A free covid-19 testing site will be open today in Durand at the Pepin County Highway Shop. Pepin County Health Officer Heidi Stewart says for those that pre-registered online, you should have received a bar code in your email to bring along with you to the site. If you did not receive a bar code, Stewart says you will use your name and date of birth. That free testing will run from 10-6 today.
The Durand City Hall will remain locked during regular business hours due to the covid 19 pandemic. Durand Mayor Patrick Milliren says those that are wanting to pay property taxes in person or have other business with city employees should call ahead. The city will be sending out the annual property tax bill in December.
The St. Croix County Sheriff’s Department is leading the investigation into a fatal shooting Sunday that involved Eau Claire County deputies, Eau Claire police and the Wisconsin State Patrol. The incident happened in the Town of Washington a little before 4:00 p-m. Eau Claire County Sheriff Ron Cramer says less-lethal options were attempted before shots were fired, leaving a man dead. His name hasn’t been released. Authorities say he was armed and uncooperative. He died before he could be rushed to a hospital.
Feed My People Food Bank in Eau Claire is accepting venison donations again this year through the Wisconsin DNR's deer donation program. Hunters can donate any legally harvested deer by dropping it off at a participating processor, who then transports it to the food bank. Feed My People employees said venison donations through the program have significantly decreased over the last ten years, and meat donations are more important than ever this year. For more information on making a donation, visit the Feed My People website.
President-elect
Joe Biden’s choice to be U-S ambassador to the United Nations says
she will work to “restore America’s standing in the world.”
Linda Thomas-Greenfield is a graduate of the University of
Wisconsin-Madison. She went to work at the U-S Department of
State more than 30 years ago. Her choice is thought to be an
indicator of Biden’s intent for this country to return to a more
traditional role in the U-N. Her name was one of several
released by Biden’s office Monday as the transition to the White
House builds momentum.
Wisconsin
doctors are criticizing U-S Senator Ron Johnson for promoting
controversial treatments for COVID-19 during a committee hearing last
week. The Wisconsin Republican mentioned hydroxychloroquine
during his floor time. Doctor Robert Freedland is a member of
the Committee to Protect Medicare. He says physicians are
extremely concerned that Johnson is using his platform and taxpayer
resources to promote “unproven and potentially dangerous treatments
for COVID-19.” Freedland calls Johnson’s comments
“extremist views that go against evidence-based science.”
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is reminding Minnesotans that cold water can be deadly this time of year. There have been several cold-water rescues throughout the state already. The D-N-R's Lisa Dugan says it's very important to wear a life jacket because there are not as many people on the water - and help may be farther away. She says the "shock of ending up in cold water is really incapacitating, it doesn't matter how strong of a swimmer you are."
Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell said nearly one-quarter of ballots were tabulated as of Monday morning. Milwaukee County hoped to complete it's recount ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, but challenges by Trump campaign observers are leaving that timeline in question. And the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported over the weekend that former Dane County Judge James Troupis, the attorney heading the Trump campaign's effort, sought to throw out the in-person absentee ballots which he and wife cast. Their names were among those Troupis submitted to the Board of Canvassers Sunday as part of an exhibit of people who voted in ways the campaign claims is illegal.
The statistics say Wisconsin has some of the best air quality in the U-S. However, that’s not the perception of everyone. The state’s air quality index ranks 13th, but a survey of three-thousand Americans finds that many think the Badger State is a bit smelly. Wisconsin was ranked second for the stinkiest state – or for having the weirdest smell. The public thinks Wisconsin smells like blue cheese. That makes sense since it is America’s Dairyland. That’s also better than the perception people have of the stinkiest state, New York. They say it smells like chicken wings and garbage.
Wisconsin has spent almost all of its two-billion-dollar coronavirus stimulus. About half of the two billion-dollars went to coronavirus testing, tracing, and state government operations. The rest went either to health care, or to several support efforts that sent money to everything from the University of Wisconsin System -- to local movie theaters. Wisconsin needs to spend all of its coronavirus stimulus money by the end of the year.
The coronavirus pandemic is being blamed for the lack of information about tech giant Foxconn’s plans for its facility in Mount Pleasant. The project director for the village says those plans are on hold until next year. The original plans for a 20-million square-foot plant have already been downsized once. It isn’t clear how many jobs will be developed, but likely not the 13-thousand originally promised. The first stage of the building has been completed, but not the plant where the liquid crystal displays would be made. Local officials say they don’t know what the timeline is right now, saying they’d have a better idea if it was known when the COVID-19 pandemic might end.
Wauwatosa
Mayor Dennis McBride says he wishes a rally for President Trump
hadn’t been held outside Mayfair Mall Saturday – the day after a
shooting left eight people wounded. Some people attending the
rally were carrying guns. Mall stores were closed at the time.
McBride says the Trump rally had been planned a week in advance.
Authorities say it's hard to say whether a driver who hit two of the
protesters did it intentionally. Drone video shows the car turn
right and swerve into the crowd which was standing on the sidewalk.
Two people suffered minor injuries. Police are looking for the
driver.
Hundreds
of protesters rallied outside Governor Tim Walz’s residence
Saturday to let him know they don’t like his decision to pause
youth sports. Walz says he is following the science and doing
what’s best for the state. He admits it’s not necessarily
what is popular. The governor says he and officials with the
state Department of Health can use the past week’s numbers to
predict what next week will look like. He says positive test
results are followed seven-to-10 days later by hospitalizations,
which are then followed by patients in the I-C-U and deaths.
Walz says it will be two weeks before the data is available that
shows whether the current restrictions in Minnesota are working.
Students at the University of Minnesota who travel for the Thanksgiving holiday are being told to stay home. University leaders sent an email to all students asking them not to return to campus. They say the request is being made in an effort to prevent those students from spreading COVID-19 on the campus when they get back.
City officials in Stillwater hope their holiday plans will draw visitors who help local businesses that are struggling. The city is spending 50-thousand dollars and it raised another 100-thousand dollars to install lights in the downtown area and – for the first time – on the historic Stillwater Lift Bridge. Stillwater Mayor Ted Kozlowski says his city has Christmas lights and decorations from one end of town to the other. Stillwater plans to have the lights turned on by December 5th.
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