The Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine is in Durand. During last night Durand City Council meeting Administrator Rassmuesson told council members that members of the Durand Ambulance Services who wanted the vaccine were given it by Advent Health. Durand Mayor Patrick Milliren says EMT's were at the top of the list and should get the second dose in about 28 days. Milliren says Police and Firefighters will be the next group to receive the vaccine sometime in the next week or two.
Authorities in Chippewa County say the 65-year-old man who fired a gun inside a Lake Hallie home last week narrowly missed another person. The incident happened two days before Christmas. Authorities think Smith is on the run and is likely armed. A criminal complaint was filed against him Monday. A witness says Smith didn’t agree with a conversation others in the home were having December 23rd. That’s when he allegedly stood up, pulled out a gun, pointed it at the victim, and fired a shot. She says he missed her but claims she was burned by the bullet as it passed by closely. A .22-caliber round was found in the couch. Smith faces charges of recklessly endangering safety, felony intimidation, bail jumping, and pointing a firearm at a person.
A Man charged with first-degree intentional homicide will return to Dunn County Court in January. Tasheen Goggins is accused of stabbing a man in Downtown Menomonie on November 1st. Authorities say that Goggins told them it was a light stab and police found a 4-inch knife. Goggins will appear for a preliminary hearing in Dunn County Court on January 6th.
Flags will be flying half-staff across the state Saturday in honor of a western Wisconsin fire chief who died of COVID-19 complications. Governor Tony Evers said Clayton Fire Chief Don Kittleson was "a third-generation firefighter, he was a pillar of his community and a mentor to many, sharing his knowledge and enthusiasm for firefighting with the next generation." Fifty-five-year-old Kittleson had been hospitalized since early November before dying December 17th. There's a celebration of life Saturday from 11 a-m to 3 p-m at the Clayton Fire Hall with a fire truck procession and final page ceremony.
A destructive invasive species has seen a rebound in Wisconsin this year. Gypsy moths can damage trees and shrubs by eating away their leaves. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) said its annual trapping program caught 83,720 moths this year, up from 52,396 in 2019. It's an increase attributable in part to variations in winter weather. Last year was a historic low after two harsh winters.
The Adams County Medical Examiner’s Office reports the missing woman whose body was found last weekend died of hypothermia. The Adams County Sheriff’s Office reports Lindsay A. Folan’s vehicle had gone into a ditch and became submerged in water. She managed to get out and walk a short distance before she was overcome by the frigid temperatures. The 38-year-old woman from Rome was driving on a private road when she apparently lost control of her vehicle.
The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development says it has cleared a backlog of unemployment claims -- but thousands of appeals remain. D-W-D Secretary-designee Amy Pechacek said the agency had cleared a backlog of some 22-thousand-100 applications from individuals who'd waited at least three weeks for a decision. That number had been nearly 100-thousand as recently as September. Pechacek said D-W-D has recruited ten new administrative law judges to hear cases and has brought in judges from other government agencies to address a backlog of some 15-thousand appeals from those who've had claims denied.
Advocate Aurora Health says 57 vials of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine were deliberately removed from a refrigerator. Aurora initially thought what occurred last weekend at its Grafton hospital was an "error," which resulted in 500 doses being discarded. But the health care provider said in a Wednesday update that after an internal investigation, an employee acknowledged that they intentionally removed the vaccine from refrigeration. That person has been fired, and appropriate authorities have been notified for further investigation.
Democrats in the Wisconsin Assembly won't be attending next week's inauguration ceremony. Minority Leader Gordon Hintz of Oshkosh says they have coronavirus concerns and Monday's event poses a lot of risk to members. All 38 Democrats in the caucus were sworn in virtually. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says many businesses and other government bodies have operated safely. He's suggesting -- but not requiring that legislators and staff wear masks on Monday, as well as for floor periods and committee meetings going forward. Democrats have requested a virtual option for the upcoming legislative session.
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Officials at the University of Wisconsin-Madison say they hope to keep cases of COVID-19 down by increasing the testing done on campus. The university is implementing what it is called the “Safer Badgers” program next month. A spokesperson for the campus says it had a capacity of about 10-thousand tests-per-week during the fall semester. In the spring, it is estimated that about 70-thousand tests-a-week will be done. The saliva-based test being used will have results within 24 hours. There will be an app for the Safer Badgers program to make it easy to schedule testing and deliver the results.
The U-S Senate has set aside 50-million dollars to help communities that have been affected by the noise generated by military aviation efforts. That means the money can be used to control the noise from F-35s flown by the Wisconsin Air National Guard out of Madison’s Truax Airfield. Facilities like hospitals, daycare centers, and schools will be prioritized. Those buildings would need to be within one mile of the airfield or within a 65 day-night average sound level noise contour included in the environmental impact statement. Congress has also approved three-point-75-billion dollars for grants to airports for the promotion of air safety, terminal improvements, and noise mitigation.
Kenosha County prosecutors add a new charge against Kyle Rittenhouse. Rittenhouse is accused of shooting three men during a protest last August, killing two of them. He is now being charged with violating curfew which is a civil citation punishable by forfeiture. Rittenhouse is accused of shooting Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber to death August 25th. and wounding another man during during a protest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
The union representing Minneapolis police doesn’t like the changes coming to the disciplinary processes for officers. Mayor Jacob Frey and Police Chief Medaria Arradondo say they are doing this to increase accountability. The Minneapolis Police Federation says issued a statement saying, “It’s a shame that the priorities of city leaders are so out of focus.” The union says it welcomes thorough fact-finding, it just wishes Chief Arradondo would discuss those changes with the police before they read about them in the press. The union says the chief has skipped most labor-management meetings this year.
Nobody anywhere, state or national, has served more than the 64 years Wisconsin State Senator Fred Risser has spent in office. The 93-year-old Democrat is also the last World War Two veteran to serve in a state or U-S political governing body. Risser’s last day will be next Monday. He says the biggest change he has observed while serving in office has been the trend toward diversity. Risser says when he started in political office only white men had served during the first 110 years of statehood. He was elected to the Wisconsin Assembly in 1956, then moved to the Senate in 1962, working with 13 different governors, and never missing a roll call.
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