One person is dead after a dirt bike accident in Wabasha County on Saturday. According to the Wabasha County Sheriff's Department, 23yr old Austin Kristiansen of LeCenter, MN crashed his dirt bike while riding it at the Meadwo Valley Motocross Track in Wabasha County. Kristiansen died as the resulte of his injuries.
The Durand City Council is meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include discussion and possible action on applying for an urban forestry grant, an update on the therapy dog program, 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 the video streaming page of our website at reelcountry1430.com.
The Duruand-Arkansaw School Board is meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include discussion and action on any use of the Hansen Park Property, exploration of an Early Learning Center for the district, and reports from the Superintendent and building administrators. Tonight's meeting begins at 6pm in the board room at Durand-Arkansaw High School.
With winter not too far off, school districts will once again grapple with having traditional snow days or instead have remote learning days when weather conditions prevent students from attending school in the building. Monodovi School District Superintendent Jeff Rykl says the district has decided not to have remote learning days and instead continue with the traditional snow day. Durand-Arkansaw will use snow days first but then transition to remote learning days so there are no make-up days later in the school year.
A healthcare system in Wisconsin has regained access to patients’ online health records and patient portals, following a cyber attack. HSHS Systems and Prevea Health announced Tuesday that they restored the functionality of their EPIC platform, which stores health records electronically. MyChart and MyPrevea can again be used for accessing lab results and making appointments. All 15 HSHS hospitals in Wisconsin and Illinois and Prevea Health facilities have been working through a technology outage since late last month. They acknowledged it was the result of a cyber attack.
The 81-year-old Eau Claire man accused of killing his wife says he doesn't want a lawyer. John Berthold was in court yesterday. He told the judge he didn't want any legal representation, though the judge told him to meet with a lawyer anyway. Investigators say Berthold admitted to beating his 77-year-old wife to death back in July. He says he killed her because she was a narcissist and because he couldn't take it anymore. Berthold is due back in court next week.
There is another Republican in the race for U.S. Senate. Trempealeau County Board Supervisor Stacey Klein yesterday filed the paperwork to run against Senator Tammy Baldwin next year. Klein has been on the county board in Trempealeau County for the past year or so. She says she knows it will be an uphill climb to beat Baldwin. UW-Stevens Point student Rejani Raveendran is the only other Republican running against Baldwin, so far.
The latest doomed tax cut plan is halfway to Governor Evers' desk. Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly yesterday approved a three-billion-dollar tax cut that would lower income taxes for most people in the state, and make retirement essentially tax free for most seniors. Regardless, the plan won't go through. Governor Evers has already promised to veto the tax cut. He says Wisconsin cannot afford it.
Wisconsin lawmakers are going to vote on new regulations for DoorDash and Uber East today. The Assembly Committee on State Affairs is likely to approve the new rules which would allow restaurants to opt out of third-party delivery services, as well as force some new rules on delivery drivers. Culver's is pushing for the change. Culver's says it's been getting calls and complaints from people who ordered burgers and curds through a delivery app, but the company can't do anything about those calls and complaints because it has nothing to do with the delivery process.
An 11th hour change is proposed to how Wisconsin’s legislative districts are drawn. With a legal challenge to existing Republican-drawn maps pending in the state Supreme Court, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos on Tuesday abruptly announced that the Assembly will vote Thursday on an Iowa-style system for drawing maps. Under the Iowa system, a nonpartisan body draws maps that are then subject to up or down votes by the Legislature. Democratic Governor Tony Evers blasted the action, noting there’s been “no public hearing or any other public consideration.”Evers says he doesn't trust Vos and the Republicans to draw fair maps. The surprise announcement from Republicans comes as Wisconsin's political maps are headed for the state Supreme Court and what is expected to be a costly, drawn-out legal battle.
There is now a lawsuit aimed at stopping an impeachment of Wisconsin's newest Supreme Court Justice. Madison attorney Tim Burns, who ran for the Supreme Court in 2018, yesterday filed a lawsuit that claims an impeachment would violate the constitutional rights of the people who voted for Janet Protasiewicz [[ pro-tuh-SAY-wits ]] last spring. Republicans have been talking about impeaching Protasiewicz for the past few weeks. They want her to recuse herself from cases about Wisconsin's political maps and abortion, both things she talked about during her campaign. Burns' lawsuit calls an impeachment move 'Un-American,' and an 'anti-democratic powerplay,' which he says is designed to 'destroy judicial independence and the right of voters.'
Wisconsin's attorney general says the vote to fire Wisconsin's elections boss is a charade. Republicans on the Senate Committee on Elections Monday recommended the full State Senate fire Meagan Wolfe from her job as administrator at the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Senators say Wolfe ignored their request to speak to the committee, and should not be kept-on. Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, however, said Wolfe didn't need to speak to lawmakers about her job. He said the recommendation to fire her is a charade, and said the full Senate cannot vote to remove her because she is not up for an official nomination as elections administrator.
The warning about counterfeit money in the Wisconsin Dells continues. Police say they've seen a spike in funny money since the beginning of last month. Local business owners, like Jeff Maurer of Maurer's Market, say the counterfeit bills are taking a toll. Police in the Dells say they've gotten seven calls about counterfeit money since August 1st. There haven't been any arrests. Police are not sure just who is passing the fake money, or if they may be part of a larger operation.
Rochester will host next year's "Explore Minnesota" tourism conference. The tourism industry event will be held at the Mayo Civic Center in late February. Tourism professionals come to the annual event to learn about new opportunities and network with colleagues from around the state. A spokesman for Experience Rochester says the group will use the event as a way to showcase the city as a world-class tourist destination.
The Marching Falcons are back at UW-River Falls. The school fielded a marching band this year, for the first time in 33 years. Band director Tom Barnett says he's heard from students for years that they'd like to come to River Falls, but there wasn't a band. The new band has 56 members, who had just five days of practice to get ready for last week's football game. Band members say it's a lot of fun to play together at college. River Falls last had a marching band on the field in 1990.
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