse. When authorities made a June 14th visit to a La Crosse home, they found the body of a girl with several bruises on her face and body. A criminal complaint says 16-year-old Kamitri Riles was taking care of his niece and other kids at the home. The complaint says Riles denied hurting the girl at first. He later admitted to investigators that he hit and pushed his niece when she wouldn’t stop crying, adding that she then fell to the ground and was bleeding. Riles then picked her up and put her in her bed, where she was found dead by her mother. Riles is being held in the La Crosse County Jail on a $250,000 cash bond.
Authorities are investigating the death of a woman who was found inside a submerged vehicle in Rochester. On Wednesday afternoon, Rochester police responded to a report of a car in a retention pond near 19th Street Northwest. Officers accessed the inside of the vehicle, where they found a woman's body. Officials say they believe the vehicle had been in the pond for a considerable period of time, and became visible due to low water levels. The medical examiner's office is working to identify the woman and establish a cause of death.
Wisconsin's beleaguered elections boss may be voted out of her job after all. The Wisconsin Senate last night passed a resolution to force a confirmation vote on Meagan Wolfe as Wisconsin Elections Commission administrator. Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu yesterday said commissioners voted earlier this week to appoint Wolfe to a second term. Democratic Elections Commission members abstained in the vote, and LeMahieu says that ended with a 3-0 vote for Wolfe, which now sends her fate to the Senate. A number of senators want to vote Wolfe out over how she handled the 2020 election. It's not clear when the Senate may vote on Wolfe's future, or whether the case will end up in court.
A Madison healthcare facility is named the top cancer hospital in Wisconsin. UW Health’s Carbone Cancer Center took the honor in Newsweek magazine’s inaugural list of America’s Best Cancer Hospitals 2023. UW Health added Wednesday that the center ranked number nationally. The rankings were determined by a nationwide online survey, results from patient surveys and hospital quality metrics. Other Wisconsin hospitals to make the list were Mayo Clinic- Health System in Eau Claire and Froedtert Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.
Minneapolis hotels brought in nearly six-million dollars last weekend, setting a new record. Meet Minneapolis says Taylor Swift concerts, the Twin Cities Pride Festival, and the Kiwanis convention led to more than 19-and-a-half thousand rooms occupied between Friday and Saturday. The tourism agency says 96-percent of all hotel rooms in the city were occupied Friday night.
The best jump ropers in the country are in Milwaukee this weekend. The city is hosting the American Jump Rope National Championship. Hundreds of teams from across the country, including a team from Fond du Lac, will compete for the national crown. Yesterday's competition focused on speed, but there will also be doubles, a double-dutch, and a freestyle category. You can watch the championships on YouTube or in person at Panther arena.
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