The Durand City Council approved a $2800 facade grant for the Happy Duck in Downtown Durand last week. Durand Mayor Patrick Milliren says the grants are available for all businesses in the city to improve the fronts of their buildings. For more information on the Facade Grant Program, contact Durand City Hall.
One person was killed and another injured in a one-vehicle crash in the Town of Cleveland on Friday. According to the Chippewa County Sheriffs Department, 48yr old Sara Lemay was traveling eastbound on Hwy 64 when she lost control of her vehicle, entered the ditch, and overturned upside down in the water. A passing motorist and other people were able to pull Lemay and an 11yr old child out of the water and began life-saving measures on both. Lemay died due to her injuries and the 11yr old was med flighted to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. That accident remains under investigation.
A successful weekend for area events in Pepin County. While there was rain early Saturday morning large crowds were at the Pepin County Dairy Breakfast at the Auth Farms and large crowds were reported at Memorial Park for all three days of Fun Fest. Saturday night's Fun Fest Concert by Chris Kroze was especially popular with large crowds reported. After a break for a few weeks, Fun Fest organizers will begin planning for the 2023 Fun Fest. This weekend the Pierce County and Plum City 4-H/FFA Dairy Breakfasts will be held.
A Dodge County man will spend more than 12 years in federal prison for dealing methamphetamine in southeastern Minnesota. Prosecutors say 48-year-old Matthew Lyman pleaded guilty to receiving shipments from Mexico between May 2020 and January 2021. Law enforcement watched two couriers leave Lyman’s home. They were later arrested with 119-thousand dollars cash, an ounce of meth, and a loaded gun. Investigators say they recorded one of Lyman’s jail calls in which he directed a friend to recover meth from his Rochester apartment and a search turned up nine pounds of the drug.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Friday announced that preliminary totals show Wisconsin turkey hunters registered 39,007 birds during the 2022 spring turkey hunting season, a 5% increase from the 37,266 birds registered in the spring 2021 season. For the 2022 youth season, there were 2,482 birds registered, down nearly 25% from 3,308 in 2021. This is likely due to the late onset of spring across much of the state, resulting in poorer hunting conditions during the youth hunt.
Friday, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the Department of Health Services (DHS) announced a new PFAS-based consumption advisory for bluegill, crappie, largemouth bass and northern pike from Angelo Pond in Monroe County based on fish sampling. People are advised to only have one meal a month of the affected fish. Health risks may increase when fish with high levels of PFAS are consumed. These can include increased cholesterol levels, decreased immune response, and decreased fertility in women, among other health effects.
A tuition hike is coming to the University of Minnesota campuses. The Board of Regents approved increases system-wide on Friday. Tuition on the Twin Cities and Rochester campuses will go up by three-point-five percent. Duluth, Crookston, and Morris campuses will see an increase of one-point-seven-five percent. On the Twin Cities campus that is about 470 dollars extra per year for residents and a little over 11-hundred extra per year for non-residents.
"Watch For Deer" isn't just a parting sentiment this time of year. D O T spokesman Dave Pabst says deer are more active in the early summer as yearlings start to leave their mothers. Pabst reminds people to put their phones down and watch the sides of the roads, especially at dawn and dusk, and if you see one deer crossing the road, there's probably more coming.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission has voted to allow Republican candidate for governor Tim Michels’ name to remain on the primary ballot. Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Michels’ campaign. He will be opposed by three other Republicans in the August primary. The Wisconsin Democratic Party had challenged his candidacy saying a wrong address on his nominating papers meant he only had 350 valid signatures. He needed two thousand. All of the petitions included his campaign’s post office box and the commission determined that was close enough.
New charges have been filed against a 17-year-old suspect accused of a fatal La Crosse shooting. W-K-B-T/T-V reports an arrest warrant has been issued for Jackson Greengrass who is now charged with attempted first-degree intentional homicide as a party to a crime. Investigators say Greengrass was driving the vehicle May 22nd when passenger Storm Vondrashek was shot to death. Greengrass was also shot. Authorities say 18-year-old Sage Hicke was the shooter. Hicke has turned himself in to La Crosse police.
A lawsuit filed in Dane County is seeking fines of two-thousand dollars each for the people who tried to declare President Trump the winner of the 2020 election. Law Forward spokesperson Mel Barnes says while presidential electors were legitimately casting Wisconsin’s 10 votes for Joe Biden, the other group was meeting in secret. W-I-S-C/T-V reports they were also inside the Wisconsin Capitol. They are accused of putting together a nearly identical document that was sent to Congress in an effort to hijack the electoral voting process. The suit names 12 people including Wisconsin Elections Commission Robert Spindell. The commission decided not to take punitive action against group members in March.
The Minnesota Auto Dealers Association is suing the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for adopting California’s so-called “Clean Car” rules which encourage more Minnesotans to buy electric vehicles. Auto Dealers President Scott Lambert says dealers aren’t opposed to electric vehicles and are ready to sell them when consumers want to buy -- but under the California rules “up to 26 percent” of vehicles dealers are forced to buy from manufacturers have to be electric. Lambert says if demand isn’t that high, dealers are stuck with vehicles they can’t move. But State Pollution Control Agency officials say, “with gas at four dollars-64 cents per gallon, Minnesotans want more choices that are better for their pocketbooks and the environment.”
The University of Wisconsin System is keeping its tuition freeze in place for the coming year. The Board of Regents made the announcement Thursday at its meeting in Milwaukee, saying continuing the freeze was recommended by new U-W System President Jay Rothman. W-K-O-W/T-V reports undergraduate tuition hasn’t changed since the 2013-2014 fiscal year. Rothman says, “Keeping our universities affordable and accessible is a priority.” Officials say the level of funding from the state of Wisconsin makes the freeze possible.
A Northwoods man accused of making the threats that led to two school districts locking their doors is scheduled to appear in Oneida County Court this (Friday) afternoon. Adam Bauman was bound over for trial Thursday and he has a hearing set for 1:15 p-m. Bauman is charged with making terroristic threats against the Northland Pines and Three Lakes school district earlier this week. The 18-year-old suspect was taken into custody Wednesday. No information has been released about the reasons he made the threats.
The Minnesota Zoo’s Amur tiger, named Sundari, is now a mother. K-M-S-P/T-V reports she gave birth on Mother’s Day to four tiger cubs. One of them didn’t survive, but the other three are doing well and bonding with their mother. Zoo officials say there are only 500 Amur tigers left in the world.
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