One person is in custody after gunshots were fired in Galesville on Wednesday. According to Galesville Police, an officer responded to an apartment complex after someone reported having their patio door shot out along with multiple gunshots being fired. After an investigation, it was determined that 60yr old Craig Reedy living at the complex fired numerous rounds from his residence. No injuries were reported and Reedy was arrested and charged with Endangering Safety by Use of a Firearm.
Lake City is in the process of removing Ash trees after a survey by the Minnesota Department of Ag determined three trees in the city were infected with emerald ash borer back in 2017. City Crews will be out doing regular pruning of the remaining trees along boulevards and city parks and will remove any trees determined to have become infected with Emerald Ash Borer. The borer is dormant in the winter so now is the time that crews can safely prune and remove infected Ash Trees.
As of February 1 st, over 2800 shots have been given to Dunn County residents. This includes 885 shots to people over the age of 65. The Dunn County Health Department is encouraging those who are eligible for shots in Phase 1A or Phase 1B of vaccine distribution to make a single appointment at this time. Dunn County Residents can make appointments with Marshfield Clinic, Mayo Clinic, Prevea, Advent Health or with the Dunn County Health Department. The health department asks you only make one appointment to receive the covid 19 vaccines.
City and county health departments in Wisconsin are adopting face mask ordinances as Republican lawmakers plan to repeal Governor Evers' statewide mandate. The Eau Claire City Council and Eau Claire County Board of Supervisors approved ordinances requiring face masks in businesses and other public places. Officials say the mask mandates are essential tools for limiting the spread of COVID-19. The Green Bay Common Council, Superior City Council and La Crosse County Health Department also passed local mask orders this week. Mask mandates in Milwaukee and Dane counties would remain in effect if state lawmakers repealed the governor's statewide order.
A La Crosse man will spend seven years in federal prison for dealing methamphetamine in 2019. Thirty-six-year-old Lucas Carpenter was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty last fall. Prosecutors say Carpenter supplied meth to a friend who agreed to sell two ounces to a confidential law enforcement informant for 17-hundred dollars. The friend met the informant in a La Crosse parking lot and warned that Carpenter would be watching the deal. He was stopped by police backing out of a parking stall and officers say he had a baggie of white powder in plain view. A police dog alerted the presence of drugs in the car and an additional 13 grams of meth was seized.
Authorities in southeast Minnesota are identifying the victim of a deadly apartment fire in Mantorville. The Dodge County Sheriff's Office says 68-year-old Cynthia Ferguson died after the fire broke out Thursday morning. The flames were put out in about an hour-and-a-half. At least five other occupants were taken to a Rochester hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation. Two are believed to be in critical condition. The State Fire Marshal's Office is helping local investigators determine the cause.
Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin estimates that more than 20 million pounds of cheese will be consumed during the Super Bowl this Sunday. That is enough cheese to fill the entire playing field of Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay and all other N-F-L stadiums. Senior vice president Suzanne Fanning says "cheese has always been a game day staple, but this year we are seeing record-breaking cheese sales and a huge increase in game day recipe searches." Fanning says cheese sales increased 13 percent in the U-S in 2020 and Wisconsin specialty cheese sales are outpacing the entire category. Wisconsin cheesemakers have taken home more awards than any other state or country.
February is career and technical education month. 93rd Assemblyman Warren Petryk says in 2019, ninety-three percent of technical college graduates found jobs. Petryk is encouraging anyone looking for a new career to look at the opportunities technical colleges offer. There are three of the state's technical colleges near the 93rd Assembly District.
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Congressman Glen Grothman says the nearly two-trillion dollar COVID-19 relief package pushed by the Biden Administration and Democrats is going to have inflationary consequences. The Wisconsin Republican said, "And as you decrease the value of the dollar it means more inflation, it means the cost of commodities goes up. You are going to see more inflation." He claims it's going to hurt people on fixed incomes and pensions and drive up housing costs and gas prices.
A resolution approved by the Marathon County Public Safety Committee encourages state lawmakers to re-examine recent changes to O-W-I laws that trigger automatic prison time for fifth and sixth offenses. Justice system coordinator Laura Yarie says due to the 2019 Wisconsin Act 106, those who receive multiple O-W-Is in Marathon County are on longer eligible for O-W-I treatment court. That takes away the opportunity to plead guilty and be placed on probation while completing the county rehab program. She says they won't likely be eligible for treatment if they go away to prison for a year and a half.
Governor Tony Evers' budget proposals to keep prescription drug costs under control have gained immediate support from A-A-R-P Wisconsin. The group's Lisa Lamkins says there have been bipartisan bills offered in the legislature to do the same. Lamkins said, "the problem is it really just nibbles at the edges. And I think what we see with the governor's announcement is a wide range of things that will help the state save money on drug prices, as well as helping individual consumers across the state save money on their prescription drugs." Among other things, Evers wants a 50-dollar cap on copays for insulin and elimination of drug copays in the BadgerCare program. He's set to introduce his two-year budget proposal on February 16th.
Economists are cautiously optimistic that the national and state economies will begin to recover in the second half of this year. The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office expects the U-S. economy will grow at a four-point-six percent rate in 2021. Minnesota State Economist Laura Kalambokidis says the risk of the recovery is wrapped-up in getting as many people as possible vaccinated for COVID 19. She says if we can get a large portion of the population immunized in the summertime then that second half of the year growth can occur." Kalambokidis says there is still an incredible amount of uncertainty and volatility surrounding the pandemic. A new state budget forecast will be released later this month.
Governor Tony Evers says he doesn't care who gets the credit, for fixing the state's unemployment insurance system. Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature have insisted that the Democratic governor has all the necessary authority and revenue needed to modernize the unemployment insurance system. However, Politifact Wisconsin has found that funds available to the governor are not close to covering the estimated 90 million dollars needed to complete the project, which would require funding over a series years. That means the Legislature must appropriate money in biennial budgets. Evers has now sent Republican leaders a letter urging immediate, bipartisan action on his proposal to modernize the system.
Winona State University is celebrating a more than five-million-dollar donation from a former alum. W-S-U says the money came from the late Maynard 'Mo" Weber, who was a 1950 graduate. President Scott R. Wilson said, "Mo Weber's generosity and love of W-S-U knew no bounds." About two-and-a-half-million dollars will go to the Winona State Art and Design program, more than one-million is slated for two existing scholarships, and one-and-a-half million goes to gallery space in the future Laird Norton Center for Art and Design. Warrior Athletics receives one-point-three-million for a new W-S-U baseball scholarship and to support undergraduate baseball players.
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