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On Tuesday March 2, 2021 at 9:05am the Barron County Emergency Response Team executed a search warrant at 558 22 ½ Street, Chetek. Taken into custody was Jarel Flory, 32 of this address. Jarel is being held in the Barron County Jail on Possession of Child Pornography charges and is awaiting formal charges by the Barron County District Attorney’s Office later this week. This case stems from a month long investigation into shared images over the internet. The Wisconsin Department

State Health officials are confirming 324 new COVID-19 cases statewide.  Today’s data boosts the total number of positive cases to nearly 564-thousand-600.  There were 28 additional deaths reported today raising the toll to about 64-hundred-and-40. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS

Governor Tony Evers is sharing a message with Wisconsin’s transgender kids.  The governor tweeted his message today after a bill banning transgender athletes from participating in girls and women’s sports was introduced by Republicans in the legislature.  In response, the governor told transgender young people that he sees them, they are welcome, they are wanted and they belong.  If it’s passed Governor Evers is expected to veto the bill.

It is Read Across America Day, which celebrates books and reading, but also exposes the challenges of low literacy across the country.  Nearly 14-percent of the country’s adult population can’t read well enough to fill out a job application.  Wisconsin has the seventh best literacy rate in the country at 92-point-7-percent, but there are areas needing improvement.  The U.S. Department of Education says there is still a large graduation rate gap between Caucasian and Black students in Wisconsin that needs to be closed.  The

The Green Bay Packers Pro Shop is hosting a job fair.  The event will be held next Tuesday, March 9th from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Johnsonville Tailgate Village.  The team is looking for part-time and seasonal positions to be filled with work beginning between May and September.  Check out the Packers website for more information.

Chippewa Valley Technical College (CVTC) has been named a Military Friendly School for 2021-22. The Military Friendly School designation is awarded to the top colleges, universities, community colleges and trade schools in the country that are doing the most to embrace military students and ensure their success in the classroom and after graduation. The list serves as a resource for service members and military families seeking education and has played a significant role in advancing best practices in supporting military

Project Hope, a collaborative program between local agencies aiming at reducing methamphetamine and opioid addiction and their related crimes in Dunn County, has been underway for the last several months. A virtual event detailing the progress and future of Project Hope is set to be held Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 6 PM. This event can be viewed live on the Menomonie Police Department Facebook page. Project Hope consists of four strategic pillars- Prevention, Treatment, Enforcement and Harm Reduction- that

It’s probably been awhile since you’ve been to dinner and a show, but a Chippewa Falls theatre is hopeful to change that soon. The Heyde Center for the Arts has reopened during the pandemic, but tickets for it’s first live performance since November are available now. The center is limiting capacity for ‘Laughter is the Best Medicine,’ to 120-viewers. The show is set for April 10th. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE HEYDE CENTER.

Eau Claire is getting a new rooftop bar. The city plan commission approved a new downtown rooftop bar and restaurant during its’ meeting last night. The plans call for 150-seats on top of the building at Graham Avenue and East Grand. It’ll be called the Grand Rooftop Bar.

An Eau Claire couple are the new owners of the Princeton Valley Golf Course. You may have seen this story in The Leader-Telegram. As Ally Weyer and Josh Walberg were on the front page and are the first new owners since the course opened in 1976. The course was first founded by brothers Neil and Charles Haselwander.