There is optimism that a covid 19 vaccine from Pfizer could be available in the coming months. Advent Health of Durand is ready for when the vaccine is available. Angela Jacobson, Director of Nursing and Emergency Preparedness says Advent Health Corporate decided to buy a distribution company and supply all Advent Health hospitals with the required freezers for storage of the vaccine. Jacobson says that the hospital will be one of the first to receive vaccine from Pfizer when it becomes available.
A Blair restaurant has been destroyed by fire. Friday, firefighters from Blair and 13 other departments responded to a fire at The Blair Haus in the city of Blair. Two adjacent buildings also sustained damage as a result of smoke and water. There were no injuries due to the fire and its cause is still under investigation. Parts of Broadway Street in the city of Blair were closed during the fire and during cleanup.
The Durand Area Food Pantry is holding another milk and cheese distribution today. The distribution will be from 3:30-5pm and the food pantry is asking people to not start lining up on main street until after 3:15 to avoid traffic congestion on Main Street and Hwy 10. During the last distribution, traffic was backed up to the Hwy 10 Bridge.
Due to the spike in Covid-19 here in Western Wisconsin SFB, Securing Financial Bank is closing its lobby to the public starting today. The drive through and online banking will continue, and for those that need to see a personal banker or lender, they will continue to work regular office hours and will be available to meet by appointment only.
The
Wabasha County board is meeting Tuesday Morning. Items on the agenda
include discussion and possible action on the sheriff's department's
request to purchase 3 vehicles, along with approval of commissioner
salaries and per diems for 2021. A close session of the board will
be held before the regular meeting. Tomorrow's meeting begins at 9am
at the Wabasha County Board Room.
One person was injured in a one vehicle accident in Martell Township on Friday. According to the Pierce County Sheriffs Department, 57yr old Rashelle Read of Ellsworth was traveling eastbound on Hwy J when she lost control of her vehicle, entered the north ditch and rolled over. Read was taken to Hudson Hospital with undetermined injuries.
A northwest Wisconsin man will serve three years probation for setting fire to a memorial for a fallen Sawyer County sheriff's deputy. Jason Desecki of Ladysmith pleaded no contest to felony arson and was sentenced Friday. The memorial for Deputy Michael Villiard in the Village of Couderay was lit on fire late in June. Villiard died in the line of duty in 1998. Sawyer County Sheriff’s Office called Desecki's action a "cowardly act." He was also ordered to undergo counseling and pay more than 34-hundred dollars in restitution.
The Democratic Party of Wisconsin calls a federal lawsuit a potential “egregious” violation of constitutional rights. The Democrats have filed a motion to intervene in the suit filed to stop certification of votes in Menominee, Dane and Milwaukee counties. If successful, the suit would take Wisconsin’s electoral votes from Joe Biden and award them to Donald Trump. Three voters in Brown, Door and Oconto counties claim illegal ballots “diluted” their votes. They want registration and voting information for an analysis to prove there was voter fraud. Law requires the Wisconsin Elections Commission to certify the statewide results no later than December 1st.
Tommy Thompson is urging Wisconsin residents to "smash COVID," by getting tested. The interim UW System president is featured in a social media campaign that has the 78-year-old and former governor using sporting equipment to, well, smash things. The serious message is to encourage residents to get a free, rapid COVID-19 test at "surge clinics," on UW System campuses including Stout and River Falls. Register for a free test at www.doineedacovid19test.com.
Official numbers show presidential election voter turnout in Minnesota's most populous county, Hennepin, was 85 percent, even higher than the statewide average of around 80 percent. 760-thousand people in the county voted, with nearly 70 percent casting an absentee ballot. That compares to 685-thousand in the last presidential election. That massive block of votes in Hennepin County strongly leaned toward Democrat Joe Biden, a lead that votes from pro-Trump areas of Greater Minnesota could not overcome.
Dane County prosecutors will not charge a Monona police officer in connection with a car chase suspect's death in September. Elliot Johnson was found dead of a gunshot in a car on September 27th following a police pursuit and crash. The report says a Monona officer chasing Johnson before he crashed drew his gun and used a Taser when Johnson got out of the car. The D-A says the officer threatened to use the Taser a second time when Johnson got back into the vehicle and shot himself in the head. A handgun was found on the floor and bullet hole in the roof.
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers says he's working on a coronavirus relief package. The governor won’t reveal what’s in the package. He would only say he hopes to find a proposal that Republican lawmakers in Madison can support. Evers said, "we are in the process of working on that right now, so I'm reluctant to talk about anything specific. But we hope to have that done in the very near future." The governor and legislative leaders haven’t spoken about the COVID pandemic or anything else for months. He hopes to have the package ready next week.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz appears reluctant to re-impose a statewide stay-at-home order because of its effects on people --but indicated he'll probably have to implement other COVID restrictions. The governor told reporters Friday, "we'll continue to monitor and I think more changes will probably have to happen on that dial." A record number of COVID patients are currently hospitalized and new cases topped 55-hundred Friday. Walz says indoor activities involving 18- to 35-year olds are an area of concern. A new executive order went into effect Friday requiring Minnesota bars and restaurants to close for in-person service at 10 p-m.
A southwestern Wisconsin woman is charged with first-degree attempted homicide for a Tuesday stabbing. Deputies with the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office were called about a stabbing that morning at about 1:30 a-m. When they arrived, deputies found a 36-year-old woman who had been stabbed several times. She was taken to Gundersen St. Joseph’s Hospital in Hillsboro, then later airlifted to a hospital in Madison. Her name and medical condition haven’t been released. Twenty-year-old Jenna M. Bell was taken into custody. She is being held at the Vernon County Detention Center.
The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign reports outside groups spent almost 10-million dollars on the state’s legislative campaigns. Five-and-a-half-million benefited Democratic candidates and four-point-four-million was spent supporting Republicans. Although large, the amount actually falls short of the 12-point-two-million dollars spent by outside groups on legislative races two years ago. Republicans retained their majorities in both the Assembly and Senate, despite the infusions of cash for Democrats, but they fell short of taking a two-thirds super-majority that would have let them override any vetoes by Governor Tony Evers.
The Enbridge Line 3 pipeline replacement across northern Minnesota is moving closer to construction. The D-N-R granted the remaining eight of ten required permits, licenses and approvals for the project Thursday. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency also approved what's called the 401 water quality certification. Congressman Collin Peterson applauded the actions. He claims the pipeline project will create more than 65-hundred jobs in the state over two years. Andy Pearson of the climate group MN-350 said, "Make no mistake. This decision is a sharp escalation against water protectors and climate science.” Enbridge still needs a few more state and federal approvals before breaking ground.
A woman could a face a 41-hundred-dollar fine for trying to carry a loaded handgun onto an airplane at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport. T-S-A officers stopped the woman with the gun and a magazine with seven bullets early Thursday at a checkpoint. Wisconsin’s T-S-A Federal Security Director Mark Lendvay said, "the holiday travel season is coming up soon and we are reminding travelers to be mindful of the whereabouts of their firearms." Sheriff's deputies removed the passenger and the weapon. Travelers need to put their guns in checked baggage in a hardback case. This is the tenth firearm detected at M-K-E this year.
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