Two people were injured in a snowmobile accident in Gilman Township on Friday. According to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, 35yr old Chelsa Gilles of Spring Valley was operating a snowmobile in a field and lost control. She was med-flighted to Regions Hospital in St. Paul while a 4yr old passenger was taken via ambulance to Regions Hospital.
The Pepin County Sheriff's Department has received a Traffic Safety Grant to enhance efforts to keep roads safe. The grant will allow law enforcement to target speeding violations, impaired driving, distracted driving, and other dangerous driving behaviors. The Sheriff's Department will be working with Durand and Pepin Police, the Buffalo County Sheriff's Department, and the Wisconsin State Patrol on the enhanced enforcement now through September.
The City of Durand has hired Public Administration Associates to find a new city administrator as the current administrator Scott Rasmussen is retiring in June. Durand Mayor Patrick Millren says the city has used the company in the past. The cost is $12,400 and it's hoped to have a new administrator in place by July 1.
Governor Evers was in western Wisconsin to provide some flooding help. The governor signed a new law in Trempealeau that will provide grants to communities with flood vulnerabilities. The idea, the governor's office says, is to spend money before flooding season in order to protect local communities from high water. Wisconsin Emergency Management administrator Greg Engle says spending money beforehand can break the cycle of loss and repair that some communities can't seem to get out of.
An Eau Claire man has announced a run for the 93rd Assembly Seat currently occupied by Warren Petryk. Christan Phelps announced his candidacy yesterday. With the new political maps, the 93rd will now cover parts of Eau Claire, Dunn, and Trempealeau Counties. Meanwhile, Joe Plouff of Menomonie announced his candidacy yesterday for the new 92nd Assembly District that will cover parts of Dunn and Chippewa Counties.
More healthcare jobs in Wisconsin are going away. Marshfield Clinic Health System yesterday said the people who were furloughed back in January will not be brought back. Marshfield furloughed three percent of its workforce to start the year. A Marshfield spokesman says many of those who were furloughed found other jobs or took other jobs within the Clinic's system. Those who did not will see their last day in May.
One of the young men stabbed on the Apple River back in 2022 took the stand at the accused stabber's trial yesterday. A.J. Martin walked the jury through the fight that saw one teenager killed, and four other people stabbed. Martin says he tried to break-up the fight between the suspect, Nicolae Miu, and a group of young people who were tubing on the river that day. Martin says he realized he was stabbed when his guts fell into his arms. He showed the jury his scars. Mui is facing homicide charges, but his lawyers say he was simply defending himself. Prosecutors say he started stabbing and swinging a knife when the group of young people questioned what he was doing.
Wisconsin's attorney general wants to spend the state's opioid settlement money on treatment and prevention. A-G Josh Kaul yesterday teamed up with the state's Department of Health Services to push lawmakers to the 36 million-dollars that Wisconsin will get as part of the national opioid settlement on rehab programs and outreach to possibly prevent more people from using opioids. Kaul says the money cannot bring back the people who've died from opioids, but he said hopefully, the money can be used to prevent future addictions and future overdoses.
Consumers might be worried about consuming dairy products after reports of avian flu spreading to dairy cattle. Wisconsin Ag Secretary Randy Romanski says dairy products are safe as pasteurization would kill the virus related to the avian flu. USDA is also saying there is no shortage of milk or other dairy products due to the outbreak. Currently, there are no dairy herds in Wisconsin that have contracted the avian flu.
A nonprofit group is attempting to form a union to represent nurses at the Mayo Clinic. The Med City Nursing Alliance is planning a meeting tomorrow in Rochester to discuss goals for the new organization. State Representative Andy Smith tells the Post Bulletin that he's been invited to speak at the meeting and that he wants to be there as a resource to support the effort. If successful, the union could collectively bargain for over nine-thousand nurses who work at Mayo Clinic Rochester.
The number of Wisconsin voters casting absentee ballots is declining. According to data released Tuesday by the Wisconsin Elections Commission, absentee voting continues to decrease from the high seen four years ago. The latest update showed 358,180 absentee ballot requests for Tuesday’s spring election. That’s down from the 908,444 absentee ballots clerks sent out for the 2020 presidential primary as requests spiked at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Two lottery tickets sold in Wisconsin are now worth 150-thousand dollars total after Monday night's drawing. One of the Powerball tickets, worth 50-thousand dollars, was sold at a Casey's in Racine. The other, worth 100-thousand dollars since the two-time multiplier was also drawn, was sold at a Fort B-P location in Portage. Both matched four out of five numbers along with the Powerball. This is the third winning ticket sold in Portage in the past two of months.
U.S. Customs Border Protection agents have seized a shipment of counterfeit jewelry at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. CBP says 400 pieces of bogus bling, including bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces, were intercepted in a shipment at the airport's Express Consignment Facility yesterday. They were branded with luxury logos like Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Hermes, Cartier and Chanel, but none of the pieces were real. The shipment originated in Hong Kong and was on its way to someone in Hutchinson.
The UW-System Board of Regents is set to act on tuition increases today. Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman has announced a proposal to increase tuition for resident undergraduates by 3.75%. Segregated fees would increase on average $74 per year, and seven universities are proposing an increase on top of 3.75% to fund specific needs like academic advising, financial aid, and faculty hiring. The proposal, which is scheduled to be considered by the full Board of Regents, would increase tuition for the second straight year after 10 years of a tuition freeze.
Minnesota's oldest resort is being renovated ahead of the busy summer vacation season. The owners of Ruttger's Bay Lake Resort in Deerwood announced improvement plans for the facility yesterday. The company plans to replace several cabins, remodel the location's outdoor pools, and build a new bar. The first phase of the renovation should be completed in June.
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