A Buffalo County man has been charged after a body and dozens of animals were found in a mobile home in Fountain City last week. Arthur McMullin was charged on Friday with one count of hiding a corpse, two counts of mistreatment of animals/cause death, four counts of intentional failure to provide food for animals, and one count of resisting/obstructing an officer. Deputies responded to the mobile home on Wednesday and found the body of a woman along with dozens of dogs and cats in poor health and underweight. He is being held on a $10,000 cash bond and returns to court on Friday.
The Durand City Council is meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include an update on the creation of a fire district and the council will go into closed session to discuss a personel issue. Tonights meeting begins at 6:30 at Durand City Hall.
The new Amtrak train running between Saint Paul and Chicago through Wisconsin has had 100-thousand riders. Amtrak says the Borealis line reached the milestone in less than six months of operation. The trains stop in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Dells, and La Crosse, Winona and Red Wing daily. Every passenger on the celebratory ride Friday got an extra 500 Amtrak rewards points and a 100 Grand candy bar.
Minnesota Housing has awarded nearly 39-million dollars to small and mid-sized communities to create new rental units. The City of Wabasha is getting nearly three-million dollars to build a 50-unit property downtown.The money is awarded through the Workforce Housing Developments will fund the development of 832 units in areas with a population of 30-thousand people or less. More than 24 projects across Minnesota will receive money through the programs.
Saturday was drug take back day in Wisconsin. The Buffalo County Sheriff's Department says it colleted 87 pounds of expired pescription medications during the event in Fountain City. If you still have unused or expired medications you can drop them off at the couthouse in Alma. Drug take back day is held to help prevent pescription medications from getting into the water supply or being used by children.
The Northern Wisconsin State Fair is alerting businesses to a possible scam. A poster has been circulating on social media asking for vendors for a Christmas market to be held at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds in Chippewa Falls for two weekends in December. The Northern Wisconsin State Fair said in a social media post that this is not a valid event being held at the fairgrounds. The fair said all public events the Fairgrounds hosts are posted on the Northern Wisconsin State Fair Website at nwsfa.com.
It was a day of service yesterday to remember Lake Hallie's fallen Girl Scouts. Teachers and students at Halmstad Elementary School spent part of their day yesterday cleaning-up trash along the highway. They were there to remember Jayna Kelley, Autumn Helgesen, Haylee Hickle, and her mother Sara Jo Schneider who died while picking up trash along the highway back in 2018. A driver who was high at the time hit and killed them. Teacher Amy Woiniak says the idea is to be good for the world, and good for the community. Next Sunday will be the sixth anniversary of the girls' deaths.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission is warning about fake election texts. The Commission on Friday said people need to be very careful when they respond to any text about next month's election. Commissioners say they've gotten copies of texts that tell voters there is a problem with their voter registration, or that their voter information may be wrong. The Elections Commission says those texts are not necessarily scams, but they likely have incorrect information. The Commission says voters can always check their registration and/or voter information with their local clerk, or at the state's My Vote system.
As the tax season approaches, the IRS is encouraging you to sign up for an Identity Protection Personal Identification Number. Spokesperson Christopher Miller says, it's an extra layer of security that helps prevent people from filing a tax return using your name and Social Security number and then stealing your refund. Miller says people should sign up for a PIN by November 23rd so they can get it in time for tax season. More information is available online at irs.gov.
We're waiting for more specifics on a weekend crash near Wazee Lake. Firefighters from Black River Falls say they responded to a crash yesterday morning at the recreation area that left a vehicle on fire. One person was flown to the hospital with serious injuries. No one, however, is saying just what happened in the crash.
The state superintendent is proposing free meals for all Wisconsin students. Dr. Jill Underly says all students would get free and healthy breakfast and lunch if her proposal is approved. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction says a quarter of high school students in the state report a lack of food at home. Dr. Underly says children need their basic needs met in order to succeed. The universal meals idea is part of her 2025-2027 biennial budget proposal, which would also create a program that encourages school districts to buy food locally.
THC-contaminated pizzas at a restaurant in Stoughton were reportedly made by accident. Yeti's Pizza says an employee ran out of oil while making pizzas, and grabbed another container from a shared industrial kitchen in the same building. The pizza shop says the oil was in a clear container and looked like other cooking oils, but the employee didn't notice a note on the cap saying Delta-Nine cannabis was an ingredient. Public Health Madison and Dane County say Delta-Nine THC compliant with federal law isn't illegal in the state, but the Yeti's employee should not have used supplies from another operator in the industrial kitchen. The department says it's gotten dozens of reports related to the contamination, but is still collecting more information.
Twelve nature conservation projects across Wisconsin are getting more than seven-million dollars in funding. The Department of Natural Resources says grants are coming from the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program. Beloit will get more than three-quarters-of-a-million dollars to complete Riverwalk construction downtown, and Milwaukee gets more than 400-thousand for a paved walking loop at Metcalfe Playfield. Other projects include recreational boating facilities and park land development.
Artificial Intelligence research at UW - Madison is getting a multi-million dollar boost. The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation is giving $160 million in total to the university, with $15 million of that going to AI research. Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin says the award will help UW - Madison lead the way in shaping AI's role in our future. The grant will also help speed up the hiring of 120 to 150 new faculty over three-to-five years, help fund cutting edge tech, bolster research staff, and provide start-up costs. WARF has been awarding grant money to the university since 1925, and this year's total is larger than last year's grant of roughly $134 million.
The ACLU of Wisconsin says it wants to know why some inmates in the state's prisons aren't getting their mail. The ACLU yesterday said it's filed an open records request to the Department of Corrections about missing legal mail. The ACLU says inmates need their legal filings on time if they're going to be able to participate in their own defense. The DOC has not yet said anything about the case.
A man from Western Wisconsin is the winner of Friday's Elon Musk Million Dollar Lottery. American PAC says Brian Bauer of Eau Claire won after signing a petition to support the first and second Amendments of the Constitution. There are questions about the legality of the lottery. It is against federal law to pay someone to register to vote -- and the Elon Musk lottery specifies only registered voters can win. The Justice Department is investigating and sent a warning letter to American PAC.
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