The City of Durand will not be eligible for a CBDG grant for the Madison Street Project. During last night's council meeting, the city engineer told the council that because there are not enough residents that have a Madison Street address, the project isn't considered a neighborhood project and therefore not eligible for a CBDG grant. Durand Mayor Patrick Milliren says while there are some other options the city might have, the city may have to scale down the project. The City is looking at some DNR Water Quality Grants and possible low-interest loan programs.
The City of Mondovi is exploring the possibility of working with UW Stout to improve the water quality of Mirror Lake. During this week's council meeting, Mayor Weiss told the council about a resident who had looked at Eau Claire's improvements to Half Moon Lake and how that could be done in Mondovi. Weiss says there is some potential to improve the water quality of Mirror Lake. The council has directed the city administrator to look into the costs and requirements of working with UW-Stout on a water quality improvement project for the lake.
The last of the three people accused of sexually assaulting a cognitively impaired teenager in Trempealeau County is heading to prison. A judge yesterday sentenced Terry Loewenhagen to four years behind bars. He's accused of assaulting the teenager. Investigators say another woman helped in the assaults, and a second man helped organize them. The other two suspects are already serving their sentences. Loewenhagen will spend two years on probation when he's released.
The pedestrian underpass on Menomonie Street in Eau Claire is going to have to wait. City engineering director Leah Ness yesterday said the city is waiting for the materials to build the underpass, so they are holding-off on construction for now. The city wanted to start work on the underpass as soon as the roundabout on Menomonie Street was finished. That project is now finished, but the underpass project will have to wait. The hope is to start work in the spring.
It will be a life sentence for one of the suspects in La Crosse County's triple murder from back in 2021. A jury on Tuesday convicted 36-year-old Nya Thao for the murders at the quarry in the Town of Hamilton in July of 2021. Prosecutors say Thao and another man killed the three over a 600 dollar debt. Investigators say there were some gang disputes as well. Thao is facing a mandatory life sentence in the case. His sentencing date has not yet been set.
The old Mary Ann's Root Beer Stand in Chippewa Falls is gone. Crews took down the building yesterday. The stand closed in 1994, but new owners bought it two years ago. Those owners say there was no way to salvage the old building, so they had to tear it down. The owners say they have some plans for the land, but they are not saying what those plans are.
Nearly one-in-four voters in Wisconsin cast a ballot in Tuesday's election. The state's Elections Commission yesterday said voter turnout was 26-percent. Voter numbers were higher in some communities, and lower in others. Election managers say the 26-percent number is the highest for a primary election in 60 years. Democratic leaders in the state say new legislative candidates and two constitutional amendments drove that turnout.
Some tweaks are coming to Wisconsin's elk hunting rules. The Department of Natural Resources Board yesterday approved the updated Elk Manager Plan for the state. It changes Wisconsin's elk hunting season into one continuous season between October 15th and December 15th, and splits the state into 15 different hunting units. The plan also states the goal to grow Wisconsin's elk population and minimize elk-human interactions.
A federal judge is dismissing a challenge to laws regulating Minnesota's deer farms. State lawmakers approved several measures last year that tightened industry regulation to prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease. The Minnesota Deer Farmers Association filed suit and asked for an injunction to keep the laws from going into effect. A U.S. District Court judge dismissed the request yesterday, saying the state was not deliberately working to damage the deer farming industry. Lawyers for the deer farmers say they will appeal the judge's decision.
Governor Tony Evers is pleased with Tuesday's rejection of two Republican-authored constitutional amendments. The Democratic governor says voter approval would have made it difficult to distribute federal funding when it's needed most. Evers says the result means a Republican governor would have the same powers as he did to disperse COVID-19 relief dollars.
More than seven-thousand Wisconsin businesses are getting refunds for a business certificate scam. State Attorney General Josh Kaul [ CALL ] says two Florida-based companies sent out tens of thousands of mailers that appeared to be from a government office, asking businesses to buy a certificate of status for 72-dollars. Businesses are not required to have certificates of status but could order one from a state agency for only ten dollars. The Florida companies and their owners are ordered to pay three-point-five million dollars, including 600-thousand in refunds to the scammed Wisconsin businesses.
The University of Wisconsin is partnering with the Department of Natural Resources to track greensnake populations. UW-Madison student volunteers will work at select sites to complete population surveys. Greensnakes are considered a common species in Wisconsin, but are declining in numbers with a need for conservation regionally. The species is non-venomous.
The University of Minnesota is using wastewater sampling to track the spread of COVID in the state. According to the CDC, Minnesota is one of 27 states seeing "very high levels" of coronavirus right now. The vice dean of the U of M Medical School says there's "no question" that a lot of COVID is spreading right now in the community and statewide.
UnitedHealth Group is sending letters to patients this week informing them that their personal information may have been accessed during a cyberattack early this year. The information ranged from patient health conditions to Social Security numbers. The Minnetonka-based health system has not said how many letters are being sent. UnitedHealth Group officials say they have fixed and restored systems at Change Healthcare while improving security. The company is offering free credit monitoring and identity theft protection for two years.
Police in Sturgeon Bay are looking for the owner of a bag of cash. Officers say someone turned-in the bank bag recently, and they are now looking for whoever lost it. The PD says they tried to take the money back to the bank, but without a name or account number the bank couldn't do anything. Sturgeon Bay Police are not saying which bank, or just how much money is inside. The idea is that the owner will know those things, and be able to ID their cash.
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