The City of Durand has announced that a Level 2 swimming class will be held next week at the Tarrant Park Pool. The class is limited to 20 students and will be from July 21st through the 24th from 5-7pm. Registrations will be open today from 9am till 4:30pm via email only. To register, email your child's full name and age, the parents name, address, and phone number with the subject line Swimming Lessons in the subject line to dchall@nelson-tel.net
The Mondovi City has re-opened to the public. At last week's council, meeting members approved re-opening the city hall to the public starting on June 14th. Mayor Weiss felt with the reduction in covid-19 restrictions the citizens deserved to have the ability to come into city hall to conduct regular city business.
N-Tec is warning customers of a scam. A customer reported someone claiming to be a technician of N-Tec knocked on their door and asked to come into the home to review their bill. N-Tec does not have technicians out knocking on doors and if someone comes to your door claiming to work for N-Tec, ask for their ID and verify they are driving an N-Tec Vehicle.
The Buffalo County Health Department will be conducting a Covid-19 walk-in vaccination clinic tomorrow. The Clinic will be held at the Buffalo County Courthouse in Alma from 8-4pm and the department will be administering the Phizer as well as the Johnson and Johnson vaccines. Residents of Wisconsin and Minnesota, 12yrs and older are eligible for both vaccines. There is no cost and if you have any questions, contact the Buffalo County Health Department at 608-685-4412.
The dry weather has increased the fire danger in all of the WRDN listening area to high. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' latest fire danger map shows nearly 2/3rds of Wisconsin under a high fire danger risk. Anyone wanting to do burning should first check with their local fire districts for any restrictions and burning permits are required. There is a chance of rain in the forecast tonight and into Thursday.
A housing project in rural Eau Claire County appears to be dead. Yesterday the Eau Claire County Board rejected rezoning land in the town of Washington from agriculture to rural home. C@E Wurzer Builders wanted to build a housing development on the land, but town residents were concerned about what the project would do to local traffic and also concerns over the additional septic systems the development would have on the environment. The board voted 5-23 against the rezoning.
The State of Wisconsin is sending postcards to nearly 187-thousand registered voters who have not voted in the past four years. Wisconsin Elections Commission administrator Meagan Wolfe says these voters will have 30 days to respond and tell their local clerk whether they want to stay on the active voter list. Those who to fail to respond will be placed on the inactive list and need to re-register. Wolfe says this mailing is "just one of many ways we ensure the integrity of voting in Wisconsin." Voters can register online up to 20 days before an election.
It looks like the Minnesota Legislature could pass the first batch of budget bills as soon as Thursday, but a number of major bills are still unresolved. The higher education, agriculture, commerce/energy, and legacy bills are all tentatively scheduled for floor votes in the House on Thursday. House and Senate negotiators continue wrangling with an E-12 education budget bill, health and human services, and a number of others -- including public safety, where the holdup is police reform. The tax cut bill is ready for a vote, but House leaders say they'll hold it back until closer to the end of the special session for negotiating leverage.
A northern Wisconsin man has been sentenced to 33 years in prison for the sexual assault of a child and plotting to murder the victim. Russell Wilson had been charged with assaulting the girl when investigators say he tried to hire a hitman to kill her, her mother, and her mother’s boyfriend. He was found guilty on all charges in March and returned to court last Friday in Washburn County for sentencing. Courtroom observers say it took the jury less than 90 minutes of deliberations to return the guilty verdict on four charges.
The Wisconsin Department of Revenue is reminding smaller communities they won’t get any of the federal funding from the American Rescue Plan if they don’t apply. Six hundred communities have applied, but another 12-hundred haven’t. They have until Friday to do so. The Revenue Department aimed its message at Wisconsin cities with a population under 50-thousand. Revenue Secretary Peter Barca says the state can only send money to Wisconsin communities that ask for it.
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce is challenging the governor’s assertion about federal unemployment benefits hurting businesses. Governor Tony Evers claimed there is no evidence the additional benefits are keeping people from returning to work. The state’s largest business group is pointing to research by an economist at the University of Wisconisn-Madison, data from the hiring website Indeed, and comments from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. All three sources say the extra 300 dollars a week in federal unemployment benefits is enough to keep people from returning to work.
Minnesota House Republicans tried unsuccessfully again in special session Monday to cancel Governor Tim Walz's COVID emergency powers after they were extended another 30 days. G-O-P Representative Dave Baker of Willmar said, "respectful employers -- himself included -- can't find workers because Walz won't end the 300-dollar weekly unemployment benefit "top-off" that makes it more attractive to stay out of the workforce." House Majority Leader Ryan Winkler responded, "if we end the emergency powers, the capacity of the governor to re-instate them to respond to another crisis on COVID 19 is very much up in the air." Republicans claim the COVID crisis is over. State health officials reported 118 new cases and five more deaths Monday.
The Menominee Casino Resort confirms last week’s closing was due to a cyberattack. The casino in Keshena and the Thunderbird complex shut down Friday. At the time management referred to “technical difficulties,” and the casino’s Facebook page says there was an attempted attack on its computer systems. The resort is working with law enforcement and cybersecurity experts. So far, it appears no guess or staff member information was compromised.
Officials at the University of Minnesota are anticipating a freshman class that is the biggest in decades – and the most diverse in history. Freshman confirmations are reportedly up 14-percent at the Twin Cities campus, with 75-hundred new students confirmed. That compares to 65-hundred at this time last year. Colleges are hoping for an enrollment recovery this fall after the pandemic hit their finances hard and forced most classes and campus operations online for more than a year. Other Big Ten universities are said to also be reporting much higher enrollment projections
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