The Durand-Arkansaw School Board is meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include the hiring of an interim Superintendent, the hiring of the Wisconsin Association of School Boards to do a search for a new Superintendent, and the board will go into closed session to discuss employee issues. Tonight's meeting begins at 6pm in the Board Room at Durand-Arkansaw High School.
The Pepin County Board is meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include action on a resolution to support grant applications to purchase the bike trail, action on a resolution to establish an ad hoc committee to review the pros and cons of changing the form of government to a county administrator, and reports from county board committees. Tonight's meeting begins at 7pm in the board room at the Pepin County Government Center.
Last week, the Durand City Council approved a resolution to apply for a loan from the Wisconsin DNR's Safe Drinking Water Loan Program to replace the base of the Waste Water Treatment Plant in 2025. If approved, the $850,000 loan could have 70% of the principal forgiven. Any costs the city incurs for the engineering of the project could be paid for by the loan. The city must get the engineering done and the application submitted by June.
Durand and the Chippewa Valley are looking at more than just a dusting of snow tomorrow and into Friday. Forecasters say the overnight snow could be plowable. That means between two and five inches of snow for the entire area, with some spots seeing as much as eight inches. The snow will be the first spring snow of the year, as spring officially sprung at just after 10 p.m. last night.
Two people were injured in a 2 vehicle accident on Hwy 29 in Gilman Township on Sunday. According to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, 44yr old Julie Mortiz of Menomonie was traveling westbound on Hwy 29 and started to turn onto Hwy CC when she struck an eastbound vehicle driven by 83yr old Thomas Gunderson of Spring Valley. Moritz was taken to Mayo Hospital in Menomonie while Gunderson was transported to Western Wisconsin Health in Baldwin.
One person was injured in a single-vehicle accident on Hwy 72 in Spring Lake Township on Monday. According to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, 42yr old Timothy Phares of Rice Lake was traveling eastbound on Hwy 72 when he lost control of the vehicle and entered the ditch. He was taken to Mayo Hospital in Menomonie.
Republican lawmakers in the Chippewa Valley are calling Governor Tony Evers' latest visit to Eau Claire a stunt. A number of Republicans from across the area blasted the governor Monday for holding a press conference in Eau Claire just days ahead of the closings at Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire and St. Joe's In Chippewa Falls. The Republicans say the governor vetoed their plan to provide millions of dollars for the area's other hospitals once the two HSHS hospitals close this week. The Republicans say the governor is exploiting that crisis for his political gain.
Firefighters from Lake City and Goohue Fire Departments responded to a garage and shed fire in Frontenac on Tuesday. According to the Lake City Fire Department, firefighters were called at about 3:30 Tuesday afternoon and found the garage and shed fully engulfed. Windy conditions also caused the fire to spread in the neighborhood, but were quickly extinguished. Both the garage and shed were destroyed while firefighters were able to save the home. The cause of the fire appears to be a welding accident.
There is a new federal lawsuit against UW-Eau Claire's chancellor over who was allowed to work at the school's Office of Multicultural Student Services. Former Vice Chancellor of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Student Affairs Olga Diaz filed the suit. She's accusing Chancellor Jim Schmidt of ordering her to resign after Diaz appointed a white woman to lead the Office of Multicultural Student Services. That woman, Rochelle Hoffman, is also suing the school and Schmidt. She says she was hounded out of the job because she was white. The university has denied any claims of racial discrimination or bias.
Minnesota Lottery officials say a Powerball ticket worth one-million dollars was sold in Wabasha County. The ticket was purchased for Monday's drawing at a gas station in Zumbro Falls. The ticket matched the first five numbers drawn on Monday. No one won the jackpot on Monday, so the big prize in tonight's drawing will be 687-million dollars.
Wisconsin's election managers are looking to set the rules for this fall's election. The state's Election Commission will meet today to talk about rules for absentee voters, election observers, and recount procedures. Today's discussion will not be the final discussion though. The Wisconsin Supreme Court last week said it will hear arguments about reinstating ballot drop boxes for the November election. That case goes to the court in May, and the Elections Commission would have to finalize the rules after that.
A new documentary focuses on a northern Wisconsin tribe. “Bad River” opened in theaters nationwide last week. The film provides a look at the ongoing legal dispute between the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and Enbridge, the Canadian firm which operates a pipeline that crosses the tribe’s reservation on the shores of Lake Superior. The tribe wants the aging Line 5 shut down and removed from its lands, citing the damage that could occur in the event of a leak. Enbridge is appealing a federal judge’s order for that to happen within the next three years.
Avoiding trouble with your parents isn’t worth risking the lives of yourself or others over. That’s the word from the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office after a Friday evening incident. A Facebook post from the department says a deputy pulled over a vehicle for driving 104 miles per hour in a 40 mile per hour residential zone through Marytown. The driver of the speeding vehicle told the deputy he was in a hurry because he was late for curfew. The sheriff’s office reminded young drivers that a reason like that is no excuse for excessive speed behind the wheel.
The FBI has returned a pair of ruby slippers stolen from a Minnesota museum to their original owner. The agency confirmed Monday that it returned the slippers that were worn in "The Wizard of Oz" to owner Michael Shaw during a ceremony on February 1st at the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids. The FBI called the event a "restoration of justice," though the ceremony was kept secret due to the ongoing investigation into the theft of the shoes. The slippers were stolen from the museum in 2005 and recovered by the FBI in 2018. An elderly man has pleaded guilty to stealing the shoes, while a second man appeared in federal court last week on charges connected to the theft.
Minnesota Republicans are proposing a new state law that would overturn a new rideshare ordinance in Minneapolis. The bill introduced at the State Capitol yesterday is designed to stop cities from creating their own rules regulating network transportation companies like Uber and Lyft. The rideshare ordinance adopted last week in Minneapolis sets minimum rates for rideshare drivers and has prompted both companies to say they will exit the city on May 1st. State Republican lawmakers say the new ordinance will ultimately hurt rideshare drivers and the passengers who depend on them.
A custodian from Wabasha-Kellogg High School is in the running for a national award offered by Cintas. Bob Galewski has been working as a custodian at the school for the past 22 years. His entry on the Custodian of the Year website says he tries hard to make a connection with each student and staff member and calls him a friend and a motivator. Cintas will take online votes for the award through April 12th, with the top three finalists winning a trip to Las Vegas. The overall winner will also get a ten-thousand-dollar prize.
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