A longtime Durand Business owner has passed away. Bob Borgert, who with his wife Darlene have run the Durand Bakery since 1983 passed away unexpectedly on Monday. Bob and Darlene moved to Durand from Sun Prarie to take over the Durand Bakery. A celebration of life will be held on June 21st from 4-7pm at the Rhiel Funeral Home in Durand.
Homeowners and Landowners in Pepin County now have a chance to register for Property Fraud Alert with the Register of Deeds office. Clint Heitz of Fidlar Technologies says the program will alert property owners when the register of deeds files paperwork with their names. For more information on the program, call the Pepin County Register of Deeds Office.
The new basketball court at Tarrant Park is open and in use. Durand Mayor Patrick Milliren says the Durand Sportsman's Club is looking at having a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the court on June 25. The Durand Sportsmans Club paid to have the court installed at Tarrant Park.
The ground has been broken for UW-Eau Claire's new science building. University leaders yesterday turned-over the first shovel of dirt for the replacement for the Phillips Science Hall. The new building is on track to open in 2027. UW-Eau Claire is partnering with Mayo Clinic on the new science hall. Mayo donated 13 million-dollars for the project. The new building will be five stories tall and include a rooftop garden. It will be UW-Eau Claire's largest academic building.
Menomonie is getting a new treatment center. Crews broke ground yesterday on Arbor Place's new facility in Menomonie. The new center will be a place for people struggling with both substance abuse and mental health issues. The new center will be 15 thousand square feet and have 20 beds plus space for counseling and therapy, a child care space, and a playground. The hope is to open the new center next year.
Western Wisconsin's congressman is pushing back against the report that former President Trump called Milwaukee a 'horrible city.' Republican Congressman Derrick Van Orden yesterday said the former president was talking about the horrible crime in Milwaukee. A report from Capitol Hill said the president called Milwaukee, where Republicans will have their convention next month, a 'horrible city.' Van Orden says it's a waste of people's time to have to fight back against inaccurate reports about what the president is alleged to have said.
A 19-year-old is dead after police say he drowned in a lake in far northwestern Wisconsin. The teenager, identified as Hunter Oneal, died Wednesday after he slipped below the water on Shell Lake. Police say he and his friends were on the beach when Oneal went for a swim. At some point he started to struggle, he then went under the water and never came back up. Rescue crews pronounced him dead at the scene.
The reaction in Wisconsin to the latest ruling on the abortion pill is predictably split. Pro-Life groups in the state say they intend to keep fighting the Biden Administration over its plans to make the pill more available, while Democratic lawmakers say the ruling is a win for women. The United States Supreme Court yesterday said the group that had sued over the FDA's decision about the abortion pill didn't have the standing to bring a legal challenge. Wisconsin Right to Life says that's not the same thing as ruling that the FDA has the green light to move ahead with its plans.
For the first time in years, Minnesota is officially drought-free. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor map released yesterday shows that abnormally dry conditions in northern Minnesota are gone, making the state 100-percent drought-free. Over 99-percent of the state was in some form of drought in mid-March. The moisture deficit began dropping when the state received more than 12 inches of rain between March and May. Meanwhile, only small portions of Iron, Adams, Juneau, Sauk, and Richland Counties are still considered abnormally dry in Wisconsin.
A dairy operation in Sparta is looking at a six-figure fine after state investigators say the owner allowed his pollution permit to expire. The Wisconsin Department of Justice yesterday fined Mlsna Dairy Supply just under 210 thousand-dollars for allowing their Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit to expire in 2015. The dairy never replaced it. There's no word of any manure spills from the dairy, but state investigators say the dairy did make several pollution-containment improvements without state approval. The fine covers the two-thousand-501 days when the dairy didn't have the proper pollution paperwork
It's a return to Wisconsin for Donald Trump. The former president will be in Racine next week to rally his base. It is the former president's latest stop in Wisconsin, and another sign of how crucial Wisconsin is to both sides in this November's race for the White House. The latest Marquette Law School Poll shows Trump tied with President Biden in Wisconsin. The former president lost the state by just 22 thousand votes back in 2020.
A new requirement is aimed at checking the spread of avian influenza in dairy cattle. Acting on a recommendation from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wisconsin’s Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection is requiring Influenza A testing prior to the movement of lactating dairy cattle to fairs or exhibitions. This will be effective June 19th, and producers must receive a negative test for Influenza A at an approved laboratory with samples collected no more than 7 days prior to movement. USDA already requires Influenza A testing for interstate movement of dairy cattle, and this latest announcement will limit the risk of commingling infected animals. Avian influenza has been detected in dairy cattle in 12 states including neighboring Iowa, Minnesota and Michigan.
The state of Minnesota will get over 10-point-five million dollars over three years in a settlement with Johnson & Johnson. The deal resolves deceptive marketing allegations in selling the pharmaceutical company's talc powder products. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison says the company failed to disclose that asbestos was in the talc products and that it was harmful and may cause cancer. New Jersey-based Johnson & Johnson did not admit wrongdoing but agreed to pay 700 million dollars to settle an investigation by 42 states and Washington, D.C.
The Minnesota Department of Health is expressing concerns that a majority of state schools do not employ a school nurse. The health department released its Minnesota School Nurse Workforce study yesterday. The report focuses on 2022 and the impact the COVID-19 pandemic had on health. The agency surveyed 94-percent of the state's public and charter schools and found that only 49-percent of those districts employed a licensed school nurse. The report concludes that schools in smaller districts, charter schools and schools that serve lower-income families often don't have access to nursing or health care services.
According to the Happy City Index, Minneapolis ranks as the happiest city in the U.S. Minneapolis ranked 18th globally according to the Global Institute for Quality of Life. Boston, Baltimore, and Washington also ranked in the top 100 nationally. Factors such as education, social inclusion, transportation, and green spaces are considered when evaluated.
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