Unofficial enrollment in the Durand-Arkansaw School District is lower. Superintendent Ryan Nelson says enrollment is down about 2%. The official enrollment will be taken tomorrow with the third Friday attendance.
Elmwood Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the person or persons responsible for damage to property at Butternut Park. According to police, a vehicle was reported to be on the grass, spinning its tires and damaging the grass, causing ruts, on Tuesday. If anyone has any information about the incident, they should call the Elmwood Police.
The Lake City Public School District is receiving a large donation from an alum. KTTC-TV reports that the district received a $1.2 million dollar gift from Andru Peters a 1950’s graduate and member of the state champion football team. According to the district, the money will be used to support long term improvements to the football athletic complex, which was Peters’ wish. There are no details on what the improvements to the complex will look like.
WWR Environmental along with Eau Claire County will be hosting the final clean sweep event of the year this weekend. Saturday's event will run from 8 a.m. to noon at 5200 Ryder Road. The event will provide Eau Claire County residents with the opportunity to safely rid themselves of household hazardous materials. Most materials can be disposed of for free though there will be a small fee for things like latex paints and light bulbs. More details can be found at eauclairecounty-dot-gov.
Chippewa Falls City Council is back at full strength. The body had been left with vacancies following the summer resignations of Scott Sullivan and Heather Martell. Tim Normand had already taken the Sullivan seat and now Dan Dixson has been sworn in as Martell's replacement. Council's newest member says he is anxious to get to work and describes Chippewa Falls as a fantastic city that punches above its weight.
A middle school teacher in western Wisconsin has passed away following a severe allergic reaction to a bee sting. Mindy Ramberg, a fifth-grade social studies teacher and head softball coach at St. Croix Central Middle School in Hammond, died Tuesday morning. Ramberg was stung on the lip by a bee around 3 p.m. on Saturday. According to the family's post, she experienced an allergic reaction within minutes and lost consciousness. She had been hospitalized since the incident.
La Crosse Police are investigating a recent act of vandalism at a local cemetery. Reports say that between 5 p.m. on September 10th and 9:05 a.m. on September 11th, a suspect -- or multiple suspects -- damaged a number of headstones at the Oak Grove Cemetery. Anyone with additional information on the incident or the people involved is encouraged to contact police.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is reinstating its COVID-19 vaccine recommendations. Chief Medical Officer Ryan Westergaard says they recommend individuals 6 months and older get a COVID booster during the fall respiratory virus season. Westergaard says evidence continues to show that COVID-19 vaccines lowered the chance of severe illness across age groups, which is especially important for people who might be at higher risk. Governor Tony Evers issued an executive order Monday requiring the state to set its own COVID vaccine guidelines after federal HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. limited vaccine eligibility.
Six children are found locked in a storage unit in Milwaukee. Police found the kids, ranging in age from 2 months to 9 years, locked in the unit at a storage facility on the city's north side Tuesday. None of the children were injured, but police are handling the case as child abuse and neglect. A 26-year-old woman and 33-year-old man were taken into custody. There are no details about the relationship between the adults and the children, or how the kids ended up being placed in the storage unit.
The Department of Ag, Trade and Consumer protection is launching new consumer protection toolkits. Trade and Consumer Protection Division Administrator Michelle Reinen says the toolkits help DATCP inform people about common consumer protection issues. Reinen says toolkits include information about common scams and frauds and which age groups are primarily targeted and the different types of scams out there. Toolkits contain infographics, promotional posters, and links to resource guides and fact sheets. More info can be found on DATCP's website.
Another Democrat enters the governor's race. Madison State Representative Francesca Hong announced her candidacy Wednesday morning. A member of the Assembly's Socialist Caucus, Hong is considered one of the furthest-left-leaning voices in the state Legislature. Her election to the state Assembly in 2000 made Hong the first Asian American to serve in the chamber. She joins a field of Democrats that includes Lieutenant Governor Sara Rodriguez, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley and State Senator Kelda Roys. Partisan primaries are next August.
Costco wants you to carefully throw away some sparkling wine. Costco says bottles of Kirkland Signature Prosecco Valdobbiadene sold in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri are over pressurized and could explode just sitting on your shelf. Anyone who's recently purchased a bottle is getting a recall letter as proof of purchase. Costco doesn't want you to actually return the bottle to the store for fear of explosions. Simply wrap the bottle in paper towels and carefully place it in the trash inside a separate trash bag. The bottles were sold between April 15 and August 26th for about 8 dollars, and have item code 187-9870.
AI data centers in Wisconsin are expected to use more energy than all homes in the state combined. A new report by Clean Wisconsin says two approved data centers in Wisconsin -- the Microsoft center in Mt. Pleasant and the Vantage center in Port Washington -- report they could use three-point-nine gigawatts of energy. That's enough to power four-point-three million homes, while US Census data shows Wisconsin has less than three million. There are three other proposed or approved data centers in the state.
A sunken ship has been found after decades of searching. Cargo ship F.J. King sank about 140 years ago during a storm off the Wisconsin coastline with 600 tons of iron ore on board. A team lead by historian Brendon Baillod found the ship in June with the help of sonar technology. The discovery team will hold a press conference on September 24th at the Door County Maritime Museum, including a 3D virtual reality tour of the shipwreck.
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