A new report by the University of Wisconsin-Stout’s Career Services found that despite the economic impacts of COVID-19 the school’s graduates remained in very high demand. The First Destination Report revealed that 98.4% of graduates from August 2020 through May 2021 advanced their career within six months of earning their diploma, the vast majority with full-time jobs. That’s up sixth-tenths of a percent from the previous year and only slightly below the university’s pre-pandemic figures.
The Wabasha County Board is meeting tomorrow. Items on the agenda include discussion and possible action on a Grant Agreement for the Hwy 27 project, an extension of an agreement with La Crosse Solid Waste, and approval of the purchase of new servers and other computer parts for the IT Department. Tomorrow's meeting begins at 9am in the board room at the Wabasha County Government Center.
A New Richmond man convicted by a jury in a fatal shooting was sentenced Friday. WQOW reports that Sovereignty Sovereign, was sentenced in St. Croix County court to 27 years in prison for reckless homicide and six other crimes. Sovereign and Joshua Cameron were convicted of the August 2020 shooting death of Richard Rose. Cameron is serving a 13-year sentence for reckless homicide and other charges.
Prosecutors in Sawyer County have charged a man with felony election fraud for voting in the November 2020 presidential election. Jeffery Billyboy was on supervised release when he cast the ballot. That means he wasn’t eligible to vote. Officials haven’t said who Billyboy voted for. A conviction on the election fraud charge would mean he would spend up to six months in jail.
Tomah police say a 26-year-old coach in the local school district has been accused of sexually assaulting a student. W-E-A-U / T-V reports Kaitlyn Sankey of Elroy is the powerlifting coach at Tomah High School. She is accused of having sexual contact with a 17-year-old student. Police have recommended felony charges of sexual assault of a child to both the Monroe County and Juneau County district attorney offices. Both the police department and the administration of the school district conducted investigations of the report.
A Waukesha County judge is scheduled to decide on a trial date for Christmas Parade attack suspect Darrell Brooks Junior. Defense attorneys have asked that the trial be delayed until next year. They say they need more time to prepare a defense for the 39-year-old man accused of driving an S-U-V through the parade crowd, killing six people and injuring more than 60. Waukesha County Judge Jennifer Dorow is expected to set the trial date today (Monday). The defense has also filed a motion for a change of venue, saying Brooks can’t get a fair trial with a Waukesha County jury.
Legal maneuvering over the Republican review of the 2020 election in Wisconsin will stretch into at least July. Waukesha County Circuit Judge Ralph Ramirez on Friday set a July 11 hearing to determine whether Michael Gableman, the attorney overseeing the partisan probe, has authority to jail mayors and other local officials who he claims have failed to cooperate. Those officials say they can’t be compelled to testify to Gableman in private. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has extended the taxpayer-funded investigation several times and will have to do so again if it lasts beyond the end of April.
If you haven't started filing your taxes yet, now's the time. IRS spokesman Christopher Miller says you've got a little extra time to do so this year. As always, Miller says the best way to file your taxes is electronically, to help prevent errors and to make sure it makes it to the IRS on time. You can find a list of online preparers at I R S dot Gov.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources confirms finding “bird flu” in wild birds around the state. State ag department officials report that the Jefferson County commercial egg producer affected by highly pathogenic avian influenza has completed depopulating, and there are no new commercial or backyard outbreaks. Wild birds are suspected of carrying the virus to domestic poultry flocks in several states, and the DNR says it was found in several different bird species in Dane, Columbia, Grant, Milwaukee, and Polk counties. Highly pathogenic avian influenza is usually fatal for birds but does not affect humans.
With the early-voting deadline coming up Sunday some Wisconsin election officials may be ignoring the state Supreme Court ruling on absentee ballots. Sunday is the last day for in-person, absentee voting. Different communities are reportedly taking different approaches to the high court ruling on returning those ballots. The League of Wisconsin Municipalities is warning that it is a civil rights violation for clerks and election-day workers to accept a ballot from anyone but the person who filled it out. Milwaukee’s elections commissioner has said her office won’t check I-Ds when voters return their ballots and will continue to allow people to return absentee ballots for others.
Authorities in Outagamie County have charged a Minnesota man with stealing more than 43-thousand dollars’ worth of gold coins. W-L-U-K / T-V reports 37-year-old Travis Burrell faces one felony count of retail theft. The incident happened Monday at Voecks’ Fox Valley Coin and Diamonds in Kimberly. An employee says a man was holding cash when he came into the store Monday and asked to see the coins. When they were taken out of a safe, the robber allegedly grabbed them and ran out the door. An armed security guard fired shots at the robber but he got away. He was arrested later in Winnebago County.
Minnesota Republicans used Thursday's end of the first quarter for businesses, to try to push a bill through the Minnesota House to replenish the state’s COVID-depleted Unemployment Insurance Fund. House Republican Minority Leader Kurt Daudt said, “we need to take care of this so that we don’t put an undue tax on the job-creators here in this state.” But Democrats refuse to move any bill until Senate Republicans agree to more than the 250 million dollars authorized last year for COVID front-line worker bonuses. They contend those workers deserve part of the state’s nine-plus-billion-dollar budget surplus. Republicans responded that “all” workers deserve a permanent tax cut.
Governor Tony Evers has vetoed a bill that would have allowed enhanced penalties for rioters. Governor Evers vetoed the proposal that passed the Republican-controlled Legislature. The idea was to allow for misdemeanor charges against anyone who attended a protest that turned into a riot, and allow for felony charges against anyone who participated in the riot. The governor says Wisconsin already has laws that cover unlawful assemblies and violence. He says this bill could’ve infringed on people’s First Amendment rights.
Minnesota Senate Republicans get their way, as House Democrats have agreed to extend health care reinsurance. The bipartisan deal will see the state spend 700 million dollars over three years to hold down health insurance premiums by paying care costs for the most seriously ill Minnesotans. Senate Majority Leader Jeremy Miller praises the deal, saying reinsurance “stabilizes the market to keep rates lower -- and then it also ensures access to all Minnesotans who would like to have that coverage.” Despite the agreement, Democrats remain largely critical of reinsurance, saying it does nothing to hold down deductibles and co-pays.
Plans for a memorial to the Waukesha Christmas parade attack victims are moving forward. The permanent memorial will be built in Grede Park, on the banks of the Fox River, not far from the scene of the tragedy. Six people were killed, and 60 others were injured when an S-U-V sped through the crowd. The Waukesha Parade Memorial Commission says the next job is to design and build the memorial. Planners hope to have it finished by the second anniversary of the attack -- in November of next year.
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