The Durand City Council is meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include discussion and possible action on moving forward with the Tarrant Park Pool Project, and monthly reports from the Mayor and Department Heads. Tonight's meeting begins at 6:30 at Durand City Hall.
Durand Business owners may have a visit from the new President and Vice President of the Durand Improvement Group today. Josie Perkavitch and Jordan McMahon will be making the visits today. Perkavitch says they want to introduce themselves and find out about how businesses want to participate in DIG. DIG holds a monthly meeting on the 2nd Monday of the month at 6pm at Perks Cafe and is open to the public.
The Wisconsin DNR is going to be hosting a workday at Maiden Rock State Natural Area to remove some brush encroaching on the native prairies. The workday is from 9am-Noon on Thursday, March 10th. If you would like to volunteer to help keep this land healthy, visit the Wisconsin DNR website or call Dean Edlin at 608-792-3054.
Eau Claire's Mayo Clinic Health System has announced some of the details of their future diagnostic imaging and sports medicine center. The $11 million Mayo Clinic Health System Diagnostic Imaging and Sports Medicine Center will be 20,000 square feet and will include two X-ray suites, an ultrasound procedure room, and a fixed MRI scanner. The center will be located at the County Materials Complex and will also include a field house, event center, and a 24-hr fitness and wellness center.
A Greenwood man is facing prison time after being convicted of child enticement. 46yr old Ricke Doede pleaded no contest to the charges after a 2020 incident where Doede thought he was talking to a 14yr old girl online when in fact it was an undercover police officer. When Doede was arrested he admitted he was traveling to meet with the girl whom he knew was under the age of 18. No sentencing date has been announced.
Two men have been charged with 1st degree intentional homicide and 2nd degree recklessy endangering safety in La Crosse County. 25yr old Nelson Brown of Rockford, IL and 35yr old Karvel Freeman of Madison are facing the charges after investigators found Freeman's driver's license at the scene of a shooting in La Crosse on January 8th. The victim Ernest Knox died of a single gunshot to the chest.
It’s not a surprise to most Wisconsin drivers that the pump price for gasoline in the state jumped by almost 50 cents last week. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is causing worldwide crude oil prices to rapidly go higher – and it’s likely not going to end soon. GasBuddy-dot-com reports the national average for a gallon of gas broke a 14-year-old record when it hit four dollars, 10-cents a gallon. Diesel prices jumped by 22-cents in one day last Friday. GasBuddy says the national average could reach 4-25 to 4-50 a gallon by the end of this week.
Milwaukee County prosecutors will not file fraud charges against two state elections officials. The Milwaukee County District Attorney’s office says it found no evidence that votes were cast illegally on behalf of Wisconsin nursing home residents in the 2020 presidential election. Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling sought the charges in Milwaukee County against Wisconsin Elections Commissioners Ann Jacobs and Mark Thomsen, because that’s where they live. Five of six members of the elections commission voted for emergency rules for voting in long-term care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Racine County D-A also found Schmaling’s accusations insufficient to file charges.
Advocates are pushing Minnesota officials to make free school lunches a permanent thing. K-S-T-P Television reports the Hunger-Free Schools Campaign says we don’t make kids pay for the bus or textbooks, so basic needs like food should be offered. The 187-million dollars needed to fund the program is included in Governor Tim Walz’s supplemental budget recommendations. It’s up to the Minnesota Legislature to give its approval. Personal stories were shared during a listening session with Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan.
A big fight between the parents of a youth hockey team and some fans resulted in two arrests Saturday night. W-M-T-V reports police officers responded to a call from the McFarland Community Ice Arena a little before 9:45 p-m. It isn’t clear what started the fight and police haven’t said how many people were involved. Parents of players on the Hayward team were involved with teenagers from McFarland. The two men who were taken into custody were charged with disorderly conduct and physical abuse of a child.
Stoughton city officials are questioning why tornado sirens didn’t sound last weekend when straight-line winds of more than 80 miles an hour were doing damage. A tornado touched down in the town of Dunkirk. W-M-T-V reports the Saturday storm did significant damage at a family farm and knocked down powerlines. Stoughton Mayor Tim Swadley declared a state of emergency Monday morning. Swadley discussed the sirens with Dane County Emergency Management officials and was scheduled to speak to the National Weather Service later on Monday.
Minnesota House Democrats late Monday said “no” to Republicans’ demand for an immediate vote on a state gas tax holiday to run Memorial Day through Labor Day, saying there’s plenty of time for public hearings. Republican Eric Lucero from Saint Michael called some of the bill’s Democratic sponsors hypocrites because they pushed for a gas tax INCREASE three years ago. But Aurora Democrat Dave Lislegard responded that was when the state had a one-point-six-billion-dollar projected deficit, and roads and bridges were crumbling. Republicans call Democrats’ gas tax holiday an election-year gimmick, saying Minnesotans instead need permanent tax relief.
University of Wisconsin System President Tommy Thompson made stops at campuses in the system Monday including U-W-Oshkosh. W-B-A-Y Television reports Thompson is making the circuit during his last month on the job. The former four-term Wisconsin governor has served as the system’s interim president since July 2020, with his last day set to be March 18th. While he was in charge the Oshkosh campus launched a comprehensive COVID-19 testing program and eventually put a vaccination plan in place for students, employees, and members of the community.
Sports betting would be legal in Minnesota under legislation unveiled by Democratic Representative Zack Stephenson from Coon Rapids and Republican Pat Garofal from Farmington. Stephenson says the bill includes both brick-and-mortar sports betting at tribal casinos, as well as statewide mobile sports betting operated by the tribes in partnership with commercial operators. Sports betting would not be allowed at Minnesota's two horse tracks, unlike a bill introduced earlier in the state Senate. It appears the ten tribal nations represented by the Minnesota Indian Gaming Association support the plan.
With nearly a full year of programming under their belt, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is moving full speed ahead into spring full of the Outdoor Skills Webinar program. The D-N-R's Benji Kohn (co-in) says they have nearly 52 weeks’ worth of webinars all available on-demand, with more to come this spring including webinars on sturgeon fishing and archery. He says they’ve also had big interest in foraging, winter camping, and one on gathering maple syrup. You can find details and register at the D-N-R’s website using the keyword “skills.”
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