The Mondovi City Council is meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include discussion of flood mitigation efforts on Lambeau Court and a review of the final plans for the North Eau Claire Street Project, discussion on the Spielbauer Fireworks display for July 4th, and reports from the mayor and department heads. Tonight's meeting begins at 5:30 at the Marten Center in Mondovi.
January home sales across Wisconsin fell 4.2% relative to that same month last year as tight inventories continued to constrain the housing market. In the latest report from the Wisconsin Realtors Association, here in Western Wisconsin home sales were 4.3% higher. Pepin County reported 2 homes sold in January, Buffalo County 5, Pierce and Trempealeau Counties each had 24 homes sold while Dunn County reported 42 homes sold in January. The median price of a home in Western Wisconsin was $230,000 in January.
Governor Tony Evers has a new initiative to assist Wisconsin veterans. Evers was in Chippewa Falls Monday , visiting the Wisconsin Veterans Home. There, he signed an executive order creating his Blue Ribbon Commission on Veteran Opportunity, an act he announced in last week's state of the state address. The commission will work toward developing comprehensive, long-term efforts to support veterans' health, well-being, and success, as well as improve veterans' access to higher education, employment, job training and licensing, and affordable housing.
A plea deal has been reached in the beating death of an elderly La Crosse man. A tentative agreement has been reached, whereby 51-year-old Matthew Kinstler will plead guilty to first-degree reckless homicide, and prosecutors will recommend 10 years in prison. The May 2020 death of 79-year-old Russell Paulson in Menard’s parking lot drew statewide attention. Witnesses told police that Kinstler appeared to be the aggressor in a dispute over a parking spot and that he struck the much older man with his own walking stick. A date for the plea hearing has not been set.
Add two casinos operated by the Forest County Potawatomi to the list of those offering sports betting in Wisconsin. A compact amendment has been signed with the state to allow event betting at the casinos. That amendment is being reviewed by the U-S Department of the Interior. Sports betting would be offered at casinos in the Menominee Valley and Forest County. A sportsbook would be opened at the Hotel and Casino in Milwaukee by the end of the year. The Oneida Nation has had sports betting since November and a similar compact has been signed with the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin.
A Stevens Point woman was killed in an accident on Hwy 61 in Winona early Saturday. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, 20yr old Hannah Goman, was a passenger in a car going the wrong way on Hwy 61 when it was struck by a pickup truck. The 21yr old driver and another 22yr old passenger, both from Oshkosh were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Alcohol is believed to be a factor in that accident.
Republican state lawmakers are aiming to make Voter ID the default in Wisconsin by amending the state constitution to require them. Wausau Assemblyman Pat Snyder says this won't prevent people from voting. The amendment would need to pass through the legislature twice and then go to a vote on elections day to make it into the state constitution. It's unclear if the State Senate will take up the measure this session.
A Madison man is facing charges for his seventh operating while intoxicated offense after calling 9-1-1 Friday. Forty-seven-year-old Daniel Tesnow got the attention of Dane County deputies when he called them to thank them for their service – then hung up. When the dispatcher called Tesnow back to check on him, he reportedly became angry. When deputies arrived at the Magnuson Grand Hotel in the town of Blooming Grove they were told the man had driven away. A deputy spotted Tesnow driving erratically, narrowly missing a collision, not far away. He was stopped in the Town of Dunn and arrested.
The Minnesota House Judiciary, Finance, and Civil Law committee is hosting a remote hearing today on a bill banning almost all no-knock search warrants. The measure passed the House Public Safety committee last Thursday on a mostly partisan vote. The bill is in response to the fatal Minneapolis police shooting of Amir Locke. It will likely face stiff opposition in the Republican-controlled Senate
He says they are dodging his subpoenas and the head of the Republican election probe wants to arrest two mayors. Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman is asking a Waukesha County judge to issue the arrest warrants for Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, Green Bay Mayor Eric Genrich, and Wisconsin Elections Commission chair Ann Jacobs. Rhodes-Conway says the whole investigation is “off the rails.” She calls the move “awfully bold.” Gableman backed off a previous effort to arrest the mayors when their offices gave him some pushback.
The Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office has had a busy weekend with ice rescues. Authorities say they had to conduct 14 rescues in a little over 16 hours from Friday at 6:30 p-m through 11:00 a-m Saturday on Lake Winnebago and Lake Poygan. Wind gusts of 56 miles per hour were reported in Sherwood Friday just before 7:00 p-m. The winter weather forced the early shut down of the Battle on Bago fishing tournament at Menominee Park. No deaths were reported in any of the rescues.
A special election will be held August 9th, with a special primary on May 24th if needed, for the U-S House seat formerly held by the late First District Congressman Jim Hagedorn (HAG-uh-dorn). Carleton College political analyst Steven Schier (SHEER) says possible Republican candidates in that G-O-P-leaning district include state senators Carla Nelson and Dave Senjem from Rochester, state Representative Jeremy Munson from Lake Crystal, and former state Representative Brad Finstad. There's also the possibility that Jennifer Carnahan, Hagedorn’s wife, may jump into the race. Hagedorn died last week after a long battle with cancer.
Milwaukee’s Summerfest will proceed without COVID-19 precautions this year. Organizers say festival-goers will not be asked to wear masks, or show proof of a negative COVID-19 test or proof of vaccination. The relaxed requirements come as COVID-19 cases continue to trend downward in Wisconsin. Summerfest was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and last year’s festival took place from mid-summer to early September. Summerfest will be held on three consecutive weekends this year: June 23-25, June 30-July 2; and July 7-9.
Green Bay Public Works officials are trying to remind people that “flushable” wipes aren’t really flushable at all. City workers last week spent hours cleaning out 12-hundred feet of sanitary line. W-B-A-Y Television reports at the bottom of the problem they found flushable wipes and absorbent pads clogging up two pumps on the city’s west side. Department director Steve Grenier says hundreds of Green Bay homes and businesses were at risk of a sanitary backup that could have been catastrophic. He says you should dispose of your wipes in the trash can.
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