Local
rivers are on the rise.. The National Weather service says the
Chippewa River in Durand should rise to 13.9 feet by Wednesday which
is the minor flood stage. The boat landing and River Road in
Downtown Durand are already starting to flood. Meanwhile in Wasbasha,
the weather service says the Mississippi River will reach flood stage
by Tuesday.
One
person is dead after a fire in the Town of Hale on Friday. According
to the Trempealeau County Sheriffs Department, 86yr old Richard
Morchinek had started a brush fire, when his clothes started on fire.
The fire spread to a barn starting the barn on fire as well. The
Morchinek was flown to Regions Hsopital whe he died of his injuries.
Former
Whitehall resident and country music star Joe Diffie has passed away
after testing positive for Covid-19. Diffie's publicist said the
singer passed away Sunday in Nashville due to complications from
covid-19. Diffie had a string of hits in the 1990's including Home
and Pickup Man. He lived in Whitehall when he was a child from
6th-11th
grade.
The
Mondovi School District is taking advantage of the closure of schools
in Wisconsin to get ahead on the construction project. District
Superintendent Greg Corning says the district worked with Hoffman
Construction to change up the schedule..
As
authorities deal with the Covid-19 outbreak, area health officers are
working together. Pepin County Health Officer Heidi Stewart says
health officers and emergency management officials from around the
area hold conference calls to talk about more than just the number of
cases. The
conference calls are held everyday.
Doctors
in Eau Claire say flu cases have decreased significantly since the
COVID-19 outbreak. H-S-H-S Sacred Heart Hospital critical care
director Travis Christman says social distancing is not
only preventing the spread of coronavirus, it is also impacting flu
numbers. Flu shots are still available, but social distancing
and monitoring symptoms are combining to help slow the spread of both
illnesses.
The
Wisconsin Fire Marshal has wrapped up the investigation of last
weekend’s fatal fire in Dunn County without determining an official
cause. Fifty-three-year-old Vue Lohr died of smoke inhalation
in the house fire in Spring Brook. A woman and four children
suffered thermal injuries and lacerations and they are being treated
at different hospitals.
A
Rochester man is facing assault with a dangerous weapon charges for
trying to shoot a former neighbor. Police say the 50-year-old
woman saw 59-year-old Omar Alasow in an apartment parking lot when he
pulled out a gun, pointed it at her and pulled the trigger.
Officers say the gun jammed and she ran away. The woman said
Alasow continued to chase her and she heard the gun clicking as he
kept trying to fire. Police later spotted him in his car and
found a loaded gun in the front seat. The alleged victim said
she had no idea why Alasow tried to shoot her.
Olmsted
County authorities are identifying the man electrocuted Thursday at a
business in Byron. Deputies say 37-year-old Anthony Steel of
Rochester was on an elevated boom at Duke Aerial Equipment when the
boom made contact with an overhead power line. Steel died at
the scene. He was employed as a mechanic at the business and
was apparently testing the boom at the time of the accident.
Members
of Wisconsin's congressional delegation helped the U-S House pass the
two-trillion-dollar Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act. Republican Representative Mike Gallagher said the bill
is not perfect, but "surges badly needed resources to the
hospital systems, health care workers, and first responders on the
frontlines of this fight." Democratic Congressman Ron Kind said
"we took another important step toward getting businesses,
working families, and health care providers the support they need
during these tough times." Most adults in Wisconsin will
receive direct payments of 12-hundred dollars and a 500 dollars per
child. President Trump signed the stimulus package shortly
after it was approved in the House.
A
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources warden is being praised for
using his old-school, backwoods skills to find a missing boy.
The incident happened last November. The boy ran from his
middle school and vanished into a nearby marsh, resulting in a
massive search effort. Warden Austin Schumacher managed to pick
up the boy’s trail while the rest of the searchers headed off in
the wrong direction. Schumacher carried the child piggyback for
a mile, getting him to safety as darkness was falling and a
threatening snowstorm finally hit.
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Wisconsin
Governor Tony Evers issued an order temporarily suspending evictions
and foreclosures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It prohibits
landlords from evicting tenants for any reason unless it would result
in an imminent threat of serious physical harm to another person, and
mortgagees from commencing civil action to foreclose on real estate
for 60 days. The order does not relieve a person's obligation
to pay their rent or mortgages. Evers said, "during this
time individuals, families, and small businesses may see disruptions
in paychecks due to losing hours, tips, business, or employment.
This is another step we can take to prioritize the health and
safety of Wisconsinites during this public health emergency,"
Republicans
are rejecting Governor Tony Evers' call to send an absentee ballot to
every voter in Wisconsin. The Democratic governor said Friday
that he wanted to make sure everyone had a chance to vote in the
April 7th election amid the coronavirus pandemic. It would
require action by the Wisconsin Legislature. Senate Majority
Leader Scott Fitzgerald says Evers knows it's not logistically
feasible to print, verify and mail millions of ballots within ten
days. He said, "the clerks of this state should know this
is a complete fantasy." Fitzgerald says all registered voters
can easily request an absentee ballot from their clerk or online.
The
president’s reelection campaign is threatening to sue television
stations in five states – including Wisconsin – if they don’t
pull an anti-Trump ad. The campaign says the political
advertisement using clips of the president talking about the
coronavirus is false. The campaign says the ads include the
“false assertion” that the president called the coronavirus a
“hoax.” Created by the Priorities U-S-A Action Fund, a
Democratic super political action committee, the advertisement
includes comments by Trump where he tries to minimize the seriousness
of the coronavirus pandemic.
The
Minnesota D-N-R says do not believe a social media post saying the
state's fishing season is canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The false report was made on Minnesota D-N-R letterhead and
encouraged anglers to request access to their favorite fishing areas
in the state. The D-N-R says all bodies of water will be open
for fishing this season. The fishing opener this year for trout
is April 18th, walleye, sauger and northern pike on May 9th and
muskie on June 6th,
Hormel
Foods is helping the Austin community during the COVID-19 outbreak.
The company is ordering about 300 lunches each weekday from a dozen
local restaurants. Hormel initially started the program to
support its corporate team members while keeping food-service
operators working. With the staff now working remotely, Hormel
is donating most of the meals to hungry relief organizations and
local first responders. The company’s Jennie-O team is also
purchasing meals from local businesses in its four plant locations in
Minnesota and Wisconsin.
An
iconic Wisconsin brewery is helping fill the hand sanitizer shortage.
Leinenkugel's is donating 165 barrels of bulk beer to the Chippewa
River Distillery to be turned into hand sanitizer. Stores across
America are running short on the anti-bacterial goo. A number of
breweries and distilleries in America are turning their beverages
into hand cleanser.
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