A Mondovi man was arrested August 24 after authorities responded to a residence in the 100 block of Washington Street. When officers arrived they found Neil Schmid holding two steel knives. After talking with police Schmid began to cut his arms and it was at that point he was arrested. Schmid was charged with first degree recklessly endangering safety, Battery or threat to Law Enforcement officer, Resisting an Officer and Disorderly Conduct. A $10,000 cash bond was ordered and his next court appearance is September 3rd.
One person is dead after a drowning on Bone Lake near Luck on Saturday. According to the Polk County Sheriffs Department, a male dove into to feet of water and hit the lake bottom. Family members were able to get the man back into boat and he was taken to Amery Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. Authorities are calling the incident a drowning.
Money Magazine ranks the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire the second-best public regional university in Wisconsin and Minnesota. The list of “Best Colleges for the Money” is out. Colleges are ranked based on the quality of the education offered to students, affordability, and educational outcomes. The Eau Claire school is ranked 175th out of more than 730 public and private universities.
The Department of Agriculture Monday extended free meals for kids through December 31. The announcement, according to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, allows summer meal program operators to continue serving free meals to all children into the fall months. The flexibilities include permitting meals to be served outside of the typically required group settings and mealtimes, waiving meal pattern requirements and allowing parents and guardians to pick-up meals for their children. Democrats have asked Perdue to make the flexibilities available for the full 2020-2021 school year. In the announcement, USDA says, "while there have been some well-meaning people asking USDA to fund this through the entire 2020-2021 school year, we are obligated to not spend more than is appropriated by Congress."
Wisconsin lawmakers passed no laws on police reform in a special session Monday that lasted about 30 seconds. The session was then recessed until Thursday. Democratic State Representative Sheila Stubbs of Madison says, “Leaders have long overlooked the systemic injustices in our policing system,” adding, “They failed us.” Community leaders and the Black Legislative Caucus have said the time for listening is done – and now it’s time for action. The bill Governor Tony Evers wanted lawmakers to take up included a ban on no-knock warrants and chokeholds. It would have created statewide use-of-force standards.
The Madison Metropolitan School District is reportedly giving staff members two options – show up for in-person work, or resign. More than 500 employees got emails. The district wants them to volunteer to help fill the gaps in child care and educational needs at Madison School and Community Recreation. A district spokesperson says it’s a reassignment due to the coronavirus pandemic. Seventy percent of the staff members agreed to be reassigned. The 30 percent who didn’t volunteer were sent a followup email, giving them the option to accept the reassignment or resign.
Republican state lawmakers are accusing Governor Walz of harassing Minnesota businesses by stepping up COVID-19 compliance checks. A group of G-O-P lawmakers sent a letter to Walz that said, "clearly restaurants and bars are not major drivers for COVID transmission, and it's unfair that they are being targeted and treated as such." But state health officials say coronavirus cases linked those establishments are on the rise. The lawmakers claim a letter sent by the state to the hospitality industry about COVID restrictions threatened business with fines, closure, and investigations instead of" educational." At least 29 coronavirus outbreaks have been linked to Minnesota bars and restaurants.
Wisconsin health officials say won't publicly identify schools with coronavirus outbreaks. The Department of Health Services says it will disclose the number of active investigations at schools, but not the number of cases. Schools are directed to report outbreaks to their local health departments, which will then report them to the state.
UW-Health will be taking part in Phase Three trials for a prototype COVID-19 vaccination. Dr. William Hartman with UW-Health says the system will be testing the new vaccine on around 1600 people here in Wisconsin. Hartman credits the long standing work at Oxford to rapidly turn around a vaccine for testing, and says the team there had a lot of experience working with the MERS vaccine. If you want to take part, call the hospital at 608-262-8300.
Authorities in Lafayette County say a Saturday A-T-V accident has left one teenager dead and a second with serious injuries. The accident happened in the Town of Belmont shortly after 10:00 p-m. Fourteen-year-old Jordan G. Beesecker of Darlington was operating the A-T-V when he lost control. He and 16-year-old Mikayla M. Stephens of Darlington were ejected. Emergency responders say Beesecker died before he could be taken to a hospital. Stephens was trapped under the vehicle, had to be extricated, then was airlifted to U-W Hospital in Madison.
Settlement documents show the University of Minnesota paid a 500-thousand-dollar settlement to a student who said she was sexually assaulted by several football players. The incident happened in the fall of 2016, but no criminal charges were ever filed. The undergraduate student’s name hasn’t been released. The university determined 10 Gopher football players were responsible for sexual misconduct. After their appeals were exhausted, five were expelled or suspended.
Minnesota residents receiving unemployment benefits will temporarily receive an extra 300 dollars-a-week under the Lost Wages Assistance program. Governor Tim Walz announced Saturday that FEMA had given its approval. To get the additional money the recipient must have lost their job due to the coronavirus pandemic and must have a weekly unemployment benefit of at least 100 dollars. Recipients will receive the benefit automatically without having to reapply. The program is expected to last five-to-eight weeks.
Xcel Energy is sending about 30 contract employees from Wisconsin down south to help with cleanup from Hurricane Laura. W-Q-O-W reports the company is sending nearly 250 employees and contractors to help restore power to people impacted by the hurricane. They're also sending vegetation crews to help clean up debris. A spokesman for the company says around 670-thousand customers are without power. They say it could be up to two weeks before the lights come back on.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation is looking for volunteers for the state's Adopt-a-Highway program. Volunteers are asked to commit to the program for at least two years and pick up litter on both sides of the roadway a minimum of twice a year. The average length of roadway is two miles.
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