Five people have been arrested in Durand and are facing multiple drug charges. Durand Police, Pepin County Sheriffs Deputies, and the West Central Drug Task Force executed a search warrant at 516 7th Avenue West on April 13th and recovered methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia, and a stolen bicycle. Arrested were Tricia L. Pawlowski, Dustin T Pawlowski, Eric W Soreson, Adam T Hays, and Katie E Bundie. Tricia Pawlowski and Eric Soreson were each charged with 2 counts of manufacture/deliver amphetamine, possession with intent to deliver amphetamines, and maintaining a drug trafficking place. The charges for the other three are pending at this time.
The Durand City Council Finance Committee and City Council have upheld an invoice to the Durand Swim Club. The invoice was originally for $4800 but according to Durand Mayor Patrick Milliren, a donation came in to help offset most of that amount. The invoice was for reimbursement for swimming lessons that the club had provided vouchers for back in 2019.
Advent Health of Durand will be receiving 200 doses of the Moderna Vaccine next week. Angela Jacobson, Director of Emergency Preparedness for Advent Health says those wanting the vaccine should call either clinic to set up an appointment. Anyone over the age of 18 is eligible for the Moderna Vaccine. When you receive your first dose, an appointment will be automatically made for the second dose.
The Mondovi City Council is looking at the possibility of developing a pickleball court. A group of citizens presented a possible proposal during this week's city council meeting. The group is asking the city to design the court near Farrington Field. Pickleball is a game similar to tennis but uses a smaller court and lower net and is popular with senior citizens. The council will discuss the request at a future city council meeting.
Officials at Viterbo University in La Crosse say they have installed additional security cameras, added security personnel, held campus listening sessions, and undertaken additional initiatives. The moves come in response to the discovery of threatening and racist messages written on the door of a women’s restroom. A student reported finding the messages early Monday morning inside a residence hall. The university says it is working with La Crosse police and a forensic handwriting expert to figure out who did it.
A Barron County judge has sentenced a Chetek man to four years in prison for sexual assault. Cazz Johnson had pleaded guilty to the charge last December and the sentence was handed down Monday. The victim told police she was getting a ride home from Johnson after drinking when he pulled over to urinate. When he returned to the pickup, she says he pulled off her pants and shoes and sexually assaulted her. The attack happened in 2019. Johnson will have to register as a sex offender when he gets out of prison.
No change in Wisconsin's three-point-eight percent unemployment rate for a second straight month. The Department of Workforce Development says total non-farm jobs increased by 12-thousand-900 in March and private sector jobs were up 11-thousand-100. Neighboring Minnesota had an unemployment rate of four-two-point percent in March and the national rate was six percent last month.
Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu says not enough members of his Republican party support the legalization of marijuana. That means it won’t happen in Wisconsin any time soon. LeMahieu points out that marijuana is still illegal under federal law. Governor Tony Evers had indicated he would include a plan for legalizing the drug for recreational or medicinal use in his upcoming biennial budget plan. Evers says his plan would be similar to laws in border states Illinois and Michigan. He estimates taxes on marijuana could generate about 165-million dollars a year. The Senate leader reportedly told WisPolitics-dot-com discussions about legalization should happen on the federal level.
New numbers suggest the COVID pandemic may have fueled an increase in deaths from alcohol use in Minnesota. Preliminary data show 992 Minnesotans died from fully alcohol-attributable causes in 2020 - compared with 821 in 2019. The number of alcohol-related deaths started to accelerate in June. State Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm said, "sadly, the pandemic has amplified some of the root causes of substance use and substance use disorders, such as social isolation, job loss and lack of access to treatment." The report does not include "partially" alcohol-attributable causes of death which suggest the numbers are even higher.
State Representative Alex Dallman of Green Lake is a co-sponsor of legislation that proponents claim could decrease incidents of harassment, aimed towards high school sports officials. Assembly Judiciary Committee member, Shae Sortwell of Manitiwoc, expressed some reservations about making such harassment a misdemeanor. According to the WIAA, harassment has made it difficult to recruit and retain high school referees and umpires.
A new tracking system will let Wisconsin sexual assault victims get information about the evidence kits associated with their cases. The Wisconsin Department of Justice will use a 327-thousand-dollar federal grant to pay for the system. It will be set up to monitor how long those kits spend at different points as they are processed. The Wisconsin Senate passed a bill last month requiring the state agency to create a database allowing victims to track their kits. That bill hasn'y had an Assembly hearing yet.
Paper-making giant Kimberly-Clark has announced plans to move 250 of its jobs from Neenah To Chicago. The company’s manufacturing sites won’t be affected by the change. Positions in sales, marketing, executive management, and other commercial functions are going. The company says the positions will be relocated during the first quarter of 2022. At the same time as Wednesday’s announcement, there was a switchover at the top of the company. Kim Underhill is the group president of Kimberly-Clark’s North American business. She is leaving the company after 33 years.
The U-S Department of Labor reports Wisconsin is one of seven states chosen to participate in a new initiative aimed at improving employment outcomes for people with mental health conditions. The initiative provides Wisconsin with tailored and targeted assistance like expertise to help create and implement a plan encompassing multiple systems – like mental and behavioral health, Medicaid, vocal rehabilitation, workforce, and education. The federal Advancing State Policy Integration for Recovery and Employment goes by the acronym ASPIRE. Minnesota is also participating in the initiative.
Legislation that will allow motor racetracks in Wisconsin to sell alcohol led a couple of state Senators to address our state's drinking culture on Wednesday. This is Ashland Democrat Janet Bewley. Milwaukee Democrat Lena Taylor said she supports the bill, but that the state also needs additional AODA resources. The measure passed on a voice vote and is now ready for Assembly consideration.
Changes are coming to Kohl’s, but maybe not as many as first thought. The company is announcing a deal with a group of investors who were pushing for a takeover. The investor’s group will add two of its people to Kohl’s board of directors. The agreement ends the takeover bid that would have seen Kohl’s change many of its business strategies and could have resulted in closing more stores.
The state of Minnesota says more than 605-thousand vehicles are running on state roads with expired registration. There’s no way to determine if all the vehicles are still operating. This list includes passenger cars, trailers, off-road vehicles, R-Vs, trucks, and others. The number could include a vehicle with a Minnesota title with a lien, but the owner has moved to another state and registered his vehicle there. Twenty-year-old Daunte Wright was pulled over for expired tabs when he was shot last weekend.
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