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There is a push to save the pool in Chippewa Falls. A local woman, Katie Crise, has started an online petition to save the Bernard Willi Pool. City leaders earlier this month announced plans to close the pool for good after this summer, saying it’d cost too much to repair or replace the pool. Crise says people need a place to go and relax during the summer. She says over 900 people have signed her petition so far. She plans

There’s an effort underway in Waukesha to build a new baseball field to honor the youngest victim of the Waukesha Christmas Parade attack. Jackson Sparks’ family wants to renovate the field where he used to play, and call it the Sparks Complex. The project has a one-point-three million-dollar price tag, and the hope is to have the renovation complete by next summer.  City planners in Waukesha are waiting to approve the idea.

Facebook wants you to help celebrate Earth Day this Friday.  The social media platform recommends visiting its Climate Science Center, where climate news and everyday actions people can take to help the environment are showcased.  On Messenger, the company is releasing a custom sticker pack and 3D Avatar stickers. 

ABOVE PHOTO: Glendali Rodriguez, provost and vice chancellor for Academic Affairs Cybersecurity has become an issue of personal, national and international concern, with internet attacks harming individuals, businesses, government institutions and drawing scrutiny in U.S. elections. Americans lost $6.9 billion in cyber crime in 2021, according to the FBI. Graduates from a new program at University of Wisconsin-Stout will be ready to help. A Bachelor of Science program in cybersecurity approved April 7 by the UW System Board of Regents will train

 The brother of a Boston Marathon bombing victim is planning to run the race again.  Henry Richard said that after crossing the finish line Monday.  He did it at almost the exact time two bombs went off in 2013, killing his eight-year-old brother and two others.  He said he did it for Martin and their entire family.  He was among nearly 30-thousand people who took part, representing every state and more than 120 countries. 

A Sun Prairie girl is named this year’s Dane County Fair “Fairest of the Fair”.  Hayden Paske won the competition this week and will officially be crowned at the Dane County Breakfast on the Farm in June.  She’ll serve as the Dane County Fair’s official ambassador and will make appearances at the fair, which runs from July 21st to the 24th.

We could have to wait until the fall to get some answers about the on-going investigation into Eau Claire County’s Department of Human Services. Sheriff Ron Cramer yesterday asked that search warrants in the case be sealed for another 180 days. Cramer has been investigating a million-dollar ‘error’ in DHS’ budget for nearly two years. Some of the search warrants in the case were supposed to be opened yesterday, but that’s now been pushed back to October. The sheriff says

Chippewa Falls’ mayor is eyeing at least a one-million-dollar tax question for the fall. Mayor Greg Hoffman wants to ask voters for more money to pay for more police officers. He says the city’s growth, growing demand, and the impact of inflation has the city looking for money. The mayor says he’d like to see at least one million-dollars more, but Chippewa Falls’ city council president says the referendum should be two-point-five million-dollars to cover other possible expenses.

Tribal leaders in Wisconsin say it’s about time the word squaw is taken off the map across the state. Brandon Yellowbird-Stevens, vice chairman of the Oneida Nation, said he is happy to see the Interior Department move to change the name for 28 different streams, lakes, or natural features in Wisconsin that all have squaw in their names. Yellowbird-Stevens says it should not have taken this long to rename things that he says disrespect native women. The Interior Department is moving to rename every

There is a sketch of the suspects in Madison’s north side sexual assault from last week, and it’s apparently bringing-in some tips. Madison Police yesterday said they’ve received about a dozen tips in the case. There have, so far, not been any arrests. Police are looking for the man who is accused of attacking a woman outside of her apartment on Brandie Road last Tuesday.