Durand Fire was called out to a gas line leak on Drier Street in the construction zone yesterday afternoon. A leak was discovered in a service line to a home and a few homes on Drier Street had to be evacuated. No one was injured and WE Energies was called in to repair the line.
The Mondovi City Council is meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include a report on the fish stocking of Mirror Lake discussion and possible action on applying for a loan through the State Trust Fund and a discussion of the Wastewater Treatment Plant annual maintenance report. Tonight's meeting begins at 6:30 at the Marten Center in Mondovi.
The worldwide computer chip shortage has delayed the delivery of the new Durand Police Squad. Durand Mayor Patrick Milliren says while the squad was ordered last year, the city doesn't know when the new squad will actually be delivered. The new squad car was part of the 2020 City Budget.
A symbolic resolution making Trempealeau County a Second Amendment Sanctuary County was voted down last night by the Trempealeau County Board. Opponents of the measure said it was unnecessary as it was responding to a law that doesn't exist, and others believe it would be government overreach. The final vote on the measure was 4 yes and 12 no with one abstention.
A Trempealeau County man was arrested Friday in connection with a fatal accident on Hwy 35 last year. According to the Sheriff's Department, On July 16th of last year, 39yr old Micah Harris was traveling on Hwy 35, crossed the center line, and struck a vehicle head-on driven by 57yr old Monica Knepper of Trempealeau. Harris has been charged with homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle, as authorities alleged Harris had a detectable amount of a restricted controlled substance in his blood at the time of the accident.
Wisconsin’s governor has appointed a commissioner to investigate the Eau Claire County district attorney. D-A Gary King has been accused of harassment and working while he was intoxicated. Evers appointed William Ramsey, the deputy chief legal counsel at the Wisconsin Department of Administration, to conduct the investigation. King is still the Eau Claire County district attorney, but he is taking voluntary leave. Two of his former colleagues wrote to the governor asking that King be removed from office.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and legislative leaders all want to avoid a state government shutdown. Senate Republican Majority Leader Paul Gazelka says a number of major state budget bills are close to being wrapped up with nine days remaining before state government begins shutting down. Gazelka said, "It's my commitment that we not get to July 1st. I think that would be really bad for Minnesota. I do think that the governor and the speaker agree with that." Governor Tim Walz says much is of this negotiation is less about money than it is about the ideological differences. House Speaker Melissa Hortman says it's her hope that we would be done by Friday.
The UW system is reporting that applications for the fall semester are up 30% over last year. UW system president Tommy Thompson says there are especially encouraged by some of the numbers. Applications for the UW system are now digital, and Thompson says that one application can be sent to multiple different schools in order to better accommodate students who want to play the field and try to get into multiple UW schools.
A Monroe County man charged with homicide and attempted homicide allegedly attacked his victims with an ax. Thirty-six-year-old Thomas Aspseter was charged Monday with first-degree intentional homicide, and two counts each of attempted first-degree intentional homicide, and aggravated battery using a dangerous weapon. The June 6th attack at the rural Sparta home of Aspseter's 87-year-old grandfather left that man dead. Two other people in the home were injured but managed to get to a neighbor's house and called 911. According to a criminal complaint, Aspseter also called 911 and admitted to killing his grandfather, saying he “went (expletive) crazy." He also shot himself in the chin with a .22 caliber rifle before deputies arrived to arrest him.
A weekend shooting in Livingston has left one man injured and a second man in custody in the county jail. Grant County deputies responded to a call at about 12:30 a-m Saturday at a bar. They say they found a 34-year-old man lying outside the bar’s door bleeding from gunshot wounds. He was airlifted to a hospital, but his condition isn’t known. His name hasn't been released. Later on Saturday, authorities were able to arrest 52-year-old Todd Holder for the shooting. He’s being held in the Grant County Jail awaiting charges of attempted first-degree intentional homicide.
A Minnesota man has been arrested and charged with stealing dozens of golf carts in seven states, including Wisconsin. Nathan Rodney Nelson has made an initial appearance in federal court. He was reportedly taken into custody in Georgia while trying to steal golf carts there. Investigators say the man took at least 63 golf carts. The investigation reportedly started more than two years ago in North Dakota. The federal authorities got involved because Nelson is accused of transporting the stolen carts across state lines. Authorities say the value of the stolen carts is more than 280-thousand dollars.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison broke ground Friday on a 128-million-dollar expansion project at its School of Veterinary Medicine. Funding for the project was included in the state budget two years ago, although 38 million dollars is coming from private donations. The project plans include a new building, doubling the size of the small animal hospital, increases the square footage of the large animal hospital, expanding lab space, and increasing and modernizing the space for infectious disease research.
An educator at the University of Minnesota-Duluth says expanding broadband internet service to rural areas is very expensive. Assistant professor of computer science Peter Peterson says the state and federal funding must keep coming. Peterson says D-S-L, cable internet, and fiber are all delivered by wires that someone has to bury. He says the cost “on the low end” is about 18-thousand dollars a mile. Peterson says he hopes government subsidies and incentives will keep the work going, but it is going to take some time.
As summer gets underway, it's important to keep an eye on your home garden setups, especially with the continued drought. UW Extension horticulture educator Lisa Johnson says there's plenty of help available from the state. She reminds people to especially keep an eye on water needy plants like peppers and tomatoes, which will need a close eye until the drought lets up. Give them extra water if you're growing them in dark pots, which can dry out faster.
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