With nice weather expected this weekend, the Buffalo County Sheriff's Department is reminding residents that travel on designated roadways in Buffalo County for ATVs and UTVs are closed until April 1st. The department also is reminding residents that all ATVs and UTVs need to be registered before they can operate on the designated routes whether is for farm use or not. For more information, contact the Buffalo County Sheriffs Department.
Rep. Ron Kind cosponsored and voted for bipartisan legislation to suspend normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus. This legislation provides additional provisions to expand the United States’ trade tools to stop Russia’s unprovoked and unjust war on Ukraine and to hold Belarus accountable for its complicity. If passed, the bill would allow the President time-limited authority to increase tariffs on products from Russia and Belarus until Jan 1st of 2024.
A bill prompted by the sex trafficking case of former Altoona Superintendent Dan Peggs was signed into law by Governor Tony Evers Thursday. The bill, authored by local state Rep. Jesse James, allows one parent to petition a court to change the name of a child under 14, if the other parent has been convicted of certain homicide or sex crimes. James wrote the bill due to the case of Peggs' ex-wife Ashley, who wants to change their children's last name, but learned that under state law, the court may require the consent of the other parent. Dan Peggs is serving an eight-year prison sentence for possessing child pornography.
The body of a missing UW-La Crosse Student has been found. According to La Crosse Police, firefighters found the body of 25yr old Hamud Faal in the Mississippi River near the Division Street landing on Thursday. Faal was last seen early in the morning on February 20th walking on Front Street. He was found in 25ft of water and an investigation into the cause of death is underway.
A Minnesota native is believed to be one of the first U-S citizens to die in Russia’s war on Ukraine. The Ukrainian government confirms 67-year-old Jimmy Hill of Mahtomedi (mah-toe-MEE'-die) was killed Wednesday in Chernihiv, a city about 80 miles from Kyiv that has been suffering “heavy artillery” attacks. Cheryl Hill Gordon posted on Facebook that her brother was killed while “waiting in a bread line with several other people when they were gunned down by Russian military snipers. His body was found in the street by local police." Hill reportedly was gathering food for hospital patients. His longtime partner, a native of Ukraine, was hospitalized with multiple sclerosis and too sick to leave, as were the other remaining patients.
Congresswoman Angie Craig has introduced bipartisan legislation to stop improper payments to deceased Americans. The Minnesota Democrat is teaming with Michigan Republican Congressman Peter Meijer. The bill introduced this week would order the Social Security Administration to share its death data with the federal government’s “Do Not Pay” system. The Government Accountability Office estimates improper payments throughout the federal government totaled an estimated 175-billion dollars in the most recent year the information is available – 2019.
Milwaukee is reportedly one of two finalist cities to host the Republican National Convention. Two people close to the decision tell C-N-N the list of potential locations has been narrowed to Milwaukee and Nashville. R-N-C Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel was in Milwaukee Wednesday for an official site visit. Wisconsin’s largest city was supposed to host the 2020 Democratic National Convention but almost all events went “virtual” during the coronavirus pandemic. Picking Milwaukee would put the Republican nominating convention in a key swing state. Donald Trump won Wisconsin in 2016 but lost it in 2020.
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Officials with Georgia-Pacific say they will close the Day Street Mill in Green Bay in stages over the next 18 months. Parts of the mill are closing at different times. The company says tissue manufacturing will end in mid-May while other products will be shut down in September. The mill will continue to make napkins until the fall of 2023. About 190 jobs are affected by the decision to close. Those employees will be given the opportunity to apply for open positions at other Georgia-Pacific locations. The company blames changing customer demand, bath tissue upgrades, and investments at other company facilities for the move.
A Wisconsin state representative who is running for governor says he was kicked out of a Wednesday meeting at the Capitol by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos. Republican Timothy Ramthun was part of a heated discussion that went on during two meetings about election integrity. Ramthun wants the results of the November 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin overturned. Vos has repeatedly said such a move can’t be made legally by the Legislature. Both Ramthun and Vos are Republicans. Vos says he wants to focus on electing Republicans to be the state’s new governor and attorney general. Ramthun says he wants further investigations and he says he plans to keep pushing for decertification of the election results.
A Minnesota man living in Ukraine is unaccounted for after Russian soldiers took him off a bus headed for the Turkish border. Twenty-eight-year-old Tyler Jacob moved to Ukraine in January to live with his wife and teach English. His mother, Tina Hauser, told K-M-S-P Television that she hasn’t heard from her son since Saturday and doesn’t know if he’s alive, or if he’s eaten or slept. A video of him has surfaced showing him being interviewed on Russian T-V, but otherwise, she’s heard nothing about her son. The U-S Embassy in Moscow and Senator Amy Klobuchar’s office have both been in contact with Hauser, telling her that they’re trying to find Jacob.
The Kenosha police officer caught putting his knee on a student’s neck has left the school district. The Kenosha school district says the officer resigned. The officer was caught on a cellphone video using his knee to control a 12-year-old girl after breaking-up a fight at school earlier this month. Her family says it wants a full investigation and wants the officer fired from the Kenosha police department. Kenosha police say they’re aware of the video, and are asking the public for patience during the internal investigation.
Minnesota’s hospitality industry faces a years-long recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts project that the state’s hospitality and tourism industry lost over 15 billion dollars in revenue in a roughly two-year period. Hospitality Minnesota’s Ben Wogsland indicates times will likely remain tough – he says the industry is “facing inflation issues, supply chain challenges, and a workforce shortage like never before.” The hospitality field, which includes hotels and restaurants, has lost 32-thousand jobs since the pandemic began. Wogsland hopes lawmakers focus on workforce development and trying to find some relief -- either through direct assistance for those in need or through tax relief.
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