The Creation of the Durand Fire District is getting closer. During last night's city council meeting, the council discussed the agreement between Durand Fire and the Rural Fire Department to create the district. Durand Mayor Patrick Milliren says the two sides are close to a final agreement. The City is hoping to have the agreement finalized and the district in place by January.
The School District of Mondovi will be holding a planned public safety event today. This afternoon local emergency services will be conducting a simulated drunk driving crash scene with Mondovi High School. This exercise serves as a powerful educational tool for our high school students and will highlight the dangers of impaired driving. During the exercise, residents may see and hear a significant presence of emergency vehicles, sirens, and personnel responding to the staged scene behind the high school near the pool.
The Pepin County Land Conservation Department is holding their annual native tree sale. The native trees come in bundles of 25 and pick up will be at the end of April or early May depending on the nursery and weather. Contact Pepin County Land Conservation for more information.
The University of Wisconsin-River Falls will again host the Farm and Industry Short Course (FISC), a 16-week residential program that provides world-class, hands-on training targeting the skills and knowledge students need to know to step into the dairy industry. The program begins October 27 and runs through March 13, 2026, with a holiday break away from campus. The courses will emphasize animal management, including animal health and welfare, nutrition, reproductive physiology and milk quality, and will also include an introduction to basic business management and accounting.
Charges have now been filed against an Eau Claire man after a stabbing incident in Lake Hallie. Police responding to a 41st Avenue home on July 11th of this year found a man who was stabbed five times. Eighteen-year-old suspect Orestes Kouris was later located near the Lake Hallie Golf Course and arrested. Charges against Kouris include attempted 1st-degree intentional homicide. Kouris is being held in the Chippewa County Jail on a 300-thousand dollar bond.
In Chippewa County, new charges are being filed against a contractor from Osseo. Anthony Brooks is accused of accepting customer payments ranging from 13-thousand to 123-thousand dollars for home remodeling and renovation projects that he then never began and for which he failed to provide refunds. He faces five counts of theft by contractor. Brooks faces sixteen similar counts in Eau Claire County.
One of five people charged in connection with a scam that cost an elderly La Crosse County couple over 450-thousand dollars appeared in court yesterday. Authorities say the group carried out an elaborate Publisher's Clearing House and Mega Millions sweepstakes con that saw the victims sending cash, gift cards and personal data to them over the course of an eight-month long period. The defendants are each charged with theft by false representation. Defendant Malcolm Sterling appeared by video yesterday and his bond was set at one-million dollars.
Microsoft will not build a data center in the village of Caledonia. The tech company said in a statement Wednesday that it would not be moving forward with its plans to build the site. It comes after community members pushed back on the initiative, citing environmental concerns during village meetings. The proposed data center would have been the third in Racine County. The City of Menomonie recently pulled support of a proposed data center just north of that city.
The State Assembly passes a number of Republican-authored bills aimed at increasing access to affordable housing in Wisconsin. Saukville Representative Robert Brooks says some of the bills are focused on making starter homes more available for first time home buyers. Brooks says the bills will incentivize municipalities and counties to construct more of these types of homes. The bills approved Tuesday will also need to pass the Republican-controlled Senate before being sent to Democratic Governor Tony Evers' desk.
The Department of Natural Resources says an invasive grass is spreading through Wisconsin. Ecologists announced Tuesday that Japanese stiltgrass was found in Dane, Grant, and Walworth Counties. The invasive plant was originally spotted in the Coulee Experimental Forest near La Crosse in 2020. The grass has a wide root system that can upset local native species and crowd out the floor of forests. Stiltgrass has been spreading throughout the eastern and southern US over the past century.
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation and the Iowa Department of Transportation are preparing to close the Wisconsin 82 / Iowa 9 Mississippi River bridge. The span connecting Crawford County Wisconsin and Lansing Iowa will close to traffic on October 20th. The bridge will be torn down and a new one built in its place -- expected to open in the spring of 2027. In the meantime, a free car ferry will begin operations next month to get vehicles across the water.
UW Health is in discussion to start operating several Marshfield Clinic locations in Dodge County. UW Health announced Monday it’s in talks with Marshfield Clinic to transfer control of clinics and hospitals in Beaver Dam, Columbus, Waupun and Horicon. That would include the emergency facilities and hospital at Beaver Dam. A UW-Health spokesperson told the Wisconsin State Journal that the move would strengthen local health care for patients.
No charges are being filed in the shooting death of a home invasion suspect in Rochester nearly a year ago. Olmsted County Attorney Michael Walters ruled out criminal charges against the property owner. The incident happened last November. Police say the homeowner shot and killed Demetrious Tankhamvang and then called 911 to report that he had been assaulted in his home and shot the suspect. Walters determined that the lawful use of force was implemented in the shooting
A new book about the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald is releasing soon. John U. Bacon's new book, "The Gales of November," is subtitled "The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald." His book has extensive information on the lives and experiences of the men who died. The result is a book that broadens the story of the Edmund Fitzgerald. One of Bacon's most revealing sources was Rick Barthuli, who was working in the engine room of the Arthur M. Anderson, the other ship to depart that evening.
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