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Fifteen vehicles are destroyed after a fire sweeps through a parking lot in Portage.  The Portage Fire Department says the fire was discovered at about 7:30 Saturday morning in the rear parking lot of Insurance Auto Auction off Highway 16.  In a Facebook post, the department said vehicles were exploding in the parking lot when crews arrived, and 15 cars on fire.  The crews were able to contain the fire, and no injuries were reported.  It’s uncertain what started the

Speed leads to another OWI for a Hayward man. Mason Christopher Bajanen, 47 years of age, from Hayward, WI has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Spooner Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 5th offense. A Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper stopped a motorcycle for a speed violation on U.S. Highway 53.A subsequent investigation was conducted on the operator of the motorcycle. The operator wasarrested for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence 5th offense, operating

Hello. Thank you for making us part of your day. We know the week can sometimes be stressful and busy. We hear ya. That’s is why we try something a little different to begin your weekend. The idea is to slow down a bit on Saturday morning’s and take a “scroll down memory lane.” It’s a simpler way to start the day with a look back at events that happened on this day in history before you set out to

Blinding morning sun is blamed for a three-car chain-reaction crash in Grant County.  The Sheriff’s Office said all three cars were headed north on Highway 133 in the Village of Blue Ridge around 9 a.m. Friday when the lead car, a Subaru Legacy slowed down because a vehicle ahead was turning.  A Ford Fusion behind the Subaru slowed down as well, but a woman driving a Chevrolet Impala told investigating officers she couldn’t see the two slowing cars because the

An ultralight pilot is unhurt after he had to make an emergency landing on the Wisconsin River in Sauk County.  The Sauk County Sheriff’s Office said the pilot was standing on a sandbar when emergency crews arrived Thursday afternoon.  The pilot said his electric plane lost power as he was flying over the river so he made a controlled landing on the sandbar.  Not only was the pilot unhurt, but there was no damage to the plane.

Wisconsin health officials counted more than a thousand new COVID-19 cases over the past week.  The Department of Health Services reported one-thousand-21 new cases and ten deaths in Friday’s update.  Four-hundred-56 COVID-19 patients were being treated in Wisconsin hospitals, including 63 in intensive care.  DHS reports 65-point-five percent of the state’s population have gotten at least one vaccine dose and just under 62-percent are fully vaccinated.

Erica K Trow, 48 years of age, from Eau Claire has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol DeForest Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 7th offense. The Wisconsin State Patrol Communications Center received multiple reports of a GMC Acadia that was unable to maintain lane and nearly crashed on I-90/94 near Lake Delton. The vehicle had exited the interstate on US Highway 12 and entered Lake Delton. It was reported the vehicle had driven down a

The National Foundation for Women Legislators (NFWL) is proud to announce Chippewa County Board Supervisor Kari Ives as a 2022 Elected Women of Excellence Award winner.This award was created to identify women who have worked tirelessly to serve their communities. The 2022 Women of Excellence winners will be presented with an award during NFWL’s 2022 Annual Conference in Charleston, South Carolina. The reception will bring together elected women conference attendees from across the country to recognize the accomplishments of Women

The fall colors are poppin’ during this beautiful Wisconsin Fall. BEyond just the leaves, we often see the combines in the fields and our farmers working hard on harvesting crops.  For this week’s Friday Feel Good we bounce nearby to Minnesota, where a farmer in Minnesota is seeing his fields harvested, but with the help of extra hands.  See, he was in a bad crash back in August when he swerved to avoid a puppy that ran out into the road.  And he’s still

Attorney General Josh Kaul today announced that Terry Lynn Culver, 64, of Oshkosh, has been convicted of eight class H felonies in relation to the theft of over $426,000 from a 92-year-old resident of a nursing home. The charges are the result of a joint elder abuse and tax fraud investigation by the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) and Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR). “DOJ’s Medicaid Fraud Control and Elder Abuse Unit works diligently to bring those who cheat seniors