The City of Mondovi will bring the Miss Mondovi program under the city’s umbrella. During last nights meeting the council approved having the program be covered under the city’s liability insurance. The council approved appointing the current program members to continue running the program as part of having the program now part of the city government.
The Pepin County Health Department is announcing a program to help farm families coping with dementia. The project is being done in conjunction with the Universities of Iowa and Illinois and is a free online educational series to support caregivers of individuals living or working on or near farms. It is a online class that will begin on January 26th. For more information on the program contact Pepin County Health or call 319-384-3817.
The Pepin County Board is holding their annual meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include a public hearing on the 2026 budget, authorizing a $700,000 loan for highway road improvement projects for 2026 and approval of the 2026 budget and tax levy. Tonights meeting begins at 7pm in the board room at the government center in Durand.
The Buffalo County Board is meeting tonight. A public hearing on the budget will be held followed by the board meeting. Items on the board meeting agenda include discussion and possible action on the 2026 budget and tax levy, a resolution to borrow up to $500,000 and reports from the chairman and department heads. Tonights meeting begins at 7pm in the board room at the courthouse in Alma.
The Dunn County Board is meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include discussion and possible action on the 2026 budget and tax levy, a resolution supporting increasing state funding for counties and reports from department heads. Tonights meeting begins at 7pm in the government center in Menomonie.
Arrests have been made in connection with a Monday night shooting incident in downtown Chippewa Falls. Police received calls after 11 p.m. reporting gunfire in the area and responding officers did find property damage. Two people were taken into custody.
A Chippewa Valley resource line that connects folks in need with valuable information will not be shutting down after all. Great Rivers 211 provides folks with information on where to turn for local aid with regards to families, the elderly and the disabled as well as information on addiction, mental health and crisis services. The line serves residents of 13 Wisconsin counties and is funded by Emplify Health who is pulling support due to budget concerns and was to close by the end of the year. Great Rivers United Way says now that they will be stepping in to continue the service.
Eau Claire City Council is approving a substantial increase in the wheel tax. The vehicle registration fee will more than double beginning in 2029 to 50 dollars. The increase was approved on Tuesday by a vote of seven to three.
The State of Wisconsin topped all other states in the most recent Drug Take Back collection. The October event as a partnership between the DEA and local law enforcement through which folks around the country could safely drop off and dispose of expired and unneeded prescription medications. More than 53-thousand pounds of drugs were collected in Wisconsin -- more than in any other state.
A major recall of organic baby formula. ByHeart is recalling its baby formula products after an outbreak of botulism that hospitalized 15 infants in 12 states. That includes the Whole Nutrition and Anywhere Pack pouches, sold at Target, Whole Foods and Walmart. Anyone who has the formula should throw it out immediately. No children have been sickened in Wisconsin, but there have been cases in both Minnesota and Illinois.
Another major Wisconsin retailer is doing away with pennies. Woodman's grocery stores, with 20 locations in Illinois and Wisconsin, will be rounding all cash sales to the nearest nickel, and store self-checkout kiosks will stop accepting cash in December. Digital and debit card payments will remain unchanged. The US Treasury stopped minting pennies this year, and shortages are already taking place across the country.
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection and the Department of Health Services reminds businesses in the FoodShare program they cannot turn away QUEST card users. On October 31st, Governor Evers signed Executive Order number 278, which prohibits price gouging due to the loss of FoodShare funding. It also calls on grocers and retailers to ensure relevant resources are readily available for Wisconsinites and the state and state agencies can utilize every available tool and resource to support during the government shutdown. FoodShare members who are wrongfully denied the ability to use their QUEST card to purchase food when they have a remaining balance should call Wisconsin's Consumer Protection Hotline. At this time, full November FoodShare benefits are available on all QUEST cards.
Minnesota applies for a share of Trump's rural health grant. The one-billion-dollar grant would go towards improving rural healthcare would help supplement looming cuts to the federal Medicaid health program. Minnesota should find out in the next month if it will receive its share. Each state applied for 200-million-dollars per year for five years, but the amount could vary. Federal leaders have said that states can't use the funds rather than funding to keep struggling hospitals afloat.
At the Capitol, proposed legislation would require additional labeling for lab grown protein. State Senator Romaine Quinn says the bill would place labeling requirements on food products that contain cultured animal cells or tissue. If signed into law, products containing cultured animal cells or derived from cultured animal cells would be required to be labeled with the phrase “lab-grown meat.” Quinn says it’s hard for consumers to choose if they don’t know what they’re buying. The bill was introduced in the Senate and has bipartisan support along with co-sponsors in the state Assembly.
The American Lung Association has released its annual State of Lung Cancer report. Spokesperson Michael Seilback says Wisconsin is above average when it comes to treatment and is 14th in the country when it comes to five-year survival rates for lung cancer. Seilback says one area Wisconsin could improve is biomarker testing, as it's one of 28 states that has yet to require any insurance coverage for lung cancer biomarker testing. Biomarker testing lets those diagnosed with cancer find treatments that work specifically for the tumor they have. Wisconsin’s most recent rate of lung cancer cases is 55.5%, higher than the national average of 52.8%.
UW-Madison is launching a new public policy undergraduate program available next fall. La Follette School director Susan Yackee says it can be obtained under a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Science degree. The degree will prepare students to fill roles in government, advocacy and other related sectors. It's the first of its kind in the state.
Sun Prairie food pantry spokesperson Mark Thompson says Kemps, Pick N' Save and Metro Market are donating over 20-thousand shelf-stable milk cartons in Madison. The product is shelf-stable for up to one year. Thompson says 40-percent of those they serve are under 17. The milk is the most requested and chocolate is a favorite.
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