The City of Durand will hold an economic development planning session on April 2nd. Durand Mayor Patrick Milliren says the meeting will focus on how the city, county and school district can work together to advance economic development. That meeting will be held at 5:30 on April 2nd at city hall and is open to the public.
Dunn County is starting to update its 20-year comprehensive plan and taking input from the public. The plan covers housing, transportation, land use, economic development, utilities, community facilities, and natural and cultural resources. Dunn County has launched a webpage where residents can find updates on the process and ways to submit their input. Starting Monday, residents will have a survey to fill out and share their priorities.
A detached garage and its contents are a total loss after a large fire on a property on Sherwood Trail near near Zumbrota Wednesday night. According to the Zumbrota Fire Department, crews arrived to find the garage engulfed in flames. The fire was successfully knocked down but a home had minor damage. No one was injured in the fire.
The Family Resource Center St. Croix Valley has received a $1000 grant from the Pierce Pepin Cooperative’s Federated Youth Foundation. The money will be used to support special events and multiple plan and learn series in Pierce County. The funding will allow the Family Resource Center to provide programming to over 100 families. The Federated Youth Foundation is funded by abandoned capital credits from Pierce Pepin Cooperative.
A local bowling alley is being featured in a historic bowling lanes tour. Club 10 was recognized as a featured destination in the Bowling Centers of America Vintage Alley Tour. The tour will be held on April 5th and will visit three historic bowling centers including Leakers Place in Glenwood City, Gale’s Lanes in Galesville, and Club 10. The alleys in Club 10 were first installed back in 1954.
Police are investigating the death of a woman and classifying it as a homicide. Police officials were called out to the 1600 block of Namekagon Street for a welfare check yesterday afternoon. Police officers got a call from a man inside the house that someone was in danger. When police arrived, they asked him to come outside, but he ignored police calls, and a standoff began. After a few hours, the man surrendered, and police entered the house to find a dead female.
Now's the time to get your kids ready for the time change to Daylight Savings this weekend. University of Wisconsin assistant professor of pediatrics Dr. Casy Freymiller says one thing to try is something called bedtime fading, where parents adjust kid's bedtime in 15 minutes increments the next few days. Freymiller says kids and teens are especially prone to the health impacts of getting less sleep, and CDC data shows only 23% of high schoolers got at least eight hours of sleep in 2023. Freymiller says parents should start prepping kids now so the time change isn't so sudden come Sunday morning.
A woman who stabbed her friend years ago in an effort to summon the fictional Slenderman will face a hearing today over her potential release from a mental institution. Morgan Geyser was 12 when she and another friend lured fellow 12-year-old Payton Leutner into the woods in 2014, stabbing her 19 times in a case that shocked the community of Waukesha. Leutner survived and Geyser, now 22, is in the Winnebago Mental Health Institute under a 40-year commitment. Geyser has gained some support from staff and hoped to move into a transitional facility. But a sealed petition aims to keep her in the institute.
Wisconsin’s Attorney General is again asking for increased funding for the state’s crime labs. Josh Kaul hosted a tour for legislators of Milwaukee’s crime lab on Tuesday. Kaul is advocating to have $2.7 million of the state budget go towards staffing the labs, which he says is vital to ensure public safety and justice. Kaul says financing those positions “…helps ensure that we are able to remain on the cutting edge in the analysis that we do, and that we have the resources to ensure the cases are tested effectively and efficiently.” Wisconsin’s 72 counties rely on the state’s three crime labs for examination of forensic evidence, DNA testing, toxicology testing and other tasks.
At the Capitol, Democrats hope to fill gaps in case of a federal funding freeze. Legislation introduced Tuesday would require the State Legislature to convene in special session should President Donald Trump use an executive order to freeze previously approved federal funding for Wisconsin. The bill would use the state's rainy-day fund to provide what sponsors call a "safety net" to cover funding interruptions. The measure prioritizes funding for essential services. It would need to pass through the Republican-controlled Assembly and Senate before making it to Governor Tony Evers' desk.
Weight restrictions are starting today for most Wisconsin highways. The Department of Transportation says highways south of U.S. Eight could face damage from heavy trucks during the spring thaw period. Those restrictions will start at midnight. Similar rules will be put in place for highways in far Northern Wisconsin starting Monday. More information and a map is available on WisconsinDOT-dot-gov.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is looking for more information on black bear dens. The department says the Black Bear Litter and Diet Survey aims to generate new reproduction rate numbers for the species across the state. Anyone who sees or hears signs of a black bear den while spending time out in nature is asked to take a photo of it from a safe distance. Other information like GPS coordinates is also helpful. More information is available on DNR-dot-Wisconsin-dot-gov.
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Wisconsin inmate is missing from the Dodge County Jail. Alissa
Leeman is accused of not returning to the jail from her workplace
yesterday. Leeman has Huber privileges, which allow her to leave
during the day for work. Investigators say she left her job, and was
last seen at a Super Eight Hotel in the area yesterday afternoon.
She was supposed to be back at the jail just before 5 p.m. Anyone
with information about where she could be is asked to call the Dodge
County Sheriff's Office.
The NFL announced that you can now register for tickets to go to the NFL Draft. The 2025 draft will be held outside Lambeau Field from April 24th to April 26th. Fans interested in getting tickets can download the NFL one pass app for Apple and android phones. The NFL, along with the city of Green Bay, are expecting 250-thousand fans to attend the three-day event. Along with registration, important information will be on the app that may be needed when attending the draft.
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