The City of Mondovi continues to work through issues with the North Eau Claire Street Project. Mondovi Mayor Brady Weiss says, while there are issues all is not bad with the project. The city hopes to receive the audit of the project in the next few months.
Voters in the Wabasha Kellog School District have approved a referendum to authorize the district to spend $16 million to update and replace current building infrastructure, improve career and technical education labs, renovate existing high school science rooms, construct a secure main entrance, update rest rooms, renovate classrooms and media center. Voters approved the question by a 62-38 percent margin.
A pair of teenagers from Florida are looking at charges in connection with a string of weekend thefts in Eau Claire and Altoona. Prosecutors yesterday charged 18-year-old Demitrius Major and 17-year-old Kawan Robinson with breaking into at least a dozen cars, and then leading police on a high-speed chase. The two were reportedly in the black Ranger Rover that Eau Claire Police spent the weekend looking for. Police were also looking for a white minivan in connection to the case, but didn't find it. A judge set Robinson's bond at 25 thousand-dollars, and set Major's bond at 100 thousand-dollars.
The latest candidate for county board in Eau Claire isn't out of school yet. UW-Eau Claire junior Matthew Lehner yesterday said he's running for the District 22 seat. Lehner ran for another county board seat last April, but lost. He is a third-year political science student and the president of the UW-Eau Claire College Democrats.
Some homeowners in southeastern Minnesota are now eligible to apply for money to help reduce exposure to lead poisoning in older homes. The Minnesota Department of Health will administer a three-point-eight million dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Homes built before 1978 are eligible for the program, though owner-occupied homes must have a pregnant person or a child under six-years-old living or regularly visiting. Applications will be accepted from Goodhue, Olmsted, Winona and Wabasha counties. More information about applying is available on the Department of Health's website.
The Goodhue County Board of Commissioners approved a contractual agreement on Tuesday — a step closer for the city of Goodhue to receiving law enforcement services throughout 2024 from the the Goodhue County Sheriff’s Office. Goodhue’s entire city-operated police department resigned in August. Later that month, the Goodhue County Sheriff’s Office started providing policing services to the city on a temporary contract which is good through the end of this year. If approved by the city of Goodhue, the 2024 contractual agreement will include six hours of daily policing services from January 1 to December 31. The city would pay $118,880 to the county for the coverage.
Republicans at the Wisconsin Capitol are pushing to end race-based aid programs at the University of Wisconsin. The State Assembly voted yesterday to move to a need-based system for aid instead. State Representative Nik Rettinger says it's morally wrong to base financial aid on skin color. Rettinger says a recent Supreme Court decision struck down race-based programs at colleges and universities. But the UW says that decision applied to admissions, not financial aid programs.
Wisconsin voters will get two questions about election integrity next fall. The State Assembly yesterday approved proposed amendments that would clarify that only US citizens 18 and older can vote in the state, and would ban the use of so-called Zuckerbucks in Wisconsin elections. State reps approved a third question as well, it would enshrine voter ID into the state constitution, but that has to be voted on again next year before it can go to voters. State Senator Mary Felzkowski says all three questions are not about Republicans or Democrats. She says they are about restoring confidence in Wisconsin's electoral process.
Wisconsin's Assembly Speaker says there's not enough support to move ahead with the impeachment of the state's election's chief. Speaker Robin Vos told reporters yesterday that lawmakers at the Capitol do not want to impeach Meagan Wolfe. He said they are 'nowhere near consensus' on the idea. Some Republicans want to impeach Wolfe for how she handled the 2020 election, and how she's responded to lawmakers ever since. Vos says he wants to focus on the 2024 election, and not look back to what happened in 2020.
Almost one million chickens are dead at a commercial egg farm in Wright County after being infected by avian influenza. The Minnesota Board of Animal Health says they did tests on October 31st after they suspected an outbreak of H5N1. About 940 thousand chickens were killed after testing positive for the virus on November 3rd. Minnesota officials say they are cooperating with federal partners to give more surveillance and testing in the region.
The Rochester City Council is moving forward with crafting an ordinance that will ban daytime camping on public property. The council voted 4-2 in favor of having the city attorney create such a measure yesterday. The proposal would make it a misdemeanor to camp in city parks or other public land. Opponents say the city doesn't have enough shelter beds to give the homeless an alternative to camping in public areas. A police spokesperson says the proposal would be a last resort reserved for those who refuse to look for help finding shelter.
The Wisconsin state Senate has approved three elections-related constitutional amendments All three passed on party-line votes in the Republican-controlled chamber on Tuesday. One, dubbed the “Zuckerbucks” amendment, would prohibit private funding for elections like that provided by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in 2020. The others would stipulate that only U.S. citizens may vote in state and local elections and place Wisconsin’s existing voter photo ID law into the constitution. If they pass the Assembly, the Zuckerbucks and photo ID amendments would go to voters statewide in the April election.
Another amendment to the American Family Field improvements bill is being offered Republican Senator Dan Feyen of Fond du Lac said his amendment is aimed at building enough Senate support to pass the bill already approved in the Assembly. A $36.1 million reduction in the state contribution would be covered through a ticket tax on non-Brewers events. The Brewers would pay an additional $10 million, for a total of $150.7 million. The commitment from Milwaukee County and the city would remain at $135 million over the life of the deal, which would run through 2050. The overall price tag would be $661.5 million, a reduction from the Assembly package of $687.2 million.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is joining a lawsuit accusing a data company of conspiring with meat processors to raise meat prices. He announced yesterday that the state is a part of a suit against Agri Stats. Other states involved are California, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Agri Stats officials call the allegations baseless and they will vigorously defend itself.
A busload of football equipment will soon be leaving North Mankato and heading to Mexico. Caswell Sports is donating used football equipment to be used by kids in Yucatan. About 300 pairs of pants, 100 helmets and 50 sets of shoulder pads will be making the trip along with a few donated footballs. It's part of a partnership between the city and Crossview Covenant Church that's previously sent sports equipment to the Mexican state.
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