Angle
parking in downtown Mondovi will continue. During last nights City
Council meeting council members were told that the Wisconsin
Department of Transportation had dropped its request to change the
parking in Downtown from angle parking to parallel or to a back in
type of angle parking after Hwy 37 is reconstructed. The state had
proposed that Eau Claire street would be reconstructed with a centered
landscaped median with parallel parking on both sides of the center
median and on the outside edges of the roadway. After complaints
about the change from the city, the state DOT has dropped those
plans.
The
Mondovi School District has notified parents that students attending
the Destination Imagination event in Osceola may have come in
contact with a person that has a confirmed case of Covid-19. In the
letter to parents, the district and Buffalo County Health Department said those that attended the event are at a low risk of contracting
Covid-19. The assessment was based on the symptoms the individual
experienced at the time and the activities the individual engaged in
while at the event. At this time no Mondovi staff member or student
is identified as infected with Covid-19.
The
Durand City Councils is meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include
an amendment to the Ambulance Service where the city council would
approve officers for the service, an discussion and action on the parameters for operation of the Tarrant Park Pool for 2020, and
reports from the mayor, city administrator and department heads.
Tonights meeting begins at 6:30 at Durand City Hall.
Firefighters
responded to a building fire in Buffalo City yesterday. According to
the Buffalo County Sheriffs Department, firefighters from
Tri-Community and Fountain City fire Departments were called to a
structure fire at 1113 South River Road just after 1pm yesterday.
The detached garage was fully engulfed and spreading to an unoccupied camper trailer. The garage was a total loss and no one
was injured in the blaze. The cause of the fire is believed to be
the result of varnishing wood in a non-ventilated area with a wood
stove heating the garage.
A
former city clerk and treasurer in southeast Minnesota is pleading
not guilty to stealing more than 134-thousand dollars.
Fifty-two-year-old Lolitta Melander of Lanesboro is facing 15 counts
of theft, five counts of receiving stolen property, five counts of
embezzlement of public funds and a public officer permitting false
claims against the government. Melander is accused of stealing
funds from February 2011 until September of 2018 while she was the
city clerk/treasurer of Canton. The complaint alleges she used
Canton city checks for personal expenses including medical
bills, funeral expenses, car repairs, and trips to Montana
and South Dakota.
Governor
Tony Evers is proposing legislation to help local governments with
spring flooding. The Democratic governor's announcement Tuesday
comes as communities begin planning and preparation for spring
flooding. Evers proposed a package of bills that would cover some of
the costs to repair highways and bridges, assist local governments in
collecting storm water and groundwater, and create an income tax
deduction for flood insurance premiums. All well and good, but the
state Assembly has adjourned, and the Senate is expected on the floor
just once more, later this month.
The
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has contacted students, staff
members and faculty, telling them spring break is being extended by a
week. The additional time off will be used by the university to
get ready to move most of its classes online due to the coronavirus
outbreak. Spring break will now end March 29th.
The step was taken after a university employee became sick following
contact with a second person who had traveled from a country with a
level-three warning.
An
electrician employed by the Metropolitan Airports Commission is
charged with stealing copper wire for five years and making at least
125-thousand dollars. Fifty-nine-year-old Kipp Baldwin of
Bloomington is accused of theft by swindle. The criminal
complaint says someone told the Airport Police Department in October
that they suspected Baldwin of stealing copper from contractors hired
to do work at the M-S-P International Airport. Investigators
say Baldwin would regularly take the stolen wire and other metal to
the United Milwaukee scrap metal facility.
Leaders
at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are urging students not to
travel for spring break. U-W leaders say students and faculty
members who travel over spring break are putting themselves at more
risk of getting coronavirus. They're even urged to stay in Dane
County. The university is canceling all sponsored travel, and is
putting more countries off-limits.
The
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is investigating the deaths
of several dogs and wildlife like raptors, coyotes, weasels, raccoons
and wolves. The deaths have been reported in northern Wisconsin
over the last year. Investigators are concentrating their
efforts on Forest, Marinette and Florence counties. State
officials say laboratory tests have confirmed the presence of
dangerous toxic substances in the area. It is possible the
problem existences beyond the boundaries of those three counties.
The
manslaughter trial for a Washington County deputy is underway in
Stillwater. Deputy Brian Krook is charged in the 2018 fatal
shooting of a suicidal man with a gun. Krook says 23-year-old
Benjamin Evans pointed his gun at another deputy and he had no choice
but to shoot. Prosecutors say Evans didn’t aim at officers
and repeatedly said he didn’t want to cause them harm. Jury
selection started Monday and opening arguments will be given later
this week.
A
member of the Green Bay Board of Education says an investigation is
an effort to silence her. Rhonda Sitnikau is accused of
violating board policies on several occasions. An outside
investigator was hired last October to look into the allegations.
Sitnikau calls it an “abuse of power and tax dollars.” She
is accused of failing to forward complaints she received from parents
or staff members on three occasions. The investigation
determined she failed to go through department administrators while
demanding information and documentation – keeping staff members
from doing their jobs.
Target
is the latest retailer to limit the number of hand sanitizers and
disinfectant wipes that customers can purchase at one time. The
coronavirus situation has resulted in a run on many stores, and the
Minnesota-based company is limiting sales of those products to six
per customer. Target is also encouraging its same-day delivery
service to leave items at front doors instead of handing them
directly to customers.
The
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is reporting Minnesota's
moose population remains relatively stable for the ninth year in a
row. The winter aerial survey shows the estimated
population at three-thousand-150 animals - or a range between
24-hundred and 43-hundred moose. The D-N-R said due to
the variance in the annual population estimate - this year's number
doesn't suggest a decline from last year's estimate of
four-thousand-180 moose. Researchers say reproductive success
remains low and their long-term survival is at risk. The
moose population has declined from more than 88-hundred animals in
2006.
Madison
is ranked among the top-five happiest American cities. A
WalletHub study ranks the cities based on depression rate,
income-growth rate and other factors. Fremont, California
topped the list, with Plano, Texas second and Madison fifth. In
the past, Hawaii has dominated lists like this one, but Pearl, Hawaii
was the highest-rated city in that state this time – at number-16.
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