Severe Storms moved through the WRDN Listening area last night. The National Weather Service reported 60mph winds in Durand, a gas station sign was blown down in Nelson due to the winds, part of the sign at Family Dollar in Osseo was blown off, a barn and garage were blown down near Hammond and there are reports of corn flattened in St. Croix County. Much quieter and cooler weather is expected for the rest of the week and into the weekend.
The City of Durand has approved the sale of $2.9 million in bonds for the 3rd Ave East project. During last night's council meeting the city was told by Ehlers and Associates that the city's bond rating remained at AA-, which is very good for a community the size of Durand. Because of the high rating, the city received a very low interest rate of 1.58% The bonds were purchased by FHN Financial Capital Market of Memphis, TN.
Mondovi is continuing to work on reducing or removing the algae from Mirror Lake. Mondovi Mayor Brady Weiss says he and other volunteers are working to keep the dam inlets open to keep the water flowing to reduce the algae floating on the lake's surface. The city is also working with the Department of Natural Resources on receiving permits to remove the algae from the lake using other methods.
Covid cases are again on the rise in Pepin County and Wisconsin. Pepin County Health Officer Heidi Stewart says everyone has to remember basic prevention measures. Stewart says that anyone who would like to be vaccinated can receive the vaccine by just calling the Pepin County Health Department.
An Arcadia man was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident Tuesday in the Town of Arcadia. According to the Trempealeau County Sheriff's Department, 24yr old Bret Aspenson of Acradia was traveling eastbound on Hickory Hill Road when he left the roadway and overturned in a driveway. Aspenson was airlifted with serious injuries to the hospital.
An Eau Claire man is bound over for trial in the shooting death of a 14-year-old boy. Twenty-six-year-old Austin Vang is charged with the first-degree reckless homicide of Marwin Washington last Tuesday. Vang told investigators he thought the gun was unloaded when he pointed it at Washington and pulled the trigger. He claimed he was just horsing around with the gun. Police say Vang is dating Washington's older sister and the three live together. He has a plea hearing next month.
A Dunn County woman who nearly starved her dog to death will avoid having to eat jail food. It took a jury just two hours to find 30-year-old Anne Iehl guilty of the severe mistreatment of her pet. Iehl had dropped off a severely malnourished dog named Gabriel at the Dunn County Humane Society in November 2019. She claimed to have found him, but it was later determined that Iehl was the owner. A judge sentenced her to two years probation Tuesday. The dog weighed just 23 pounds when he was turned in. Iehl said she wasn’t financially stable enough to take care of him on her own. Gabriel has found a new home and the Humane Society says he is doing well.
The Buffalo County Fair gets underway today. The carnival opens up tonight at 5pm, and the garden tractor pull is at 6:30 tonight. The Tri-State Tractor Pull is tomorrow night and the Demo Derby is Saturday. We will have live streaming coverage of the Swine Show tonight at 5, the Beef Show tomorrow at 9am and the Dairy Show on Saturday at 9am on our YouTube Channel at Durand Broadcasting WRDN. The 4-H and FFA Livestock Auction is set for Friday night at 7pm.
The Wisconsin National Guard says it is still waiting on 10 million dollars in reimbursement for deploying trips to Washington, D-C, earlier this year. The lack of reimbursement from the feds means the Guard Bureau hasn’t sent Wisconsin the money earmarked for paychecks through the end of September. Wisconsin commanders say they’re not sure what will happen. Right now, they are looking at areas where they can make cuts due to the lack of money. Republican Congressman Bryan Steil says Congress needs to make paying the troops a priority. Following the insurrection at the U-S Capitol, there was a massive troop build-up for the inauguration of incoming President Joe Biden.
A former township clerk in Dakota County will spend more than two years in federal prison for taking more than 650-thousand dollars in public funds. Seventy-year-old Maryann Stoffel of Hastings was sentenced after pleading guilty to one count of wire fraud. Stoffel admitted to forging the signatures of the Vermillion Township treasurer and board chair on checks from December 2012 through last October. Investigators say Stoffel transferred funds to her own bank account and concealed her fraud from the annual township report. She was ordered to pay 652-thousand dollars in restitution.
The state Elections Commission's chair says a Republican lawmaker's allegation of "ghost voters" in Wisconsin is "factually incorrect." Commission chair Ann Jacobs, who's a Democrat, called Representative Janel Brandtjen's claim, "unfortunate," and said the Menominee Falls Republican "should stop spreading these wild conspiracy theories." Brandtjen alleged that "tens of thousands of new registrations and votes cast by individuals whose driver’s license number, name, and date of birth did not match and were subsequently removed from the state system after their votes were recorded." The elections commission said voter data mismatches happen about five percent of the time but are minor typos corrected by the clerk or voter. Voters are not removed from the statewide voter database.
The Wisconsin Court of Appeals is denying another appeal from Steven Avery. He's serving a life prison sentence for the 2005 murder of photographer Teresa Halbach. The appeals court wrote, "We hold that Avery’s motions are insufficient on their face to entitle him to a hearing and that the circuit court did not erroneously exercise its discretion in denying the motions to vacate and for reconsideration. Accordingly, we affirm.” Avery claims he did not kill Halbach and lost every appeal in the case.
The parents and legal guardians of the boy who was thrown over a railing on the third floor of the Mall of America in 2019 are suing the M-O-A. The family's lawsuit seeks unspecified monetary damages from the mall and its ownership. Attorneys say the boy--who was five at the time of the incident--is doing well, but his family has incurred around one-point-seven-million dollars in medical expenses. The man who pleaded guilty to throwing the boy over the balcony was sentenced to 19 years in prison for attempted murder.
U-S Senator Ron Johnson says health officials need to stop issuing recommendations to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The Wisconsin Republican says it’s time to let Americans – not federal agencies – make decisions for themselves and their children. Johnson says it’s “time to reclaim liberty and end this state of fear. His comments come in response to Tuesday recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the use of face masks. Johnson questions the recommendations and questions whether masks work and if they may do more harm than good.
The Department of Natural Resources is teaming up with the Department of Health Services to boost protection and education on safe water in Wisconsin. DNR secretary Preston Cole says that means getting PFAS and heavy metals out of drinking water but also stepping up enforcement on nitrates from farms getting into groundwater. Those nitrates have become a major problem in northeast Wisconsin where ag runoff has infiltrated the groundwater and made it into municipal and rural water systems.
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