The city of Durand has competed the re-mapping and annexation of parts of the Forest Hill Cemetary. Durand Mayor Patrick Milliren says the project started when the city asked Cedar Corp to look into the property lines of the cemetery. The council approved the certified maps and also annexed a portion of the cemetery into the city.
No one was injured in an apartment fire in Red Wing Friday night. Firefighters responded to the blaze on the 700 block of Third Street and found the fire on the second floor of the apartment building. The Fire was quickly put out and crews were able to return residents to two of the three apartments damaged while a third resident had to find temporary housing with the Red Cross. The Cause of that fire is still under investigation.
Authorities in western Wisconsin report the body of a missing Eau Claire man has been recovered from an area lake. Officers located the body of 58-year-old Edwin Steinacker Friday in Dell's Pond. Steinacker went for a walk with his dog last Saturday morning and he was spotted on public cameras in McDonough Park. Law enforcement and firefighters began searching for him on Sunday. His death is not believed to be suspicious but remains under investigation. There is still no sign of Steinacker's dog.
State and federal fisheries officials are planning an invasive carp roundup. It's scheduled for April 5, in Pool 8 of the Mississippi River near La Crosse, and will use a new combined netting and herding technique to drive and concentrate invasive carp for removal. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is leading the operation, with the Wisconsin DNR, U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. In addition to removing the carp, the goal is to curb the potential for reproduction, and prevent their establishment in the Upper Mississippi River Basin.
Governor Tony Evers won't be giving a plan to the Wisconsin Legislature requiring state employees to return to in-person work by a specific date. The Democratic governor vetoed Senate Bill 38 Friday, which would have required to him submit a plan to lawmakers within 21 days. Evers says he struck down the bill because he objects to interference by the legislature on executive branch employment policy. The governor said a large section of public employees will begin returning to state facilities April 5th with a goal of resuming normal office operations during the summer.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz gave his State of the State address Sunday, focusing a large portion on where the state is in regard to COVID-19. The governor called this the "thaw" from a dark winter gripped by the reaction to the virus, while still urging caution. Walz also urged state lawmakers to do more to address what he called systemic inequality, help small businesses hurt by COVID-19 restrictions, and bridge the racial achievement gap in Minnesota schools. Walz closed the speech with an oft-repeated metaphor about a goal-line stand and urged everyone to get vaccinated. This year's address was staged in Walz's old classroom from his days as a teacher.
Dane County officials have put the word out – they are seeking proposals for the re-development of Madison’s Alliant Energy Center. County Executive Joe Parisi says the project offers big opportunities for “economic invigoration” as we emerge from the challenges of the last year. The county hopes to expand the facilities on the grounds to benefit legacy partners like the Dane County Fair, the CrossFit Games, the World Dairy Expo, Bratfest, and the rest. Expansion is possible for the Exhibition Hall so it could accommodate large trade shows. Dane County says more than one million people visit the grounds every year, bringing in more than 80-million dollars to the local economy. That supports an estimated 17-hundred jobs.
Officials at Mitchell International Airport say Saturday was their busiest day since the coronavirus pandemic started. The T-S-A reports nine-thousand-150 travelers passed through the airport that day. Passenger traffic at the time of the year in 2020 was about two-thousand travelers. Before that, a normal day would have been about 11-thousand. People last weekend were going to warm-weather destinations like Florida, Arizona, and the Caribbean. Most told W-I-S-N Television they were heading out for spring break.
Officials at the Mayo Clinic are reporting some positive news in the battle against COVID-19. Infectious disease specialist Doctor Abinash Virk says they have no COVID patients on ventilators and zero infected patients in the I-C-U. She says that's an indication that Olmsted County is headed in the right direction. Doctor Virk says 115-thousand Mayo system employees and patients have been vaccinated. She says vaccination appointments are at 100-percent capacity this week.
Waupaca County Judge Vicki Clussman says she stayed the four-year sentence for a man who pleaded no contest in a road rage case because the fatality victim played a role. The judge says the force 24-year-old Tyler Knutson used was excessive. Knutson and Bradley Trinwith were in separate cars January 25th of last year when they almost collided. Both drivers accused the other of aggressive driving until they stopped and Trinwith and Knutson got out and started fighting. At one point, Knutson stabbed the other man, causing his death. He could have been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
The Minnesota Supreme Court is upholding the life sentence for a Wisconsin man convicted in the shooting death of his uncle on the Fond du Lac Reservation. The high court rejected an appeal from James Francis Montano of Bayfield in the premeditated first-degree murder of 56-year-old Andrew Gokee. It happened in April of 2018. Gokee was a prominent member of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. Montano was also sentenced to 15 years for shooting his uncle's son, Hudson Gauthier, at Montano's father's house. Defense attorneys unsuccessfully argued to the Supreme Court that Gauthier should have been treated as an accomplice to the crime. Montano is currently at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Rush City.
Three UW Madison students have been issued fines for destroying a rare pine tree. UW police report a tip about the November pine tree theft at the UW Arboretum led to the three, all age 19, and identified as Cameron Krahn, Cody Knepprath, and Joshua Michels. They admitted purchasing a chainsaw, renting a U-Haul, and stealing the tree as part of a "pledge" to an unrecognized student organization, formerly known as Chi Phi. That group was terminated by the university in 2015 because of dangerous hazing rituals. The men destroyed and disposed of the tree after learning of the investigation. They'll each be fined 200 dollars.
A southwest Wisconsin man is facing felony drug charges following a traffic stop in Grant County. Sheriff's deputies pulled over Kyle Rich of DeForest Thursday morning near Fennimore and a police dog found 15 pounds of marijuana in his vehicle. They say Rich showed signs of impairment and his car smelled like cannabis. Rich was jailed on suspicion of possession of T-H-C with intent to distribute.
A graduate of Verona Area High School is one of the first members of the U-S Space Force. Captain Julia Fensterwald will be moving on to Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs from her current post in California. She officially joined the Space Force in September. Fensterwald points out that Space Force isn’t NASA. NASA is focused on exploration and experimentation. Space Force monitors the country's security by tracking whatever is launched into space that might be a threat – including satellites and missiles.
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