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The 2021 Agriculture and Household Chemical Clean Sweep collection will be held on Saturday, June 12, at the Buffalo County Highway Shop – Alma Location.  Materials can be brought to the site from 8:00 am until 12:00 pm.  Proof of Buffalo County residency will be required.  The Highway Shop is located at S1672 State Hwy 37, Alma.  Funds for the Clean Sweep were obtained from a grant sponsored by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection and Buffalo County.  The Clean Sweep is

Minnesota lawmakers are considering recreational marijuana in the state.  The state House passed a bill that would allow adults 21 and older to purchase it.  Adults could also possess up to an ounce and a half of it and grow up to eight plants. The bill faces a tough road in the Republican-led Senate.

A Chippewa Falls second grader is the winner of a statewide poster contest for Fire Prevention Month.  Every fall, the Chippewa Falls Fire and Emergency Services department hosts the contest and selects five winners from each grade to move onto the state competition.  They say the young lady took home first place overall of the second graders in Wisconsin.

The family of the two Eau Claire brothers hurt in a motorcycle wreck say they’re recovering. Kimberly Carter yesterday said her sons, 21-year-old Dylan and 15-year-old Jesse, both suffered head and neck fractures when they crashed last weekend. Jesse is in the hospital in Minnesota. Dylan is at the Mayo Clinic hospital in Eau Claire. Carter says the family is launching a GoFundMe to help pay what will be extensive medical bills. There will also be local fundraising events that

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers says high speed internet is coming to the Chippewa Valley. The governor stopped in Eau Claire yesterday as part of his statewide budget tour. The governor said high speed internet is one of his priorities, and likely one of the places where the state will spend part of its two-and-a-half- billion-dollars in federal stimulus money. The governor didn’t say just when folks in the valley can expect an internet upgrade, though planners say it will likely be

Teenage drivers in Wisconsin may only have to worry about the written drivers’ test in the future. The state’s DMV yesterday said it wants to permanently do away with the driving test. The Department of Transportation waived driving tests last year because of the coronavirus, and now wants to end them for good. Instead, parents would have to sign a waiver that states their teens have had enough time behind the wheel. The DMV says about 85-percent of 16 and 17-year-olds typically

Kids as young as 12 in Eau Claire, Chippewa, and Dunn counties can now get a coronavirus shot. Local health departments started offering the vaccine to junior high and high school students yesterday. The CDC cleared their use earlier this week. Dunn County is offering the shots at its vaccine clinic at UW-Stout. Chippewa County is offering the shots at local schools. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LOCAL INFO. On the state level, Wisconsin could be in-line for another large drop in

Wisconsin’s smaller stimulus check from Washington. D.C. will change how much the state spends, not where it plans to spend the money. Governor Tony Evers this week said the amounts will change, but the ‘buckets’ will not. The Treasury Department this week said Wisconsin will get two-and-a-half-billion-dollars in stimulus money as opposed to three-point-two-billion. The governor says Wisconsin lost 700-million-dollars because its unemployment rate is better than most other states.

The U.S. Department of Education today announced three high school seniors from Wisconsin were named 2021 U.S. Presidential Scholars for accomplishments in academics, the arts, and career and technical education. Nearest to us, Amara Lynn Livingston (Cochrane-Fountain City High School) are among a group of 161 students from around the nation to receive the honor. Also representing Wisconsin are Neil Sai Dogra (University School of Milwaukee), and Phoebe J. Jeske (Oregon High School). CLICK HERE TO READ MORE.