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Menards Food Drive Underway

Menards Food Drive Underway

Looking Local: UW-Stout Master’s Students Accelerate Careers

Looking Local: UW-Stout Master’s Students Accelerate Careers

WI Court of Appeal Denies Appeal

WI Court of Appeal Denies Appeal

Assembly Advances Child Grooming Ban

Assembly Advances Child Grooming Ban

News | January 14, 2026 | by Morgan McCarthy
The Wisconsin Assembly is advancing legislation that would define and criminalize the grooming of children.  The bill makes it illegal…
Plans to Rename WI Highway Turn a Corner

Plans to Rename WI Highway Turn a Corner

News | January 14, 2026 | by Morgan McCarthy
State legislators have approved a move to rename part of U.S. Highway 12 in Lake Delton in honor of a…
Marshfield Responders Plan Training Exercises

Marshfield Responders Plan Training Exercises

News | January 14, 2026 | by Morgan McCarthy
The Marshfield Police Department, in partnership with Marshfield Fire and Rescue and Marshfield Clinic, will be conducting joint training exercises…
Menards Food Drive Underway

Menards Food Drive Underway

News | January 14, 2026 | by Morgan McCarthy
Your local Menards home improvement store is now serving as a drop site for a local food pantry through the…
Looking Local: UW-Stout Master’s Students Accelerate Careers

Looking Local: UW-Stout Master’s Students Accelerate Careers

News | January 14, 2026 | by Morgan McCarthy
Among the class of nearly 130 Graduate Studies students who crossed the commencement stage at University of Wisconsin-Stout’s Dec. 20 ceremony, four…
WI Court of Appeal Denies Appeal

WI Court of Appeal Denies Appeal

News | January 14, 2026 | by Morgan McCarthy
The case against an Eau Claire man accused of killing a neighbor is moving forward.  Shane Helmbrecht is charged with…
Wood Burning Stove Source of Home Fire

Wood Burning Stove Source of Home Fire

News | January 14, 2026 | by Morgan McCarthy
Investigators have identified a wood-burning fireplace as the source of a Monday evening house fire in La Crosse.  The home…
Sparta Man Pleads Guilty

Sparta Man Pleads Guilty

News | January 14, 2026 | by Morgan McCarthy
A Sparta man charged in the fatal shooting of an elderly man in Tomah is pleading guilty.  Police arrested Ryan…
Bond Set for Second Man Charged in Deadly Lake Wissota Accident

Bond Set for Second Man Charged in Deadly Lake Wissota Accident

News | January 14, 2026 | by Morgan McCarthy
Bond is being set for the second of two men charged in connection with a deadly accidents on Lake Wissota. …
UW Health Pausing Gender-Affirming Care For Minors

UW Health Pausing Gender-Affirming Care For Minors

News | January 14, 2026 | by Morgan McCarthy
 Two of Wisconsin’s largest pediatric hospitals are hitting the pause button on gender-affirming care for minors.  UW Health and Children’s…
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