Pepin County has charged a Durand man with sexually assaulting three girls over the last five years. Pepin county filed the three charges yesterday against Branden Linhart. Linhart is already charged with sexually assaulting a child in Dunn County and two in Eau Claire County. No court date has been set.
The Durand-Arkansaw School Board is meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include a discussion on the space availability cap for 2021-2022 open enrollment, an update on the 2021-2022 budget, and an update on vaccine distribution for district employees. Tonight's meeting begins at 6pm at the board room at Durand High School and is available on zoom through the district website.
A Wisconsin man is scheduled for his initial appearance in federal court this afternoon after his arrest in Eau Claire. Kevin Daniel Loftus will be charged with illegally entering either house of Congress, or adjacent areas, and disorderly conduct on the grounds of the Capitol. His appearance in U-S District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin is at 3:00 p-m. Loftus had posted on Facebook he was among the people wanted for entering the U-S Capitol during last week’s riot. Pictures on social media show him holding an American flag and smiling in the halls of Congress. Federal authorities have arrested people in Arizona, Florida, and Iowa for similar actions.
The House of Representatives passed a non-binding resolution calling on Vice President Mike Pence to use his powers under the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump From Office. In a statement, Wisconsin 3rd District Congressman Ron Kind said "Given his actions and his rhetoric, President Trump poses a clear and present danger to our Republic. If President Trump has any decency left, he should resign, otherwise, Vice President Pence should put country before self and immediately invoke the 25th Amendment to ensure a peaceful transfer of power. If he does not, we will have no choice left but to impeach President Trump." The nonbinding resolution pass on a vote of 223-205.
Has your family farm or home had continuous family ownership for 100 years or more? You could be eligible to be recognized as a Century Farm/Home or Sesquicentennial Farm/Home at this year’s Pierce County Fair and Wisconsin State Fair if it has. The farm or home (in whole or part) must have been in continuous family ownership. Title of the Century or Sesquicentennial property today must reside in a blood relative of the original owner, or a legally adopted child of a descendant. Continuous residence in the state or on the property is not required, but the title to the property must be continuous. An abstract of title is the best evidence of continuous family ownership. For more information, contact Ann Webb, Pierce County Fair Manager at 715-273-6874. Farms or homes with 100 or 150 years of continuous ownership through the year 2021 will be recognized at a special breakfast program during the Wisconsin State Fair set for Tuesday, August10th, and then again at the Pierce County Fair on Sunday, August 15th.
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers has called on lawmakers to update the state’s unemployment payment system and expand broadband access. The Democratic governor made those requests while delivering his annual State of the State address virtually Tuesday. Evers wants Wisconsin to spend 200-million dollars expanding access to high-speed internet. He announced he is calling a special legislative session so the Legislature can come up with improvements for the troubled unemployment system. Republicans have criticized the governor for its failures, leaving applicants waiting for a decision for weeks and – in some cases – months.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz says he'll call up the Minnesota National Guard amid potential threats against the State Capitol prior to the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. Walz says they want to make sure both our Capitol and our citizens are safe. The governor said "you will see a presence of folks protecting folks' First Amendment rights to peacefully assemble and protest. I would make the case that you gotta pretty weak argument if you need to bring a gun to do it, but that's some of what it sounds like will happen." Walz says some people are posting state lawmakers' names and addresses on-line and threatening to go to their houses.
The Minnesota man accused of shooting a 19-year-old doorman outside a La Crosse bar last year has reached a plea agreement with prosecutors. Surveillance video showed Timothy Young shoot Anthony Fimple June 27th outside the La Crosse Bierhaus. Young had been in the bar, left, and Fimple wouldn’t let him re-enter a few hours later. Prosecutors aren’t revealing the specifics of the agreement and haven’t said how much prison time Young will serve. Members of the victim’s family say they want Young to have to appear in court in person to officially enter his guilty plea.
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A southeastern Minnesota man will spend nearly two years in federal prison for making and dealing explosives. The U-S Attorney's Office says 58-year-old Kenneth Miller of Brownsville was sentenced to 22 months after pleading guilty last fall. Prosecutors say from 2013 to March 3, 2020, Miller manufactured and sold smoke generating devices containing electric igniters and a chlorate explosive mixture to customers across the country. Miller did not have a license and is prohibited from possessing weapons because he's a felon.
Governor Tony Evers is calling the coronavirus relief package passed in the Wisconsin Senate today (Tuesday) a 'good start" in the state's response to the pandemic. Evers said, "I’ve been grateful to work together with Republican Majority Leader LeMahieu to find common ground and pass a bill on COVID-19 that reflects a good faith effort in compromise and bipartisanship." The governor says the Assembly should pass A-B 1 as it was amended today and "send it to my desk for my signature without delay." LeMahieu said the measure builds on previous negotiations and addresses the critically-important needs of school districts, non-profit organizations, and small employers. Democrats wanted it to include funding for community testing, support for vaccine distribution, rental assistance and hazard pay for health care workers.
The Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin says its members are ready to help administer COVID-19 vaccinations. The Society has sent a letter saying some pharmacies are already doing that. The letter asks the D-H-S to use pharmacies to expand the distribution to more people – especially in rural communities. The Society wants the state of Wisconsin to enter Phase 1-B of COVID-19 vaccination, which includes people 75 and older and frontline essential workers. The state isn’t ready to move to Phase 1-B yet, saying it doesn’t have enough doses of the vaccine for everyone who is eligible.
Getting everybody vaccinated isn’t going to be a quick job. Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers says it could be summertime before the general public can be vaccinated. Evers says he doesn’t think the shots against COVID-19 will be widely available until June. Wisconsin has been slow to distribute its supply of the vaccine and the governor has put the blame on the federal government. Last weekend, Wisconsin Congressman Bryan Steil said Evers deserves the blame for mismanaging the vaccine effort from the very beginning.
A former electrician is pleading guilty to stealing copper wire from contractors at Minneapolis-St.Paul International Airport. Sixty-year-old Kip Baldwin of Bloomington admitted to selling the scrap copper for more than 125-thousand dollars. Baldwin also entered a guilty plea for filing fraudulent tax returns and failing to reported the income from selling copper wire from 2014 through 2019. The Hennepin County Attorney's office says Baldwin will be on probation for five years as part of a plea agreement, faces 270 days of home monitoring and must pay restitution to Hunt Electric and the Metropolitan Airports Commission.
Best Buy is among the companies ending donations to members of Congress that objected to the presidential election results. The Minnesota-based retailer said it is suspending contributions to the 147 Republicans in the U-S House and Senate who voted against certifying the Electoral College votes. The claims of widespread voter fraud by President Trump played a role in his supporters storming the U-S Capitol building. G-O-P Representatives Jim Hagedorn and Michelle Fischbach were the only members of Minnesota's delegation to oppose election results. Other companies suspending donations include Amazon, American Express, AT & T, Comcast, General Electric, American Express and Blue Cross Blue Shield
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