The Wisconsin DNR is reporting hunters had greater success during the opening weekend of the gun deer season. In total just over 95,000 deer were harvested last weekend in the state compared to just over 93,000 in 2019. Here in Western Wisconsin, Pepin County 776 deer were taken, Pierce County 1250, Buffalo County 1616, Trempealeau County 2203, and Dunn County 2487 deer were harvested. The 9 day gun deer season continues until Sunday.
The Durand Improvement Groups Christmas Tree Decorating Contest is going virtual. The organization decided to hold the virtual event after the Holidazzle events were canceled due to the covid-19 pandemic. DIG President Amanda Hurlburt says DIG wanted to give everyone a chance to participate. The event officially starts on Saturday and winners of the contest will receive a prize of Durand Dollars. For more information, visit the Durand Improvement Group Facebook Page or website.
Minnesota
Milk Producer Association will hold its annual meeting
virtually, December 2, 2020 at 12 p.m. The formal annual
meeting will be preceded by an educational webinar
presentation by Phil Plourd at 11 a.m. on
the COVID-19 pandemic and what dairy farmers should
expect moving forward into 2021. Also,
earlier in the day, producers may choose to tune in to the Upper
Midwest Dairy Industry Association annual meeting and
educational speakers including an update from the Minnesota
Department of Agriculture and a presentation on the most
common milk inspection debits. Minnesota Milk and
UMDIA meeting registrations can both be
found at mnmilk.org/event
The director of Helping Hands For Our Children in the Chippewa Valley was in court via Zoom on Tuesday to face theft charges. Shauana Hanson of Fall Creek is charged with theft by false representation after being accused in October of depositing $63,000 of charity funds into a personal bank account. Hansen was released on a $2500 signature bond and she must keep detailed notes of any interactions or transfers of monies associated with Helping Hands. She returns to court in January.
A homicide trial in Marathon County has been scheduled to start next October for a woman accused of killing her husband. Kenneth Juedes died in 2006. Investigators say Cindy Schulz-Juedes didn’t become a suspect until years later. She now faces a charge of first-degree intentional homicide. Authorities say she likely killed her husband to get the benefits from a life insurance policy worth almost a million dollars and other family assets. Handwriting experts challenged the authenticity of the victim’s signature on his will. The court has scheduled a motion hearing for February.
The conservative group Wisconsin Voters Alliance is claiming more than 96-thousand votes in the November 3rd election were illegal. It filed a lawsuit against the Wisconsin Elections Commission Tuesday. The Alliance is asking the state Supreme Court to prevent the election results from being certified. They haven’t been certified yet because the recount in Dane and Milwaukee counties is still being conducted. An effort by the group to block more than six-million dollars in election grant money for five Wisconsin cities was rejected last month.
The
State Canvassing Board certified results of the presidential election
Tuesday afternoon, despite a citizens group and Republican state
lawmakers filing a challenge with the Minnesota Supreme Court.
They claimed absentee voting irregularities in an unsuccessful
attempt to block certification. Secretary of State Steve Simon
is not commenting on pending litigation, but he did say "there
was a very efficient, a very secure and streamlined process that was
uniform throughout the state." Simon said just under
three-point-three million votes were cast in the 2020 election in
Minnesota. More than one-point-nine million of the total were
absentee ballots or early in-person votes.
Former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan says attacks on the U-S voting system need to stop. The Janesville Republican and former Wisconsin congressman called on President Trump to concede while speaking at a European Credit Conference. Ryan said the president’s attorneys are offering “baseless conspiracy theories.” The two-day virtual event is being attended by world financial leaders. Ryan called President-elect Biden “a very nice person,” saying, “He keeps his word.” Ryan said he and Biden disagree with each other, but the country’s new leader isn’t disagreeable.
A Cedarburg woman reportedly told investigators she didn’t mean to send in her dead partner’s ballot. Forty-eight-year-old Christine Daikawa now faces a charge of felony voter fraud. Investigators say she cast the vote for Lizzy Larson despite the fact Larson died in July. Larson’s ballot was signed and dated September 16th. Prosecutors aren’t saying who the two women voted for. Daikawa admitted sending in Larson’s ballot for the November 3rd presidential election.
The first meeting went so well, Democratic Governor Tony Evers plans to meet with top Republican lawmakers a second time. Evers office called last Friday’s meeting productive. He’s hoping for a second meeting sometime next week. The Friday get-together was the first time in six months that the governor sat down with Assembly Speaker Robin Vos or new Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu.
The work to be done at the Foxconn plant in Mount Pleasant has taken a detour for the second time. Now, a new report from Bloomberg says the Taiwan-based company has agreed to start manufacturing servers for Google in southeastern Wisconsin. Foxconn was originally going to make iPhone screens, then shifted to larger L-C-D screens. Bloomberg reports it got the new contract because of its state-of-the-art assembly line at the facility. Work is expected to start early next year.
A conservative group has filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the Dane County ban on big gatherings and other restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty filed the suit before the state Supreme Court Monday. That public health order went into effect last week. The suit alleges it is an overreach of the legal authority held by local health officers and an unlawful delegation of authority by local elected bodies. The Institute filed the suit on behalf of Gymfinity Limited, Jeffry Becker and Andrea Klein. It argues that the order shuts down most of its business while letting restaurants, bars and other retail establishments stay open.
The U-S Army Corps of Engineers says it has determined Enbridge Energy’s Line-3 project is compliant with federal laws and regulations. The Corps approved the final permit for the upgraded crude oil pipeline replacement across northern Minnesota Monday. St. Paul District commander Colonel Karl Jansen referred to an “exhaustive review” and extensive work with federal and state regulators, Native American tribes, environmental groups and Enbridge. The approval process started six years ago. The only step left is up to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency when it decides whether to issue a stormwater construction permit to protect surface waters from runoff during construction. The Public Utilities Commission has already given the project several approvals.
Thanksgiving travel will be on the lighter side, according to Triple-A Wisconsin. With health and government officials stressing that staying home is the best way to protect yourself and others, AAA anticipates at least a 10% drop in travel - the largest decrease since the Great Recession of 2008. The actual number of holiday travelers could even be lower. For those who are considering making a trip, the majority will go by car, which provides the flexibility to modify holiday travel plans up until the day of departure. AAA is reminding travelers to be aware of restrictions that might be in place at your destination.
No comments:
Post a Comment