A Busy weekend is expected in Durand as the annual Blues on the Chippewa is underway. The roads around Memorial Park are closed for the event and the Tarrent Park Campground is full. Expect heavier traffic in the downtown area tonight and Saturday.
The City of Durand will redo plans for the Tarrent Park Pool. According to Durand Mayor Patrick Milliren, the idea is to have an alternate set of plans that do not include a concession stand. Taking out the concession stand could save $50,000 on the project.
Attendees to the Buffalo County Fair will have a chance to see what the new library in Mondovi will look like. Recently the city awarded the contract to build a new library to Del Construction. The Library Association has a booth in the commercial building showing what the new library will look like. Groundbreaking for the new library is expected later this month.
Rescue crews in Eau Claire are waiting to see if a missing swimmer turns up. Firefighters searched the Chippewa River yesterday, trying to find a swimmer who got separated from their group. Crews didn't find anyone, and called-off the search at dark. The fire department says they will head back out on the river today if the missing person doesn't show up.
One person was hurt when a house exploded in Rusk County Wednesday morning. Firefighters from Ladysmith say the house in the town of Grow blew-up about 10 a.m. The person who lives in the house was the only one home at the time, and firefighters say they were able to drive themselves to the hospital. Investigators say a gas leak in the basement is likely to blame for the explosion.
La Crosse Authorities released the name of the person found dead last weekend. Authorities say the body of 45yr old Julia Hedum was found Saturday morning near Cunningham and Harvey Streets in the area of the Bud Hedrickson Trial. La Crosse police say it appears this is an isolated incident and there is no danger to the public. The incident is under investigation.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is announcing that bonus antlerless harvest authorizations, formerly known as tags, for the 2023 gun deer season are set to be available for purchase starting at 10:00 a.m. on Monday. Bonus authorizations are sold at a rate of one per person per day until sold out or until the 2023 deer hunting season ends. The DNR says purchases can be made online through the Go Wild license portal and at license sales locations.
UW-Oshkosh is laying-off 200 people to close its multi-million dollar budget gap. The university yesterday said it will cut 200 mostly non-faculty jobs, and furlough others. Oshkosh is Wisconsin's third-largest campus but has seen enrollment fall over the past several years. There were now just over 13-thousand kids on campus last year, that's down 700 from the year before. Financial problems at UW schools are nothing new. UW's president said in the spring that most campuses will be losing money by the end of next year.
Investigators say the Sauk County teen who disappeared into Devil's Lake State Park researched traveling out of state. James Yoblonski has been missing since mid-June. His father says he thinks his son is trying to live in the woods as some sort of survival mission. The Sauk County Sheriff's Office yesterday said they searched the Yoblonski family's iPad, as well as James' computer from school. The sheriff's office says there were searches for 'means of traveling out of state.' Yoblonski's dad and deputies in Sauk County say it's been weeks since they've had any clues about James' whereabouts.
Minnesota's healthcare workforce is in bad shape. That's according to the Minnesota Hospital Association's annual workforce report. It found that state hospitals need to fill around six-thousands open positions and there are more than 40-thousand vacant health-related positions across the state. Over 25-thousand of those open jobs are in the Twin Cities metro.
Lake Michigan’s historic SS Badger car ferry is done for the season. On Tuesday, Lake Michigan Car Ferry, which operates the SS Badger, said the ship's 70th season would be cut short due to damage to its ramp system sustained in Ludington, Michigan last month. Because the damage will take months to repair, daily Lake Michigan crossings from Manitowoc to Ludington have been suspended for the remainder of the season. A typical season for the SS Badger is mid May to mid October. The ship is expected to return to full operations at the beginning of the 2024 season.
Whoever bought a Mega Millions ticket in western Wisconsin is a million-dollars richer. The Wisconsin Lottery yesterday said the Kwik Trip in Bloomer sold the winning ticket for Friday night's drawing. The winner has not yet come forward. No one won the big Mega Millions jackpot, which means tomorrow's drawing is worth over one-point-two billion-dollars.
I-794 in downtown Milwaukee is aging, and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation held a public meeting on the roadway Wednesday. The options to be decided on for the future of the thoroughfare are to replace the road, improve it with a new design, or tear it down completely and improve city streets. The DOT hopes to have a plan in place for the road by 2025.
Republican legislative leaders are denouncing a lawsuit by liberal groups challenging Wisconsin’s elections maps - and the latest member of the state Supreme Court. In a statement, Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu (LEMA-hue) said the timing of the lawsuit questions the integrity of the court, and he’s vowing to defend the current maps. And Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said he expects the court’s new liberal member, Justice Janet Protasiewicz, to recuse from the suit after her campaign comments. During her campaign against former conservative Justice Dan Kelly, Protasiewicz said she didn't plan to recuse from a redistricting suit if she won and a case came before the court.
The state of Wisconsin is a focal point of the third federal indictment against former President Donald Trump. A four-count document says Trump tried to use a number of "alternate" electors in Wisconsin and other states who would ignore the votes cast and select him as president in the 2020 election. The indictment accuses Trump of making false claims of election fraud in Wisconsin and calling for the results to be overturned. Trump called the allegations a political witch hunt.
There could be more west coast teams joining the Big Ten in the near future. A number of outlets yesterday reported that Big Ten universities are considering a plan that would add Oregon and Washington if the Pac-12 falls apart. The Pac-12 is already reeling after USC and UCLA agreed to join the Big Ten, they will start playing conference games next year. The Big Ten has also looked at Stanford and Cal, but passed on those two schools two years ago.
A historic house in Rochester will be undergoing major renovations. The Biermann House is located in the southwestern part of the city and was built in 1861. Throughout the years, the home has suffered water damage to its roof, floors, and windows. To remedy the issues, Powers Ventures and TLS Companies LLC are teaming up repair the damage, all while preserving the original construction materials and protecting them from mold. According to Powers Ventures CEO Joe Powers, the project is expected to take four months to complete.
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