The Dunn County Health Department (DCHD) is announcing new updates to the COVID-19 gathering recommendations. From 2/03/2021 to 2/17/2021 Dunn County met the Wisconsin Department of Health Services definition of high case activity with 108 cases in the two-week period. This is equivalent to approximately 17 cases a day per 100,000 people for the same timeframe. Additionally, our percent positivity for the last seven days is 5.4%. With this data in mind, the DCHD is recommending an increase of maximum mass gathering sizes to 25 individuals indoors and 50 individuals outdoors.
The City of Durand Safety Committee is going to review the snow emergency and snow removal ordinance during this week's meeting. Durand Mayor Patrick Milliren says the committee will review the ordinance and how the city notifies citizens of snow emergencies. That meeting is Wednesday night at 5pm at Durand City Hall.
You may be noticing gas prices on the rise here in Western Wisconsin. Nick Jarmusz with Triple-A Wisconsin says refinery shutdowns in the South are not a major factor in pump prices here, which are up about 15 cents around the state. The largest refineries in North America have been idled this week because the severe cold has cut electricity, water, and fuel supplies across Texas.
A Barron County woman charged with murdering her boyfriend has been found not guilty. After the weeklong trial and four hours of deliberation, a Barron County Jury found Melanie Kuula not guilty of second-degree intentional homicide. Kuula had been charged int the death of Brett Bents in August of 2019. Kuula claimed self-defense in the incident and the jury agreed.
A Stillwater, MN man is under arrest for OWI with a 9yr old in the vehicle. According to the Wisconsin State Patrol, 39yr old Jeffrey Curts was traveling westbound on I-94 when he rolled the vehicle just west of Roberts. When Troopers arrived they said they could smell alcohol on Curtis and conducted a field sobriety test and arrested him for OWI with a minor in the vehicle.
Authorities in western Wisconsin are looking for the shooter involved in what was an apparent case of road rage. Nobody was hit Friday night shortly before 8:00 p-m. After a driver cut off another vehicle in Holmen, he says the man driving that vehicle started tailgating him and flashing his lights. The couple decided to get off Highway 157 and when they came to a stop sign on the exit ramp, the other man shot into their vehicle three times, then drove away. Holmen police say they found nine-millimeter shell casings at the scene. Authorities are looking for a black Chevy Traverse or Equinox with tinted windows.
The state has expanded the list of who can administer Covid-19 vaccines. Saying the state wants to maximize vaccination capacity, Governor Tony Evers signed legislation on Friday allowing pharmacy technicians and students to administer the vaccines under certain conditions. Evers signed the bill following a tour of the UW-Oshkosh vaccination clinic being operated in partnership with Advocate Aurora Health of Oshkosh and the Winnebago County Public Health Department.
Authorities in Dane County have arrested a personality at a Madison radio station on a tentative charge of possession of child pornography. Mount Horeb police took Matthew Bradshaw Jones into custody Wednesday night. Formal charges haven’t been announced. Investigators say they were notified about the possible possession of porn at a home in December. That led to the execution of a search warrant Wednesday. The 40-year-old Jones was taken into custody. [NOTE: Radio station reference] Jones goes by the name Jackson Jones on Q-106-point-three. He is no longer present on the station’s website.
Federal prosecutors say 24-year-old Gerardo Torres Junior is from Chicago, but he has a lengthy criminal record in northwestern Wisconsin. Torres was sentenced to 20 years in prison Wednesday on charges he produced child pornography. He was accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a child in Rusk County. That case emerged from another case in Taylor County where investigators say Torres was sexually assaulting another child. U-S District Judge William Conley told Torres he doesn’t grasp the seriousness of his behavior or the damage he has caused his victims while sentencing him.
The Wisconsin Assembly could vote on updates for the state’s unemployment system computers next Tuesday. The bipartisan bill made it through the state Senate Thursday. Governor Tony Evers office released a statement saying he would likely sign the legislation if it’s passed. Members of the Joint Committee on Finance have maintained that the governor already has the authority and resources to request a new system. The cost of the changeover has been estimated at a little over five million dollars – to get started.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is warning local water systems in the state to upgrade their cybersecurity. The warnings come after hackers gained access to a Florida water treatment plant and tried to release a dangerous level of lye into the water. A supervisor in Oldsmar, Florida noticed the mouse pointer moving on a computer screen on its own accord and stopped the cyberattack immediately. The D-N-R says there have been no attacks on Wisconsin water systems, but a water utility in New Jersey has been breached with no adverse effects.
Former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus is reportedly considering running for governor of Wisconsin. Sources say Priebus is having conversations with top Republicans in the state about challenging Democratic Governor Tony Evers next year. He was ex-President Trump's first chief of staff. Priebus is a former chairman of the Wisconsin and national Republican parties. Other potential G-O-P candidates are former Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch and state Senate President Chris Kapenga. Evers has not officially announced if he's running for re-election.
The Minnesota House is rejecting a 35-million-dollar public safety package for the upcoming trials of the ex-officers charged in George Floyd's death. A few Democrats from the majority joined Republicans Thursday in voting down the measure. The objection apparently is police reform measures -- already watered down from the original bill, but House Minority Leader Kurt Daudt says it still can't pass as is with barely over two weeks to Derek Chauvin's trial. Minneapolis Democrat Hodan Hassan contends police reform is essential. Hassan told members, "what people fail to mention is the reason why all of these events took place was that a Black man was lynched in broad daylight, and all of us watched nine minutes of a video as George Floyd begged for his life and uttered the words, I can't breathe."
Federal prosecutors are charging the former clerk of Vermillion Township in Dakota County with one count of wire fraud. Seventy-year-old Maryann Stoffel of Hastings is accused of misappropriating more than 650-thousand dollars in township funds from December 2012 through last October. The charges allege that Stoffel forged the signatures of the township treasurer and chairman of the township board on checks. Investigators say Stoffel transferred funds to her own bank account and concealed her fraud from the annual township report.
The Milwaukee Brewers have a plan to have fans in the stands on Opening Day. The Brewers unveiled their plan to local health officials Thursday, asking to allow as many as 16-thousand fans and employees into American Family Field April 1st. The Brewers also have a plan for tailgating, but fans would have to stay in their vehicles. The city of Milwaukee has yet to approve the proposal.
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