The City of Mondovi is looking for a new city administrator. Last night the council accepted the resignation of Administrator Garrett Martin. Mondovi Mayor Brady Weiss says the city will now begin to actively look for a replacement. Martin's last day with the city will be July 1st.
The Durand City Council is meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include public hearings on liquor license renewals. discussion and possible action on the Tarrant Park Pool Project, and discussion and possible action on the addition of a Therapy Dog for the Durand Police Department. Tonight's meeting begins at 6:30 at Durand City Hall and will also be live-streamed on our YouTube Channel at Durand Broadcasting WRDN.
The man who hid in Kohl's in Eau Claire and then tried to clean out the jewelry case will not be spending any more time behind bars. A judge yesterday sentenced Thomas McRunnel to time served in his burglary case. McRunnel pleaded guilty to burglary and theft charges. Eau Claire Police say he hid inside the local Kohl's store, lying down on a shelf behind some luggage. He then emerged after the store was closed and stole 23 thousand dollars in jewelry. He's accused of similar cases in Minnesota as well.
The state of Wisconsin is asking small businesses that were approved for a 2021 "We're All In Grant" but were not eligible to repay the $5000 grants. The request comes after a legislative audit bureau audit found that while the businesses truthfully filled out the application, the WEDC approved the grants even though the business didn't qualify. During a visit to Pepin County yesterday, Governor Tony Evers told WRDN that his office will try and work out something with the legislature so the small businesses aren't harmed. While the Governor says they will try and work something out, it doesn't appear the republican controlled legislature will go along, as they blame the governor for not working with them to distribute the money in the first place. The Department of Revenue has been telling the affected businesses they could pay back the grant at $10 a month with no interest charges. At $10 a month it would take over 41yrs for the grants to be repaid.
Western Wisconsin's congressman is pushing to add more federal rail inspectors. Congressman Derrick Van Orden yesterday introduced a plan that would spend three million-dollars to add 15 new inspectors. He says having enough rail inspectors is key to preventing and getting answers about train derailments. Van Orden said a lack of inspectors is one reason why we still don't have answers about the derailment in DeSoto, Wisconsin from back in April.
Searchers spent another day in the woods at Devil's Lake State Park yesterday looking for a missing 13-year-old. They didn't find him. The Sauk County Sheriff's Office says 13-year-old James Yoblonski left his house in Reedsburg overnight Sunday. He took a vehicle and a gun and headed to Devil's Lake. Deputies found the vehicle Monday, but they have not found James or the gun. James' father yesterday pleaded for his son to come home. The sheriff's office says the search will resume today.
The Wisconsin Broadband Office is encouraging all households to take the Wisconsin Internet Self-Report survey. Through this collaborative effort with all WI residents, the Wisconsin Broadband Office will be able to further improve internet access, understand associated costs, and support internet adoption for Wisconsin residents by identifying areas where the internet is not available, is too expensive, underperforming, or is intimidating to subscribe. The survey is confidential, and the number of responses will be visualized in an online mapping tool. The Survey is available online at the Public Service Commission website or by calling 608-261-6026.
Democrats at the Wisconsin Capitol are furious with the Republican plan to cut diversity, equity, and inclusion money from the University of Wisconsin. Governor Tony Evers yesterday said the plan to cut 32 million in DEI money from the UW System's six billion-dollar budget is part of a ' decade-long war on higher education.' Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos wants to make the cuts to move the university away from its hundreds of diversity, equity, and inclusion administrators. The top Democrat in the Assembly, Greta Neubauer, said 'it is simply wrong' for Republicans to target DEI, and worried that the budget cut has put 'the well-being of our state at risk.'
A man has been arrested for reportedly pointing a gun at people inside a Rochester home. Police were called to the scene at a home on Ninth Avenue Southeast on Monday. A 911 caller reported that a man she knew came to the front door of the residence and aimed a gun at the occupants of the home. The suspect was arrested a short distance from the scene, and police recovered a handgun that matched descriptions given by witnesses.
Democrats in the legislature say some medium-sized Wisconsin cities are getting short-charged in the shared revenue sales tax bill. An amendment to address that, by Senator Spreitzer and Senator Jeff Smith of Eau Claire was rejected in a committee vote on Monday.
A Wausau School District instructor who has been at the center of controversy resigned his position on Monday. Rob Perkins resignation was accepted on Monday following a closed-session discussion by the board of education- both Superintendent Keith Hilts and Vice President Lance Trollop- who was acting as president for Monday's session, said there would be no further comment about the resignation at this time. Perkins has been the subject of multiple investigations conducted at the local and state level following accusations that he used racist and homophobic language that was directed at a student on multiple occasions.
Milwaukee's RNC boss is promising a bigger and better convention. Elise Dickens sat down for her first interviews yesterday after being named RNC CEO. She said one of her first tasks is to get a team together to plan for the convention in July of next year. Dickens says it's been eight years since Republicans met in-person, and she expects the Milwaukee convention to meet expectations. Milwaukee won the Republican National Convention after Democrats picked the city for 2020, but had to cancel because of the coronavirus. Milwaukee will also be the host for the first Republican presidential debate in August of this year.
Low-income Wisconsin households may be eligible for assistance to pay for heating through another round of grant funding. Governor Tony Evers announced the state is using $50 million in Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program - LIHEAP - block grants to help over 170,000 households that received benefits previously. They can get an extra $279 on average. Evers has also allocated another $8 million to deliver fuel oil and propane to qualifying customers. More information about LIHEAP and what households are eligible is available online.
The man indicted for firebombing the Madison offices of Wisconsin Family Action is seeking to have his case dismissed. An attorney for Hridindu Sankar Roychowdhury argues the federal arson statute under which the 30-year-old was charged for the May 2022 incident is unconstitutional. Roychowdhury is also asking the court to suppress a search warrant, materials obtained in the execution of that warrant, and information from a search of his cell phone during his March arrest. Roychowdhury was indicted by a grand jury in April and pleaded not guilty. Investigators used DNA evidence, surveillance, and social media to track him down nearly a year after the office firebombing.
A suspect in Watertown learned not to hide on the rooftop in the worst possible way over the weekend. Watertown Police say they chased the unnamed man to a house on Montgomery Street Saturday evening. That's when they say the man climbed onto the roof. He fell down a little while later and needed an ambulance to take him to the hospital before police took him to jail. The man was wanted as part of a hit-and-run case. Police are expected to also ask for charges for fleeing and drug paraphernalia possession.
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