The proposed dog park will be the topic of the Durand Public Welfare Committee today. Durand Mayor Patrick Milliren says it will be an opportunity for those for and against the location of the park to speak to committee members. That meeting begins at 5:30 at Durand City Hall and will be live-streamed on the WRDN YouTube Channel.
The Durand City Council is meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include discussion and approval of the construction and bid documents for the pool, approval to ask for bids for construction of the pool, and reports from the mayor and department heads. Tonight's meeting begins at 6:30 at Durand City Hall and will be live-streamed on our YouTube Channel.
Motorists traveling on I-94 in Dunn County can expect traffic delays again today. The Dunn County Highway Department is repairing parts of the interstate that buckled over the last few days. Yesterday crews repaired an eastbound section of the interstate near Hwy K and are expected to continue repairs in the same area today.
Construction crews are beginning a resurfacing and safety improvement project for Hwy 12-29 from 6th Street to 21st Street in Menomonie.. According to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, crews will mill down the existing pavement and overlay it with asphalt, add a shared left turn lane and add a bike lane and close the 5th Avenue East intersection. The road will remain open and the project is expected to be completed in September.
The application window is open for Minnesota livestock and specialty crop producers to apply for drought relief grants. State Agriculture Commission Tom Peterson says only four counties – Goodhue, Rice, Wabasha, and Winona – aren’t eligible for the grants aimed at covering losses from last year’s severe drought. The grants worth up to 75 hundred dollars are available on a first-come, first-served basis until July 6th.
A Rochester man faces child endangerment and other charges for leaving his infant in a car after fleeing police. Twenty-nine-year-old Sean Blass was pulled over Monday night, got out, and walked toward the squad car but ran off when told to return to his vehicle. Officers say they found his seven-month-old son in the car which they described as “very warm.” The high temperature was 96 degrees. Blass was arrested a few blocks away and the boy was checked out by paramedics before being picked up by his mother.
Teachers in the La Crosse School District say the two-percent raise being offered to them isn’t in line with the rising rate of inflation. The La Crosse Education Association is seeking a cost-of-living increase. The district says declining enrollment and a lack of state funding has an effect on how much money it can pay the teachers. Superintendent Aaron Engel says anything above the two percent that is being offered would result in a reduction in student programs. The teachers are asking for four-point-seven percent.
An investigator for the January 6th Commission of the U-S House of Representatives gave testimony about U-S Senator Ron Johnson’s involvement during Tuesday’s hearing. Investigative counsel Casey Lucier told committee members one of Johnson’s staff members texted a staffer for Vice President Pence saying Johnson wanted to hand-deliver the fake elector votes from Michigan and Wisconsin to Pence. The staff member for the Wisconsin Republican was told not to do that. A spokesperson for Johnson has tweeted that he had no involvement in the creation of an alternate slate of electors and no foreknowledge that it was going to be delivered to his office.
The U-S Navy is awarding Marinette Marine the contract to build a new warship. The 536-million-dollar Constellation-class frigate is part of a five-and-a-half billion-dollar ship-building contract for the Navy. Marinette Marine says the new order will mean thousands of jobs in northeastern Wisconsin for years to come.
Online scammers have turned to trying to get people's personal data through phony job listings. IRS Spokesman Christopher Miller says the scammers will get you to fill out a phony job form that asks for personal banking info and other items that can be used to open up accounts in your name.
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Nurses held informational pickets Tuesday at Essentia-Saint Mary’s and Saint Luke’s hospitals in Duluth, and at the Allina hospital in Hastings, demanding new contracts that put patients and health care workers before corporate profits. Chris Rubesch is a nurse at Essentia-Duluth and the first vice president of the Minnesota Nurses Association. He says a central issue is adequate staffing and adds that it’s “unfortunate” that they had to resort to a picket line to try and get their message across to management. Essentia says in a statement that their “top priority…is to continue providing our patients with the kind of expert care they expect and deserve.” Essentia says nurses are “valued members of our care teams...and we look forward to reaching a mutually beneficial agreement.”
Governor Evers is issuing an emergency order banning price-gouging of gasoline and diesel fuel in Wisconsin. The average price of a gallon of regular fuel in Wisconsin was about four dollars, 83 cents on Tuesday. The national average is four-97. Increasing demand for oil, limited global supply, and low refinery capacity all account for the recent spike in fuel prices. The governor’s order urges consumers who suspect price gouging to file a complaint with the Wisconsin Bureau of Consumer Protection. Evers’ order will expire on December 1st.
The deaths of two people are being investigated by the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office. A news release from the office says a call was received Sunday at 8:47 p-m about a suspicious death. Emergency responders found the bodies of two adults in the home in a rural area near Coon Valley when they arrived. No names have been released and investigators haven’t said how the victims died. The Vernon County Coroner’s Office is assisting.
A woman accused of the sexual assault of a 17-year-old Tomah High School student has made a court appearance. Kaitlyn Sankey appeared by phone in Juneau County Circuit Court Monday. WK-B-T/T-V reports Sankey faces four criminal counts, including sexual assault of a child by a person who works or volunteers with children. She is accused of having sexual contact with the victim. Monday’s hearing was held so the judge could amend the no-contact orders that are in force against her.
A win for prosecutors and the family of George Floyd, as a judge has agreed to move up the trial date for two former police officers charged with aiding and abetting Floyd’s death. Tou Thao and J. Alexander Keung will now stand trial on October 24th, just over four months from now, instead of January Fifth of next year. The two former Minneapolis police officers are accused of not intervening when fellow cop Derek Chauvin kneeled on Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes. Chauvin was convicted of second and third-degree murder. A third officer, Thomas Lane, pleaded guilty to state charges and will serve three years.
Surveillance video shows a bear entering a home in Crivitz through a kitchen window Sunday night. The same video shows a warden with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources using a catchpole to remove the unwelcome visitor. The intruder reportedly snuck in while most of the family was asleep. One family member was able to lock it in a bathroom. The D-N-R estimates there were 23-thousand black bears in Wisconsin last fall. There are more encounters with bears this time of year as the adults go in search of a mate and the cubs are left on their own to find food.
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