Don’t expect any new construction at the new industrial park on the west side of Mondovi anytime soon. Mondovi Mayor Brady Weiss says while the city does own the land, the infrastructure will be the issue for developing the west side industrial park. The plans for the new park also include a housing component for workers and families.
Police in Menomonie need your help in finding the person who vandalized a bathroom at Point Comfort Park. The incident happened last Thursday between 2:30 p.m. and 3:45 p.m. Authorities say that someone lit a soap and towel dispenser on fire, causing major smoke damage. Anyone who was in the park and saw something is asked to contact the Menomonie police.
Officials in Eau Claire have closed the Eddy Street bridge in the Mt. Simon area due to structural issues. State inspectors noticed some structural flaws. It could stay open with weight restrictions but because it is one of the only ways from the area in and out of the city, officials could not risk the bridge staying open and have closed it indefinitely. Union Pacific will fund the maintenance needed to reopen the bridge.
The Trump administration is terminating a grant program that supports mental health staffing in schools. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction was informed last week that the U.S. Department of Education is terminating the Biden era School-Based Mental Health Professionals Grant. The program provided one billion dollars in federal grants that districts in 22 states across the country have been using to hire mental health professionals, including counselors and social workers. Wisconsin’s grant was for $10 million. According to DPI the initial $2.2 million has already been received, but the remaining $8 million over four years will be canceled.
The search continues for a man who has been missing since 2019. Norbert Dantzman was last seen August 30th in 2019 when he was visiting for a family reunion in Sawyer County and left the hotel in which he was staying. Dantzman has dementia. The family has never given up, especially since the last time they were searching, they stuck a camera in a river and found a black shoe at the bottom. Dantzman was wearing black shoes when he was last seen. The family thanks the community for the continuing support.
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers opened the fishing season in Rice Lake. Evers and Lieutenant Governor Sarah Rodriguez took to the water in a friendly competition on who could get the biggest catch. It is tradition that the Governor visits a fishing community every year to kick off the season. The season runs now until the end of October. When the Governor and Lieutenant Governor returned, Rodriguez was declared the winner of the friendly competition catching a 21 and one half-inch northern pike. Evers caught one that was 19 and a half inches.
The Governor of Wisconsin says the Trump administration is sending "chilling threats" to his office in Milwaukee. The office of Governor Tony Evers [[ ee-vers ]] had recently issued advice on what to do if state employees were faced with immigration agents. On Thursday, "Border czar" Tom Homan responded and said it would be a felony if Evers were to interfere with immigration officers, and added, "we'll treat it as such." Evers said on Friday that he's not afraid and will continue to do the right thing.
Police in Oconomowoc are cleared in the killing of a sandhill crane. The birds are federally protected, so if one is deemed a nuisance, a permit is required to kill it. After a homeowner told Oconomowoc police that they tried everything to get a crane to stop property damage in excess of $2000, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service investigated and granted a permit to kill the crane. An officer found the bird near the home Monday and shot and killed it. Law enforcement, crane experts, and federal authorities all say the rules for killing the crane were followed properly.
The Arkansas man accused of kidnapping a pregnant Beaver Dam teen was bound over for trial Thursday. Dodge County prosecutors charged 40-year-old Gary Day with abducting the girl from her home in February. Day and the teen were eventually found at a truck stop near Omaha last month. Day, who authorities say is the father of the 17-year-old’s unborn child, is charged with two counts of abducting a child and two counts of child enticement. Day was already under investigation for crimes against children in his home state of Arkansas at the time of the kidnapping. He is due back in court in June for his arraignment.
Minnesota lawmakers are at odds over whether to roll back or revise some laws passed by Democrats two years ago. Republican legislators are pushing to repeal laws providing summer unemployment insurance to hourly school workers and health care to undocumented immigrants. Meanwhile, Democrats are defending the programs they created when the state had a huge budget surplus in 2023. In the DFL-controlled Senate, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is proposing changes to Minnesota's paid family and medical leave and earned sick and safe time laws. Legislators face a May 19th adjournment deadline to get their work done.
The discussion around class sizes in Rochester Public Schools is ongoing. In November, voters approved a referendum allocating over 19-million-dollars to prevent class sizes from growing. Despite this, some parents are expressing concern as several class sizes are set to increase significantly next year. One key point of contention is the Spanish Immersion third-grade class at Riverside Elementary. This year, the class has 17 students, but that number is expected to rise to 33 in the coming school year. District officials state that the target size for third-grade classes is 30 students and note that the current class size of 17 is well below that benchmark.
Brazen Head Pub in West Bend is the winner of the Second Annual Best Burger In Wisconsin Contest. The restaurant's Brazen Beer Cheeseburger won the award. The Wisconsin Beef Council started the contest last year to promote beef burgers made in restaurants statewide. Customers nominated their favorite burgers for the contest, and a panel of judges tried each of the eight highest vote-getters to decide the winner.
No comments:
Post a Comment