One person was injured in a single vehicle accident in Waterville Township on Saturday. According to the Pepin County Sheriff’s Department, 36yr old Travis Baier of Durand was traveling westbound on Hwy X when he lost control of his moped, and was thrown from the moped landing in the roadway. Baier was med-flighted to an Eau Claire Hospital with serious injuries.
The Mondovi City Council is meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include discussion of concerns at the Waste Water Treatment Plant and water quality concerns, Buffalo County Economic Development and reports from the mayor and city department heads. Tonights meeting begins at 5:30 at the Marten Center in Mondovi.
The search for a missing Dunn County man has come to a tragic end. Twenty-two-year-old Riley Smith-Tourville was reported missing last Wednesday after last having been seen near his home in the Town of Weston. Smith-Tourville's body was found Sunday. His cause of death has not been reported.
The City of Menomonie is pulling the plug on a deal for the development of a one-point-six-billion-dollar data center. The data center was projected to create as many as a thousand construction jobs during development and 50 to 75 full-time jobs after opening with an additional two- to three-hundred contract workers. Some members of the community had expressed concerns about the facility's use of water as well as noise and light pollution. Mayor Randy Knaack announced at a city council meeting last night that the community will no longer be pursuing the project.
Two sites serving Wisconsin veterans who are homeless are now closed. Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs Assistant Deputy Secretary Joey Hoey explained that the Veterans Housing and Recovery Program sites in Green Bay and Chippewa Falls closed September 12th due to a lack of funding. The program for homeless veterans remains available at the Wisconsin Veterans Home in Union Grove. Hoey said last week that alternative placements have been found for more than 30 veterans who were housed at the Green Bay and Chippewa Falls sites. Proposed legislation would provide funding for the program, but Hoey said the earliest that the Chippewa Falls location could reopen would be nearly a year from now.
Eau Claire Police are investigating a collision that claimed the life of an 85-year-old man. Raymond Moeller was riding his bicycle in a bike lane on Cameron Street when he was struck by an SUV while making a left-hand turn. The incident happened September 11th and Moeller has recently succumbed to injuries suffered in the crash.
The Menomonie Housing Committee has released its findings on how to solve the city's housing needs. Two out of three proposals have already been adopted by the Menomonie City Council. The first adopted proposal would provide more incentives for tax increment financing projects. The second would ease restrictions for housing developers in the city. Both measures aim to make construction in Menomonie more appealing. The final proposal would reduce the lot size for single-family homes, to allow more units to be built on one plot. If approved, it would be the first major change to lot size regulations since the 1970s.
A Chippewa County man facing charges in a criminal case involving a young victim is pleading no contest. Investigators say that 30-year-old Austin Stonkey sent inappropriate pictures to a young girl via Snapchat -- including one image in which his private parts were visible. Stonkey entered his plea yesterday on a charge of exposing a child to harmful materials, and was sentenced to one year of probation.
New data from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services shows fall-related calls increased by ten-thousand between 2023 and 2024. Emergency medical services responded to 140-thousand falls last year, accounting for more than 20-percent of 911 calls. The Centers for Disease Control says Wisconsin has the highest rate of fall-related deaths in older adults in the nation. That's due to both immediate deaths and long-term health issues related to a fall. To prevent falls, DHS recommends reducing clutter and improving lighting in living spaces.
Downtown Rochester is anticipating an expansive construction plan over the next ten years. The public initiative, called Destination Medical Center, promises to create an international medical hub in southeast Minnesota. A DMC spokesperson said the amount of construction Rochester will go through in the next ten years is what most cities would experience in 100 years. Minnesota lawmakers signed off on the half-a-billion-dollar initiative in 2013 which is supposed to bring in billions in private investment. The DMC has spent much of this year touting its work redevelopment and branding the community as, "America's City for Health."
Republican lawmakers seek to close a legal loophole allowing sale of hemp-derived THC products. Numerous businesses have sprouted in Madison and elsewhere, offering sale of legal hemp-derived THC products like delta-8 and delta-10. Hemp, in the same plant family as marijuana, is not considered a controlled substance if the THC concentration is less than 0.3%. The bill would add hemp to the definition of THC and would specify that only hemp grown for industrial or research purposes qualifies as “industrial hemp.” The authors cite last October’s accidental delta-9 THC oil contamination at a Dane County pizza parlor in which dozens of people sought medical attention as an example of why the law change is needed.
Wisconsin cranberry growers are seeing an above average yield this season. Harvest time has arrived, and the Wisconsin Cranberry Growers Association director Grant Holley tells W X P R it's probably a "B" season. The group estimates 5 point 3 million barrels of berries will be grown this season, which is down from record seasons in recent years. Holley says growers are concerned about tariffs, though. Wisconsin grows roughly half of the world's supply of cranberries, so making sure exports are ready is paramount. Growers will be harvesting through October, and final numbers will be available next month.
The secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Ag, Trade and Consumer Protection is taking on an additional role. Randy Romanski has been named President of the Midwestern Association of State Departments of Agriculture. Romanksi says he looks forward to representing Wisconsin in important policy discussions and collaborating with colleagues across the Midwest. MASDA member meet throughout the year to discuss agricultural policy impacting the region. Romanski will host a MASDA regional meeting in Wisconsin in June of next year, which includes panel discussions and industry tours.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural resources stresses hunters knowing their target the deer bow hunting season. Elk Zone Biologist Christina Kizewski says keep any eye out for elk. Kizewski says elk will typically be much larger than deer and have a different coloration. Kizewski says antlers are another indicator, as elk antlers sweep backwards away from its head towards its rear end, whereas white tail bucks typically have more of a rounded forward curvature to their antlers. More info can be found on the DNR's website.
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is celebrating its one-hundredth homecoming anniversary. Organizers say the theme this year will fall in line with traditions. After twenty years the parade will run back on Water Street, 90's artists like Vanilla Ice and Young MC will be performing. Homecoming starts in the next few weeks. For more information check out the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Alumni webpage.
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