The Mondovi City Council has approved new playground equipment for Mirror Lake Park. Mondovi Mayor Brady Weiss says some businesses and organizations have stepped up to help raise money for the new equipment. The City hopes to reuse some of the older equipment at other locations in the city. The cost of the new playground equipment is between $60000-70,000.
The Durand City Council has given its support to the police department to add a therapy dog. The dog would be used to help victims and responders of traumatic events. Durand Mayor Patrick Milliren says the cost of the program would be covered by donations. The Cities of Altoona and La Crosse and Dunn County are local departments that currently have therapy dogs.
The Eau Claire woman accused in a Dunn County home invasion is headed for trial. A judge yesterday said there is enough evidence against 21-year-old Megan Dehate to take the case forward. She's accused of forcing her way into a home in the Town of Dunn last week. The sheriff says she hit the man who lives there in the head with a chunk of metal. Investigators say Dehate was likely high at the time. She's looking at burglary and elder abuse charges for hitting the older man who lives in the home.
One person is dead after a motorcycle accident in Eau Claire Wednesday. According to the Wisconsin State Patrol. 56yr old Steven Berndt of Eleva was traveling on the westbound ramp of Hwy93 when he crashed. He was transported to Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire with life threatening injuries but died at the hospital. The Wisconsin State Patrol is investigating the cause of that accident.
Eau Claire is the latest community in Wisconsin with a Narcan vending machine. The sheriff's office debuted its machine yesterday. In addition to Narcan, the vending machine has fentanyl test strips to make sure drugs aren't contaminated with the deadly substance. Sheriff Dave Riewestahl says people can access to the machine 24/7, 365 days a year. The hope, the sheriff says, is to cut down on the number of opioid overdoses in the county.
La Crosse police are investigating the death of a child. Police aren't releasing much information, but say that a child was found dead inside a home on the city's north side Wednesday night. Police chief Shawn Kudron says the State Patrol and State Crime Lab are already handling parts of the investigation, and an autopsy has been scheduled. He would not release any other information.
There are more calls from Republicans at the Wisconsin Capitol to trim the University of Wisconsin's budget if the school doesn't change its tune about DEI. State Senator Steve Nass yesterday urged the senators to stand with Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and strip 32 million dollars from the university's budget that is earmarked for diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. Nass said the only power lawmakers have over the university is the power of 'the purse strings,' and stripping out the 32 million is how they can bring 'fear to the hearts of DEI socialists running our public university system.' Democratic Governor Tony Evers says the move is part of a "decade-long war on higher education."
Governor Evers says he will not sign the plan to change how kids in Wisconsin are taught to read unless there are more changes. The governor's office yesterday once again promised to veto the plan because it could have some fourth graders taking third-grade reading classes. The governor promised to veto the plan earlier in the week because lawmakers initially wanted to hold kids back if they weren't reading at grade level by the fourth grade. Republican lawmakers dropped that part of the plan this week. State Rep. Joel Kitchens says the governor's ultimatum will likely kill the plan that's been years in the making. Lawmakers say about 70-percent of Wisconsin fourth graders cannot read at grade level.
The FAA is investigating a close call between two aircraft at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport. The incident occurred Wednesday and reportedly involved a Delta flight and an American Airlines flight. According to the FAA, air traffic controllers had to ask one airplane to abort its landing, as another airplane was still sitting on the runway. The aircraft that was landing was able to safely abort and circle around, and no injuries were reported.
Two lawyers from North Carolina have pleaded guilty to setting up a phony political action committee for former Milwaukee County sheriff David Clarke. 61-year-old Nathanael Pendley and 51-year-old Jack Daly are accused of gathering donations to try and convince Clarke to run for a US Senate Seat. The pair gathered over 1 point 6 million dollars despite the fact that Clarke announced he wouldn't be running in 2022, and that Clarke himself had called their fundraising a scam. Federal officials say the pair spent most of that money on themselves rather than campaigning. The pair will be sentenced this summer.
There's a tiny problem with the logo for Milwaukee's Republican National Convention. Organizers debuted the logo this week but forgot to add all of Door County. The logo essentially cuts off at Sturgeon Bay. The folks at Destination Door County are taking the snub in stride, saying they've seen worse. The RNC isn't saying who forgot about Wisconsin's 'thumb.' Milwaukee will host the Republican National Convention in July of next year.
The search for a Reedsburg teen continued Thursday around Devil’s Lake State Park. James Yoblonski left home very early Monday morning in his family’s van. Sauk County Sheriff Chip Meister tells WKOW-TV in Madison over 100 officers and at least 10 K-9s covered around 5,000 acres of land, but still have not found the 13-year-old after two days of searching. Meister adds the terrain in the area of the search is, in his words, terrible, saying, “There’s rocks and boulders all over, there’s cliffs, there’s very thick brush that you can’t see eight feet away from you.” The sheriff asks anyone who thinks they may have seen the boy or has information on the case, to contact them.
A pair of young wild birds were rescued in downtown Milwaukee Wednesday. People who noticed two banded baby peregrine falcons outside of the U.S. Bank building contacted the Wisconsin Humane Society, which says the young birds probably flew down from the roof of the building where a nest is set up with the Peregrine Falcon Recovery Program. The society says the baby falcons don't have the strength yet to fly back up to the top of the building and reunite with their family, so they were given a thorough examination. Once the birds are deemed healthy, they’ll be released back into the wild.
Downtown Minneapolis retailer Hubert White is planning to close this summer. The men's clothing store has operated in the Nicollet Mall for close to 90 years. Hubert White owner Bob White announced on social media yesterday that he will retire and shut the doors of the business on August 1st. He added that his decision to close was due to his age and the lack of customer traffic.
The downtown Eau Claire bear is getting internet famous. The city's police department shared a video of the bear wandering through downtown yesterday morning. The small black bear crossed the street and avoided traffic. Eau Claire Police say the bear was first spotted along Water Street, and then made its way to Phoenix Park before leaving the city limits. Both the PD and the DNR say if the bear comes back, people should stay away.
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