The Durand City Council is meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include a purchase agreement and easement for Xcel Property on Wells Street, discussion and possible action on a Certified Survey Map for the Xcel property near 514 E. Main Street to divide into to out-lots and reports from the Mayor and department heads. Tonight's meeting begins at 6pm at Durand City Hall.
Menomonie Police and Fire responded to a report of a bomb in a vehicle at the Hampton Inn and Suites on Tuesday afternoon. After an investigation, it was determined there was no bomb in the vehicle and no threat was present. The incident is being investigated as a mental health related incident.
The Dunn County Highway Department is preparing for a busy road repair and construction season next year. The 2026 plan includes reconstructing 17 miles of county roadways, along with two bridge replacements and one bridge rehabilitation project. The county board approved additional borrowing to fund the construction. Work will begin in spring and continue through the construction season.
A new Amazon Distribution Center is coming to Menomonie. The City of Menomonie announced Monday, it has sold 29 acres on 59th Street to Amazon to build a new last mile delivery center. That's part of the North Industrial Park, behind Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery. Amazon estimates the delivery station will add about 100 jobs, mostly part-time with some full-time positions.
Minnesota State Sen. Steve Drazkowski announced Tuesday evening he will not seek another term. The Republican from Mazeppa represents Senate District 20, which includes Wabasha and Goodhue counties and parts of Olmsted, Winona, and Dakota counties. First elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in a special election in 2007, Drazkowski was reelected eight times before winning election to the Minnesota Senate in 2022.
The
city of Chippewa Falls was allocated over $1.9 million in
Lead Service Line Replacement funding from the State of Wisconsin,
The money will be used to allow the city to repace lead water service
lines. Of the $1.9 million dollars, over $957,000 will be given as a
grant with the rest of the amount in the form of a low interest
loan.
Wisconsin drivers are getting more options for license plates. Governor Tony Evers and the Department of Transportation unveiled two new designs yesterday, including an all-back design with white lettering. The other is a retro butter yellow color with black lettering that also has the tag "America's Dairyland" at the bottom. The state believes more than 25-million dollars will be generated by the new designs over the next three years, helping to fund infrastructure projects.
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new state law could make Wisconsin roads a little safer. Governor
Tony Evers signs a bill that expands Wisconsin’s “Move Over”
law to require drivers move over or slow down when approaching
disabled vehicles on the side of the road, if flashing its warning or
hazard lights, if emergency flares have been placed near the vehicle,
or if one or more visible persons are working on or “attending to”
a vehicle on the roadside. It also makes it a requirement to slow
down or change lanes when disabled vehicles are “parked or standing
on or within 12 feet of a roadway.”
A proposed federal cut could cause more than two-thousand people in Wisconsin to lose their housing. According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness, about 170-thousand formerly homeless people nationwide would be cut from permanent housing. In Wisconsin, 52 percent of permanent housing is covered by more than 27-million dollars from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. HUD has claimed that cutting funding for permanent housing beds will restore "accountability to homelessness programs" while promoting "self-sufficiency among vulnerable Americans."
The new firefighting foam made out of soybeans used to smother fires that can't be put out with water is seeing expanded use in Wisconsin. Fox 11 Green Bay reports several northeast Wisconsin fire departments have been testing the foam, which does not contain PFAS or other forever chemicals. That is believed to be one of the primary sources of contamination in Wisconsin. State lawmakers are pushing for a rapid roll out of the Soy Foam, with the state Senate approving a bill that would offer grants and training to fire departments looking to switch to the option.
The Wisconsin man who faked his death and headed overseas is out of jail. Ryan Borgwardt was charged with obstruction after he was accused of misleading authorities by flipping his kayak in Green Lake in August of last year. He then used various means of transportation to travel to Europe to be with a woman he met online. After searching the lake for him for over a month, authorities eventually made contact with Borgwardt the following November and convinced him to return to Wisconsin. Last December, Borgwardt was sentenced to 89 days in jail, equivalent to the time spent searching for him. He finished that sentence last week. Borgwardt was also ordered to pay $30,000 for costs related to the search.
The Rochester City Council is giving the green light to a proposed 52-million-dollar sports complex. Council members approved the budget yesterday for construction labor and materials for the facility by a five-to-two vote. The Rochester Sports and Recreation Complex is located in the former Seneca Foods site. It will include eight baseball and softball diamonds along with 12 pickleball courts. The project is expected to begin in April, and the first phase is targeted to be completed by 2027.
A new case of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed in Wisconsin. State agriculture officials say 38 birds in a backyard flock in Marquette County have been affected. It's the first new case in Wisconsin in two months. All of the infected birds died from the disease. This is the fifth infected flock found statewide this year, along with two commercial flocks in Jefferson County. The total number of birds infected with avian flu so far total more than three-point-six-million.
Relics from the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald will be up for auction. The DuMouchelle Art Galleries in Detroit are auctioning off a life ring and a wooden plank from the cargo freighter that sank in Lake Superior in 1975. The orange life ring features "S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald" in white stenciled lettering and is estimated to fetch between $15,000 and $20,000 at auction. The relics, believed to be from a lifeboat, were loaned to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum in Michigan in 1988. Maritime collectors can view and bid on the items by visiting the DuMouchelle Art Gallery's website.
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