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An Ohio paper company with a mill in Wisconsin is being bought by a Swedish company.  The Verso Corporation is set to be bought by Billerud-Korsnas for a reported 825-million dollars.  Verso has a paper mill in Wisconsin Rapids.  Billerud-Korsnas says the purchase will help it continue to expand into North America.

The storm that blew across the Midwest last week and impacted parts of Wisconsin is being considered a derecho.  The National Weather Service says the storm was a serial derecho, meaning it was part of a large-scale weather system.  Last week’s derecho was the first to occur anywhere in the U.S. in the month of December.  In order for a storm to be considered a derecho it must travel at least 240 miles and consistently produce wind speeds up to 58 miles

Expect to see more law enforcement on Wisconsin roads this holiday season.  The Wisconsin Department of Transportation says police will be looking out for impaired drivers.  The D-O-T is also promoting the Drive Sober phone app, which allows people to find public transportation and rideshare services to get a safe ride home.

The Eau Claire Fire Department responded to a reported structure fire in a duplex over night. On arrival, smoke was showing from the rear of the structure and at the roof level. Crews made entry and located firein a back hallway ceiling and bedroom ceiling area. The area was opened up and extinguished as additional crewssearched the structure for victims and provided ventilation for the smoke, heat, and fire. All of the occupants had exited the structure and reported no

 We’re waiting for more details about a deadly crash in Vernon County. It happened Saturday afternoon in Coon Valley. The Vernon County Sheriff’s Office says a driver crossed the center line and smashed into an oncoming car. The driver in the oncoming car died, four people in the car that crossed the center line were taken to the hospital in La Crosse for treatment. A third car, also with four people inside, was also involved but no one in that

UW-Eau Claire  did something over the weekend it hasn’t done in two years. The school on Sunday held its first in-person graduation since 2019. UW-Eau Claire says 737 graduates received a degree yesterday. Last year’s graduations were done entirely online. The school had a combined winter and spring graduation over Zoom.

The needs of storm victims are not over. The folks at Anderson Moving just arrived back after taking a load of donations to the storm zone in Kentucky last week, and are now raising money and collecting donations for storm victims in western Wisconsin. Jake and Mary Anderson are hosting a donation drive through Wednesday. They’re asking for everything from blankets and toys to toothbrushes. You can drop-off donations at the  Citizens State Bank of Cadott or at the U-Haul Moving

The Republican state senator who wants an end to the investigation into last year’s election in the state is making the rounds. Senator Kathy Bernier was on UPFRONT over the weekend, she once again said it’s time for former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Mike Gableman to end his investigation into last year’s vote. Bernier, who is from Chippewa Falls, says a lot of other Republicans agree with her, they just won’t say it out loud. Bernier says instead of looking backward, Republicans

The top Republican in the Wisconsin Assembly says hospitals across the state didn’t help themselves by firing nurses who didn’t want to get the coronavirus vaccine. Speaker Robin Vos told Capital City Sunday that hospitals are seeing staffing and bed shortages right now, and said that firing people who didn’t get their shots didn’t help.  We’ll show you different sides so you can decide. Wisconsin’s Hospital Association says hospitals across the state fired less than two percent of their staff because of

Wisconsin’s Republican U,S. Senator wants answers about the Biden Administration’s Afghanistan withdrawal. Senator Ron Johnson last week sent a letter to the secretary of state and the head of the Department of Homeland Security, asking for information about how many Americans are still in Afghanistan and how many Afghans are in this country. Johnson says Americans deserve to know just who came to this country when we pulled-out of Afghanistan, and who was left behind. Johnson also wants to know