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The most recent poll shows Republican Tim Michels with a slight advantage over Governor Tony Evers  in the race for Wisconsin governor.  AARP Wisconsin shows Michels with 50 percent support while Evers has 47 percent.  In the race for senate, Senator Ron Johnson leads Democratic challenger Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes 51 percent to 46 percent.

Disaster Ready Chippewa Valley and Eau Claire County Emergency Management are excited to announce an upcoming public-private partnership conference in Eau Claire! You are welcome to join business, public sector, volunteer organizations, non-profit, and emergency management representatives from throughout Wisconsin in a discussion on how to make our communities more resilient. This summit will bring in speakers for cybersecurity, supply chain resilience, and workforce continuity amongst other topics. This is a free event that will also include a national training

The Marshfield Fire and Rescue Department recently learned it will receive $111,000 in state grant funding, a part of the $32 million in state emergency medical services (EMS) Flex Grants. Including the Marshfield Fire and Rescue Department, the EMS Flex Grant has been awarded to 442 Wisconsin licensed emergency medical services (EMS) throughout the state to help deliver pre-hospital emergency services. Originally, Governor Tony Evers directed the Department of Health Services to use $12 million in American Rescue Plan Act

One suspect remains on the loose after a robbery in Menomonie. Below is the press release and more information from Dunn County law enforcement: On September 29, 2022 at approximately 1:23 AM, the Menomonie Police Department was dispatched to a burglary alarm at a business in the Red Cedar Plaza, 2321 North Broadway, Menomonie, WI, near I-94 Exit 41. While officers investigated a burglary at that location, sheriffs’ deputies began checking the area for possible suspect vehicle(s). At 2:20 AM,

On September 28, 2022, at approximately 8:10 PM , the Dunn County Communication Center received a call of a 4 year old child that was struck by a skid steer in the Town of Peru, Dunn County. The Dunn County Sheriff’s Office along with Dunn County First Responders, The Pepin County Sheriff’s Office, Durand Fire and Durand ambulance all responded to the scene. Life Link helicopter also responded. The responding units provided medical care at the scene but the 4

The suspect in the murder of two Shawano County brothers is expected to plead guilty by the end of the week.  Prosecutors in Johnson County, Missouri say Garland Nelson has agreed to plead guilty to killing Nicholas and Justin Diemel after a cattle deal back in 2019.  Investigators say Garland killed the brothers, then either burned or hid their bodies.  The Diemel brothers were missing for weeks.  Garland had been facing the death penalty in the case, his guilty plea

An electric fire truck, Jolly Good soda, and a massive rope shovel are up for this year’s title of Coolest Things Made in Wisconsin.   Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce unveiled this list yesterday.  It includes 16 things. The contest has become very popular as it highlights all of the things, from the small to the huge, that are made in the state.  This is the seventh year that WMC has asked people to vote on the Coolest Things Made in Wisconsin.  Last year’s winner

The University of Wisconsin is part of an ever-shrinking club in the Big Ten. Penn State yesterday said it will begin selling beer to fans at football games. That means Wisconsin is now just one of five Big Ten teams that don’t. The others are Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska, and Northwestern. Badger fans will have to wait to get a Happy Valley beer, Penn State is not on the schedule this year.

Generac is waiting to move into Florida once Hurricane Ian moves on.  The company sent a team from southeast Wisconsin down to the hurricane zone yesterday.  They are bringing with them all manner of parts and pieces for people whose generators may have been swamped or damaged by the storm.  The idea is to get power back for some people who got hit by the storm.  The team will stay in Georgia until it knows where it needs to go.

The man accused of killing six and injuring 60 others during last year’s Waukesha Christmas Parade will represent himself at his trial.  A judge yesterday signed-off on Darrell Brooks Jr. acting as his own lawyer.  Brooks originally planned an insanity defense, but later changed his mind.  The judge in the case yesterday said there’s no evidence that Brooks is mentally incapable of acting as his own lawyer, though she says it may be very difficult for him. Brooks’ trial is