Blacks Valley Ag Supply in Durand has received a $4.9 million grant from USDA's Fertilizer Production Expansion Program. The program provides grants to independent business owners to help them modernize equipment, adopt new technologies, build production plants, and more. Blacks Valley Ag Supply will use the grant to help offset the costs associated with the construction of a new dry fertilizer production and storage facility just north of Durand off of Hwy 25. When the new facility is operational Black's Valley expects to help increase fertilizer production by 33 percent per year.
There's a chance for some severe storms across western Wisconsin this afternoon. The National Weather Service says the better chance for severe weather is actually across the river in Minnesota, but parts of western Wisconsin will see some rain and storms. In Eau Claire, forecasters say the storms should arrive late this afternoon and into the evening.
The City of Mondovi wil contribute $400,000 toward a $3.5 million project with Ntec to install fiber optic for the entire city. During the last city council meeting, members were told that the grant Ntce had applied for was not approved but they would still be moving forward with the project. Buffalo County has also committed $100,000 toward the project and Ntec will pay the remaining $ 3 million. No timetable of when construction would start was announced at the meeting.
Habitat for Humanity is looking for people to live in the homes it's building in Menomonie. The group yesterday said it is accepting applications for the first half of the home it's building on Brickyard Road. The first half of the twin home should be ready by the end of the month, while the other half should be ready by the end of July. Habitat's John Dawson says it's not as easy as you'd think to find people who want to move into a Habitat home. He says people need to be able to get a mortgage, and that's tough for a lot of people in the Chippewa Valley.
The plan to renovate the Regency took a big step forward last night. Eau Claire's plan commission unanimously approved the proposal from a pair of Minnesota developers to overhaul the troubled motel. The city council still needs to sign-off on the project, but if council members agree, the Regency could be closed by July, and work could begin after that. The Regency's new owners say they plan to remodel the entire motel and reopen as a place where visitors will actually want to stay.
People in Wisconsin can now add their emergency contact information to their driver's license. The DMV yesterday announced a new option that will allow police officers to access an emergency contact when they run a driver's license through their computer system. The new option is part of the new law that Governor Evers signed last year. Only law enforcement will be able to see the contact information. You can sign up online, and the DMV says you don't need to go to a DMV office.
One person is dead after a car vs semi accident in Polk County on May 22nd. According to the Polk County Sheriff's Department, 34yr old Alexis Steinberger of Clear Lake was traveling westbound on 60th Avenue and didn't stop at a stop sign at Hwy 63 and was struck by a northbound semi-huling diesel fuel. Steinberger was med-flighted to the hospital but died from her injuries. Two passengers were also transported to the hospital. The driver of the semi was not hurt.
A former counselor and coach at Assumption High School in Wisconsin Rapids has been released on a signature bond as he faces charges of producing child pornography. Seth Milkey is facing ten counts for capturing intimate photos of students through a hidden camera in the bathroom of his home. Investigators say the students were at his house for coaching or mentorship sessions- and had no idea that they were being recorded while using the bathroom. The 34-year-old was released on Monday after signing the 25 thousand dollar bond. Conditions include no contact with eight named victims and no unsupervised contact with minors, outside of his own children.
There won't be a showdown on the UW Board of Regents. Bob Atwell, former Governor Scott Walker's last appointee, yesterday resigned from the board. His term ended last month, and initially, he said he wasn't going to step down. That set up a showdown between Governor Evers and the state law that says appointees can stay in their jobs until their replacement is approved by the Wisconsin Senate. Atwell is not saying why he changed his mind, but did say that the new regent who Governor Evers appointed on Friday should serve the university well.
A shooting incident in Burnett County, Wisconsin, resulted in injuries to a male and female at a residence north of Grantsburg. Law enforcement responded to a call from a child reporting the shootings, with both victims being shot. The child was safely removed from the scene, and the male subject was called out of the residence.
A Green Bay man will be staying in prison longer for attempting to hire a hitman. 29-year-old Oudy Weber was sentenced on Friday to 4 years in prison for trying to put a hit on his ex-girlfriend. He pleaded no contest earlier this year to charges of attempted homicide, stalking, and violating a restraining order. Weber was already in jail when he tried to pay a fellow jail resident 25-thousand dollars to kill his ex. He also offered up information about how to track the woman down. That person turned the information over to the police, including recordings of the conversation.
As the Feeding Our Future fraud trial enters week seven, a juror is dismissed from the case after a woman offered her 120 thousand dollars in cash to acquit the defendants. The jury member told the Spring Lake police about the incident that happened yesterday. Federal Judge Nancy Brasel ordered that the phones of the defendants be confiscated by an FBI agent. She will decide later today whether to detain the defendants or sequester the jury. The seven defendants are charged with wire fraud, money laundering, and other offenses.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz will be in France this week to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Walz will attend the D-Day Presidential Ceremony and several Minnesotans will be recognized. He says those who stormed the shores of Normandy that day "demonstrated a fierce commitment to our country and to the ideals of freedom, courage, and sacrifice."
It took both the police and the DNR to get a turkey out of a home in Apple Valley last week. Stefanie Nipp says the turkey broke through her kitchen window and spent about an hour walking around her house. Nipp says she called the police, who eventually called the DNR. Spring is turkey mating season, and the thought is that the turkey wasn't going to let a window stand in the way of what he thought was his chance to get lucky.
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