The Pepin County Board is meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include annual reports from Pepin and Durand Libraries, the Land Conservation Department, and the Extension Office. The board will also go into closed session to confer with legal counsel on possible litigation. Tonight's meeting begins at 7pm in the board room at the Government Center in Durand.
Representatives from the Eau Claire School District were in Durand recently meeting with Durand-Arkansaw School District Staff to talk about the Bauer Built Sports Complex. Durand-Arkansaw Superintendent Greg Doverspike says the Eau Claire District wanted to know more about how the complex was built. The Eau Claire School District is looking at a possible new sports field to replace the city-owned Carson Park complex.
The City of Mondovi Continues to work on installing new playground equipment at Mirror Lake Park. Mayor Brady Weiss says the new equipment is much larger than the old equipment. The city also hopes to repurpose the old playground equipment at another park in the city.
No one is saying just what Chippewa County's new sheriff did, but the allegations against him are enough to have another hearing scheduled for his future as sheriff. The Chippewa County Board met for four hours last night behind closed doors to talk about the future of Sheriff Travis Hakes. Supervisors didn't make any final decisions, in fact, they've scheduled another conversation about the sheriff's future for next month. The board met after they got a complaint from an employee about the sheriff's workplace behavior. However, no one is saying just what that involves. Hakes was elected as sheriff last fall.
Wisconsin and Minnesota might get some much-needed wet relief this weekend. The National Weather Service says a massive fall storm is forming in the region and could begin on Friday night and continue until Sunday morning. As it appears right now, forecasters believe the strong storm will bring much-needed rain over both states.
Lawmakers at the Wisconsin Capitol want to make sure that you can grow a garden in your backyard. An Assembly panel will hold a vote later today on a plan that would make it clear local governments cannot stop you from planting a garden on your own property. The proposal would prohibit a city, county, or township from requiring people to get a permit before they could plant tomatoes, strawberries, herbs, or other vegetables. The plan would also make sure that you don't need a permit to plant flowers in your yard. Local governments, however, would still be able to require people to mow their lawns and/or regulate water and fertilizer use.
The Wisconsin State Senate is changing a bill that would raise fines for reckless driving in school zones. Right now, failing to stop for a school bus will result in a maximum fine of 300 dollars. An amendment to the proposal increases fines for the violation to between 300 and 1-thousand dollars. The amended bill needs approval from the Assembly before going to the Governor's desk.
A Wisconsin Company is at the center of a beef recall. American Food Group, LLC is warning about possible E. coli contamination in 58,000 pounds of its ground beef. Consumers best know the company’s product as Green Bay Dressed Beef. The recall comes after a sample batch of beef tested positive for E. coli. The raw ground beef items were produced on Aug. 14 and shipped to distributors in Georgia, Michigan and Ohio According to the US Department of Agriculture, there have not been any reports of illness related to anyone eating the recalled products.
Republican lawmakers at the Wisconsin Capitol want to use the state constitution to make sure that there's never a repeat of the Zuckerbucks scandal. A handful of Republicans yesterday introduced what they're calling an election transparency constitutional amendment. It would ban the use of outside political groups to deal with absentee ballots, as well as paying for any sort of primary, election, or referendum in the state. The amendment also makes it clear that only election officials may handle Wisconsin's electoral process.
A $614 million Republican plan to fund American Family Field improvements is greeted cautiously by Democrats. In a statement, a spokesperson for Governor Tony Evers said it’s unfortunate Republicans rejected a proposal Evers’ made earlier this year, to spend $290 million in state money to fund Brewers ballpark renovations. Evers looks forward to reviewing the Republican proposal and continuing conversations. Assembly Democratic Leader Greta Neubauer of Racine and Assistant Leader Kalan Haywood of Milwaukee said the Republican proposal falls short of recognizing the regional benefit of AmFam Field and places too great of a financial burden on the city and county of Milwaukee.
A missing man from Wautoma was found dead in a lake Sunday. Patrick Morehead was reported missing a week ago after he was believed to have driven a vehicle off a roadway and into a tree in Waushara County. The area where the vehicle crashed was searched but nothing was found. Sunday morning, the Waushara County Sheriff’s Office received word of a suspicious object in Meilke Lake in the town of Dakota. Officials confirmed it was Morehead’s body. An autopsy will be conducted to determine the cause of the man’s death.
State Ag officials are seeking the public's help in tracking a new invasive species threat. Adult spotted lanternflies are active and laying egg masses in September and October. While it has not yet been found in Wisconsin, the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection is asking for help to monitor for the pest. Adults are about one inch long and feature tan outer wings with black spots. The inner wings contain a mix of white, black, and red markings. They can be found feeding on hardwoods such as maple, cherry, willow, and apple. If you think you spot SLF in Wisconsin, report it right away at the DATCP website.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is again asking people not to bait or feed deer this fall. DNR Deer Herd Health Specialist Erin Larson says doing so can help prevent the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease. There are currently baiting and feeding regulations in place for 55 of the state’s 72 counties. For the rest of the state, the DNR recommendation is to forgo the practice altogether.
Some high school students in Minnesota will no longer see police officers on campus regularly. The Maple Grove Police Department told parents Monday it was removing school resource officers from Maple Grove Senior High School. Those officers are being reassigned within the department. The move comes after Brooklyn Park Police pulled its student resource officers from a school in the area. Several law enforcement agencies around Minnesota have taken similar steps in recent days in response to new legislation that could open up school police to potential lawsuits over the holds they are allowed to put students in should they need to.
A Green Bay woman says a recent car problem is not one she was prepared for. Ellen Chaudoir recently opened her vehicle's hood to find a giant snake slithering inside. Lori Bankson with Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary says the serpent turned out to be a seven-foot-long Jungle Carpet Python, an animal that is native to Australia that was likely being kept as a pet before escaping. Chaudoir says she was able to make the four-mile drive to the nearby animal sanctuary with the snake in the engine bay without it being harmed. The python is now being cared for by the Wisconsin Humane Society as they work to find it a permanent home.
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