A milk and cheese distribution will be held today at the Durand Food Pantry. The distribution will be from 3:30-5pm and there will be a limit of 2 gallons of milk per household and 4 gallons of milk per vehicle if picking up for more than one household. A reminder to not line up on Main street until after 3:15 to held limit traffic concerns.
More events have been announced for Durand Fun Fest. Fun Fest announced the car show will be on June 11th, and the Bean Bag Tournament and Kiddie Parade will be on June 12th. The Committee is also looking for 8-10 people to help with the Grand Parade Lineup. For this event, you would need to line up all the entries up by the high school, set out the cones and numbers so everyone knows where to go, direct them at start-up. Depending on how many entries we will have will depend on the number of people needed. Gators will be supplied for this project. Entries start arriving anywhere from 10:00 am on. You may also be asked to assist Sandy Bauer with additional items. If you would like to volunteer, send an email to funfestdurand@gmail.com
A Rochester man is pleading not guilty for his role in a major drug bust in January. Fifty-eight-year-old Douglas R. Howard was one of three people arrested after a traffic stop netted more than 14 pounds of methamphetamine and thousands of oxycodone pills. Forty-seven-year-old Matthew J. Lyman of Mantorville was pulled over and five pounds of meth, four thousand pills and two guns were found in the car. Authorities seized nine more pounds of meth at his home where Howard and Ann Jessen-Ford were arrested. Jessen-Ford has also pleaded not guilty. Trial dates haven't been scheduled for Howard and Jessen-Ford.
The Wisconsin Conservation Congress is set to begin its Spring Hearings on Monday, giving the public the chance to voice their opinions on a variety of topics relating to the Department of Natural Resources. Each year, Wisconsin residents can give input on questions from the DNR, as well as resolutions from residents that received positive feedback during last year's spring hearings, and resolutions put forward by residents of each county this year. The virtual spring hearings begin Monday at 7 p.m. and go until Wednesday at the same time. Visit the Wisconsin DNR Website for more information.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments today on an important water pollution case. The justices are to determine if the Department of Natural Resources failed to adequately protect water from manure pollution when it awarded a permit to a large dairy farm in Kewaunee County. Part of the legal question is whether the D-N-R has the authority to issue restrictions like that. Kinnard Farms is a mega-dairy farm with about 82-hundred cows. The debate is focused on the legal interpretations of Act 21, passed 10 years ago. The court’s ruling could have far-reaching effects on many state agencies.
People from all over the state showed up at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Friday to tell members of the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee how their tax dollars should be spent. Witnesses spoke on issues like education funding, transportation, and the help that Wisconsin businesses need. Lawmakers say it will be important to see where Governor Tony Evers spends COVID relief aid from the federal government before final budget decisions are made. The next hearing will be April 21st in Rhinelander, then April 22nd at U-W-Stout in Menomonie, and a virtual hearing on April 28th. The next budget takes effect July 1st.
Everyone who receives the COVID-19 vaccine also receives a card with the type of shot and the date it was given. Deputy Health Services Secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk says paper vaccine records are a thing some of us are old enough to remember. In addition to a card, when you receive your COVID shot you'll also get information about the vaccine that you've received, and to enroll in V-SAFE, the CDC vaccine safety, and monitoring system.
The I R S says some 1 point 8 billion dollars worth of tax refunds from 2017 are about to expire. Spokesman Christopher Miller says those refunds are only good for five years. In Wisconsin, Miller says around 19-thousand people are owed a total of 18 million dollars. If you need help filing your taxes, the I R S might have old documents on file. You can find out more online at I R S dot Gov.
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Two western Wisconsin teens are facing felony animal mistreatment charges in Jackson County. The criminal complaint says 17-year-old Cody Hagen-Anderson of Hixton and 18-year-old Nichols Kulig of Blair were seen on video abusing an opossum in March. Deputies say the suspects swung the opossum by its tail, blew vape smoke in its face, poured beer down its throat, dropped weights on it and one of them stabbed it. Investigators say Kulig later admitted to decapitating the opossum with an ax. Hagen-Anderson and Kulig have a court hearing next month.
The Wisconsin D-N-R hopes to have more permanent rules in place for the next wolf hunt. Wisconsin's Wolf Harvest Committee held its first meeting Thursday to go over the hunt in February, which critics have said was hastily thrown together following a lawsuit. D-N-R officials say they'll have a final report on the hunt next week. Hunters went more than 100 kills over the quota, and the committee will be looking at that quota and making recommendations to the Natural Resources Board. State law requires the D-N-R to hold a wolf hunt any year that wolves aren't federally protected.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court says state election officials should not purge voter rolls. The 5-2 ruling Friday affirms an appeals court decision that overturned an Ozaukee County judge's order from 2019. The state's high court found that local election officials - not the Wisconsin Elections Commission have authority to purge the rolls of voters who have moved. Conservative Justices Brian Hagedorn and Chief Justice Pat Roggensack joined progressives Ann Walsh Bradley, Rebecca Dallet, and Jill Karofsky. Justice Rebecca Bradley wrote the dissent. The ruling means nearly 70-thousand people on a list of likely movers will not have their voter registration deactivated.
Legislation introduced Thursday by two Democratic lawmakers would let the Wisconsin attorney general file lawsuit over civil rights violations. The A-G’s office would have the power to investigate and file suit when someone has shown a pattern of violating civil rights in matters of housing, employment, or education. The bill’s chances are limited in the Republican-controlled Assembly and Senate. It was introduced by State Representative Jimmy Anderson of Fitchburg and State Senator LaTonya Johnson of Milwaukee. The bill was modeled after similar laws in states like Arizona and Oklahoma.
An increase in the motor vehicle sales tax is part of a transportation budget bill that Minnesota House Democrats have on a fast track with five weeks remaining in the legislative session. Amber Backhaus (BACK-us) with the Minnesota Auto Dealers Association testified against the measure Friday warning it would make vehicles less affordable. She told lawmakers that new car sales were down 15 percent in 2020 due to the COVID pandemic, and they're expected to take a few years to recover. Supporters argue it's essentially a user fee that will help fill the gap for Minnesota's transportation needs. The measure has no chance of passing the Republican-controlled Senate.
A bill introduced this week at the Capitol would make Colby the official state cheese of Wisconsin. The legislation is sponsored by Senator Kathy Bernier and Representative Donna Rozard - who represent the city of Colby which is the birthplace of Colby cheese. Bernier and Rozard said Colby began as a family farm recipe and has gone on to become world-famous and one of America's most popular cheeses. Wisconsin cheesemakers produce more than 45 million pounds of Colby each year. Some people argue every cheese that comes from Wisconsin is amazing.
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