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A University of Wisconsin grad is first to complete a rural, OBGYN residency program.  Sue Danielson reports.

When University of Wisconsin-Stout moved to an alternative learning method in March 2020 because of COVID-19, Erin O’Brien and Nathan Thompson left campus to finish their first years of college at home. Having just completed their 2020-21 sophomore years, in which UW-Stout had about 50% in-person classes, they are reflecting on positive experiences but eagerly looking ahead. UW-Stout is planning for a normal fall semester to start the 2021-22 academic year, with in-person classes and activities. “I am ecstatic to be attending

The Chippewa Valley Home Builders Association Parade of Homes is this week. About 17-homes are available to tour, one is a virtual home tour.  It’s the first year the Parade of Homes is including a virtual home tour option for builders.  The home prices range from about 170-thousand to 750-thousand. Tickets are 10-dollars. CLICK HERE FOR MORE PARADE OF HOMES INFO.

All lanes on Wisconsin Highway-29 are open again after a crash this morning.  All eastbound lanes closed near Spring Valley.  5-1-1 Wisconsin tweeted the crash was clear in about 30 minutes. There isn’t word of any serious injuries.

A University of Wisconsin swimmer is going into the Hall of Fame as the schools’ first N-C-A-A champion.  Maggie Meyer will be inducted into the 2021 Hall of Fame after she took home the 2011 N-C-A-A championship win with a record setting race.  According to the Wisconsin Badgers website, she’s also the U.S. collegiate record holder for the 200 back, finishing in a little over a minute and 47 seconds.

Cranberries are blossoming in Wisconsin.  The famous seas of red won’t be visible until the fruit is ready in the fall.  What’s known as Cranberry Highway is just Southeast of the Chippewa Valley.  In September and October, people can travel down to see 50 miles of century old cranberry marshes along and near Highway-54.

The chemical plant fire just on the other side of the Illinois border is expected to burn for days. No one is saying just what started the fire yesterday at the Chemtool plant in Rockton, Illinois. People in southern Wisconsin can see the huge smoke plume from the fire, and are expected to continue to see it for the next couple of days. No one was hurt in the fire, though about 150 people who live or work within a mile of

A Badger Hall of fame football player is looking at child sexual assault charges in Minnesota. Authorities arrested 44-year-old Tom Burke at his home in Rice Lake, Wisconsin last week. He’s facing charges in Duluth. Prosecutors there say he sexually assaulted a seven-year-old girl. Burke played on Wisconsin’s 1998 Rose Bowl winning team, and played four seasons in the NFL before retiring.

It’s 33 years in prison for a man convicted of sexually assaulting a girl, then trying to have her murdered. A judge in Washburn County on Friday sentenced Russell Wilson to more than three decades behind bars for sexual assault and murder for hire. Investigators say Wilson tried to hire a hitman to kill the girl and her mother before his trial began. A jury convicted him back in March.

Coronavirus cases in Wisconsin are at their lowest point since the end of last March. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said the seven-day positivity rate in Wisconsin is down to just over one-percent. New cases are at their lowest since March 28th of 2020. Just over 49-percent of people in the state have had one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, and DHS says 44-percent of people have gotten both doses.