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Chippewa Falls police are starting up a nighttime operation that they say may cause children and adults to laugh.  Operation Bedtime Story is back again this summer.  The department posted to Facebook announcing its new live broadcast Thursday nights at 6 p.m. 

It’s not the big fireworks display, but Wausau is taking a step back toward normal for the Fourth of July. The city yesterday announced plans for a concert on the city’s square. Wausau canceled its fireworks celebration at Marathon Park, planners said there wasn’t enough time to put together a show. The concert on the 4th will feature the band Almost Normal, and will run from 6 p.m. til 8 p.m.

Police in Rice Lake want to know how long a man was dead in his living room, and why his wife never said anything about it. Officers found the 52-year-old man on Monday. They say he’d been dead for a while, and was in the ‘later stages’ of decomposition. His wife, who police say was very drunk but alive, was in the living room with him. She told police he was simply sleeping. Investigators are waiting for an autopsy to

Wisconsin’s governor is now involved in the investigation into Eau Claire County’s district attorney. Governor Evers yesterday appointed a commissioner to look into claims that D.A. Gary King was drunk on the job, abusive toward co-workers, and interfered with cases. Appointing a commissioner is the first step toward possibly removing King from office. Several former D.A. office employees have filed complaints against King for his behavior. King has said there is evidence that supports his side of the story in

Smaller communities across Wisconsin can now apply for their share of the state’s coronavirus stimulus. The state’s Department of Revenue yesterday said communities with fewer than 50 thousand people have until next Friday to apply for their share of the American Rescue Plan. There’s no word on just how much is available. The money is earmarked for coronavirus relief, road and sewer work, pay increases for essential workers, or to make-up for any money the smaller communities have lost over

It is the latest sign of just how few people are getting the coronavirus vaccine in Wisconsin. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said as many as 40-thousand vaccine doses in the state will expire by the end of the month. Many of them are Johnson & Johnson doses. In Milwaukee, the city’s health department says 24-hundred doses are about to go bad. Doctors say interest in the Johnson & Johnson vaccine dried-up when the federal government put a

Democrats at the Wisconsin Capitol say the move to take money away from cities that defund their police departments is a direct shot at Milwaukee. The Wisconsin Senate yesterday approved a plan that would take away, dollar-for-dollar, state money from any city or county that cuts its police department. Republicans Senator Van Wanggaard, who wrote the plan, says the idea is to encourage cities to invest in public safety. Milwaukee Democratic Senator Chris Larson says the plan means it is

Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly are on the record as wanting to declare the state a Second Amendment sanctuary. The Assembly approved a plan yesterday that would stop local police departments and sheriffs from enforcing federal gun bans or gun registries. The proposal also would stop limits on gun and ammunition purchases. Democrats say the plan is unconstitutional and unnecessary. The sanctuary plan next heads to the State Senate, where it will likely pass. Governor Tony Evers, however, almost certainly

Effective immediately, the Chippewa County Public Firearms Range located at 10495 130th Avenue, Chippewa Falls, WI is closed for all firearm usage until further notice. The classroom will remain open for non-firearm usage, such as Hunter Safety classes. Out of an abundance of caution, the range will remain closed until the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Department is able to complete its investigation of a report of bullet holes in a pole shed of a neighboring property.

The Wisconsin football team is announcing a rescheduled date for its game against Notre Dame at Lambeau. Julia Bertino reports.