The Durand Police Department is reporting a phone scam. According to police, three businesses received calls yesterday from someone claiming an employee was arrested and the business needed to bail them out and another call claimed an employee was involved in a crash and needed money. The caller tried to claim they were a Durand Police Officer. If you receive this type of call do not give out any information and contact the Durand Police Department.
Students at Caddie-Woodlawn Elementary School will have a new principal next year. This week the Durand-Arkansaw School Board accepted the resignation of principal Ericka Johnson, who has been with the district for 13yrs. Johnson thanked the board and the community for all of the support over the years. Johnson will be working with a new company to help prevent school violence.
The problems with the new Mondovi Waste Water Treatment plant continue. Mondovi Mayor Brady Weiss says it's not the plant itself, but an attachment to the plant from a company called Clear As that is not working properly. The attachment in question uses algae to reduce the amount of phosphorus. It has been installed in two other communities in Wisconsin.
A Wisconsin woman is in the hospital after a motorcycle crash on Interstate 90 in Olmsted County on Wednesday. The Minnesota State Patrol says the driver of the motorcycle, 58yr old James Gierok of Whitehall lost control in the westbound lanes of the interstate near milepost 228 in Dover. 56-year-old Angela Gierok of Whitehall fell off the back of the motorcycle and was transported by helicopter to St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester with non-life threatening injuries.
There are new questions about Chippewa County's sheriff getting personally involved in a case. The lawyer for a foster parent sentenced to jail in Chippewa County this week wrote a letter to the judge, accusing Sheriff Travis Hakes of threatening to hand down extra punishments to his client. The case ended with a plea deal and an eight-month jail sentence, but the lawyer says the sheriff is threatening to take away the foster parent's work release. The letter says Sheriff Hakes is personal friends with some of the witnesses in the case. This is just the most recent time that someone in Chippewa County has questioned Hakes' integrity and job performance. The sheriff isn't commenting on the letter
We're getting some answers about a month-old killing in Trempealeau County. Prosecutors provided some details yesterday about the May 15th killing in Ettrick. Investigators say the suspect in the case, Todd Gieck, shot and killed the victim, Kyle Dahl, as he was driving home from his family farm. The prosecution's case doesn't say it outright, but it appears that Gieck didn't know Dahl, and investigators say Gieck shot Dahl for no reason. Dahl's body was found in a ditch off the highway, and the Trempealeau County Sheriff's Office refused to release any information about the case. Prosecutors say Gieck told investigators that he was "on edge" and bothered by how Dahl was driving just before the shooting.
New this year, the Pierce County Fair is offering online ticket sales. Tickets purchased prior to the fair through online sales have reduced pricing compared to tickets that are purchased at the gate. Advanced tickets purchased online will cost $5 for a single-day ticket, and season passes will be $13. Advanced Concert tickets will be $10 and Truck and Tractor Pull tickets $7. Besides online sales, select advanced tickets will be available at locations throughout Pierce County including Ellsworth, Hager City, Maiden Rock, and River Falls.
The University of Wisconsin has rested its case against former UW-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow, but no one is saying when the school will decide if he gets to keep his job as a professor. The university wrapped up a two-day disciplinary hearing yesterday. Gow was fired last year when his porn career came to light. Interim La Crosse Chancellor Betsy Morgan said since then, the university has been the butt of jokes, has seen pushback from humiliated alumni, and even had one student ask for a new diploma without Gow's name on it. Gow pressed Morgan for examples of how he harmed the school's reputation, saying he helped bring in more students during his time as chancellor. Gow is trying to keep his job as a communication professor.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is now accepting applications for the E-Cycle Wisconsin Electronics Collection Grant for projects hosting an electronics collection site or event between September 2024 and December 2025. In 2022 and 2023, the DNR awarded more than $135,000 to 29 projects in 18 counties, mostly in rural areas. These projects supported the development of a permanent collection site in Pepin County and 30 one-day collection events between August 2022 and May 2024. Applications are due by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, July 31, 2024.
Wisconsin’s employment numbers are the highest in its history. May's labor numbers show the state has over 3 million people working. Department of Workforce Development section chief Scott Hodek says the continued low unemployment rate is good for workers. Over 3 million people are now employed in the state, and the unemployment level is at 2 point 9 percent, about a point below the national average.
Wisconsin will have its first annual Invasive Species Awareness Day. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says the awareness day will be held on state park properties Saturday. There will be special events like guided hikes, educational programs, and fieldwork focused on removing or preventing invasive species across the state. The events are open to all ages. Closed-toed shoes, gloves, sunscreen, and plenty of water are recommended.
Wisconsin is reporting a record breaking number of home purchases so far this fiscal year. The Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority says it's closed 27-hundred single-family home sales so far this year, more than doubling last year's home loan closures. During the entire 2023 fiscal year, eleven hundred home purchases were completed. The previous record was broken in 2006. June is Wisconsin Homeownership Month.
Honoring Wisconsin’s first woman lawyer. The Wisconsin Supreme Court announced Wednesday that the State Law Library will be named in honor of Lavinia Goodell, the first woman lawyer in Wisconsin. Goodell was born in New York state and moved to Wisconsin in 1871. Three years later she was admitted to the practice of law by the Rock County Circuit Court. In 1875 she was denied the right to represent a client before the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Goodell drafted legislation to guarantee women the ability to practice law in Wisconsin. The bill was signed into law in 1877.
A man who injured dozens of people in a 2022 boating crash in Oshkosh is convicted. A Winnebago County jury found 53-year-old Jason Lindemann guilty on 14 of 15 counts, including two felony charges of recklessly endangering safety and 11 counts of failing to provide aid after a crash. Lindemann crashed his powerboat into the side of a paddlewheel boat on the Fox River in July of 2022, and fled the scene despite pleas from passengers on his boat to go help people. Lindemann had been drinking while at the helm. He'll be sentenced in August.
Deputies say two people are dead and another was seriously injured in a four-vehicle collision in Dodge County yesterday. The Dodge County Sheriff's Office says a 17-year-old driver allegedly crossed the centerline on State Highway 33 in Herman at about 1 p.m., which led to a chain-reaction crash. Deputies say an 84-year-old man and a 79-year-old woman died. A Shorewood man was transported to a local hospital but his condition is not available. Deputies say the collision is under investigation. No names or other information was released.
The Wisconsin State Fair cream puff turns 100 years old this year. For the first time, flavored versions of the traditional treat will be offered at the fair. Root Beer Float, Raspberry Cheesecake, and English Toffee-flavored cream puffs will be served during different days with a Chocolate Birthday Cake variety on sale August 10th only. Only 1,924 flavored puffs will be available to fairgoers each day. The flavored cream puff schedule is available at the Wisconsin State Fair website.
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