The Durand Improvement Group gave a presentation on the Trunk or Treat event to the Durand City Council last night. While the council didn't make a decision, Durand Mayor Patrick Milliren says the group is working with the health department to find a way to have the event. The State Division of Health is recommending no traditional trick or treating this year due to the covid 19 pandemic.
One person was injured in a motorcycle vs SUV accident in Buffalo Township on Tuesday. According tot he Buffalo County Sheriffs Department, 46yr old Joshua Cichy of Red Wing was traveling northbound on Hwy M and met 42 yr old Yobahn Barragan-Soteol of Fountain City traveling southbound. The two met on a hill and curve in the roadway when the two collided causing Cichy to go airborne off the motorcycle and into the north ditch. Cinchy was air lifted to Gunderson Lutheran Hospital with undetermined injuries.
The former Eau Clarie County Humane Association accountant who has been convicted of embezzlement is facing new charges. Nicolle Wilson was charged Wednesday for with forgery, wire fraud and money laundering. According to authorities, Wilson applied for loans through the Federal Paycheck Protection Program under a clients name. She will be in court to face the new charges on September 30 and will be sentenced on October 30 for the embezzlement of $600,000 from the Humane Association.
A review board at UW-Eau Claire has cleared five students accused of making racists posts on Snapchat. The post in question from last November showed members of the K K K burning crosses, and made references to the campus's Black Male Empowerment group. The panel, composed of faculty, staff, and students, decided that students who made the posts did not violate the Wisconsin Administrative Code. That being said, Chancellor Jim Schmidt says that racist behavior is unacceptable and does not belong on campus.
Legislative Republicans are appealing a federal court ruling that extends the window for Wisconsin to accept absentee ballots. The G-O-P appeal comes just a few days after Judge William Conley ruled that clerks will be allowed to accept ballots that have been postmarked by Election Day, even if they come in later. The same ruling also extended the window for requesting an absentee ballot. Experts are expecting the ruling to head all the way up to the U-S Supreme Court.
The Minnesota State Lottery is reporting record sales for the third year in a row. Lottery officials say 2020 sales hit 668-point-six million dollars, with 156 million going back to the state. Players claimed nearly 424-million dollars last fiscal year. The lottery has generated around three-point-three-billion dollars for programs in Minnesota since 1990--much of that going toward restoration and protection of the state's environment and natural resources.
Governor Tony Evers say more than five-million dollars from the CARES Act will be used to expand high-speed broadband internet in the state. The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin will award grants to applicants from 2020 that did not receive funding and can connect customers by the end of the year. Evers said, "This pandemic further illustrates the need for additional funding to expand broadband." The grants are expected to be awarded by the P-S-C next month.
Wisconsin's
Better Business Bureau is warning of an increase in political scam
calls as the election approaches. BBB
officials say the scammers often impersonate pollsters looking to
collect personal information through surveys, fundraisers asking to
donate to a campaign and sometimes candidates asking for special
contributions. They
recommend donating directly to campaigns online if you decide to do
so, and most importantly, do not give out personal information, such
as bank information or social security numbers to callers.
After two manure leaks in the last three years, people living near Wild Rose Dairy in Vernon County are concerned about expansion plans. The big dairy farm wants to add almost one thousand animals and triple its waste storage facility. It would then hold 30 million gallons of waste. About two thousand fish died when manure was spilled at the farm near La Farge in 2017 and 2019. The state is still investigating. Neighbors say they are worried about environmental and social problems that could be caused by the changes.
The Wisconsin National Guard has hit a milestone in its testing efforts during the coronavirus pandemic. Guard commanders reported Tuesday that its teams have topped a half-million coronavirus tests during the pandemic. Their participation in the testing started in March and isn’t expected to end anytime soon. The National Guard has tested people in 60 of the state’s 72 counties, but does most of its work in Milwaukee and Madison. Hundreds of citizen soldiers have helped.
A survey conducted by the National Restaurant Association finds one in three Wisconsin restaurants are unlikely to be in business six months from now. The survey of 35 hundred restaurants was conducted August 26th through September 1st. It determined consumer spending is well below normal and overall sales are off by an average of 36 percent. Only 10 percent of restaurant operators in Wisconsin say August business conditions improved from July. Staffing levels at Wisconsin restaurants are about 29 percent lower than they would normally be.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has declined to hear a lawsuit filed by Republican lawmakers against Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul. The suit was filed in August of last year. Republicans accused Kaul of failing to comply with laws they passed during a 2018 lame-duck legislative session. They said he was failing to get permission from them before settling lawsuits. Tuesday’s ruling came on a six-to-one vote. The lame-duck laws were upheld on a July vote, but the justices offered no comment on that ruling.
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers has ordered state agencies to find ways to cut 300 million dollars from their expenditures. Evers said the cuts are necessary due to falling state revenue during the coronavirus pandemic. The University of Wisconsin System will absorb 45 million dollars of the reductions. Evers had called on those agencies to cut 250 million in July. All the cuts come in addition to 70 million dollars in cuts the governor made during the previous budget year.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz says he's optimistic about the return of Minnesota high school football and volleyball this fall. He says it will go well as long as school districts continue to follow state guidelines. Walz noted that schools placed in hybrid learning because of high COVID numbers won't be playing inner school athletics. The governor says he'd like to get more extracurricular activities started as well whether it's speech and debate or concert band. Governor Walz made stops at schools in St. Cloud and Moorhead Tuesday.
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