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A Chippewa Falls school district is buying up land owned by a former hospital.  Almost 60 acres formerly known as County Farm near the Chippewa River is being purchased by McDonell Area Catholic Schools.  The land was part of the St. Joseph’s Hospital campus, but will soon be used by MACS for a new type of learning space for outdoor classrooms and nature studies.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says five people have died so far this year after their vehicles fell through the ice. Four of those fatalities involved UTVs, and one other victim was driving a snowmobile. The DNR recommends bringing a life jacket while going out on the ice. More information on ice safety is available WITH AN EASY CLICK HERE.

Chief Elections Administrator Meagan Wolfe will continue to serve her term indefinitely as Wisconsin’s top election official.  Despite multiple attempts by the Republicans to unseat her the Supreme Court unanimously made the ruling Friday.  Republicans say they were disappointed in how she handled the previous presidential election and how it contributed to Trump’s loss.  Wolfe says the agency is busy preparing for the upcoming Spring Primary and Spring Election.

Wisconsin joins 19 states to stop DOGE from accessing millions of American’s private sensitive data. Attorney General Josh Kaul says the lawsuit claims the Department of Government Efficiency was given illegal unauthorized access to its centralized payment system. It would enable Trump’s administration to block federal funds for health care, childcare and other services. The lawsuit is asking for an injunction and acknowledgment that these policy changes are unlawful and unconstitutional.

We may have had some snow to start the week, and looking at some tomorrow, but it’s been awhile since we have seen blizzard conditions here in our area. For this week’s Friday Feel Good we meet a dedicated delivery guy and a flurry of community action.  A 20-year-old pizza guy in Indiana went viral on Tiktok after he walked half-a-mile in a snowstorm to bring someone their pizza, and they only tipped him two bucks. But it ended up earning

The AMBER Alert that has been issued for 16-year-old Sophia Franklin is now extended to Arkansas.  Authorities believe the Beaver Dam teen may have been headed to the southern state with 40-year-old Gary Day when she left her home on Monday.  Officials say Sophia is three months pregnant and Day is the father of the unborn child.  Law enforcement previously found the girl with Day in Arkansas after she went missing last year.

A man accused of committing murder late last month is formally charged. Eau Claire Police say they responded to a home on Western Avenue in the early morning on January 25th. They say 21-year-old Andre Simmons was dead in the driveway, and arrested 18-year-old Du’Marion Stogner. He’s been in custody ever since, and is formally charged with intentional homicide today.  Another suspect is charged in the case for harboring a felon. Both Stogner and the other suspect will be in

The St. Croix County Emergency Communication Center received a call at about 6:48 a.m. on  Thursday, February 6, 2025, of a crash with injuries between two vehicles in the 1600 block of State  Highway (STH) 64, in Stanton Township.  Deputies arrived on scene and observed that a 2007 Mazda, operated by Jeremiah D. Green, age 38,  from Clear Lake, WI, had been traveling west bound on STH 64. From witnesses, as well as evidence  at the scene, it appears Mr.

Wisconsin license plates are moving from A to B.   After almost eight years and four-point-seven-million letter and number combinations, the DOT’s Division of Motor Vehicles is out of combinations and will soon debut license plates starting with the letter B. The A plates went into circulation in 2017, when the state switched from six character plates to seven character plates.

The sturgeon spearing season is kicking off this weekend in Wisconsin. The Department of Natural Resources says the season will start on the Winnebago System on Saturday. It will continue until February 23rd or when one of nine harvest caps is reached. More information about the season is available WITH AN EASY CLICK HERE.