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With summer in full swing, Xcel Energy is reminding boating and fishing enthusiasts to be safe around dams and hydroelectric facilities. Boating or canoeing above or below a dam can be dangerous. “If you’re operating a watercraft near adam, you need to be aware of changing flow conditions from either the spillway or powerhouse,” said RobOlson, Hydro Operations at Xcel Energy. “And if you recreate near a dam, you need to be aware of yoursurroundings so you can quickly respond

It’s going to be a day of cleaning-up for some folks after yesterday’s storms in the Chippewa Valley. Forecasters say yesterday’s thunderstorms knocked down trees and rattled homes south of the city. Folks from Osseo to the south saw the worst of it. There are no reports of any injuries. Forecasters say some spots got more than an inch of rain from yesterday’s storms. More rain is expected throughout today

Prosecutors say there was some planning, and some help, in last week’s crime spree in Oconomowoc. The D.A. in Waukesha County yesterday filed charges against 44-year-old Kaia Mueller, who’s the man accused of carjacking an elderly man then robbing the Waukesha State Bank in Oconomowoc. The D.A. also filed charges against 21-year-old Malachi Thorne-Gray, whom they say gave Mueller the gun used in the robbery and picked him up from the boat launch where Mueller stashed one of the stolen

Wisconsin is not going to miss-out on its share of the national opioid settlement. Governor Evers yesterday signed the law that will distribute the state’s share of the 26-billion-dollars that drug makers will pay the states, to communities across this state. The governor says local governments need help in dealing with opioid deaths. Under the law, 70-percent of Wisconsin’s money will go toward local governments. But the law stops cities from filing their own lawsuits against drug makers to recoup their costs.

Kids in Chippewa Falls schools won’t be forced to wear masks when they return to class in the fall. Superintendent Jeff Holmes sent an email to parents yesterday explaining that the district is going to make masks optional. The superintendent says the CDC continues to recommend masks, but he said Chippewa Falls schools will not require them. Kids are going to have to wear masks on the school bus until the federal mask requirement ends in mid-September.

UW-Eau Claire’s new welcome center is open and ready to welcome new students. The building has been under construction since last spring. The new welcome center will be the home to UW-Eau Claire’s admissions office, as well as the alumni center and the school’s foundation. Tom and Jeannie Flesch donated the money to complete the center, and their names are on the building.

The split on the Wisconsin Supreme Court is becoming much more public. Conservative justice Rebecca Bradley used a ruling last week to complain that some justices don’t want to answer serious and substantive questions. Her remarks came in a ruling about Racine’s public health order to close schools. Bradley wrote that the court’s unwillingness to answer bigger questions is making the Supreme Court ‘feckless,’ and leaving people in the state without clear guidance about what state law means, and who will enforce

Kohl’s is already thinking about the holiday rush. The company this week offered hourly employees at its stores and distribution centers as much as 400 dollars to continue working through the holiday season. Kohl’s CEO Michelle Gass says the bonuses are a way to say ‘thank you’ to the workers. The bonuses are also a way to keep employees on the job in what is proving to be a very tight labor market in Wisconsin and across the country.

Packer fans have a reason to celebrate as the training camp will be open this year. The team yesterday said it is looking to return to normal when camp kicks off at the end of the month. There will be a 20-foot safety barrier, which means there won’t be any sharing of the bicycles this year. The Packers did not say if there will be a cap on the number of fans who can attend camp practices. But what about

On Saturday, July 3rd, 2021, at approximately 5:03 pm the Buffalo County Sheriff’s Office took report of a vehicle versus two motorcycles crash with injuries on State Highway 35 at the intersection of State Highway 25 in the township of Nelson. Upon the arrival of first responders, a maroon 2017 Toyota 4-Runner was in the northbound lane facing southbound with the driver’s side airbags deployed. A 2020 Harley-Davidson and a 2016 Harley-Davidson were in the grass median of the roadway