The Mondovi City Council is meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include discussion on the orderly conduct of the city ordinances and reports from the mayor and city department heads. Tonights meeting begins at 5:30 at the Marten Center in Mondovi.
The City of Durand has sold the parking lot on 2nd Ave West in Downtown. Durand Mayor Patrick Milliren says the lot was sold to a downtown business. The city put the property up for sale earlier this year.
The Durand-Arkansaw School District is preparing to break ground on the new Early Learning Center. Superintendent Ryan Nelson says groundbreaking should happen sometime in mid October. The City of Durand recently approved the site plan for the center and its hoped to have the center open by the 2026 school year.
Xcel Energy is advising Wisconsin natural gas customers that they can expect to see higher bills this winter. Xcel says that monthly bills will be 15 percent higher on average versus last winter. The increase is being attributed to higher costs for natural has as well as higher infrastructure and other costs.
Prison time for an Eau Claire woman convicted in connection with the shooting death of a man three years ago. Forty-six-year-old Eddie Banks was fatally shot and found dead in a ditch off of Mallard Road in June of 2022. Three people were charged in the case including Kristina Keppert who pleaded guilty to a charge of charge of felony murder - false imprisonment. Keppert has been sentenced this week to seven years in prison.
Eau Claire's Sustainability Advisory Committee is considering making a recommendation to city council regarding outdoor cats. At issues are domestic cats who are allowed to run free outside and pose a threat to birds and other small animals. The American Bird Conservancy reports that outdoor cats kill about two-point-four billion birds every year in the United States. The advisory committee is considering a recommendation to make it illegal to allow cats outdoors without a leash, to require that cats be spayed or neutered unless permitted for breeding, and that licensing fees and cat-related fines be increased.
Authorities are sharing the name of a motorcyclist who died after a recent accident in La Crosse. Thirty-seven-year-old Nicholas Smythe was riding near 33rd Street and Mormon Coulee Road on October 2nd when he side-swiped a truck that was pulling a trailer. Smythe later died at a local hospital.
More than 130 million dollars in Wisconsin clean energy-related projects are at risk as the Trump administration moves to cut up to 24 billion dollars in projects originally approved by the Biden administration. The Wisconsin grants on the list are a mix of projects that help boost energy efficiency, including supporting the expansion of energy storage battery systems. One potential casualty is more than 1 million dollars to prepare young people to enter apprenticeships in the skilled trades.
Electric
and natural gas customers who need assistance need to apply
before the end of the month. If you have outstanding electric and gas
utility bills, the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin is
encouraging you to make payment arrangements with your provider, or
apply for financial assistance, before the annual winter heating
disconnection moratorium begins November 1st. Under state law,
utilities can't disconnect essential services to residents during the
moratorium. If you are currently disconnected, you'll need to make
arrangements to restore service because utilities aren't required to
reconnect service until payment arrangements are made.
A strange fraud case for Wisconsin Consumer Protection. Administrator Michelle Reinen says a recent victim rented a property from someone who wasn't the owner and didn't realize it until a leak flooded the building. The tenant began researching the property and found other contact information for their landlord and discovered it was listed really as a short-term vacation rental on Airbnb. Neither the victim nor the property owner were able to recoup the damages from the flood or the fraud. Reinen reminds you to research any property you're considering renting, including seeing if it's a real place and if the person offering a lease is the owner.
People who falsely claim a pet as a service animal would face fines under a Republican-authored bill moving through the Legislature. Manitowoc State Representative Paul Tittl authors the legislation and says it's very easy for someone to fraudulently claim a pet as a service animal. Under the bill, violators could be fined up to $200 for their first violation and up to $500 for future violations. The bill passed in the Assembly last week and now heads to the Senate.
Trying to crack the case of a missing central Wisconsin teen who disappeared a decade ago. 14-year-old Mackenzie Marken was last seen at her home in Weston on October 11th of 2015 and was reported missing the next day. The Mountain Bay Metro Police Department says its officers are still trying to figure out what happened that day, and who is aware of the circumstances of the disappearance. Marken, who would currently be 24 years old, stood five-foot-seven and was last seen with brown hair and brown eyes. A $1,000 reward is in place for any information given that leads to Marken’s whereabouts.
A
deer farm in Portage County has tested positive for chronic wasting
disease. The positive result came from a three-year-old buck. The
property has been quarantined and will remain that way until
Wisconsin Department of Ag, Trade and Consumer Protection and the
U.S. Department of Agriculture vets and staff conduct an
investigation. CWD is a fatal, neurological disease of deer, elk, and
moose caused by an infectious protein that affects the animal's
nervous system. More info on CWD in Wisconsin can be found on DATCP's
website.
Legislation from both parties is targeting ticket scalpers in Wisconsin. The Democratic bill, named the SWIFTIE Act, would ban the use of artificial intelligence bots to artificially hoard tickets before fans would be able to buy them. Under the Republican bill, individuals could still purchase and resell tickets, but there would be a $1,000 fine for ticket companies that violate the rules. Ticket retailers or event operators would also have to forfeit profits earned from any tickets sold. In March, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that orders the Federal Trade Commission to enforce fair ticketing practices.
Two Minnesota Breweries earn gold medals at the Great American Beer Festival on Saturday. The gold medal-winning breweries are Northbound Smokehouse and Brewpub as well as Lupulin Brewing. Minnesota breweries won four medals collectively this year which is the highest since 2022. The Great American Beer Festival was held in Denver over the weekend hosted by The Brewers Association.
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