One person was injured in a motorcycle accident in Trimbelle Township on Friday. According to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, 29yr old Jordan Kemmerer of Ellsworth was traveling eastbound on Hwy 10 near 800th Street when he lost control and went into the north ditch. Kemmerer was taken to Mayo Hospital in Red Wing.
The Mondovi City Council is meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include a review and possible action on bids for the North Eau Claire Street Project, approval of the certified survey for lots 48 and 49 in Valley Estates, and review and possible action on the reconstruction plans of Hwy 37 from Hwy 10 to Hwy 88. Tonight's meeting begins at 5:30 at the Marten Center.
The Durand Fire Department is warning of a texting scam. Residents and even fire department members have been receiving text messages claiming shirts for the Fire Department are on sale and giving a link to order. This is nothing more than a scam and you are to just delete the message.
The Menomonie Police Department has identified the missing person that fell into the Red Cedar River last week. Authorities are still searching for 23yr old Louis Burgos, who was last seen on May 17 swimming at Riverside Park, when he went under the water. His friends tried to rescue him but were unsuccessful. Menomonie Police and Fire continue to search for Burgos. Riverside Park is once again open to the public and Menomonie Police and The Dunn County Sheriff's Department is asking that if anyone sees anything related to Bugos disappearance to contact the department.
Police in La Crosse are investigating a weekend shooting in which one person was killed and another wounded. The incident happened in the early morning hours Sunday near the Charge-point Charging Station and River Road Apartments. Police found 15yr old Storm Vondrashek with multiple gunshot wounds. Vondrashek died despite life-saving measures. The second victim is hospitalized and said to be recovering. Anyone with information is asked to contact the La Cross area Crimestoppers.
The Pierce Pepin Care Foundation of Pierce Pepin Cooperative has announced its 2nd Quarter Grants to nonprofit organizations. Grants included The Durand Fire Department received a $1500 grant to purchase an AED unit and a thermal imaging camera for the new ladder truck, and The Pierce County 4H/FFA Livestock Committee received a $1500 grant to assist with upgrading the wash racks at the fairgrounds. Coop members fund the foundation by rounding up their monthly energy bills to the nearest dollar through Operation Round Up, along with direct donations.
Firefighters from Bloomer, Tilden, Chippewa Fire District, and New Auburn responded to a shed and pole barn fire on 130th Street near Hwy 64 yesterday. No injuries were reported but the pole barn and shed were destroyed along with several pieces of farm equipment and a vehicle that were stored in the buildings. Firefighters were on the scene of that blaze for nearly an hour and the cause of that fire is still under investigation.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is recommending COVID-19 booster doses for everyone age five and above. D-H-S supports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendation that children ages five-through-eleven should receive a booster dose five months after their initial Pfizer vaccination series. With this recommendation, D-H-S and C-D-C now recommend COVID-19 vaccine booster doses to everyone five years of age and older. The C-D-C also recently strengthened another recommendation, encouraging those 12 and older who are moderately or severely immunocompromised, and people 50 and older to get a second booster dose.
The mother of a six-year-old boy found dead in the trunk of a car in Orono has been charged with murder. Twenty-eight-year-old Julissa Thaler was arrested Friday. Police had responded to a call of a vehicle driving on a tire rim with the back window smashed out. Officers searched the vehicle before towing it and found the body of a boy, later identified as Eli Hart, and a shotgun inside the trunk. Thaler was arrested near her apartment a short time later. A preliminary autopsy found that Hart was shot multiple times.
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There’s bipartisan support in Washington, for two Nordic nations to join NATO. U.S. Senator Ron Johnson supports the admission of Finland and Sweden to the military alliance. The Wisconsin Republican calls NATO expansion “both justified and imperative,” in the face of Russia’s war in Ukraine, where he said Vladimir Putin’s forces are committing war crimes. The member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee joined his colleagues in a bipartisan resolution in support of the two nations joining NATO.
Governor Tony Evers has announced another round of stimulus funding grants for ag producers. Evers says that Wisconsin's ag industry took a major hit during the pandemic and beyond. The new 10 million dollar program will specifically go towards Wisconsin's poultry and meat producers to help shore up supply chain issues and damage from avian influenza. Through governor says the Wisconsin farm support program has already provided more than 100 million dollars of support to more than 20-thousand Wisconsin farmers during the pandemic.
A new report shows where most of the federal coronavirus aid money for Wisconsin schools has been spent so far. Washington has sent two-billion dollars to Wisconsin earmarked for education since the start of the pandemic. A new report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum finds most of that money – that’s been spent – has gone to teachers and administrators. The group says another big chunk went to technology and personal protective equipment. Most of the two-billion dollars has not yet been spent.
Some new mothers in Wisconsin are turning to donor-provided breast milk during the nationwide baby formula shortage. Many donor moms are using social media to offer breast milk. Camila Martin is a registered dietician and certified lactation specialist with U-W Health. She told W-K-O-W/T-V that could be a risky venture, because “you don’t know if they might be on a medication that could be harmful to your infant.” Martin says anyone wanting to use donated milk should do so through a milk bank, where it will likely be pasteurized before being distributed. She lists Mother’s Milk Alliance and The Mother’s Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes as two reputable milk banks in Wisconsin.
A billion-dollar health and human services package is among major spending bills left for a possible -- but not certain -- special session, after the Minnesota Legislature missed its Sunday midnight deadline. House Speaker, Democrat Melissa Hortman, says it’s the most difficult bill to get agreement on. Lead Senate negotiator, Anoka Republican Jim Abeler (ABE-ler) says if there’s no agreement, then there’s no guarantee that “nursing homes stay open to help people who have no place else to go.” He also says there’d be “no way to tell people (who) need a ride to go to the doctor for dialysis what they’re going to do.”
The Salvation Army has seen an increase in demand for financial assistance as more Minnesotans face eviction. A lot of people are behind on their rent, according to spokesman Dan Furry. He says current analysis shows there are “77-thousand Minnesota families that are behind in their rent…and that has gone up since Christmas time.” Furry says it will likely take a couple of years to rebound from the COVID pandemic and high inflation.
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