The City of Mondovi is seeking a new member of the Library Board of Trustees. Those interested in joining the board are asked to submit a letter of application to City Hall by September 1st. Questions can also be answered at City Hall.
A Pepin County Business has received a State Meat Processor Grant. Good News Farm LLC received the grant from the WI Department of Agriculture to purchase equipment to become an official poultry harvest establishment. The grant program’s goal is to expand meat processing in Wisconsin, with a maximum grant of $50,000 allowed to each project. Grant recipients are also required to provide a 100 percent match of the grant amount.
Two animal rights groups are asking the Buffalo County District Attorney to file animal abuse charges against Pure Prairie Poultry in connection with the abandonment of hundreds of thousands of chickens last fall. Animal Partisan and Humane Farming Association claim that Pure Prairie Poultry’s actions last fall violate state law prohibiting the abandonment of animals and the requirement of animal owners to provide adequate food and water. Last fall the company suddenly declared bankruptcy and abandoned the chickens on farms with no food.
A new face is joining the ranks at the Chippewa County Sheriff's Office. The department reports that K-9 Vader is now on the job. Vader has undergone weeks of training and is now patrolling the streets with their deputy handler.
The Wisconsin Department of Corrections is putting out word of their search for a Vernon County man. Forty-one-year-old Fred Kelly Junior is wanted in connection with a probation or parole violation. No other details have been made available. Anyone with information on Kelly's whereabouts is asked to contact police.
Kenny Chesney, Wynonna Judd, and Steve Earle are being added to the star-studded Farm aid 40 Lineup. This will be Chesney's fourth appearance at this year's annual music and food festival. The event is taking place in Minneapolis on September 20th. Tickets for Farm Aid's 40th anniversary music and food festival are available to purchase on FarmAid40.org.
The deadline to apply for Upriver Lakes sturgeon spearing season is today. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says tags will be required for anyone hoping to spear for sturgeon, due to higher harvest rates in the Upriver Lakes Program. Spearing tags will be chosen through a drawing, allowing 500 individuals to spear sturgeon each. Those selected will be notified in October, and the season will start in February of next year.
Eligible hunters can now sign up for the fall gun deer hunt for hunters with disabilities. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says thousands of acres of land are available for this year's hunt, October 4th through the 12th. The special hunt offers hunters with disabilities the opportunity to hunt deer at a time and place accessible to them. Some properties can accommodate more hunters than others, so the DNR advises hunters to reach out as early as possible to find out availability. More information on the special deer gun hunt can be found on the DNR website.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and top legislators are working to strengthen security at the State Capitol. They met privately yesterday to discuss the concern after the shooting of two lawmakers at their home, and the recent weekend arrest of a trespasser at the Capitol. Some of the issues on the table were adding more metal detectors to the Capitol building and locking down more of its entrances.
Twenty-five people are hurt after a Delta flight reportedly took on heavy turbulence and the plane was diverted to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. FAA officials confirm that Flight DL56 left Salt Lake City, Utah, and was headed to Amsterdam. The plane carried 275 passengers and 13 crew members. Delta officials say 25 people on board were taken to Minneapolis hospitals for evaluation. The severity of injuries is not known at this time.
U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin helps reintroduce legislation to stop mislabeling non-dairy products. The bipartisan "Dairy Pride Act" would prohibit what its authors call the unfair practice of labeling non-dairy products as milk, such as soy milk, oat milk, and almond milk. Current Food and Drug Administration regulations define dairy products as being from animals. But the most recent FDA guidance on fluid dairy products allows plant-based alternatives to continue to use dairy terms despite not containing dairy. Baldwin says for far too long, imitation dairy products made from plants and nuts have ridden the coattails of dairy farmers and gotten away with using dairy’s good name.
The US Department of Homeland Security is accusing Dane County of not honoring ICE arrest detainers. Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett is responding to the criticism concerning an undocumented woman... accused in the deaths of two Minnesota teens. 30-year-old Noelia Martinez of Portage is facing 2 counts of homicide by drunk driving for the deadly wrong way crash on the interstate near Deforest in the early morning hours of July 20th. Homeland Security is criticizing the Dane County Sheriff's Office for not complying with their request for an ICE hold if Martinez posts her bond. Sheriff Barrett says an ICE detainer is a request, not a judicial warrant. And he argues that deporting Martinez is like a "get out of jail free card."
Refocused
search efforts for a Lac Du Flambeau woman missing for more than five
months. Lac Du Flambeau Tribal police released new information
Wednesday into the March 17th disappearance of Melissa Beson. Beson
was travelling with a group when she got out of a van and started
walking south on Vilas County Highway D. A driver headed the other
way tried to give Beson a ride, but said she refused and kept
walking. Police and search teams are now concentrating efforts near
Headflyer Lake in Vilas County. A 25-thousand-dollar reward is being
offered for information leading to Beson's return.
A Washington County woman is crowned Mrs. USA 2025. Jackson salon owner Sara Dornbrook won the title over the weekend at its pageant in Omaha, Nebraska. The 40-year-old says after her Infinite Grace salon was destroyed in a fire, she reopened at a new location in June. Dornbrook was then persuaded by friends to re-enter the pageant world following previous unsuccessful tries to earn a title. The new Mrs. USA is using her platform to raise awareness of the genetic condition polycystic kidney disease which affects her husband.
