The Department of Natural Resources says the air quality index in northern Wisconsin is “unhealthy for sensitive groups.” The air quality advisory issued Monday is set to last through noon today. The people who could be harmed include children, the elderly, individuals with health risks like respiratory and cardiac problems, and anybody who exercises strenuously outside for an extended period of time. D-N-R officials say fine particles from the smoke caused by the Canadian wildfires are polluting the air. The advisory covers 39 counties.
National Night Out is tonight in Durand and other communities in Western Wisconsin. In Durand, National Night Out will be held at the Bauer Built Sports Complex starting at 5 and the Durand Police, Fire, Ambulance will be there, a kickball game between the Police and Kids will be played, and according to Durand Police Chief Stan Ridgeway there will be food and other door prizes. After National Night out everyone is invited to stay and watch the movie Trolls, World Tour with the Durand-Arkansaw School District.
The Village of Elmwood is reminding residents to take their keys and lock their vehicles and belongings. Thefts from vehicles have been reported in the village and the Pierce County Sheriff's Department continues to investigate numerous thefts from vehicles throughout the county.
The Dunn County Sheriff's Department is asking for the public's help in identifying two individuals involved in a theft at a gas station in Wheeler. The Departments Facebook page has a picture of the man and woman the department would like to question about the thefts. The couple was driving a silver SUV with Minnesota Plates. Anyone with information on the couple is to contact the Dunn County Sheriff's Department.
If you have old electronics around the house, you can dispose of them on Thursday during an Electronic Recycling Event at Durand High School. There will be a $20 charge for television and computer monitors and credit or debit cards will only be accepted. Other electronic items can be disposed of free of charge. That event is Thursday from 10-3 at Durand High School.
Authorities in southeastern Minnesota continue to investigate the fatal shooting of a woman in Austin. Officers say 20-year-old Tyesha Tahne Gills was shot inside a home early Saturday and died at the Mayo Clinic Health System Hospital. Investigators have not reported any arrests in the case but said there is not any ongoing danger to the public. The Minnesota B-C-A is assisting local authorities.
Authorities in Adams County report a 41-year-old father and his 13-year-old daughter have drowned in Petenwell Lake. Witnesses told deputies several children had been swimming when they began to struggle. The father and daughter jumped in to help them, but they apparently didn’t resurface. Bystanders were able to get some of the children out of the water, but Aurora and Andrew Nett were still missing. Search and rescue crews responded just before 6:00 p-m and kept looking for the two missing people until 11:00. The search resumed Monday morning and the bodies were recovered.
Counterfeit $100 bills have been found in Rusk County. According to the Rusk County Sheriff's Department's Facebook Page, several of the bills were located by officers or turned in by citizens. The bills have an additional fake serial number in the lower left-hand corner of the bill. If you come across one of these bills you are to call your local law enforcement agency.
The Democratic National Committee is inviting Milwaukee to submit another bid – this one for the 2024 Democratic National Convention. Milwaukee was supposed to host the event last year but it transitioned to a mostly virtual convention due to the coronavirus pandemic. Wisconsin’s largest city was ready for 50 thousand visitors after beating out Houston and Miami. There was sentiment to simply schedule the next convention in Milwaukee, but that isn’t the case right now. Similar invitation letters inviting bids were mailed to a list of more than 20 cities. Bids can be submitted until October 1st with the final decision expected in the spring of 2023.
A long-time Wisconsin broadcaster has died. Wisconsin Public Media has announced that Gene Purcell, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison division that provides statewide access to public media through Wisconsin Public Radio and PBS Wisconsin, died Saturday from injuries suffered last week in a traffic crash in Madison. Purcell had led WPM since 2018, steering its transition to UW-Madison from the UW-Extension, and leading public media through the COVID-19 pandemic. Gene Purcell was 61.
A crop duster pilot is expected to survive the injuries he suffered Saturday when his helicopter crashed near Randolph Township. The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office says the chopper went down in a cornfield while the pilot was trying to fly under some high power lines. The emergency call came in Saturday at about 10:15 a-m. The pilot was airlifted to a hospital. No names have been released and the extent of the pilot’s injuries hasn’t been reported. The F-A-A is working with the sheriff’s office on the investigation.
This year’s wolf hunt in Wisconsin will likely be brief. The Department of Natural Resources has set a limit of 130 wolves killed this year. Hunters and trapped bagged 218 wolves in about three days earlier this year. That’s a number that wildlife managers and animal rights advocates both found unacceptably high. Wisconsin’s wolf hunt is scheduled to start on November 6th.
The committee planning the Oneida Pow Wow acknowledges that people will be disappointed that it is being canceled. The event was called off last year, too. Organizers blame growing numbers of COVID-19 cases in the community for the decision to call things off for the last weekend of this month. It's possible a virtual Pow Wow will be held. Between eight and 10 thousand people were expected to attend the event. With less than half of the Oneida community vaccinated, there were concerns about the possible spread of the virus.
The University of Minnesota is requiring that masks be worn indoors on all campuses, in lockstep with the most recent guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The school sent out a letter with the news Monday to all students and staff. The guidance goes into effect on campus as of Tuesday.
More than three dozen Wisconsin parent groups have written a letter calling forced masking and new lockdowns or restrictions to their kids “objectively cruel.” The letters were sent to Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers and President Joe Biden. The parents say their children do not belong to the government. The Department of Health Services says it is simply following C-D-C guidelines that say, everyone – including those who have been vaccinated – should wear masks to slow the spread of the delta variant. The parents say they will disobey any new mask orders.
All Minnesota assisted living and memory care facilities have to be licensed by the state for the first time. The new rules went into effect Sunday. They were included in a sweeping overhaul of long-term care consumer protections that were signed into law following investigations of neglect and abuse. The Minnesota Department of Health says it has received more than two thousand license applications from providers serving nearly 58 thousand residents.
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