The Durand -Arkansaw School Board has decided to allow in person learning 5 days a week for the upcoming school year. During last nights special board meeting, the board voted down a hybrid plan from the administration that would have had ½ of the students in the building Monday's and Tuesdays and the other half in Thursday's and Fridays with virtual learning the rest of the time. Board President Bill Yingst says the board wanted to give the option of in person learning 5days a week to those parents who wanted it. While the 5 days a week in person learning was approved, the daily schedule will still have to be finalized. A special board meeting with staff, administration and the public will be held on Tuesday August 4th at 4pm at Durand High School. The board also voted 5-2 to give students the choice of wearing masks inside the building, however the bus company has mandated masks for all students riding the bus.
Two
large Wisconsin Cooperatives are merging. Countryside Cooperative
and Landmark Services Cooperative have agreed to move forward with a
merger. Members of both boards determined that joining the resources
would increase their competitive advantage in ever-changing local and
global agriculture markets and drive increased value to members and
employees. The new cooperatives headquarters will be located in
Cottage Grove and current Landmark CEO Jim Dell would be the CEO of
the new Cooperative, while Countryside CEO Frank Brenner would work
with Dell to ensure that the unification of both cooperatives is a
success. Contingent upon a successful vote by the members of
Countryside Cooperative, the merger is expected to take effect on
March 1st,
2021.
The Pierce County Board has declared a local emergency due to the heavy rainfall that fell from June 28-July 1st. The County is seeking information to determine the extent of damage to homes and businesses due to the flooding. The information gathered will be used to support grant and or loan requests for the county to assist in recovery and reducing future flood risks. Assistance to individuals and families meeting income criteria may also be available. Low to moderate income households with damage affecting the livability of their homes are urged to please contact 2-1-1 or call Pierce County Emergency Management at 715-273-6751 with any additional questions.
The
Elk Mound School District had decided to cancel a possible in person
graduation ceremony. In a social media post from Wednesday, the
district cited local health officials recommendation not to have an
in person ceremony as one of the factors to cancel the in person
ceremony that was scheduled for August 5th.
The district will work on a virtual graduation for the class and
will have more information by August 5th.
A western Wisconsin woman is dead after being struck and killed by a tractor at a state park in Iowa. The Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Department responded to a medical call at Clear Lake State Park Beach around 4:15 p-m Tuesday. An unattended tractor owned by the State of Iowa rolled down a hill towards the beach area and struck a female sitting near the beach. Twenty-one-year-old Mercedes Kohlhardt of Eau Claire died at the scene from injuries suffered in the accident. Deputies say the incident remains under investigation.
A
Chippewa Falls man was arrested last weekend after police saw two
cars in his yard that had been reported stolen. When a search
warrant was executed, police found three more stolen cars in Jerimie
Kelling’s back yard. They also found meth, T-H-C, drug
paraphernalia and a loaded rifle during the search. A woman at
the home, 37-year-old Shauna Dommer, was arrested on drug charges.
Authorities say they are in the process of returning the stolen
vehicles to their owners and investigating the possibility Kelling
was involved in the theft of multiple vehicles from an Eau Claire
business.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will not require freshmen applicants to submit A-C-T or S-A-T scores due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Officials say an admissions policy waiver from the U-W System will allow the change in 2020. The university will seek a long-term waiver from the Board of Regents in August. The College Board urged flexibility because the pandemic prevented millions of students from testing this spring. Applicants may choose to submit a score from a college-entrance exam. Students will not be disadvantaged in the admission evaluation process if they choose to not have ACT or SAT scores considered during this time.
The attorney for one of the four ex-Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's death wants the charges dismissed. Tou Thao's lawyer says aiding and abetting second-degree murder and manslaughter are not supported by probable cause. The motion filed Wednesday says Thao will move for the dismissal of charges on September 11th or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard. Thao, Thomas Lane and J Alexande Kueng all face the same charges. Derek Chauvin is accused of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the Memorial Day death of Floyd in south Minneapolis.
County and local governments will be seeing their first payments from the state under the annual shared revenue program. State Revenue Secretary Peter Barca says this funding is there to help offset local property taxes. State revenue sharing began in 1911 with the enactment of the state income tax.
Mask mandates likely won't be coming to your community. Wisconsin League of Municipalities Executive Director Jerry Deschane said Wednesday that the "overwhelming majority" of cities won't adopt mask mandates to limit spread of COVID-19. On a call organized by Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, Deschane said local leaders are frustrated, but "don't necessarily have the tools to act." Deschane and Wisconsin Counties Association Executive Director Mark O'Connell described a "patchwork" of local regulations in response to COVID-19.
Milwaukee-based motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson is reporting major financial losses during the second quarter of the fiscal year. The company reports a net loss of 92 million dollars after being forced to shut down production during the coronavirus pandemic. Shipments of motorcycles at this time during 2019 were almost 69 thousand units. This year they are just over 28 thousand. The company says its net revenue has fallen 53 percent compared to last year.
The crowd for next month’s Democratic National Convention was once anticipated to be about 50 thousand strong. Now, planners are just talking about a few hundred. Coronavirus first led convention organizers to move it from July to mid-August, then moved most of the activities online. Now, W-I-S-N Television is reporting that convention planners are expecting as few as 300 people to be in Milwaukee for the event. A report out last week suggested former Vice President Joe Biden – the presumed Democratic Party nominee for president – may be the only person to actually speak from Milwaukee during the convention.
One of the two women accused of attacking a Wisconsin state senator during a protest has been put on administrative leave from her job at Mount Horeb schools. Twenty-six-year-old Samantha Hamer is a social worker with the district. Prosecutors accuse Hamer and 33-year-old Kenda O’Reilly with attacking state Senator Tim Carpenter last month. Carpenter had to have surgery after the June 23rd incident.
The University of Minnesota is planning on holding most of its classes--about 70-percent--online this fall. U of M officials say of the university’s 89-hundred fall classes, about six-thousand-250 will be online or remote. The remaining two-thousand-655 classes will either be in-person or hybrid. Governor Walz and state education officials will give an update Thursday on how public schools will look this fall.
Wisconsin-based Kohl's is the latest retailer to announce it will close its stores on Thanksgiving. Kohl's expects more customers to shop early and taking advantage of online shopping. C-E-O Michelle Glass said in a statement, "we are deeply appreciative of how our team of Kohl’s associates have shown up to serve our customers through this pandemic and know that they will continue to show Kohl’s at our best throughout the holidays." Minnesota-based Target and Best Buy also plans to close their doors this Thanksgiving along with Walmart and Dick's Sporting Goods.
The newest member of the Wisconsin Supreme Court will be sworn-in Saturday - while she is running a 100-mile ultra-marathon. Justice-Elect Jill Karofsky won the seat on the high court during the April election. She had been serving as a Dane County Circuit Court judge. Plans are for Karofsky, an avid runner, to be sworn-in at the 35-mile marker Saturday. The ceremony will be live-streamed on Facebook.
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