Durand residents should begin to see activity at the old Pepin County Highway Shop for the new Kwik Trip. Durand Mayor Patrick Milliren says the company plans on tearing down the old buildings starting in November. Kwik Trip is hoping to have the new location open on December 1st of 2022.
Some good news for the Durand Arkansaw School District. The number of students enrolled in the district surpassed the 1000 mark this year. Durand Arkansaw School District Superintendent Greg Doverspike says it's the first time in his 10yrs as superintendent that enrollment has passed the 1000 mark. Doverspike believes the district has an opportunity to grow further with more families moving to the area because of the quality of life, lower cost of living, and high-speed internet.
Halloween is this Sunday and motorists are advised to be on the lookout for children trick or treating Sunday Evening. Durand Police Chief Stan Ridgeway says there will be officers on duty making sure traffic laws are followed. Motorists are also reminded that Main Street in Downtown Durand will be closed Saturday from 2-6pm for the 4th annual Trunk or Treat. Trick or Treat Hours are 5-7pm Sunday in Durand, Elk Mound, Ellsworth and Mondovi, and from 4:30-7pm in Elmwood.
A Black River Falls man has been arrested in Trempealeau County on drug and weapons charges. According to the Trempealeau County Sheriff's Department, deputies pulled over 31yr old Jacob Wesson after a traffic violation in the City of Galesville. During the stop, K-9 officer Luke alerted officers to the presence of drugs in the vehicle. A search revealed 74 grams of suspected methamphetamine along with suspected heroin, other drug paraphernalia, and a firearm. Wesson is a convicted felon and is not to possess any firearms and was arrested.
A Mondovi man has been found guilty in Buffalo County Court of Repeated Sexual Assault of a child. 46yr old Rex Bigger was accused of sexually assaulting the girl numerous times between 2011 and 2013. She came forward last year. Bigger will be sentenced on February 14th in Buffalo County Court.
An Olmsted County judge says a Rochester man is competent to stand trial for the killing of his pregnant girlfriend and her two-year-old daughter. A competency exam was ordered for 31-year-old Renard Carter in August. He had requested to withdraw his guilty pleas at that time. Carter is facing three counts of second-degree murder in the September 2020 deaths of 23-year-old Kiona Foote, Miyona Miller, and the unborn child. He was arrested in South Carolina on the same day Rochester police found the victims dead in their apartment. Carter remains jailed on five-million dollars bail.
Wisconsin Republicans' redistricting plan was the focus of a lengthy public hearing Thursday at the State Capitol. The maps are largely based on current legislative and congressional districts drawn by the G-O-P following the 2010 Census. They will likely ensure that Republicans retain majorities in both the Wisconsin Senate and Assembly. Many people called for non-partisan maps and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos argued Democrats don’t hold more seats in the state Legislature because they are "out of touch with their communities." Governor Tony Evers has already said he’ll veto the maps, which will send the redistricting issue to the courts.
The family of a missing northwest Wisconsin woman is offering a ten-thousand-dollar reward for information that brings her home. Thirty-three-year-old Ashley Miller Carson of Grantsburg was last seen near Hinckley, Minnesota on September 23rd and her car was found abandoned nearby. The Burnett County Sheriff’s Office said that Carlson may be endangered. Anyone with information about Carlson is asked to contact the Pine County Sheriff's Office in Minnesota. Anonymous tips can be made by calling 218-241-0341.
Minnesotans who don't show up for their driver's exam road test will have to pay a 20-dollar "no show" fee when they get their license. The new policy starts Monday. Driver and Vehicle Services Director Pong Xiong says this year from July through September, almost 16 percent missed their appointments -- six-thousand road tests that other Minnesotans could have taken. Xiong says the whole goal for this effort is really to make sure that we can administer as many exams as possible. Those who can't make it to their road test should cancel at least 24 hours in advance to avoid the fee.
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The former owner of a financial advisory company in Altoona is facing federal fraud charges. The U-S Attorney's Office says 31-year-old Michael Shillin of Eau Claire was indicted Wednesday on nine counts of wire fraud and one count of bank fraud. Federal prosecutors say Shillin lied about buying stocks for clients and sold them insurance policies that he made a commission off. Shillin is also accused of defrauding a bank by obtaining two loans totaling 462-thousand dollars using fraudulent collateral. A conviction on each wire fraud charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and the bank fraud charge could result in a 30-year sentence
A Madison paramedic accused of assaulting a woman in an ambulance in May of 2019 is found not guilty. A Dane County jury acquitted 39-year-old Tim Ovadal on second-and four-degree assault charges Wednesday. The Janesville woman who was being transported to Stoughton Hospital claimed Ovadal removed an E-K-G sticker from her chest, massage her breast, and exposed himself. Jurors watched onboard video of the ambulance ride twice and it showed Ovadal doing nothing improper. Defense attorneys noted that the patient had a blood alcohol level of point-three-seven at the time and her information was not reliable.
A bill passed by the Wisconsin Assembly would allow pharmacists in the state to administer oral contraception. Republican Representative Joel Kitchens of Sturgeon Bay said "what this bill does really is it gives women more choices, it decreases unplanned pregnancies and by doing so decreases abortions. And it saves tax dollars and reduces generational poverty.” The measure passed Wednesday on a strong bipartisan vote and would likely be signed by Governor Tony Evers is it passes the state Senate.
Dakota County authorities are investigating after three people were found dead in a Farmington home. Officers called to do a welfare check discovered the three adults dead Wednesday night. Investigators say a man was taken into custody. Farmington Police Chief Gary Rutherford said it was not a random incident and they're not looking for any other suspects. No names have been released.
COVID bonuses for Minnesota's front-line workers could be delayed until next year after a special panel couldn't break its deadlock and sent two competing proposals to the legislature. D-F-L Representative Cedrick Frazier of New Hope says Republicans' plan" excludes tens of thousands of workers, some of our lowest-wage workers, some of the workers that had the highest spread of COVID." The G-O-P argues with only 250 million dollars allotted, to have a "meaningful" bonus, only nurses, first responders, corrections officers, long-term care workers, and hospice providers should be eligible. Republican Senator Karin Housley of Stillwater says every week we drag this out is another week that these front-line workers are not getting their money.
State lawmakers say the first draft of a proposal to help restart idled paper mills in Wisconsin Rapids and Park Falls is being finalized. Representatives Jeffrey Mursau of Crivitz and Scott Krug of Nekoosa have a new plan they say would help get those plants back online, bring back hundreds of jobs to those communities, and help out the trucking and logging industries. Governor Tony Evers shot down a proposal over the summer that would have used federal stimulus funds for a short-term loan to allow a Northwoods cooperative to purchase the mill.
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