Two students from the Durand-Arkansaw School District did test positive for Covid19. Pepin County Health Officer Heidi Stewart says that since the notification on Friday the contact tracers have been very busy. Setwart says its important to maintain social distancing. Meanwhile the Dunn County Health Department is notifying those who were at the Eau Galle Saloon and Grill from 1-2:30 am on September 13 and at the Twisted Sister in Arkansaw from 11pm Saturday to 1am on Sunday that they may have been exposed to Covid 19. If you were at these locations during these times and are experiencing symptoms, please call your health care provider to get tested for COVID-19 out of an abundance of caution.
The Pepin County Communications project will now be completed by December. During last nights board meeting, the Law Enforcement Committee Chairman told the board that an incorrect part had been ordered and it would take 12 weeks for the new part to arrive, thus causing the delay. Board Chairman Milliren told board members that Xcel Energy had reached out to the county to see if there was interest in the county to continuing to operate the Chippewa Bike Trail and possibly buying the property the trail is on. The Admin Committee agreed to send a letter of interest to Xcel to get negotiations started.
Dunn County authorities aren’t explaining why it took 16 years to file felony sexual abuse charges against a Boyceville man. Fifty-five-year-old Franklin Bignell faces three felonies. Investigators say Bignell repeatedly assaulted a young girl over a period of years. The sex abuse was reported in 2004, but no charges were filed until Monday. If he is convicted, Bignell could serve up to 120 years in prison.
A Rusk County man and his two alleged accomplices have entered not guilty pleas during a court appearance. Adam Rosolowski is accused of shooting his grandparents to death. The bodies of Robert and Bonnie Rosolowski were found in their home in Sheldon last June. Joseph Falk and a juvenile are scheduled to return to court with Rosolowski in November. The juvenile’s name hasn’t been released.
A 12-year-old boy got his mom arrested this week after getting out of the car she was driving. The boy told Chippewa Falls police officers he was from out of town and was lost. He added that his mother was drunk and still driving with his one-year-old brother in the car. No names have been released. The boy was taken to the police station and fed while authorities looked for his mother. She was taken into custody a few hours later near Tilden. The two boys were temporarily placed in foster care.
A Wisconsin state lawmaker says “nothing is getting done” about the state’s unemployment benefit backup. Some people have been waiting six months for their checks. Republican State Senator Chris Kapenga says it has been months and thousands of people are still waiting. Kapenga says his office has received hundreds and hundreds of emails and the conversation hasn’t changed for at least three months. He says it’s up to Governor Evers to make things better. Kapenga thinks the Department of Workforce Development should have its employees working 24 hours-a-day, six-days-a-week to catch up.
The Wisconsin Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers 2020 Report Card gives the state an overall grade of 'C' - or mediocre - in 13 categories of infrastructure. Water and energy infrastructure systems have received significant investments but roads and transit received the lowest grades in the report, each earning a 'D+.' Those roads cost drivers 6 billion dollars annually from vehicle wear and tear, wasted fuel due to congestion and costs of crashes.
The Minnesota State High School League has called a special meeting next week to reconsider fall sports. The M-S-H-S-L Board of Directors will meet virtually Monday at 9 a-m. The meeting was set on the same day the Big Ten Conference announced it will allow a fall football season in late October. Executive director Erich Martens says they will continue their work of providing the safest possible way for students to participate in all league activities and athletics for the 2020-2021 school year. The board moved some fall activities to the spring last month due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Beathe easy. The smoke originating in California, Oregon, and Washington is traveling between 30-and-40-thousand feet above ground in the jet stream. A weather and climate professor at U-W Eau Claire says that high up, the smoke won't affect anyone sensitive to particulates.
Menomonee Falls-based big-box retailer Kohl’s is cutting 15 percent of its workforce in the home office. The company made the announcement Tuesday. It isn’t clear just how many positions will be lost. A Kohl’s spokesperson says the move is coming in response to the coronavirus pandemic. There are no current plans to close any stores. Kohl’s laid off 250 people earlier this year but that happened before the outbreak started.
Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe is urging voters to return their absentee ballots as quickly as possible to avoid any problems. Wolfe says more than a million voters have requested an absentee ballot and she expects that number to go up. She says to make sure your vote is counted, don’t wait until the last minute to submit it. All absentee ballots have to be returned to the local election clerks by 8:00 p-m on Election Day, November 3rd.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is adjusting tuition refund deadlines, due to the COVID-19 outbreak on campus. The university announced that for students who choose to completely withdraw from the semester, a full tuition refund will be possible until Friday. While that amounts to an extension of an additional week, the announcement Wednesday only gives students two days to act until the deadline. The deadline for students to drop a fall term course and receive a 50-percent tuition refund on adjusted tuition remains September 25.
Forbes annual survey of America's 400 wealthiest includes eight from Wisconsin. Home improvement magnate John Menard Junior leads the list here, with a fortune of 14-point-2 billion. Kohler Company chairman and CEO Herbert Kohler Junior and his family have a net worth of 8.3 billion. ABC Supply Company founder and chair Diane Hendricks has a net worth of 7 billion. Rounding out Wisconsin's wealthiest, Epic Systems medical software founder Judy Faulkner, worth 5.5 billion, three heirs of the S.C. Johnson fortune, and Cargill heir James Cargill II.
A perennial Wisconsin Dells attraction is closing down, permanently. The owners of the Tommy Bartlett Show say the ski show is not coming back next year. President Tom Diehl says that the loss of revenues from being closed for the 2020 season makes it impossible to reopen for 2021. The move will not affect the year round Exploratory Museum in the Dells. The ski show had been in operation since 1953.
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