The City of Durand has announced the four finalists for the city administrator position. The four finalists are current Durand Public Works Superintendent Matt Gilles, the current City Administrator of Lancaster David Carlson, the Town Administrator for La Pointe, WI Michael Kuchta, and Jason Rohloff who was the past budget manager for the City of Rochester. The city hopes to have a new administrator in place by July 1st when current administrator Scott Rassmuesson retires.
The Pepin County Town and Country Dairy Breakfast is tomorrow. The breakfast is being held at the Koller Farm on Hwy 85 between Durand and Rock Falls starting at 6:30. The breakfast is free but donations will be accepted. Because of the breakfast, motorists traveling along Hwy 85 tomorrow morning should be ready for possible traffic delays.
Durand Fun Fest begins at Memorial Park in Durand today. Events run through the weekend. Currently, Fun Fest is organized by 7 people and Mike Norby, chair of Fun Fest says the event is in need of more volunteers. Norby says even helping out for a few hours would be very helpful. To volunteer, just contact Fun Fest on their Facebook page.
As the new library opens in Mondovi, what will become of the old library space that is in the same building as city hall? The Mondovi Historical Society is asking the library board and city if they can use that space. The request was announced during the last city council meeting. Other uses for the space include moving the police department from its current location to the old library.
An Eau Claire mom is waiting to see if she will go to prison for chronic neglect of her three children. Shanta Hill pleaded no contest yesterday to the chronic neglect of her kids, ages six, five, and four-years-old. Investigators say the case is one of the worst cases of neglect they've ever seen. One teacher said when the six-year-old enrolled in school, they were like a wild animal that had just been let out of a cage. Neighbors say none of the kids could eat solid food, and the six-year-old was unable to walk. Hill is due back in court in two weeks.
Lake Hallie may hire a village administrator. Currently, Lake Hallie has a clerk/treasurer, but Village Board President Gary Spilde says that job will be open by the end of the year and they may change things. Spilde says moving to a village administrator would allow one person to oversee the day-to-day operations in Lake Hallie, as opposed to having to bring in other people. Spilde says no one has made any final decisions.
The student hunter safety program in Mosinee Schools is under review after a teacher brought a non-functioning rifle to school earlier this year. The teacher is still working in the district and was allowed to bring what essentially was a prop gun to school in January. But someone who worked at the school, who didn't know the rifle was non-functioning, alerted school leaders, and the school then warned parents that someone brought a gun to school. Now, the district says it's investigating the matter, and reviewing whether the hunter safety program will continue.
The police chief in Wautoma is crediting quick-thinking neighbors for stopping a man from taking a boy into the woods this week. Chief Paul Mott yesterday thanked the entire community for stopping what could have been a tragedy at a local park. The chief says a man tried to lure a group of kids into the woods Wednesday afternoon. The chief says the man told the kids he was God, told them his wife was Jesus, and told them he'd just escaped from prison. A mom at the park spotted what was happening, and stopped the man. Chief Mott says officers arrested the man a short time later. He's now waiting for formal charges in the case.
It looks like the plan to recall Wisconsin's assembly speaker has fallen short, again. The group Wisconsinites for Liberty Fund yesterday said the Racine Recall effort includes thousands of signatures from people who do not live in Assembly Speaker Robin Vos' district. The recall signatures also show that hundreds of people signed several times, and hundreds of other signatures were collected after the state's deadline. There are also claims that most of the signature collectors are from out of state, and some of them have criminal records. The Racine Recall group needs nearly seven thousand signatures to force a recall election. Organizers said last month that they had confidence they'd hit that mark.
Minnesota State College Southeast received one of the largest donations in the school's history. They received 217-thousand dollars in the form of stock from an anonymous donor. The money will be used for student scholarships, specifically for those pursuing a degree and residing at the Winona Campus. Last year the college launched the College Opportunity Program, offering tuition-free education to graduates of schools within the Winona district.
Wisconsin workers are getting higher wage increases this year compared to last. New data from the ADP Research Institute says workers who stayed with an employer for longer than 12 months had wages five-point-three percent higher than the same time last year. ADP says younger workers are getting higher pay growth than older age groups. Median annual pay is listed at 59-thousand dollars.
Madison will be sending its SWAT team and dozens of other police officers to Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention. In all, Madison says it will be sending 85 officers to Milwaukee for the convention. That includes officers on horseback, officers on bikes, and Madison's special events and crowd control team. Madison is one of several Wisconsin police departments that are helping out with extra officers for the RNC. Milwaukee's convention begins July 15th and runs through the 18th.
With the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee a little more than a month away, some security details are being contested. Rules approved by the Milwaukee Common Council require people protesting within the convention’s general security zone to march a specified route. But the route and other details regarding demonstration sites aren’t yet public. The Coalition to March on the RNC and the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin filed a lawsuit on Wednesday. They allege rules governing parade and protest activity unlawfully limit where protesters can exercise their 1st Amendment rights. Meanwhile, U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle says security plans for the convention are still being finalized.
The Wisconsin Governor is asking that the Dodge County Sheriff's Office keep their investigation into Waupun Correctional Institution open. Governor Tony Evers says he wants the investigation into four inmate deaths -- which resulted in nine people being charged, including the former warden -- open. Evers also wants the full results of the Department of Correction investigation to be released to the public. Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt said yesterday the cases are currently closed but could be reopened at a future date.
Wisconsin kids who are finishing up Hunter Safety training this year will have an extra chance to learn how to hunt deer at Sandhill Wildlife Area. Department of Natural Resources biologist Darren Ladwig says the program is there to help immerse youth in hunting culture. The program is open to kids aged 12 to 15, and signups are now open online at D N R dot W I dot Gov, just search for Sandhill. The course runs in August, and hunting days are in November.
Minnesota is going to start a new deer population count for the northeastern part of the state next month. The state's Department of Natural Resources says the study will take three years. The DNR says unlike past studies, which relied on airplanes, this study will use trail cameras on both public and private land. There are concerns that the reintroduction of wolves has led to a massive decline in deer in northern Wisconsin. Hunters have been complaining for years about a lack of deer each season.
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