Durand Fun-Fest is this weekend. The Fun-Fest Committee has announced that Jean Hermann will be the Parade Grand Marshall this year. Hermann was a teacher in Durand for over 5 decades and has been involved in the Durand Community. The Parade will be on Sunday starting at 2pm. For a complete list of events, visit the Fun Fest Page on Facebook.
A Menomonie man, who pleaded no contest to entry into a locked vehicle, battery or threat to law enforcement officers has been sentenced in Dunn County. Tanner Marion was sentenced to 6month in prison and three years probation in relation to an incident in April at the Walmart Parking lot. Marion was arrested after threatening a couple with a knife.
A man is dead after a standoff and an officer-involved shooting in St. Croix County. It happened Saturday night in the tiny town of Star Prairie. The sheriff's office says a woman called 911 to say her husband was armed and 'out of control.' When deputies arrived they saw he had a rifle. After some talking, investigators say the man came out of the house and made some threats. That's when St. Croix County Deputy and New Richmond police officer shot and killed the man. The deputy and the officer are now on leave as the Polk County Sheriff's Office investigates the shooting. No one else at the home was hurt.
A bipartisan “safe harbor” bill in the Wisconsin Legislature would bar those under age 18 from being prosecuted for prostitution. Republican Senator Jesse James of Altoona testified in support of the bill. In Wisconsin, the legal age for consenting to sex is 18. Prostitution would remain illegal in the state if the bill becomes law.
Republicans at the Wisconsin Capitol are looking to tighten up the rules for elections in the state. An Assembly panel will hear four pieces of legislation tomorrow that aims to change some of the rules for elections in Wisconsin. One would require photo ID for military ballots, while another would help local election managers with the cost of mandated special elections. It's not clear which, if any of the plans, will become law. Governor Evers has promised to veto anything that he thinks will make it harder to vote in Wisconsin.
The Freemasons of Wisconsin are going to make sure all Wisconsin State Patrol cars are equipped with an automated external defibrillator and a fire suppression tool. The organization made the announcement Friday during its annual gathering in Madison. The Freemasons will start this year by donating 57 of each piece of gear to the State Patrol. It will take several years to completely equip the roughly 500 state troopers and inspectors.
The Wisconsin Election Commission has signed off on allowing a Nebraska company to sell new electronic voting systems to local units of government n the state. Commissioners on Thursday approved a plan allowing Election Systems and Software to sell its systems, which include enhanced software and security capabilities. The vote approved the sale of two systems, one a paper-based digital-scan voting system, the second supporting sending unofficial results on election day by modem through a secure file transfer. The new machines are updated versions of old systems already used in Wisconsin. They will replace those using Windows 7 operating systems.
Wisconsin led the way to a 102-million-dollar settlement with the maker of suboxone. Attorney General Josh Kaul on Friday announced the agreement. Kaul and attorneys general from 41 other states accused the drug's maker of trying to switch the medication from pills to patches, and then accused them of trying to ruin the market for pills. Suboxone is a drug used to treat opioid addiction. Wisconsin will get about seven-and-a-half million-dollars as part of the settlement.
Rochester city officials say a high-rise condominium building that was evacuated due to structural concerns has been stabilized. Rochester Towers was evacuated Friday after a structural engineer found issues following an inspection. Repairs to the building were made over the weekend, and some streets near the building were re-opened. However, residents aren't being let back inside at this time pending an update from engineers.
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The Packers are getting two million-dollars in tourism money to help with the NFL Draft in Green Bay. The budget-writing Joint Finance Committee yesterday included the money in the state budget. Lawmakers also added 10 million-dollars to the tourism budget for the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, and another 10 million for other large event attractions. Two Green Bay lawmakers asked for the two million for the draft, saying it is an investment that will pay-off when thousands of people spend millions of dollars in Green Bay in 2025.
Allina Health System is accused of withholding care from patients who have unpaid medical bills. A 12-page document reviewed by the New York Times instructs the healthcare systems staff on how to cancel appointments for patients with at least 45 hundred dollars of unpaid debt. Allina Health officials say they have a financial assistance program that in an average year helps more than 12 thousand of its one-point-nine million patients with medical bills. The healthcare system runs more than 100 hospitals and clinics in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
A pregnant Milwaukee school bus driver is being credited with quick thinking for saving 37 kids from a bus fire Wednesday morning. Imunek Williams said she was about 2 hours into her normal route to Milwaukee Academy of Science, where she would drop off the students ranging in age from kindergarteners to high schoolers when she smelled smoke and realized something wasn't right. She pulled over and got the children off the bus before it caught fire. She and her baby, due in August, are fine. She was back on her bus route Thursday morning.
The University of Minnesota is getting a new leader next week. The Board of Regents approved a contract for interim President Jeff Ettinger earlier today. Ettinger will step into the role on Saturday, June 10th, one day after current President Joan Gabel's exit. In a statement, Ettinger called the role an honor of a lifetime.
You may have some cash just waiting to be picked-up. The Wisconsin Department of Revenue this week published a list of names of people who are on the unclaimed property list. Thousands of people in the state are owed part of the 600 million-dollars the state has in unclaimed money. Revenue says one-in-seven people in the state are owed something. The average pay-out is about 11 hundred dollars.
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