The Buffalo and Pepin County Human Services Boards have agreed to open senior meal sites starting June 1st. In addition to opening the congregate meal sites, all meal sites will begin offering salads as an alternative to the hot meal. Those participating in the meal programs are still asked to RSVP your meals to the meal site, and that includes if you want the salad option. Carryout meals will continue to be an option for those who wish to use them. If you have questions, contact the Pepin County Human Services Department at 715-672-8941 ext 163.
A missing Saukville teenager is safe after a statewide alert on Monday. Police in Menomonie say they found 13-year-old Samantha Stephenson Monday night. She went missing with her 19-year-old boyfriend, and family and police were concerned she was in danger. Police aren't saying how they found Stephenson or what she was doing, only that she's safe. There's no word about her boyfriend.
Authorities in Wabasha County are investigating the apparent drowning of an 89-year-old boater in a pool of the Mississippi River. Deputies responded to a report of an unoccupied fishing boat doing circles Monday night off the main channel in the Weaver Bottoms. Officials say the Winona County Dive and Rescue Team and Minnesota D-N-R helped find a man's body in the water near the boat. The victim's name hasn't been released.
The Durand-Arkansaw School Board is meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include discussion and possible action on the district summer school program and update on the 2021-2022 Budget, and Remote Learning plan, and the council will go into closed session to discuss personnel issues. Tonight's meeting begins at 6pm at Durand High School.
The Pepin County Board is meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include the appointment of a county board supervisor for District 5 which includes the City of Durand, Ward 2, annual reports from the Sheriff's Department and County Judge's office, and discussion and review of the policies surrounding Covid-19 and the Pepin County Government Facility. Tonight's meeting begins at 7pm in the board room at the Pepin County Government Center.
The Eau Claire City Council and Eau Claire County board have both repealed the local mask ordinances. In both instances, there were no members of the public that spoke in favor of keeping the ordinances in place. The County Administrator's office says unvaccinated individuals are still expected to continue to wear a mask and physically distance according to CDC guidelines.
An Eau Claire Salvage Yard has come up with a unique way to help lower thefts of catalytic converters. Victory Automotive will partner with the Eau Claire Police Department and hold a free drive-through event Saturday from 10-2 where people can have their catalytic converters painted bright orange. The paint will tell salvage yards that the converter has been stolen. According to authorities, there have been 42 thefts of catalytic converters so far this year in Eau Clarie. That event will be held at the Hamilton Avenue location of Victory Automotive.
Governor Tony Evers says 100-million dollars in federal COVID relief funding will be used to expand broadband across Wisconsin. The Public Service Commission will be awarding grants for expanding high-speed internet in two weeks. Evers issued a statement saying, "I declared 2021 the Year of Broadband Access because everyone in this state should have access to reliable internet service." The governor is also urging the legislature to pass his Badger Bounceback agenda which includes another 200 million dollars for broadband access and provide financial assistance to low-income homes struggling to pay internet bills.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is using 75-million dollars in federal COVID relief funding for summer learning programs. The money will provide academic enrichment and health support in school districts and charter schools in Minnesota. The governor said the state is encouraging districts to "see education different" and to help students recover from the challenges of the COVID pandemic. G-O-P Senate Education Committee Chairman Roger Chamberlain of Lino Lakes says there was always plenty of federal money to meet the state's summer school needs, and the governor saying the state needed to fund it was an "unnecessary threat."
A Wisconsin congresswoman wants help for hungry kids in America to be permanent. The bill would provide breakfast, lunch, a snack, and dinner free to all children, regardless of income. Congresswoman Gwen Moore of Milwaukee says expanding the school-based free meal program would accomplish three goals. Ensure kids get fed, reduce paperwork and bureaucracy, and end any stigma from qualifying for government help. The Congressional Budget Office has not written a formal cost estimate, but the existing school lunch program costs about 14-billion dollars a year, according to the U-S Agriculture Department
A federal judge will sentence a Tomah man to federal prison after he was found guilty of nine counts of child pornography. Shannon Donoho was accused of using hidden cameras to record young girls while they were in the restroom. Prosecutors told the court he hid the cameras in the home of a family friend in 2016 and recorded a nine-year-old girl taking a shower. Two years later he hid another camera where he lived and recorded another victim using the restroom. The 44-year-old Donoho will be sentenced on July 28th.
A new study finds the University of Wisconsin stopped a major COVID-19 outbreak before it started. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studied samples collected from students in and around two residence halls. They found that efforts to contain students in quarantine likely prevented more spread into Madison and Dane County. Last year, local leaders called on the university to send students home. The C-D-C says testing and quarantines could prevent outbreaks at college move-ins in the future.
Members of the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee will consider buying body cameras for Capitol police officers. A survey of Wisconsin law enforcement agencies finds 63-percent use body cameras. Governor Tony Evers’ two-year budget called for spending 100-thousand dollars to buy 35-to-50 cameras. Costs of storing the video footage would vary. The expenditure is on the agenda for a meeting to be held Thursday.
A Wisconsin Department of Justice administrator says she is paid less and treated poorly just because she is a Black woman. Tina Virgil filed a complaint with the U-S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last month. The Division of Law Enforcement Services administrator says she is the second-lowest paid person at that level in the state agency and her salary is less than her white predecessor was. Virgil says she’s also had to deal with a hostile work environment. The department says her salary is the sixth-highest out of 10 at her level and the evidence doesn’t support the claims.
Police and F-B-I agents arrested an airline passenger Sunday after he had disrupted a flight from New York to San Francisco. The JetBlue plane was diverted to the Twin Cities when the man refused to wear a mask, yelled racial slurs to passengers of color, made inappropriate comments to female passengers, and touched at least one woman. Witnesses reported seeing the passenger holding a bag of a white substance and snorting something. The 42-year-old man from Mechanicville, New York was taken into custody for drug possession.
The Department of Natural Resources reports there have been 12 deadly A-T-V, U-T-V accidents in Wisconsin so far this year. That’s double the number recorded last year at this time. D-N-R Recreation Warden Jake Holsclaw thinks one of the factors is more people are outside riding, but alcohol is the top issue. He says “alcohol, speed, and inexperience … can have some bad consequences.” A majority of the people who suffered fatal injuries weren’t wearing helmets or seatbelts. Many of the riders were on roadways instead of trails. Holsclaw says the machines don’t handle as well on roads.
A man accused of burglarizing a Milwaukee bakery was caught after the business put his mugshot on cookies. Owners of Canfora-Lakeside Bakery printed pictures of the burglar - taken from video footage of him removing the cash drawer from the register - on sugar cookies. Apparently, it worked, because tipsters led investigators to a 45-year-old man who cops arrested earlier this month. He's charged with the April 19th burglary, as well as bail jumping.
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