One person was injured in a two-vehicle accident in Trenton Township on Saturday. According to the Pierce County Sheriffs Department, 24yr old Dillon Schuler of Cannon Falls, MN was traveling southbound on Hwy 63 when he lost control of the vehicle, crossed the centerline, and struck a northbound vehicle driven by 51yr old Michael Quiding of Hager City. Quiding was taken to the hospital by personal vehicle with undetermined injuries.
Some changes coming to the Plum City School District. During last night's school board meeting it was announced that Superintendent Amy Vesperman and Principle Jeremy Kerg were both leaving the district at the end of the school year on June 30th. The district will begin a search to fill both positions immediately.
ATV Riders in Buffalo County are reminded that ATV use on County roads is prohibited unless the county road has been signed that it's open for ATV/UTV use. While the County Board of Supervisors has passed an ordinance to allow the operation of ATV/UTV’s on county roads, they are not open until the roads are properly signed. The Buffalo County Trail Riders are responsible for the cost of the signs and will be working with the Buffalo County Highway Department on the installation. Town roads are under the jurisdiction of each Town and you should direct questions regarding usage on town roads with your local board.
University of Wisconsin System President Tommy Thompson today announced five finalists for the position of chancellor at the University of Wisconsin–River Falls. The 5 candidates are Constance Foser the current UWRF interim Chancellor, Maria Gallo of Delaware Valley University, Satasha Green-Stephen, Vice-Chancellor Student Affairs at Minnesota State College and University System, Michael Laliberte President State University of New York, Delhi, and Al S. Thompson, Jr, Vice-Chancellor at UW Stevens Point. Next week, the candidates will participate in separate public forums, offering opportunities for students, faculty, staff, and community members to interact directly with them.
The State of Wisconsin has approved a $400,000 grant to 24-7 Telcom and Tri-County Communications Cooperative to expand fiber to the home broadband internet to 278 locations in the town of Drammen in Eau Claire County. The Board of Commissioners approved the funds yesterday and both 24-7 and Tri-County hope to have the new network online in late 2022 or 2023.
Despite gasoline demand mostly increasing this month, the national gas price average has seen little movement, fluctuating up or down by only a penny to $2.86 or $2.87. Here in Western Wisconsin gas prices ranged from $2.63 to 2.75 last week. Compared to a year ago, prices are nearly $1.53 higer, but that was during the quarantine. Gas prices are similar to the prices paid in April of 2019, before the pandemic.
A college student has been arrested and charged with arson for allegedly starting a residence hall fire at Viterbo University in La Crosse. School officials say everyone was able to get out of Marian Hall safely when alarms began to sound shortly after 2:00 a-m Sunday. The fire had been started in a trash container in a lounge on the second floor. Fire department investigators, police, and Viterbo officials used surveillance video to identify the suspect. No names have been released. A university spokesperson says they’re checking to determine if the incident is connected to a series of racial incidents on the campus recently.
The passenger in the car driven by Colten Treu when it hit and killed three Girl Scouts and a mother has pleaded no contest to a charge connected to the case. Treu is serving 54 years. A Chippewa County Judge found John Stender Junior guilty of harboring or aiding a felon after the plea was entered Monday. The Girl Scouts and the adult supervisor were picking up trash along a county road in Lake Hallie almost three years ago when they were killed. Stender told investigators he and Treu were huffing a can of air duster when the car went into the ditch where the girls were working. Stender will be sentenced in July.
It’s a dry and dangerous spring for much of Wisconsin. The Department of Natural Resources over the weekend said the fire danger for all of Wisconsin remains high. DNR says 161 fires this year have burned over one thousand acres across the state so far this spring. Forecasters say dry brush and grass, paired with strong winds make for perfect fire conditions in many counties across Wisconsin.
Family, friends, and the state of Minnesota are mourning the loss of former Vice President Walter Mondale. His family said Mondale died Monday at age 93. Mondale served as vice president under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981. The Ceylon, Minnesota native ran for president in 1984 and named Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro his running mate, the first female V-P candidate in U-S history. Mondale lost in a landslide to Ronald Reagan, winning only his home state and Washington, D-C. Senator Amy Klobuchar said Mondale was a tireless public servant for the people of Minnesota and our country. The Minnesota Democrat said, "Our world would be a better place if all followed his example, and he will be sorely, sorely missed.”
Everyone age 16 and up is now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, and eventually, younger children will be vaccinated as well. In the meantime, Dr. Jim Conway, professor of pediatrics at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, says mitigation remains essential Pfizer and Moderna are both undertaking pediatric clinical trials of their COVID-19 vaccines.
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Wisconsin and Foxconn are on the brink of a new agreement. Governor Evers Monday announced an agreement with the Taiwanese firm. Evers did not provide details on the deal, which the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors is expected to approve. Foxconn has failed to produce anything at its Racine County facility, built under a three billion deal struck with former Republican Governor Scott Walker and the company four years ago.
A group of about 50 Wisconsin National Guard soldiers were ejected from the Saint Paul Labor Center last week. They had been invited by one union head to use the facility while staging for their next operation. Several other unions that also control the building decided they weren’t comfortable with an armed military presence there. The head of the Minnesota A-F-L-C-I-O, Bill McCarthy, says he was disappointed in the way the guard members were treated. Protesters were at the door of the center, chanting things like, “Go home, never come back,” as the soldiers were escorted out. Governor Tim Walz called the behavior of the protesters “unacceptable.”
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he backs a ban on transgender athletes taking part in girls’ and women’s sports. The Republican leader says a hearing will be held on the legislation. Vos says he thinks it’s something that is supported by the public. His comments were made during a Sunday appearance on the "UPFRONT" program on W-I-S-N Television. Vos says people should have a right to compete, but they shouldn’t “have an unfair advantage because of a choice they’re making.” Governor Tony Evers would be expected to veto the measure if it passes.
The 115th Fighter Wing of the Wisconsin Air National Guard has awarded the first construction contract as it gets ready for F-35 fighter jets to be hosted in Madison. A 19-thousand square-foot simulator facility will be built at Truax Field by a Madison construction company. The 18-month project is to start next month. The first F-35s are to arrive at Truax in 2023. There will be 19 contracts to be awarded and completed before the planes arrive. Those deals are expected to be worth about 100-million dollars.
A U-W Madison political science professor is running for state attorney general. Ryan Owens is the second Republican to oppose Democratic incumbent Josh Kaul. Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney announced earlier this month. In an interview with the Journal Sentinel, Owens said state government's response to the coronavirus pandemic and destruction during protests last year prompted him to run. He said Wisconsin has "a leadership deficit" that has turned into "a freedom deficit."
A federal judge has issued a restraining order barring the arrest or use of force against reporters covering protests in Minnesota. Some reporters say police fired rubber bullets at them even though they were exempt from the curfew that was in effect. The restraining order was filed against Minnesota Department of Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington and Minnesota State Patrol Colonel Matthew Langer. It’s focused mostly on the treatment of reporters during the protests over the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright by a Brooklyn Center police officer.
You can’t get high-quality, old-growth mahogany wood anymore. It has protected international conservation status. That’s why the three-thousand-pound stack of wood sent from the U-S Department of Agriculture’s Forest Products Laboratory in Madison is considered to be priceless. It’s been stored there for more than a century. Now, it will be used to repair the damage caused at the U-S Capitol during the rioting and destruction on January 6th. The 78 mahogany boards one-foot-by-12-feet were shipped by truck in February. It will be installed in the Capitol building in June.
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