The City of Durand is looking at different economic development opportunities. Durand Mayor Patrick Milliren says the economic development committee discussed tourism and other opportunities. The open forum for economic development meeting will be held sometime in March.
Western Wisconsin will be affected by some of the coldest air of the winter tonight and tomorrow morning. The National Weather Service says a strong arctic high pressure will continue to move over the area, bringing very cold temperatures and wind chills over the next few days. An Extreme Cold Warning is in effect for tonight and tomorrow morning, with temperatures in the 20 below zero range and wind chills of 35-40 below.
One person was injured in a single-vehicle accident in Martell Township on Friday. According to the Pierce County Sheriffs Department, 42yr old Andrew Thompson of St. Paul was traveling northbound on Hwy 63 when he lost control of the vehicle, entered the ditch, and struck a tree. He was med flighted to Regions Hospital in St. Paul.
The Wabasha County Board is meeting tomorrow. Items on the agenda include approval of contracts with Honeywell and approval of the classification and compensation studies, along with reports from department heads and committee chairs. Tomorrows meeting begins at 9am at the old courthouse annex in Wabasha.
The Olmstead County Sheriff's Department is warning the public of another phone scam. The department has received reports of a caller impersonating sheriff’s deputies claiming the victim has an arrest warrant and needs to make a payment otherwise they will be arrested. This is nothing more than a scam as law enforcement would never ask for money over the phone. If you receive one of these calls you are to just hang up.
The Assembly Education Committee passed the bill last week. It would reset state report card standards to levels set in 2019-20, align grades 3-8 with national standards, and restore high school testing standards to levels set in the 2021-22 school year. Critics argue the DPI changes mask poor performance. State Superintendent Jill Underly has said standards weren’t lowered and that the changes were made through a transparent process with input from educators. Underly faces Sauk Prairie School District Superintendent Jeff Wright and education consultant Brittany Kinser in Tuesday's statewide primary.
Governor
Tony Evers will propose an ambitious overhaul of Wisconsin’s
corrections system as part of his state budget. During a budget
briefing at the Capitol on Friday, the Democratic governor said the
cornerstone of his approximately $500 million plan is repurposing the
Lincoln Hills/Copper Lake youth prison as a medium security adult
facility, and building a new youth facility in Dane County. Evers
also wants to remodel the century-old Waupun prison into a
"vocational village," with a focus on training, remodel the
medium security Stanley prison to maximum security, and expand and
remodel the maximum-security prison in Hobart in minimum security.
Evers said the "domino series" of facility changes,
improvements, and modernization efforts will finally allow for the closure
of the more than 150-year-old Green Bay Correctional Institution.
Evers will also propose policy changes to reduce the state’s
corrections population, currently at about 23,000 incarcerated
individuals. Early reaction is mixed - Republican state Senator Van
Wanggaard of Racine issued a statement saying he’s willing to have
an honest dialogue with the governor, but that the Legislature
At the Capitol, a proposal is being reintroduced to combat human trafficking on the demand side. Modeled after current law in Florida and Washington, the Human Trafficking Prevention Act would impose a mandatory $5,000 surcharge on convictions for patronizing or soliciting prostitutes or keeping a place of prostitution. Republican state Senator Andre Jacques of DePere says he and advocates for those being trafficked see this bill as attacking the demand side. He's reintroducing it with Republican state Representative Scott Allen of Waukesha. Similar legislation has previously passed bipartisan committee votes in the state Senate and Assembly and passed unanimously in the state Senate during the 2019-’20 session, and Governor Tony Evers has previously indicated support. Jacque says money generated by charge would be evenly divided between the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and building capacity to help survivors of human trafficking,
The Wisconsin Attorney General's Office is urging the state Supreme Court to deny an appeal review from Steven Avery. AG officials filed a legal brief yesterday making the recommendation as attorneys for Avery request a new trial. The Attorney General argues that there is no issue within the law related to the case that the Supreme Court needs to address. Avery is serving a life sentence in connection with the 2005 murder of freelance photographer Teresa Halbach. The case received national attention through the Netflix series "Making a Murderer."
Minnesota has joined 13 states in challenging President Trump's authority to form the Department of Government Efficiency. The federal lawsuit announced yesterday claims the President violated the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution by creating the agency without congressional approval. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison called the formation of DOGE an "illegal power grab" and criticized the appointment of Elon Musk without proper vetting or Senate hearings. The lawsuit seeks an injunction to stop Musk from issuing orders to any other federal agency.
More charges against the man accused of killing three people in New Lisbon. 47-year-old Virgil Thew made his initial appearance in Juneau County Court Thursday. Thew, already charged with three counts of first-degree intentional homicide, now faces charges of hiding a corpse, possession of a firearm as a convicted felon, taking and driving a vehicle without consent and a misdemeanor charge of obstructing an officer. He's accused of killing 33-year-old Elizabeth Kolba, and two girls, ages 12 and 13 at their New Lisbon home late last year.
The item Greenwood Elementary School staff thought could be bomb actually turned out to be a toy. The school was placed on lockdown and evacuated yesterday. The Marathon County Bomb Squad says it searched the school, but didn't find any suspicious items. The school reopened this morning after one final sweep by K9s.
Human rights activists are protesting after federal immigration agents were detaining people in Rochester a day after two workers at a local eatery were apprehended. Nupa restaurant officials say ICE agents arrested the workers in the parking lot outside one of the business' two locations. Nupa has closed its north location on Civic Center Drive until further notice. The group Communities Organizing Latine Power and Action demonstrated the ICE action yesterday at Peace Plaza in downtown Rochester.
Officials with the NFL say tickets for the 2025 Draft Experience in Green Bay are going to be available soon. The league says fans can start claiming the free passes on a first come, first served basis starting on March fourth. Folks can download the NFL OnePass app to get them or visit the NFL website to scan a QR code. The Draft Experience will run April 24 through the 26th.
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