Western Wisconsin's Republican congressman doesn't want Kamala Harris to wait to maybe become president, he wants her to act now. Congressman Derrick Van Orden yesterday said Harris should invoke the 25th Amendment, and remove President Biden from office. Van Orden wrote Harris a letter yesterday, laying out the case that President Biden is no longer of 'sound mind and body.' Van Orden added that he believes the United States is in danger as long as President Biden remains in office. He said he 'takes no pleasure' in asking for the 25th Amendment, but said he feels it must be done.
The Mondovi City Council is meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include a discussion of creating an ordinance on trespassing, a discussion of establishing a goose hunt within city limits, and reports from the mayor and department heads. Tonight's meeting begins at 5:30 at the Marten Center in Mondovi.
A Red Wing nursing home taken over by the state late last year has closed its doors. The Minnesota Department of Health took over Bay View Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in December after multiple complaints. The state began a thorough examination of the facility's operation and ultimately decided there was no way to pay for the extensive repairs needed to make the building safe for residents. The impending closure was announced in May and officials spent the last few months helping the 50 residents find new places to live.
An Eau Claire woman is not going to prison after helping hide her boyfriend following a 2022 murder in the city. A judge yesterday gave Paige Reiter two years of probation instead. She pleaded no contest to charges that she helped her boyfriend, Kemone Golden, by sending him money while he was hiding from the police. Golden is one of four people charged in the 2022 shooting death of Christopher Connell in Eau Claire. Golden has yet to go to trial or accept a plea deal in the case.
A new bike trail that connects the Dunn County Judicial Center and Government Center along Highways 12 and 29 is now open in Menomonie. The half-mile extension of the trail follows Stokke Parkway to the north where it connects to the existing trail system. It completes a looping trial around Lake Menomin. Last November, the Menomonie City Council approved a cost-sharing agreement with the county to fund one-half of the estimated $250,000 project using American Rescue Plan Act funding. It was approved by the Dunn County board in 2022.
There won't be a trial for one of the suspects in last year's armed home invasion in Barron. Prosecutors say Ryan Charpentier pleaded guilty on Friday to being party to armed robbery in exchange for having four other charges dropped. Charpentier is one of two people charged with last December's home invasion where a 70-year-old man was tied up, threatened, and eventually robbed of 13 thousand dollars, jewelry, and some guns. He's due to be sentenced in October.
Eau Claire County's beaches are finally open. Several beaches opened this week, after a rainy start to the summer. One of those beaches is at Lake Altoona. Michele Skinner of the Lake Altoona District Board says they haven't seen any blue-green algae so far this summer. The hope is that the lake's Aquathrusters are working. You can always find information about the county's beaches online, and you can find out more about water quality at the county's health department website.
Two people are dead after a plane went down near the EAA AirVenture site near Oshkosh. The Winnebago County Sheriff's Office says the small plane went down into a farm field about two miles south of Oshkosh, just inside of the Town of Nekimi. Deputies say the plane burst into flames after hitting the ground. There's no word on where the plane is from, or what it was doing just before it went down.
Wisconsin is among the top ten states with the best school systems in the country. A new Wallet-Hub study looked at state education systems based on pupil-to-teacher ratios, dropout rates, and average standardized test scores. Wisconsin's system was ranked fifth best in the nation, fifth for highest math test scores, and is tied for fourth for median S-A-T scores. Massachusetts and Connecticut are ranked best, while Oklahoma and New Mexico are ranked last.
The days of dry Badger games are over. The University of Wisconsin yesterday announced that it will sell beer at Camp Randall Stadium this year. Wisconsin was one of the last hold-outs that didn't sell beer at its football games. Now, Northwestern and Nebraska are the only two Big Ten teams that don't. UW-Madison's chancellor says beer sales will be just a part of the fan experience at Camp Randall. The university has not yet said just how much beer will go for. The school is also silent on how many different wine and seltzer options it will offer this season as well.
A major Wisconsin employer announces temporary layoffs. Fond du Lac-based Mercury Marine will lay off 1700 workers to make production adjustments. The layoffs will happen a week at a time for a total of up to eight weeks now through the end of the year and will impact most hourly employees. The announcement comes after Mercury permanently laid off 300 workers last month. The workforce adjustments are due to less consumer demand for Mercury Marine's products.
A woman accused of retail theft was apprehended because she lost her wallet. It happened at Madison’s East Towne Mall last week when a 20-year-old woman allegedly pushed a shopping cart full of merchandise out of a store without paying. The woman dropped her wallet, which loss prevention employees picked up. When the woman returned for her wallet, she began to throw items off store displays as she demanded her wallet be returned to her. The woman was arrested for felony retail theft and disorderly conduct.
A new social media scam is using a bait-and-switch approach to fool users into clicking on harmful links. Marathon County Sheriff’s Detective Bradley Tatro says it starts with a post that seems well-intentioned, like a missing person or animal. Tatro says scammers are looking to install malware on a device or entice users to provide personal data. These suspicious posts will often have their comments turned off to encourage sharing. He also says to be suspicious of any post in a local group that comes from a new account or one with very few followers.
A Minnesota woman is accused of marketing a sham microcurrent therapy device nationwide that she said could treat any disease, but it burned or injured people who used it. Tammy Wadsworth of Stockton, MN has been charged by a federal grand jury with mail fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering. Prosecutors say the defendant conducted a long-running scheme that cheated franchisees out of one million dollars. Wadsworth is free on a personal recognizance bond and is expected back in court on July 31.
Get rid of standing water in your yard. That's the message from UW Extension entomologist PJ Liesch, who says it doesn't take much to give mosquitos a place to reproduce. Things like kids' toys, a low-lying spot in a tarp, or a clogged gutter that holds water could be a breeding site for mosquitoes. Even something as small as a soda bottle cap could be enough water for some species. If you've got a bird bath, be sure to change the water regularly and get a pump to keep it circulating.
It was a very special National Ice Cream Day for one Chippewa Falls ice cream shop. Olson's Ice Cream in Chippewa Falls turned 80-years-old on Sunday. The shop celebrated with a festival, including an ice cream eating contest. Co-owner Jeremy Hunt says they just wanted to thank the people in the Chippewa Valley for helping them stay open all these years. Olson's original location along North Bridge Street is still open to this day.
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