The Buffalo County Sherrif's Department is reminding residents that ATVs and UTV's are not allowed at this time on all county roads with the exception of the City of Mondovi Streets. Several UTV's have been stopped on county roads. While the county did pass an ordinance allowing ATVs and UTV's on county roads, the signs have not been posted so it has not gone into effect. The Sherrif's Department will notify residents when the ban is officially lifted.
A Nelson teenager was injured in a one-vehicle accident in the town of Belvidere on Friday. According to the Buffalo County Sheriff's Department, the teen was traveling southbound on Hwy 35 when he fell asleep, lost control, rolled, and ended up in a cornfield. The driver was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
The General Manager of Ntec has been inducted into the Wisconsin State Telecommunications Hall of Fame. Christy Beger was induced during the WSTA's 111th annual convention last month. Berger began her career as the office manager at Ntec and was promoted to Assistant Manager in 2001 and in 2002 was named General Manager and Executive Vice President. She has served as the WSTA President in 2019 and is the 45th member of the WSTA Hall of Fame. Last year she received the WSTA Lifetime Achievement Award and is the only recipient of both awards in the association's 111yr history.
The Wabasha County Board is meeting tomorrow. Items on the agenda include discussion and possible action to set the appraised value on tax-forfeited land, approve the ground pool fee and approve an agreement with MN Dot and Wabasha County. Tomorrow's meeting begins at 9am at the Wabasha County Courthouse.
Police in La Crosse is identifying the victim found dead in Houska Park. Officers say 33-year-old Cameron Baker was severely injured late Monday night and died a short time later. David A. Pearson, Junior was arrested for first-degree reckless homicide and felony bail jumping. He's jailed on a half-million dollars bond. Investigators have not released Baker's cause of death. Pearson's next court appearance is July 7th.
The delta variant of COVID-19 is likely to become the dominant strain in Wisconsin soon. D-H-S Chief Medical Officer Doctor Ryan Westergaard says getting vaccinated is critical. Westergaard said, "any given exposure, any time that a person is around someone who has an infection with the delta variant, and they're not vaccinated, the risk that they'll get infected from that person is higher than it's ever been." He says the delta version spread more easily than other strains.
A bipartisan proposal in the U.S. House would ban the farming of mink fur in the United States in an effort to stem possible mutations of the coronavirus. That’s something researchers have said can be accelerated when the virus spreads among animals. The bill introduced this week is an effort from two House members — Connecticut Democrat Rosa DeLauro and South Carolina Republican Nancy Mace. It would prohibit the import, export, transport, sale or purchase of mink in the United States. Researchers say the spread of COVID-19 among animals could speed up the number of mutations in the virus before it potentially jumps back to people.
Minnesota's law enforcement lobbying groups are suing the state over a new law that governs when officers can legally use deadly force. The new law says to prove self-defense, an officer must specifically show how they perceived the threat that they would be greatly harmed or killed. The lawsuit argues that although the Constitution guarantees that no one in a criminal trial can be compelled to testify against themselves, the legislature passed a law that requires a police officer to forfeit that constitutional right in order to mount an affirmative defense. The groups are suing after they were unable to convince the legislature to push back a deadline for training officers in those new requirements.
Waukesha has been given permission to withdraw more than eight million gallons of water from Lake Michigan each day. The go-ahead comes after a long review process under the Great Lakes Compact. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced final approval for the plan Thursday. The withdrawal is expected to start in 2023. Waukesha needs the water because city wells have become contaminated with radium.
The next step for the so-called “Mill Bill” is for Governor Tony Evers to sign it. The legislation passed the Wisconsin Senate this week. It would use federal COVID-19 relief funding to provide loans for the purchase of two pulp mills in the state that have closed in the last year. The measure would allow the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to make a loan of 50 million dollars for the purchase of the Verso Mill in Wisconsin Rapids and a loan of 15 million for the purchase of the Flambeau River Papers mill in Park Falls. The money for the loans would come from funding Wisconsin receives through the American Rescue Plan Act.
Governor Evers appears ready to veto parts of the new state budget. Evers told reporters Thursday he hadn’t seen the full budget yet and needs to review it. The governor did say that he wants to see what may need to be changed. After changes by lawmakers, the budget spends 87-and-a-half billion dollars, which is far less than what Evers proposed in his original document.
Thousands of workers are getting a bump in pay, in Minneapolis and St. Louis. A one-dollar an hour raise went into effect Friday for workers making minimum wage. St. Paul workers at large businesses will now be making 12-dollars, 50-cents an hour and those at small businesses will make 11 dollars an hour. In Minneapolis, workers at large businesses will see their pay increase to 14-25 an hour. At small businesses, the minimum jumps to 12-50 an hour. Both cities are moving toward a minimum of 15 dollars an hour. The next increase for those workers is coming in July of 2022.
Governor Evers has vetoed a Republican bill that sought to restrict the state's election laws. Assembly Bill 173 would have prohibited local governments from taking private grants or donations in order to operate an election or a recount and would have prevented outside groups from assisting in recounts or elections. The bill is one of a series of election bills passed by the Legislature. Evers' office says he's requested that all of them be sent to his desk for approval or veto, but that 173 was the only one that's been sent so far.
A Burlington history teacher has been reassigned after being present at the January 6th riot at the U-S Capitol. Initially, teacher Jeff Taff was suspended after parents complained about his comments concerning the riot. The Burlington School District says its investigation determined that Taff didn’t take part in the violence that day and didn’t break any district rules. Instead of teaching U-S history this fall, he will teach world history and a social studies class. The district hasn’t offered a specific explanation for the switch in assignments at Burlington High School.
A Wisconsin native is helping the rescue efforts at the Miami condo collapse. Erin Silber now works at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital in Tampa, but she is from Eagle River. For the last five years, she has been a volunteer with Children’s Disaster Services. It works with the Red Cross handling displaced children who are trying to cope with tragedy. Silber has been in Florida for about 10 years. She has helped children at tragedies like the Pulse Nightclub shooting, California wildfires, and Louisiana flooding.
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