The Mondovi City Council is meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include the annual Maintenance Report for the new wastewater report, discussion of a state and municipal financial agreement for the Hwy 10 project and reports from the mayor and department heads. Tonights meeting begins at 5:30 at the Marten Center in Mondovi.
One person was injured in a motorcycle accident in the town of Gale on Saturday. According to the Trempealeau County Sheriffs Department, a female was traveling on McKeeth Drive when she encountered loose gravel on the road, lost control of the motorcycle and went into the ditch. The driver suffered minor injures and was treated at the scene.
The Dunn County Health Department will be providing lead screening tests for children. The screening is a simple blood test to see if there is lead in a child’s blood due to lead exposure. According to Dunn County Health Director KT Gallagher, almost half of the homes in Dunn County were built before lead-based paint was banned. She said there is no safe exposure to lead and that a blood test is the only way to know if a child has been exposed. Lead exposure has been linked to learning and behavior issues. For more information or to schedule a test, contact the Dunn County Health Department.
Dunn County has a new county manager. Dan Dunbar, was selected by the county board last week to become the new county manager. Dunbar has been the assistant manager and played a key rold in the county-wide budget planning, and advancing broadband access. He replaces Kris Korpela who has served the county for 24 years. Dunbar will officially be working with Korpela on the transition starting on July 7 and will take over on August 8.
The Buffalo County Highway Department is reminding residents Hwy C will be closed at the junction of Hwy 95 on Wednesday from 7am-6pm. The road will be closed while crews replace the culvert. There is rain in the forecast and if needed Thursday would be a make up date. The highway department is asking for motorists patience and plan accordingly.
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers visited Eau Claire on Monday as part of a continued push for state investments in childcare centers. Evers spent time with children and staffers at the Kiddie Patch Early Learning Center on London Road. The governor says it is important for childcare centers to be supported because if such places close, someone is going to have to stay home with the kids and that will take a person out of the workforce.
A sentencing hearing is scheduled today for a man convicted of setting of wildfires in Jackson County. Those fires burned on county and private lands back in 2023. Defendant Daniel Johnson pleaded guilty earlier this month to three counts of intentionally setting fire to another's land.
A Stanley man is being identified as the person found dead inside a truck that was located Sunday in the Chippewa River. Authorities responded to the scene in Rusk County with reports that a truck had been spotted upside down in the water. A man found inside the vehicle has been identified as 71-year-old Thomas Wadzinski. Authorities say it appears the truck entered the water without any attempt on the part of the driver to apply the brakes or make any evasive steering maneuvers.
State Senator Chris Kapenga says he's not a definite no vote on the proposed state budget, but he wants changes made. The Delafield Republican tells WISN's UPFRONT the Legislature doesn't need to pass a budget by the end of the fiscal year, so he's not in a hurry. He says current state law will allow the budget that's already in place to roll over and add any needed funds to keep essential programs running. Kapenga posted on social media last week about his displeasure with both the Governor's budget and the one being drafted by Republicans in the Joint Finance Committee. He says letting the budget roll over prevents a partial veto from Evers and keeps spending increases low.
Wausau Mayor Doug Diny may work himself out of a job by proposing a move to a Manager-Council form of government. Diny says other municipalities of a similar size to Wausau, such as Eau Claire and Oshkosh, have operated successfully with that style of government. Diny introduced the proposal in a letter to the editor last week and plans to assemble a task force to examine the change before presenting details to the city council. He said the change could be made with or without a voter referendum.
Willow Newell is the Miss Wisconsin 2025. Newell represented Miss Racine at Saturday's event and competed against 29 other contestants. She won in several categories including top vocalist and earning scholarships and awards. She majored in Musical Theatre from Carthage College and graduated this year. She advances to the Miss America 2026 competition in September in Orlando.
The Sparta Area Fire District says it helped free a horse that got trapped in a manure pit on Sunday. Crews used tow straps to lift the horse out of the pit in Monroe County. It got stuck after fencing was blown down and the horse veered into the pit. The horse seems to be okay, but and its owners plan to have it checked by a veterinarian.
In Vernon County, a woman free on parole was arrested Friday in connection with a burglary. Items including power tools had been reported missing from a building last week and investigating officers say their case led them to suspect Jourdan Womack. Womack was taken into custody on charges including burglary and parole violation.
Quite a surprise for Milwaukee firefighters over the weekend. Crews knocked down a two-alarm fire Saturday afternoon at a home in the Walker’s Point neighborhood. Surveying the building after the fire was extinguished confirmed no one was inside - but they spotted an approximately three-foot alligator in the basement of the burned home. Animal Control was called to remove the female gator, which was uninjured. No people were hurt either.
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