The Mondovi City Council failed to change the ATV-UTV ordinance last night. During the council meeting, a heated debate over whether those using ATV-UTVs on city streets should have insurance and a valid driver's license. Mondovi Mayor Brady Weiss believes insurance should be a requirement. While the vote was 3 in favor, 1 against, and one abstention, the ordinance needed 4 yes votes to pass.
The Durand City Council is meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include reports from the mayor, city administrator, and department heads. The council will also get an update on the 6th Ave West and Tarrant Park Pool Projects. Tonight's meeting begins at 6:30 at Durand City Hall.
Drinking, a lack of childcare options, and the area's closed hospitals are the top health priorities in the Chippewa Valley. Public health managers unveiled the results of their community survey yesterday Alcohol misuse, accessible child care, and access to health care topped the list. Dunn County Health Department director KT Gallagher said the survey looked at each of the five counties in the Chippewa Valley, but those three were the top priorities in each county. She said the public health focus going forward needs to zero in on those three areas. No one, however, is saying just what the plans are to address each issue.
It's 25 years in prison for a local man in a Dunn County child sexual assault case. A judge yesterday sentenced Derek Johnson to two-and-a-half decades in prison for the 2021 assault of a nine-year-old girl. Prosecutors say the abuse started years earlier. A jury convicted Johnson of first-degree sexual assault of a child back in January. Once Johnson is released, he will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
The search for a missing western Wisconsin woman has come to a happy end. The sheriff in Burnett County says they found 22-year-old Ashley Janisch yesterday in Forest Lake, Minnesota. She'd been missing since Sunday when she left her group home in Meenon Township. Ashley suffers from cognitive delays and is under a court order to stay at the group home. The sheriff's office says deputies got a tip that someone rented Ashley a hotel room in Forest Lake. Local deputies found her safe at the room.
Authorities in Winona County say an assault suspect is in custody after a search lasting several hours. Law enforcement began searching for 25-year-old Stig Ure yesterday evening after he allegedly assaulted an employee of a business with a sharp object. A shelter-in-place order was issued but caused confusion after one emergency platform said there was an alert for an active shooter. Stig was spotted hiding in some weeds near Highway 61 and was taken into custody around 9:30 last night.
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is asking for help locating a woman reported missing in Dakota County. Fifty-six-year-old Nicole Irene Anderson left her home in Randolph Township on Saturday and has not been seen since. Anderson is described as five-feet, six-inches tall, 135-pounds, with blonde hair and blue eyes. She left home on foot without her wallet, phone and medication and authorities are worried for her safety. Anyone with information is urged to contact the Dakota County Sheriff's Office.
Wisconsin lawmakers are ready to look at the future for the University of Wisconsin. The legislature's Study Committee on the Future of the University of Wisconsin System will meet for the first time tomorrow. The idea is to look at the trends that are impacting the university, as well as look at what the university's needs are moving forward. There's no specific goal to make cuts or close campuses, but that will surely be part of the committee's discussions. The study comes as the UW has closed several of its two-year campuses, and is losing students at some of its four-year campuses. There have also been layoffs and tuition increases over the past two years.
Crisis response readiness trainings will be held at schools across Wisconsin over the summer. The state Office of School Safety will hold the training about a standardized, action-based, and practical response to emergencies in schools. These emergencies include fires, natural disasters, and threats or acts of violence. Training will be one day only and have both lectures and hands-on scenario practice.
Transportation officials are happy with the results from the first month of a new Amtrak route from St. Paul to Chicago. Amtrak released ridership numbers for the Borealis route yesterday, saying over 18-thousand passengers boarded the train since its start in May. That's about 300 passengers per train for the two-way trip. The commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Transportation said she was pleased with the first month's results, adding the number of riders clearly shows the need for the service.
A federal judge has said RNC protesters cannot march into the convention's hard security zone. The judge yesterday ruled that the Coalition to March on the RNC has the right to march, but that right doesn't give them the right to march 'where they choose.' The Coalition wanted to march literally to the RNC next week. Milwaukee, instead, has a designated march route for the group, the Coalition members say that's not within sight or sound of the convention. The judge, however, did block Milwaukee from banning speakers or marchers because someone has a criminal past.
Backers of a failed effort to recall Assembly Speaker Robin Vos are appealing the decision to prevent that recall. The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission ruled last week that around 190 signatures that were turned in for the recall effort were gathered past the regular deadline for a petition. The Commission had given the group behind the recall an extra two days because of Memorial Day to file their petitions, but not to gather them. The group, headed up by supporters of Donald Trump, says the ruling is illogical and is asking a Dane County judge to make a ruling.
Wisconsin attorney general Josh Kaul wants lawmakers to put restrictions in place on "ghost guns". Those firearms can be built by hand and are a work around for background checks. Kaul says the weapons have been used in domestic homicides and school shootings, and until federal regulations and rulings catch up with the weapons Wisconsin lawmakers should pass legislation against them. Kaul's comments came after the US Supreme Court ruled last week that a ban on 'bump stocks' which can be used to speed up the firing rate of guns was unconstitutional.
The sheriff in Rock County is warning people about fake phone calls using real deputies' names. The sheriff's office yesterday said people are reporting calls from someone who is demanding money, or threatening to arrest them. The callers then use the real names of actual Rock County deputies to try and sound real. The real sheriff says they never call people, and they never ask for money over the phone. The sheriff's office says anyone who gets a call should simply hang-up.
The University of Minnesota's Raptor Center needs your help naming a pair of rescued owlets. A young, female great horned owl arrived at the center suffering from injuries that likely happened when she fell out of her nest, while the other unidentified owl also fell from his nest, resulting in internal trauma. Both are now on the mend, and a contest to name them is underway. Submissions will be accepted until July 12th, and the public will be able to vote from the 15th to the
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