The City of Mondovi will have properties re-assessed over the next year. Mondovi Mayor Brady Weiss says it's a standard reassessment to stay in compliance with state law. The cost of the reassessment to the city will be approximately $45,000.
State Representative Warren Petryk announced that Pierce County Sheriff, Nancy Hove, is the 2021 First Responder of the Year Award for the 93rd Assembly District. “Throughout her 14 years of service, Nancy has continuously demonstrated an outstanding dedication to serving and prioritizing the needs, well-being, and safety of all Pierce County residents,” said Representative Petryk. “Her commitment to the Pierce County community has remained incredibly strong in the face of adversity”. In the fall of 2020, Hove was diagnosed with a brain tumor and continued to serve as Sheriff of Pierce County. The First Responder of the Year award was created in 2019 to recognize the courageous individuals that serve communities across Wisconsin during emergency situations.
Two public hearings will be part of tonight's Durand City Council meeting. The hearings will be on the special assessment for property owners as part of the construction on Laneville Road and the second meeting is on the redistricting of the City of Durand that was recently approved by the Pepin County Board. The council will also hear reports from the Mayor, City Administrator, and department heads. Tonight's meeting begins at 6:30 at Durand City Hall and will be live-streamed on the WRDN YouTube Channel.
Jurors in Marathon County are convicting a Chippewa Falls woman in the 2006 murder of her husband in Hull. They deliberated for about four hours Tuesday before finding Cindy Schulz Juedes guilty of fatally shooting Ken Juedes. She now faces a mandatory life sentence with only the possibility of parole to be discussed at a later date. Prosecutors said Schulz Juedes had shown little remorse since the shooting, had profited from a financial windfall involving land and life insurance money, and told inconsistent stories in interviews. Her sentencing hearing hasn't been scheduled.
The Wisconsin Department of Justice says a man tased by officers in Altoona on October 8th did not survive. Eau Claire police say 43-year-old Demetrio Jackson died in the hospital last Friday. Investigators said Jackson was acting strangely and causing damage while standing on a vehicle. He reportedly resisted arrest and an officer said they used a Taser on him to stabilize the situation. Jackson was taken to the hospital in critical condition. The D-O-J said provisional autopsy results show the cause of death doesn’t appear to be from traumatic injuries and is still pending laboratory analysis at this time. The D-C-I is leading the investigation and will send its reports to the Eau Claire County District Attorney's office.
A family from northwest Wisconsin is reportedly among the missionaries kidnapped in Haiti. W-C-C-O T-V reports the family of four is from the Ladysmith area in Rusk County. They were part of a group of 17 with Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries on a trip to a Haitian orphanage. W-C-C-O has been asked not to identify the family because it could put them in greater danger than they already are in. The leader of the gang believed to be holding the group was seen in a recent video saying they’ll be killed if his demands are not met.
A bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate would expand access to telehealth coverage in the state. Senators Chris Larson of Milwaukee and Jimmy Anderson of Fitchburg are sponsoring the Telehealth Parity Act. Larson says in-person health care is not as accessible as it could be due to a lack of providers or specialists nearby, transportation, the COVID-19 pandemic or limited hours that don't match people's work schedules. The legislation would require insurance companies in Wisconsin to cover virtual medical services, in the same manner, they would if the services were provided in person. A recent survey finds 94-percent of insurers expanded telehealth coverage in 2020 during the pandemic, but only 47-percent plan to continue those services.
Wisconsin agricultural groups are applauding the unanimous Assembly passage of a bill that uses five million dollars to increase the state's exports. The goal of the legislation is to boost exports of dairy, meat and other products by 25 percent in the next five years. Bill author, Representative Tony Kurtz of Wonewoc, said there’s a tremendous growth opportunity for Wisconsin farmers and for all of the wonderful products that our farmers make, everything from ginseng to cranberries to potatoes, to bovine genetics. Dairy Business Association president says this is an investment not only in our dairy farmers and processors but our rural communities as well. Wisconsin exported three-point-three-billion dollars' worth of ag and food products in 2020.
Police in La Crosse are looking for the thieves who stole thousands of feet of electrical cable from the city's Christmas light display. Organizers of the Rotary Lights Project said someone cut the cable at the light display in Riverside Park. They will likely look to sell the copper wire inside the cables. La Crosse Police say they have alerted all scrap metal dealers in the area. The Rotary Club says it could cost ten thousand dollars to replace the stolen cables.
Xcel Energy is asking Minnesota regulators to approve a 21 percent electric rate increase over three years -- more than half of it in 2022 -- with a big part of it going for transmission lines to connect to renewable sources. It's estimated that residential customers would see an average monthly increase of 15- to 21-dollars. Xcel is asking the Public Utilities Commission to okay a nine-point-four-percent interim rate increase, which would take effect in January while the agency considers the utility's larger request.
Attorneys for Kyle Rittenhouse will be allowed to call a use of force expert during his trial for fatally shooting two protesters in Kenosha. Circuit Judge Bruce Schroeder ruled Monday that John Black can be an expert witness next month. Black has claimed Rittenhouse killed Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber in self-defense. The judge will also allow video from a witness showing police officers thanking armed civilians and giving Rittenhouse and others water before the shootings. Jury selection is scheduled to start Monday in the 18-year-old's trial.
A suspect is in custody after a police situation at Neenah High School. Authorities were notified of a potential gun threat outside the school just before 1:00 p-m Monday. The high school and two elementary schools were locked downs as a precaution. Officers say the 17-year-old suspect was arrested less than an hour later in Appleton and the lockdowns were lifted. The Neenah Joint School District says the suspect does not attend the high school. No gun was found on school property and investigators say the threat was made toward a specific student.
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development is now accepting proposals from qualified non-profit organizations and government entities seeking capital investment funding grants. DEED Commissioner Steve Grove says there is 18-million dollars available to help communities to take on infrastructure and buildings projects similar o what a bonding program would look like. Grove says the maximum you can apply for is a one-and-a-half-million-dollar grant.
A police dog in northwest Wisconsin is retiring after eight years with the Sawyer County Sheriff's Department. There was a community retirement party this week for Trace the K-9 officer. Trace’s handler, Nick Al-Moghrabi, said It's been a wild ride, it's been the best job in law enforcement I've had." Trace is side by side with Nick on all assignments from drug detection and patrol to apprehension, tracking, and building clearing. He is also part of the deputy's family when he's not on duty.
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