The Plum City School District has a new administrator. Chris Kamarath began his duties at the beginning of the month. Kamarath has worked in the River Falls School District for the past 11yrs as an elementary principal at Westside Elementary in River Falls. He is also a volunteer firefighter with the River Falls Fire Department. He told community members he is excited to be in Plum City and is looking forward to having a positive impact on the school district and community.
Minnesota 2nd District Congresswoman Angie Craig is calling on President Biden to drop out of the presidential race. In a social media post, Craig said while she has worked with the president on the Infrastructure Law and the Chips and Science Act, she believes that the president cannot effectively campaign against former President Trump and win. She said she believes there is still an opportunity to select a new nominee.
For two weeks in June, 118 area high school students stepped into campus labs at University of Wisconsin-Stout and learned what it’s like to be a student at Wisconsin’s Polytechnic University. In hands-on learning experiences led by faculty, they discovered career paths in science, technology, engineering, and art and design during UW-Stout’s Summer STEAM Experience. The weeklong camps highlight the value of creativity and critical thinking in genetics; graphic design and printmaking; fashion; film making; metalwork; video game design and other disciplines.
People took nearly 900 boxes of Narcan out of Eau Claire's Narcan vending machine in the past year. The City-County Health Department says that's saved lives. The county installed the vending machine last year, and it has been busy since. The health department says in addition to the 892 boxes of Narcan, people took 517 fentanyl test kits from the vending machine. The health department's Sarah Dillivan-Pospisil says there have been fewer reported overdoses so far this year, but she also said many overdose cases go unreported.
UW-Eau Claire is once again on Money magazine's list of best colleges. The magazine last week gave the Eau Claire campus three-and-a-half out of five stars. That's actually a little lower than most UW campuses, which got four stars. UW-Madison led the way on the Money list with four-and-a-half stars. The list tracks everything from costs, to financial aid, to graduation rates, to post-graduate earnings.
The Juneau County cabin that went up in flames and killed six people didn't have a rental permit. Authorities say the cabin, which was regularly listed on Airbnb, was never licensed or inspected for rental. Six people died in the fire at the camp in Necedah last week. No one is saying just what caused the fire, and no one is saying whether a rental permit would have avoided the fire. The local health department says people have to have an inspection as part of their licensing, and those inspections include a look at fire safety.
Authorities in Two Rivers say they don't want people to stop searching for Elijah Vue. Police in the city say the searches from volunteers are one of the key pieces to their investigation into the little boy's disappearance. Elijah went missing back in February after spending a few days with his mother's boyfriend. Two Rivers police say they don't want people to forget about the case. But there haven't been any solid leads in a while, and investigators say the case is at a standstill.
Wisconsin's governor was the only Democratic governor who didn't meet with President Biden in Washington, D.C. Governor Tony Evers spent his Wednesday evening at a concert in Madison instead of traveling to the White House to meet with the president. The meeting was a chance for Democratic governors to see President Biden, and for the president to reassure them about his fitness. A spokeswoman for the governor says Governor Evers didn't go because he is focused on moving Wisconsin forward.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is ruling to reinstate the use of ballot drop boxes in the battleground state. This overturns a decision the court made less than two years ago that banned the use of most of the boxes. The court ruled 4 to 3 to reinstate. It said the decision doesn't force or require any municipal clerks to use the boxes. The court added the ruling acknowledges that clerks can lawfully use the drop boxes at their discretion.
Residents of Manawa have been allowed to return to their homes after a levee was breached on Friday. Mayor Mike Frazier says the Manawa [[ MAN-ah-wah ]] dam did not fail, but that a levee beside the dam was breached by floodwaters, sending the Little Wolf River rushing down the streets of Manawa. Police had evacuated residents living downstream after they noticed the erosion taking place. The National Weather Service in Green Bay says over five inches of rain fell in about four hours in the Manawa area on Friday.
The state Supreme Court says GOP lawmakers overstepped their authority when they blocked Governor Evers from making decisions about land conservation. The high court ruled 6-1 on Friday to prevent the Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee from blocking projects proposed as part of the land stewardship program. Evers had filed a lawsuit arguing that committees like the Joint Finance Committee violated the separation of powers established in Wisconsin's Constitution.
The Minnesota Department of Health says students who vape are showing signs of increasing nicotine dependency. Findings released this week show nearly 80 percent of the students surveyed showed one or more signs of dependence, including unbearable cravings and reaching for their vape without realizing it. About 50 percent of students vaped at least 20 of 30 days before the survey. While seven in ten students want to quit, the survey shows nearly two-thirds of students have tried to quit more than ten times and were unable to do so.
A group of major drug manufacturers is suing the state of Minnesota over a law that regulates medication prices for some patients. AbbVie, AstraZeneca and four other companies filed a lawsuit against the state in U.S. District Court earlier this week. The companies claim that part of a law regulating cannabis also requires them to take part in a federal program that sends discounted medicines to hospitals that serve low-income and uninsured patients. The companies accuse the state of overstepping its authority and taking property without due process. They also claim passing the provision as part of another law violates state and federal single-subject requirements.
Eau Claire is now home to the Midwest's largest self-pour taproom. The Phoenix Taproom has 72 different beers to choose from. People get to pour their own, and pay by the glass. The idea is to let people try as many local, Wisconsin beers as they'd like.
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