The Mosinee School Board has selected Greg Doverspike to become the next Superintendent of the district, according to a news release issued Monday. The Wausau Pilot and Review reported on Monday, that the Mosinee School Board held a special meeting on Feb 26 and approved a Superintendent Contract for Doverspike. He will replace David Munoz, who resigned at the end of the 2023 school year. Doverspike the current Superintendent for the Durand-Arkansaw School District officially begins his duties with Mosinee on July 1st.
A Chetek woman is facing homicide charges following a fatal crash in the town of Menomonie last month. According to Dunn County Authorities, a truck driven by Barbara Jean McLennan was traveling southbound on Hwy 25 at Northline Road on February 25, and pulled into the northbound lane to pass a vehicle and hit a vehicle driven by Tony Swanson of Boyceville. Swanson was killed in the accident. McLennan is charged with one count of homicide by negligent use of a vehicle. If convicted, she faces a maximum penalty of ten years in prison. She is due back in court in April.
Voters in Boyceville will be asked to allow the school district to spend $18 million for efficiency and maintenance upgrades for all three Boyceville Schools. Last year, CESA 10 performed an audit on the district properties to establish a set list of needed repairs and cost estimates. If voters approve the referendum in April, it wont not have an impact on tax rates in the Boyceville School District and work would start on the schools in the summer of 2025 and be completed in 2028.
Eau Claire is looking to get some feedback on everything from street repairs to parks as part of its new community engagement effort. City council president Emily Berge and city manager Stephanie Hirsch will host four discussions, two this month and two next month, to try and get a sense as to what people want. Neither Berge or Hirsch are saying just what they will do with the feedback once they got it, but say they'll have something for Eau Claire in a couple of months.
Voters in one northwestern Wisconsin community will see a family tax hike question on the ballot next month. St. Croix County is once again asking for nearly 900 thousand-dollars to hire eight new public safety positions. Not all of them will be deputies, the county is also looking to hire people in its Health & Human Services department, the D.A.'s office, and at the clerk's office. Voters rejected a similar question last year. St. Croix County leaders hope to have better luck this time around.
UW campuses are going to keep more tuition dollars from Minnesota students going forward. Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers yesterday signed a new law that tweaks the reciprocity agreement between Wisconsin and Minnesota. The deal allows Minnesota kids to pay Minnesota tuition prices, but go to a UW school. Any extra money from those Minnesota students used to go to the state. Now, that money will stay with the UW campus where those Minnesota students are. UW-River Falls' chancellor says that could be worth about four million-dollars to her campus alone.
The House of Representatives passed six spending packages yesterday that include $26 million in funding for projects here in Western Wisconsin. Some of the projects include $10 million to reconstruct Hwy T in Eau Claire County, $1.4 million for River Falls to renovate the River Falls Fire Department, and $100,000 for Chippewa County to improve emergency communications. In a press release, Congressman Derik Van Orden expressed frustration that the Dairy Business Innovation had its funding cut. The spending packages now move on to the Senate for approval.
Investigators are looking into a single-vehicle crash that killed a Winona man early Tuesday. The Winona County Sheriff's Office says the vehicle was heading north on County Road 25 when it crossed the center line and crashed into an embankment. The vehicle flipped, partially ejecting the driver. Seventy-five-year-old Donald Wilson died before he could be taken to the hospital. Investigators say he was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash.
Vice President Kamala Harris came to Madison to talk about union jobs. The vice president spoke to a crowd at Madison's to-be-built Metro Transit Satellite hub yesterday. She talked up the opportunities for union apprenticeships and said unions help make the middle class stronger. This was the sixth time the vice president, or someone from the Biden White House has come to Wisconsin since the beginning of the year.
A brush fire is burning along Highway 61 in Hastings. The flames erupted near the Tree House garden supply center and the Holiday convenience store, sending smoke billowing into the air. Traffic cameras show it at times blowing across the roadway. Information about what sparked the blaze hasn't been released.
A legal win for Wisconsin’s biggest business group. In a 2-1 decision, a three judge state appeals court panel on Wednesday sided with Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, in ruling that Department of Natural Resources policies regarding cleanup of PFAS chemicals cannot be enforced. That upheld a Waukesha County judge’s ruling from 2022. That judge said agency regulators must first list PFAS as hazardous substances through the state’s rulemaking process. Environmental groups said the ruling weakened the state’s “spills law” and hampered efforts to clean up the “forever chemicals.”
A couple who are UW-Stevens Point alumni have given a substantial donation to re-establish their alma mater’s natural history museum. Don and Judi Olson donated $450,000 which will be used to revive the museum, which had been housed in the now-demolished Albertson Hall but will move to the Science Building on campus. Over 450,000 of the museum’s artifacts which have been collected since before 1900 are currently in storage. The Olsons’ donation will be used to renovate older classrooms and create new exhibits There is no exact timeline when the museum will be done, but when it is, it will be renamed the Olson Museum of Natural History
The reward for leads on the investigation about missing Two Rivers boy Elijah Vue [ VOO ] is now 25-thousand dollars total. Manitowoc Crime Stoppers is now offering ten-thousand for information on where the boy could be. The FBI is also offering a reward at 15-thousand. Vue was last seen on February 20 at a home in Two Rivers. His mother and her boyfriend are both in custody and facing child neglect charges.
The Wisconsin governor has approved Universities of Wisconsin building improvement and capital projects totaling almost 700-million dollars. One of the projects approved by Governor Tony Evers is the 347-million dollar UW-Madison engineering building - a top priority for the University's project for years. Renovations at UW-Whitewater and two UW-Madison residence halls were also approved.
Wisconsin built passenger trains are finally in service - on another continent.As reported by Urban Milwaukee, two train sets built by the Spanish firm Talgo in Milwaukee more than a decade ago recently began carrying passengers in Lago’s, Nigeria. The African nation purchased the trains in 2022 for use on a new commuter rail line. With an urban population of more than 21 million, it’s estimated the trains will carry 750,00 daily passengers on the 23-mile route. The trains were originally constructed for use on an Amtrak service extension from Milwaukee to Madison. Former Governor Scott Walker killed the project upon taking office in 2010. The resulting settlement with Talgo ended up costing state taxpayers $59 million dollars.
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