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There will be an increased risk for wildfires across Wisconsin this weekend.  The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says the fire risk in southern Wisconsin is currently high and in parts of central and northern Wisconsin it’s very high.  Fire risk updates are available on the Department of Natural Resources’ website.

Four people died during a house fire in western Wisconsin.  The fire broke out at a home on Backtrail Road in Little Falls around nine o’clock last night.  The fire department says the fire was put out quickly once firefighters arrived but four people had become trapped inside and couldn’t escape.  A father and his child did make it out of the house safely.  The cause of the fire is unknown.

Cases of COVID-19 are on the rise in our community and surrounding communities. According to the CDC’s Community Risk Level metrics, several counties in the Western Region have moved to a Medium Risk Level. This includes four of the six counties that share a border with Chippewa County. At this time, Chippewa County does remain in a Low Risk Level. CLICK FOR MORE LOCAL RESOURCES

On April 30, 2022, the Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office participated in the annual “Drug Take Back” event. This event is held on a yearly basis to take back unused prescription drugs that community members may have in their homes. This prevents medications from being accidentally ingested, stolen, misused, or abused. It also provides a safe alternative for destroying the medication and protecting our water supply. This year’s event took place at Marshfield Clinic. The Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office

By Alyssa Van Duyse Chippewa Valley Technical College Students loaded an all-terrain vehicle with three different varieties of maple trees and motored them to a parking lot boulevard at the Energy Education Center at Chippewa Valley Technical College. Susan Frame, CVTC horticulture instructor, said teaching students how to properly plant trees isn’t just about class participation. It teaches them a life skill. With Frame’s knowledge and the brainpower of Matt Staudenmaier, adjunct horticulture instructor and forestry supervisor for the city

CO-WORKERS. There are usually mixed feelings about the ones we work with, but for this week’s Friday Feel Good we look beyond the next cubicle and see a bond that extends far beyond the coffee machine.  A Canadian woman who needed a new liver was gifted one from a co-worker that she only really knew as an acquaintance.   Although Karla and Scott work together the pair were “basically strangers” when Watson offered to give her a donation she’d been desperately searching for. For the last six

The search for a missing Milwaukee mom is over, and the investigation into her death has begun. Police found Emily Rogers yesterday in St. Francis. She’d been missing for more than a week and was at the center of a frantic search. Milwaukee Police say several people are in custody in connection to her death, but there are no charges as of yet.  An autopsy for Rogers is scheduled for today.

A new court date was set for June 24th and more details are coming in Lily Peters’ death. The judge in the case yesterday said he will unseal the case file. That will give people a look at some of the evidence in the case against the 14-year-old accused of killing her. Reports have identified the teen as Peters’ cousin, though it’s unlikely that the case file will confirm that as the judge says some information will be redacted in

Another 66 thousand birds in Wisconsin were put down because of the bird flu this week. The state’s Department of Agriculture yesterday said cases were confirmed in Sauk and Pierce counties, but new cases were also confirmed in Barron County. Barron County now has the most cases of the bird flu in the state, with five confirmed outbreaks at different farms or homes. In all, Wisconsin has confirmed the flu in 11 counties across the state.

Eau Claire says the Emerald ash borer has claimed seven thousand trees over the past five years. City forestry supervisor Matthew Staudenmaier says they first noticed the bugs in a tree on the UW-Eau Claire campus back in 2017. Since then, crews have cut down seven thousand trees. Staudenmaier says there are only about three thousand ash trees left in the entire city. He says any trees that haven’t been treated are likely infested with borers.