The new Dollar General in Durand has had to bring in temporary bathroom facilities after it was discovered the sewer lateral the store uses is collapsed. During this week's Durand City Council meeting, Durand Public Works Superintendent Matt Gillis told the council that the construction crews didn't use a camera to inspect the line before connecting up to it and the collapse wasn't discovered until after the store opened. Because the lateral goes over halfway into Prospect Street, the street will be closed sometime next week for crews to come in and replace the lateral.
There's a chance for some strong or severe storms across the Chippewa Valley later today. Forecasters say a round of storms is expected to roll through between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. There's no chance of tornadoes, but there is a chance for hail and damaging winds. Forecasters say western Wisconsin could also see another round of storms Sunday into Monday. Farmers, and many people with brown lawns, say they could use some rain.
Riders of all-terrain and utility terrain vehicles in Dunn County now have hundreds of miles of additional roads to ride after the County Board decided to allow ATV and UTV vehicles on the majority of county highways. Dustin Binder, the county highway commissioner, said the County Board approval of an amended vehicles and traffic ordinance means riders can now use some 400 miles of county highways with their ATVs and UTVs. County Highway B from state Highway 12/29 to State Highway 40 is closed to ATV/UTV traffic, however. Just a small portion of county highways were open to ATVs and UTVs previously.
The City of Wabasha is reconstructing its streets and utilities within portions of the downtown in the summer of 2023. The improvements will consist of the full reconstruction of streets and utilities (sanitary sewer, water main, and storm sewer) in several areas throughout Wabasha. Currently, crews are working from 6am-8pm and are working at Bridge Avenue and Main Street to the intersection of Walnut Avenue.
The investigation into a man found dead in the parking lot of a strip club in Jackson County is now a homicide investigation. The Jackson County Sheriff's Office yesterday ruled 55-year-old Andrew Frechette's death a homicide. He was found in a car in the parking lot of Jimmy's InBetween in the township of Alma back on June 30th. Investigators labeled his death suspicious from the start, but no one is saying just how he died, or who may be a suspect in his death.
The Marathon County Bomb squad was brought to rural Rice Lake on Wednesday after dynamite was found. According to the Barron County Sheriff's Department, the dynamite was found at the Hungry Hollow Steam and Gas Engine Club Grounds on Highway 25 during the reconstruction of a small building on the site. The bomb squad took it to a secure area to be detonated and the small building it was stored in was burned down. It is believed that the dynamite was in the shed when it was moved there and that no one from the Club knew there was dynamite in the building.
A former mailman from Barron County will not spend any time behind bars for stealing over four-thousand-dollars worth of Menards' rebate checks. Joshua Copas from Cumberland pleaded guilty this week to stealing the check while he was delivering mail last year. The case broke when a woman called Menards asking about her rebate check. The store told her it'd already been spent. Investigators then tracked down Copas and found that he'd stolen more than 30 other checks. In all, prosecutors say Copas stole 45-hundred dollars in checks. All but two of them were supposed to be delivered along his mail route. The judge sentenced him to probation.
Two Stillwater police officers will not be charged for shooting and killing a man last March. Officer Justin Dowley and Sergeant Dan Young killed O'Kwan Sims at his apartment after shooting at each other. It is reported Sims fired around 20 to 30 rounds at the officers. The Washington County Attorney's Office says the officers did not use excessive force.
Wisconsin's Republican U.S. Senator says he wouldn't turn down an offer to become vice president. Senator Ron Johnson said on the Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show yesterday that if you're asked to serve, you should step-up. Johnson did not say which candidate he'd consider running with and didn't say if anyone had asked him to run yet. Johnson also said for Republicans to win Wisconsin in next year's presidential race they must focus on a ground game, and stop spending so much money on ads.
The Wisconsin Lottery is telling people to check their Mega Millions tickets to see if they won something. The lottery yesterday said while the big jackpot, of over a billion-and-a-half dollars, was sold in California, there could be other winners here in Wisconsin. Lottery managers say during this jackpot run there were over 900 thousand tickets that won a combined five-point-six million-dollars in Wisconsin alone.
A teen died last Friday after an incident involving a toy wagon in Vernon County. The Sheriff’s Office there says three males from LaFarge--ages 12, 17, and 20--were riding the wagon down a hill in the Town of Whitestown when the wagon hit a tree and ejected all three down an embankment. Authorities pronounced the 17-year-old, identified as Marvin Miller, dead at the scene after attempting life-saving measures. The 12-year-old boy was taken to a Viroqua hospital and later transferred to UW-Madison with undisclosed injuries, while the 20-year-old, identified as Ervin Miller, was reported to be “seriously injured.” The sheriff’s office and the county’s Coroner’s Office are investigating the incident
The pandemic hit low-wage workers in Wisconsin hardest. Thousands of lower-paying jobs were lost during the height of COVID-19 and its aftermath according to a new report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum. Food services, office, and administrative support, and production were most heavily represented in the combined loss of 55,700 jobs paying less than $45,000 a year. But low-paying jobs in transportation and material moving saw greater increases than any other category, and wages for lower-paying jobs grew an average of 16.8%, outpacing the 14.1% inflation rate during the period. Jobs paying more than $45,000 stayed stable, not losing or gaining during that period
Forbes has Milwaukee ranked as a Top-20 destination for young workers. The magazine came out with its rankings this week, and Milwaukee is 16th on the list. The city gets high marks for its low unemployment rate, median income, and median home price. The median price for a home in Milwaukee is a relatively affordable 339-thousand dollars according to Forbes. Madison is the only other Wisconsin city to make the list; they're at 22. The Midwest nearly swept Forbes' Top Five, with Des Moines coming in first, Omaha ranked third, Columbus ranked fourth, and Cincinnati ranked fifth.
Mississippi's highest court won't stop state officials from suing former Packers Quarterback Bret Favre over misspent welfare funds. Three justices denied an appeal from Favre, who claims that the state Department of Human Services's lawsuit has no merit and that he wasn't involved in a scheme that siphoned millions of dollars from welfare funds to well-connected residents. But a former director at Mississippi D H S and several other people have pleaded guilty to criminal charges in the case. The state is trying to recover millions of dollars, some of which was spent on a sports facility for Favre's alma mater or a drug company he was investing in.
Several state-funded construction projects can move forward. That’s what Governor Tony Evers announced Wednesday after meeting with the Wisconsin State Building Commission at the Wisconsin State Fair. Included in the over $340-million of funding are a new Juvenile Correctional Facility in Milwaukee County; upgrades to the Marquette University School of Dentistry’s main campus clinic; several maintenance, repair, and new construction projects for the state departments of Corrections, Health Services, Military Affairs, Natural Resources, Transportation, and the UW-System; and a renovation of the Cream Puff Pavilion at State Fair Park.
A Michigan man will attempt to swim across Lake Michigan this weekend Fifty-year-old Bryan Huffman’s cross-lake swim is scheduled to start on Saturday and end on Sunday, weather permitting. Huffman is no stranger to open-water swimming - he successfully swam the English Channel last year. Huffman and his support team will start at Rawley Point Lighthouse, just north of Two Rivers and finish at Big Sable Point Lighthouse near Ludington, Michigan. He’s expected to take between 24 and 30 hours and swim up to 50 miles in a straight-line distance. Huffman is an ophthalmologist from Holland, Michigan, and hopes to raise $50,000 to make swimming lessons affordable to anyone at the Holland Aquatic Center.
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