The Mondovi City Council has passed a resolution to form an advisory committee to look at data centers. The committee would be made up of city, business and agriculture leaders and report back to the council. Mondovi Mayor Brady Weiss the committee would advise the council on various issue if a date center project came to the city. The resolution was not for or against data centers, nor is there any date center project proposed at this time in or near Mondovi.
Recognition for the Building Administrators at the Durand-Arkansaw School District. Superintendent Ryan Nelson says the administrators will be presenting at the National Principals Convention. Nelson says the presentation will also highlight the district to a national audience.
The Durand City Council is meeting tonight. Items on the agenda include the appointment of a council representative to the Durand Fire District Board, and update on the Bandshell renovation and fundraising efforts, and the status of financing for various projects in the city. Tonights meeting begins at 6pm at Durand City Hall and will be livestreamed on the WRDN Website.
Pepin County property owners are reminded that they are responsible to make sure their fire numbers are clearly visible from a town road or highway. Fire number signs that are faded, damaged or missing need to be replaced so public safety crews can find your location in case of an emergency. New signs can be purchased for $25 from the Pepin County Zoning Office.
In Chippewa County today, a resolution hearing will be held in the case against Carson Peters-Berger. Peters-Berger is charged in the 2022 killing of 10-year-old Lily Peters. Prosecutors have said that the case will not go to trial. There has been no word on what is expected with today's resolution.
Prison for a Chippewa County man charged with multiple counts of sexually assaulting a child. Curtis Vaughan was charged in 2024 with prosecutors saying he assaulted an 11-year-old victim at their home in Lake Hallie. He has pleaded no contest to charges of sexual assault and been sentenced to three years in prison.
Governor Tony Evers hosted a roundtable discussion yesterday about challenges that continue to face folks after the COVID pandemic. Government and private sector leaders took part in the event at Chippewa Valley Technical College. During the discussion, Governor Evers touted the benefits of the state's Workforce Solutions Initiative.
A Wisconsin prosecutor is declining to charge Elon Musk with election bribery for his million-dollar check handouts to voters during the state's Supreme Court election last year. Democratic La Crosse County DA Tim Gruenke said his office decided not to press charges since nobody was paid anything of value in the end for voting or promising to vote. Billionaire CEO Musk announced in March 2025 that he would speak in Wisconsin with entrance limited to those who voted in the state's election. He said on his social media platform X that he would write two checks for a million dollars each, and clarified later that entrance was limited to those who signed a petition against "activist judges."
A woman accused of trying to illegally record a Rusk County Board member meeting is pleading guilty to charges. Ladysmith City Administrator Alan Christianson and his sister, Stephanie Christianson, were arrested in the incident last fall. Prosecutors say Stephanie Christianson was recording the meeting outside of a closed door on her cell phone. She has now pleaded guilty to a felony count of intercepting an oral communication. The charges against her brother remain pending.
A Rochester daycare employee is accused of hitting a two-year-old while on the job. Connie Keller has been charged with malicious punishment of a child. Authorities say the 54-year-old defendant struck a toddler in the mouth on May 18th. The head of the daycare reviewed surveillance video and saw Keller strike the child with the back of her hand. The child was not hurt. The woman is expected back in court on November 12th.
Governor Tony Evers and Wisconsin DHS are introducing a new statewide Injury and Violence Prevention Strategic Plan. Officials say it's the first plan developed alongside state partners and focus groups. It outlines five areas for reducing injuries, experience of violence and violent deaths in the state. The areas include child maltreatment and abuse, intimate partner assault, intentional firearm injuries, unintentional drug overdoses, and self-harm and suicide. This marks the first prevention plan for the state in over a decade.
Wisconsin is challenging new federal conditions on public safety grants. The Wisconsin Department of Justice has joined a coalition of states suing the Trump administration over immigration-related requirements attached to federal public safety grants. Attorney General Josh Kaul says the administration is illegally using funding as leverage by requiring states to comply with immigration enforcement demands. Wisconsin previously helped block similar conditions on victim services funding. Now, state officials say more than $6 million in grants for law enforcement, crisis intervention and juvenile justice programs could be at risk.
Attorneys for the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and environmental groups argued before a Bayfield County judge last week, opposing permits for Enbridge’s 41-mile Line 5 reroute. A partial stay was lifted in early August after halting construction at four waterway crossings. The groups argue the project could permanently damage wetlands and waterways. Enbridge and project supporters point to extensive environmental review completed before permits were issued by the Wisconsin DNR. Next steps will include more briefings regarding the four crossings as well as a future decision by Judge John P. Anderson after reviewing the presented material.
A Minnesota climate expert is warning residents against wasting water during the drought. CBS Minnesota reports 88-percent of the state is abnormally dry or experiencing drought, while nearly half is in severe drought. North-central Minnesota is facing years of accumulated water shortages that have lowered lakes, streams and groundwater. Five watersheds remain under drought warnings requiring water suppliers and other users to conserve. Residents are advised to take shorter showers and turn off faucets while brushing their teeth or shaving.
One kangaroo is on the loose in Columbia County after escaping from a trailer. It happened Sunday morning near Portage when four kangaroos were being transferred between vehicles. The Wisconsin State Patrol says two of the animals were hit by vehicles and didn't survive, while a third was recovered by the owners. The fourth kangaroo ran off near Wisconsin 78 and Interstate 39 and is still unaccounted for. Troopers requested Wisconsinites not to pull over on the side of the road to look for the missing animal.
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