The Mondovi City Council is meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include discussion of a bid from VFD to replace the waste water treatment plant digester blower, discussion of a Wisconsin Department of Transportation offer to purchase a limited easement at 113 East Hudson and 131 West Riverside Avenue and reports from the Mayor and department heads. Tonights meeting begins at 5:30 at the Marten Center in Mondovi.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources approved a permit allowing a Pierce County dairy farm to expand from 1,700 cows to 6,500. On Friday, the DNR granted the Ridge Breeze Dairy approval for its permit under the Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System. Opponents of the permit said Ridge Breeze Dairy didn’t have agreements to spread manure from all the landowners listed on the permit, but the DNR disagreed. With the permit approval, Ridge Breeze Dairy will now become the largest dairy farm operating in the seven county region of Barron, Buffalo, Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, Polk and St. Croix counties.
Wisconsin 3rd District Congressman Derrick Van Orden has introduced a bill that would return the monthly allowance for milk for families using the WIC program to previous levels. In April of 2024 a rule was finalized that reduced the amount of milk to families using WIC. In a statement, Van Orden said milk provides critical nutrients for a child’s development. If approved the maximum monthly allowances for milk will be returned to previous levels.
In
Madison, a Democratic lawmaker proposes legislation giving farmers
the “right to repair” their equipment. State Senator Brad Pfaff
says farmers are currently prohibited from making repairs or having
local shops do the work on tractors and combines they purchase. He’s
seeking bipartisan sponsors for the bill. Pfaff says it allows the
owner of that farm equipment to be able to repair that farm equipment
while also protecting the intellectual property of manufacturers.
Attorney General Josh Kaul recently added the state of Wisconsin to a
lawsuit against Deere & Company related to the right to repair.
One person is dead after a single-car crash in Altoona. Police say they responded to the crash scene Sunday night. Investigators say the driver likely lost control and left the roadway, entered a rail yard and hitting a stationary train car. The driver was found trapped in their vehicle and was declared dead at the scene. Police say alcohol and speed are contributing factors.
Logan Zdanowicz was officially charged with a felony, second degree sexual assault yesterday at the La Crosse County Court House. Zdanowicz went out drinking with a group of people and later returned to a dorm room on the U-W-L campus. A woman was passed out on a futon when she later woke up saw she had no clothes on. She told police officials that Zdanowicz was in the room and had non-consensual sex with her. Zadnowicz's signature bond is set at five-thousand-dollars. Zdanowicz will be back in court March 3rd for a preliminary hearing.
Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin hosted a round table to discuss the future of Medicaid in Wisconsin yesterday. Republicans in congress are making major cuts to Medicaid. Baldwin says that these cuts would have a big impact for seniors in the state of Wisconsin. Baldwin introduced an amendment to stop cuts for seniors earlier this month but got rejected by Republicans. Eighty million Americans have Medicaid with about one-point-two-million in Wisconsin.
Minnesota D-N-R officials are warning people who ice fish to start removing ice houses on some Minnesota lakes. With the warming temperatures and highs in the 50's, ice may be melting at a high rate. The deadline for the removal in southern Minnesota is one week from yesterday. If they are not removed, a fine may be imposed. Ice fishers in the northern part of Minnesota have a few more weeks to go until ice houses must be removed.
You might be seeing some advice or tricks online on how to beat your taxes, but don't believe everything you see. I R S spokesman Christopher Miller says there are no magic steps around not paying your taxes and that filling out strange tax forms or signing documents and sending them to random places is a good way to get yourself scammed or to have your tax refund stolen. You can find out about filing your taxes and then file for free online at I R S dot Gov.
The body of a western Wisconsin man is found in a burned Racine County home. After initially saying no one was injured from a massive fire Thursday night at a Union Grove home under construction, the sheriff’s office later announced that the body identified as 38-year-old Jeffrey Paradise from the Black River Falls area was found inside the charred structure. A statement from the sheriff’s office said Paradise owned a construction company and was staying at the house while it was being renovated. He was using space heaters in the home to keep warm. His death and the cause of the fire are still under investigation.
UW-La Crosse is launching new majors in two high-impact fields, bolstering the university’s longstanding reputation for excellence in science and workforce development. The UW System Board of Regents on Friday approved UWL to establish majors in engineering physics and data science. Both majors will be implemented in the coming months and will be open for student enrollment beginning in fall 2025.
Two people are dead after a potential gas leak in a Monroe County home. Crews responded to the scene yesterday evening after a 911 caller visited the home out of concern for the residents and smelled gas. After gas supplies were shut off, a man and two pets were declared dead at the scene. An unresponsive juvenile was taken out of the house, but life-saving efforts were not successful. Investigators say there was no foul play involved.
A man accused of plotting to kill two Wood County Jail officers may have a plea deal with the state. Jesse Hansen Schumann was scheduled for trial this week but court records show the 34-year-old will have a plea and sentencing hearing on Thursday as he faces two counts for soliciting homicide. Another inmate says Hansen Schumann asked him to help kill the guards because he didn't like they way they were disciplining him, so he planned to attack them in an area of the jail that didn't have security camera footage. The second inmate went directly to authorities saying he didn't wan to be part of the plot. Charges against Hansen Sshumann are Class A felonies, which carry a life sentence.
The Wisconsin Department of Motor Vehicles is warning consumers about increasing online car sale fraud. The Dealer and Agent department says fraudsters use stock images of cars to make fake social media pages for Wisconsin dealerships. The DMV says red flags include cars listed for less than their market value, and sales without in-person contact with the seller. Last year, almost 13-hundred people report being scammed through fraudulent online car sales. Anyone who thinks they may have been scammed can contact the DMV Dealer and Agent Section.
Girl scouts rejoiced with friends and honored different culture this weekend for World Thinking Day at the Omni Center. World Thinking Day is celebrated every February and gives all the scouts possibilities to learn worldwide issues in the community that impact them. They select a nation and teach the others with food offerings, dances or other cultural activities. World Thinking Day began in 1926 and is now rejoiced in over 150 countries.
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