The Buffalo County Sheriffs Department is warning residents of a scam that involves the Mondovi Fire Department. In a social media post, the department said residents are receiving text messages that the Mondovi Fire Department is offering t-shirts for $10 as a fundraiser and includes a link to order. This is nothing more than a scam and you should not click the link and just delete the message.
The Mondovi City Council is meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include discussion and possible action on an Ash tree removal proposal, a resolution to support changes in forestry management and awarding of preliminary engineering services for the Westside industrial park project. Tonight's meeting begins at 5:30 at the marten center.
A 10yr old Chippewa Falls girl missing since Sunday night was found dead according to Chippewa Falls Police. At a press conference, Chippewa Falls police chief Matt Kelm confirmed this is now a homicide investigation. He told the public to remain vigilant as they do not have a suspect in custody and the public could be in danger. Kelm said Peters' body was found in the wooded area near Leinenkugel's Brewery near the walking trail. This is also where they described finding her bike.
With the summer travel season fast approaching, local tourism leaders are lobbying the legislature for more funding. The travel and tourism industry was hit hard by the pandemic, with a loss of eleven-point-six billion dollars since January 2020. Rachel Thompson with the Minnesota Association of Convention and Visitors Bureau says tourism funding has a great impact on how cities market themselves on a local level, and can enable them to do such things as launch new events and draw businesses to town that cater to tourists. Thompson says both the House and Senate have each allocated funds for the tourism industry, but an agreement hasn't been finalized.
People who live nearby say two-point-seven-million chicken carcasses in a compost site are causing a stench that is hard to live with. The chickens were killed and disposed of after a bird flu outbreak on the Cold Springs Egg Farm in Jefferson County. Neighbors say they are worried that the decaying birds will affect their drinking water long-term. Short-term, they say when the wind comes out of the west the smell is terrible. Ed Deleon tells W-I-S-N / T-V: “It’s a God-awful smell,” adding, “It just smells like death.” The D-N-R says the problem could hang around for another four weeks.
The Raptor Education Group in Antigo says the blad eagle shot near Colfax earlier this month is continuing to recover. A spokesperson tells W-E-A-U / T-V the eagle “is better every day.” The female bird was found in a ditch in early April. About a week after she was taken to the rehabilitation center the eagle still had 20 pellets in her body. She’s received two rounds of treatment for lead poisoning and will be tested again Monday. The reward for information about the shooting has grown to 18-thousand-150-dollars. The Raptor Education Group says it is aware of 32 shootings involving protected species of birds in the last year – including a dozen bald eagles.
A million-dollar grant will help pay for a new collaboration designed to help combat the rise in substance abuse and addiction. The effort, dubbed Wisconsin Rural Health & Substance Use Clinical Support, kicked off this month and targets improving care for patients in rural areas. The partnership between UW Heath and the Wisconsin Hospital Association plans to begin by training health care workers at rural hospitals and clinics to recognize signs of substance abuse and provide care for patients. It has already launched on-call support for workers who need immediate help.
Wisconsin’s high school sports governing body is trying to keep disputes on the field – out of the courtroom. The WIAA is considering rule changes this week that add penalties for anyone who tries to get a judge or a court to overrule WIAA officials. Executive Director Stephanie Hauser says the trend of going to court to change sports officials’ decisions is a bad one. This is after Saint Thomas More High School in Milwaukee sued to reverse a team suspension and stay in the boys’ state basketball tournament. Hauser says it’s hard enough to get people to manage and officiate high school sports – without the threat of lawsuits.
A group of activists and city leaders has held a “Protect the Future” rally in La Crosse. Citizen Action of Wisconsin is urging the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and the School District of La Crosse to pledge to take action to combat climate change. The rally was held Saturday at La Crosse City Hall. Citizen Action spokesman Wyatt Molling tells W-K-B-T / T-V the local drinking water is contaminated with PFAS (PEE foss) and the water in Lake Neshonoc has three times the average fecal count of any other waterway in the county. Petition signatures were gathered asking the university and school district to commit to using 100-percent renewable energy by 2050.
The Republican state representative writing the bill that would allow medical cannabis in Wisconsin says smoking the product for the relief of symptoms would be okay. The first hearing on medical marijuana was held at the Wisconsin State Capitol last week. Representative Pat Snyder of Schofield is helping craft the legislation which currently doesn’t include language allowing smokable cannabis. He made his comments on W-K-O-W / T-V’s “Capital City Sunday” program. Snyder says there is still plenty of time to tweak the way it's written before it's re-introduced next legislative session.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Service says grants totaling two-and-a-half-million dollars will make it easier for Medicaid recipients with opioid use disorders to get treatment. The announcement affecting an estimated 11-hundred Wisconsin residents in 54 counties and four tribes was made last week. W-M-T-V reports the grant money comes from a settlement with U-S opioid manufacturers. A D-H-S spokesperson says some counties and tribes cover the costs, but not all have the money needed to do that. The grants will remove a significant barrier for hundreds of people.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz says Minnesota needs concrete solutions and measurable results when it comes to fighting crime. In the State of the State address, the Democrat drew sharp differences with Republicans on battling the current crime wave, saying, “if we really are serious about getting tough on crime, then we need to get tough on the causes of crime, ‘cause that’s where it begins.” Senate Republican Majority Leader Jeremy Miller says many Minnesotans don’t feel safe, and that’s unacceptable. He also says “if someone breaks the law, there should be consequences.”
A new report suggests hospitals and health systems in the state are struggling financially due to COVID-19. Minnesota Hospital Association President Raul Koranne says the median operating margin fell to one-point-two percent in 2020. He also says without federal funding and “a little bit of state funding in the 2020 calendar year,” the median operating margin for health care systems in Minnesota would have been “a negative two-point-three percent.” The report shows 33 Minnesota hospitals and health systems reported losses in 2020. Koranne says workforce costs went up, Medicare and Medicaid payments went down, and many surgeries and procedures were canceled.
The National Labor Relations Board will allow game testers at Raven Software in Middleton to vote for a union. The federal agency made that decision over the protests from Raven’s parent company Activision-Blizzard. The ruling went against Activision last week after it tried to claim that all 230 employees would have to vote for a union for it to be recognized. The N-L-R-B ruled the 21 members of Raven’s quality assurance department can determine separately from the rest of the company if they want to be unionized. It would be the first union at a major U-S gaming company. Activision says it is reviewing its legal options and may appeal the Friday ruling.
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