Two people have been arrested after a traffic stop on Friday in Buffalo Township. According to the Buffalo County Sheriff’s Department, deputies stopped 34yr old Gabrielle Olson of Galesville for following to close. During the stop, deputies noticed Olson and her passenger 40yr old Michael Lockington of Onalaska were nervous. A K-9 officer detected drugs in the vehicle and after a search, deputies found psilocybin mushrooms, schedule 2 drugs and a loaded handgun. Both Olson and Lockington are convicted felons. Both were arrested and charge with felon in possession of a firearm and possession of drugs.
The City of Durand will hold an economic development meeting in April. Durand Mayor Patrick Milliren says local stakeholders have been invited. That meeting is open to the public and will be on April 2 at 5:30 at Durand City Hall.
A lane closure is planned from 9 a.m. to noon tomorrow at the Hwy 25 railroad crossing in Nelson for repairs. A flagging crew will direct motorists through the work zone, and traffic delays are expected. The work is weather-dependent, and if it can't be completed tomorrow, it will be rescheduled for a later time.
After a hibernation period, the electric Bird scooters are back in the Eau Claire area. The scooters were put out near the downtown area and on Water Street. To use them, you must download an app that connects with your individual scooter. There is also a GPS tracking system so you can't ride them in no-ride areas such as U-W Eau Claire Campus.
Wisconsin immigration numbers are at a 20 year record high. The Wisconsin Policy Forum says about 28-thousand-500 people migrated to Wisconsin last year, with just more than 22-thousand moving to the state from outside the US. Forum communications director Mark Sommerhauser tells WQOW TV higher numbers over the past few years are likely due to an increase in immigration rates across the country.
The state Senate votes today a bill overhauling K-12 tests in Wisconsin schools. The Republican authored bill would revert the state's testing standards to what they were in 2019-2020, undoing changes made by the Department of Public Instruction last year. It would also align grades 3-8 with national standards and restore high school testing standards to levels set in the 2021-22 school year. Supporters of the legislation say the changes made by DPI mask poor performance. Current State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly has defended the changes, saying standards weren’t lowered and that the changes were made through a transparent process with input from educators. Underly is up for reelection and faces education consultant Brittany Kinser in the April 1st election.
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction unveils a website to track federal funding impacts. The page provides real-time updates, critical information, and resources related to federal funding for public schools and libraries across Wisconsin. Available tools also include real-time updates on current funding cuts at the federal level and an interactive map that to view data specific to your school district. Resources also include personalized flyers that highlight the effects of federal funding for each district. More info is available on DPI's website.
Sean Duffy wants a review green transportation infrastructure. The U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary and former Republican congressman from Wisconsin has already frozen funding for a program that pays for installation of new electric vehicle charging stations around the state - and more may be on the way. The same memo that paused the EV charging grant program also includes a stop action on all Biden-era discretionary grants to build bike lanes and other "green infrastructure" so the agency can review projects for possible removal. The memo cited executive orders issued by the Trump administration that take aim at the Biden administration’s diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility goals and efforts to reduce the carbon footprint of the nation's transportation system.
March is Self-Harm Awareness Month, and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services wants parents to know what to look for. Director of the Office of Children's Mental Health Linda Hall says signs include increased secrecy, reduced time with peers and friends, and keeping arms and legs covered when it's inconvenient to do so. Hall says data shows self-harm rises among adolescents after spring break and heading into the end of the school year. It's also important to make sure prescription medications are locked up.
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University of Minnesota is among 52 schools under federal
investigation for alleged violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights
Act, which prohibits race-based discrimination in federally funded
programs. The probe follows the 2023 Supreme Court decision striking
down affirmative action, with the Department of Education now
reviewing race-based scholarships and other programs. The university,
one of six facing scrutiny for such scholarships, says it will fully
cooperate and ensure compliance with all laws. Schools that fail to
comply risk losing federal funding.
Fungal infection is what killed about 90 Little Chute ducks found dead a couple of weeks ago. Initial thoughts were that the birds may have died of bird flu according to the DNR. "The cause of death was aspergillosis, which is a fungal infection. Wild birds become infected by breathing in fungal spores from areas such as agricultural fields covered with moldy waste grain in fall or early winter." The ducks were found on the northwest corner of Highway OO and Buchanan Street. The birds were buried at the Outagamie County landfill.
The National Weather Service says the storm system that brought rain and high winds to the state on Friday also brought a batch of dust kicked up from high winds in Texas. The effect is much like the hazy air we've been seeing the past few years from Canadian wildfires. The dust did raise air quality alerts but was gone by Sunday.
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