Durand Area residents and businesses will be able to watch the funeral procession for former Durand Fire Chief Pit Plumer on Tuesday morning. The procession will leave the Rhiel Funeral Home at 11:10AM, travel down Prospect Street, and will turn off of Prospect Street by Durand High School to Washington Street to drive past the Fire Station. The procession will then travel down 2nd Ave East to Main Street, then to 3rd Avenue West back to Prospect Street, and then to St. Mary's Church for the funeral Services. Everyone is welcome for Pizza and refreshments at 1pm at the Durand Fire Station.
Congress reconvenes for the lame-duck session as some farm and agriculture groups are pressing lawmakers to finish immigration reform through the Farm Workforce Modernization Act. The legislation passed the House and waits for consideration in the Senate. Representative Ron Kind, the retiring Democrat from Wisconsin, says it’s a complicated topic, but one that needs to be worked out. Kind did not seek reelection this year after serving more than 20 years in Congress.
One driver needed to be extracted from their vehicle after a three-vehicle accident on Hwy 93 Friday afternoon. According to the Eau Claire County Sheriff's Department, the head-on collision occurred on Hwy 93 and the highway had to be shut down for nearly 90 minutes. The driver that was extricated was taken to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
An Alma Center Woman was arrested on Saturday for OWI. According to the Wisconsin State Patrol, troopers pulled over 36yr old Heather Buder on Broadway Street in Blair for an equipment violation. Upon contact with the driver, the trooper observed signs of impairment and a field sobriety test was conducted. She was arrested for OWI 2nd offense with a minor in the vehicle. Buder was taken to the Trempealeau County Jail and the 11-month-old child with her was released to an adult family member.
The state Supreme Court has denied Colton Treu’s petition to review his case. Treu pleaded guilty and no contest in December 2019 and was sentenced in March 2020 to 54 years in prison, for the 2018 hit-and-run deaths of four Girl Scouts and one of the girls’ mothers. They were killed as the Scout troop picked up roadside litter in Chippewa County. Treu’s lawyer filed a motion in August seeking to reverse a Court of Appeals decision that denied his request to withdraw his pleas in the case. The decision by the Wisconsin Supreme Court was filed last week.
An 11-year-old boy died after being shot in the chest Sunday morning. In a statement, the Wisconsin DNR said it responded to the Township of Seneca in Green Lake County alongside the Green Lake County Sheriff’s Office and emergency medical services. Shortly after 9 a.m., the shooter tried to unload his gun while it was placed in the back seat of a vehicle. The gun discharged and struck the victim, officials said. The shooter was a 41-year-old man. The shooter and the victim belonged to the same hunting party, according to the DNR.
Wisconsin health officials are concerned about low vaccination rates in our state as we head into the holidays. Tom Haupt, Influenza Surveillance Coordinator with the Department of Health Services, says the influenza vaccination rate right now is about 23%, and DHS was hoping for significantly higher numbers. In addition, only 15% percent of the eligible population has received an updated bivalent COVID-19 booster. These low vaccination rates coincide with an early onset of RSV, a respiratory illness that hits very young children particularly hard and for which there are no vaccines.
Former House Speaker Paul Ryan continues to call for Republicans to move past Donald Trump. In an interview that aired Sunday on ABC News "This Week," the Janesville Republican said that while he was proud of the accomplishments during the Trump administration, he is now “a never-again-Trumper,” because he wants Republicans to win. Ryan told ABC's Jonathon Karl (quote) “What we now know, it's pretty clear, is with Trump we lose,” citing the disappointing mid-terms in which Republicans failed to take back the Senate and gained only a narrow majority in the House.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is planning to ask for a major funding increase when the new legislature is seated. The DNR requested 300-million dollars last session but received far less. Senator Scott Dibble is a member of the Senate Environment and Natural Resources Finance Committee and says the new DFL Legislative majority will definitely help with the DNRs one-time funding request.
The Minnesota Nurses Association is considering another strike. Last week, they announced that union members will vote on November 30th to authorize a possible strike at 15 hospitals in the Twin Cities and Twin Ports areas. Earlier this fall, MNA held a historic three-day strike in the Twin Cities and Duluth-Superior areas. Allina Health says they're willing to bargain with MNA but cannot agree to their conditions. Negotiations are scheduled for December 2nd.
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Secretary Preston Cole is stepping down. Governor Tony Evers announced on Friday that Cole will retire next Wednesday after a 35-year public service career. Cole has led the Department of Natural Resources for the past four years. Before Evers appointed him director in 2018, Cole served on the state's Natural Resources Board, which sets policy for the DNR.
Madison is getting over 430-thousand dollars in federal funding to improve its air quality. The grant comes from the EPA's Enhanced Air Quality Monitoring for Communities program. WKOW says the City of Madison will lead a project to install 68 air quality sensors to monitor air pollution, and to address health disparities caused by air pollution. Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway said the sensor network "will enable everyone to see for the first time which areas of our city are most impacted" by air pollution.
Minnesota is launching a new effort to help incarcerated people land a job after release. The Department of Employment and Economic Development is using ten-million dollars in federal funds to create grants for individuals interested in career pathways training and skills development. People in federal correctional facilities in Duluth, Sandstone, Rochester, and Waseca will have access to the grants starting this spring. Officials plan to expand the program over time.
A former Rochester executive who worked for a snack food company is pleading guilty to fraud. Thomas Wiechmann agreed to a plea of one felony count of theft by swindle. The former chief financial officer for Reichel Foods is accused of making hundreds of thousands of dollars in charges on company credit cards for personal use. Wiechmann is scheduled to be sentenced on February 14.
The DNR is reporting more Cougars sightings this year than in the last five years across southern Wisconsin. According to DNR data so far in 2022 There have been seven verified Cougar sightings across sock Richland grant and Crawford counties for the reports coming from Richland County. Experts say the Cougar scene here are males from South Dakota or Canada who are typically just passing through. But should female Cougars start coming to Wisconsin. It's likely the state could see a large increase in the population. The cougar is native to Wisconsin, but they were all hunted and killed in the early 1900s.
Wisconsin's Water Park Capital of the World has a role in this week's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. Kalahari Resort will join the parade with a float called the Colossal Wave of Wonder. The float will feature a mother elephant, a baby elephant, a rhinoceros, and an octopus riding a wave. The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will be televised on streaming platforms beginning at 8 a.m. Central Time.
The word is out on Minnesota's most-hated Thanksgiving food. Geotagged Twitter data showed that stuffing is the state's least favorite holiday dish. The data was collected from tweets, hashtags, and direct word phrases mentioning different Thanksgiving foods over the past month. Cranberries were the most-hated for half of the U.S.
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