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ABOVE PHOTO: UW-Stout Blue Devil women’s basketball celebrates their win in the NCAA Elite Eight as they advance to the Final Four for the first time in program history. Photo by Jeremy Cwan. The University of Wisconsin-Stout Blue Devil women’s basketball team’s Cinderella run to the Final Four on March 20, marked the team’s best result in the NCAA Division III National Tournament. No. 22 UW-Stout faced No. 1-ranked, undefeated defending national champions New York University in their first-ever matchup

“We have grave concerns that the cancellation…poses extreme harm to producers and communities in every state across the country. At a time of uncertainty in farm country, farmers need every opportunity to be able to expand market access for their products.” U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and a group of her colleagues are demanding the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) immediately reverse the cancellation of local food purchase programs that allow states, territories, and Tribes, including Wisconsin, to purchase food

Eleven Blugold undergraduate researchers and their faculty mentors will share their research and creative projects ranging from ageism in healthcare to workforce retention at the annual Research in the Rotunda event April 2 in Madison. The 21st annual event highlighting important research by Universities of Wisconsin campuses will be in the state Capitol rotunda and viewed by state legislators, state leaders, UW alumni and other supporters. TO LEARN MORE CLICK HERE.

On Sunday March 23rd, at approximately 1:56 p.m. the Eau Claire Fire Department was dispatched to a structure fire at 412 N Barstow St. Engine 2 was the first arriving unit and found smoke coming from the first floor apartment with a small fire located in a bedroom. The fire was quickly extinguished using a water extinguisher while secondary crews conducted searches to ensure all occupants were out of the structure. Search crews did locate 2 cats and safely removed

Local officials are providing an update to the Eau Claire Transfer Center Project.  The transit portion of the center is nearly 100-percent complete, while the private residential housing portion of the project is under active construction.  Design and build out of the two ground-level spaces will take place this next fall.  Beginning later this summer, the exterior of the apartments will be complete, allowing streets to re-open and buses to begin using the Transfer Center.

President Trump is officially endorsing Brad Schimel in the race for Wisconsin Supreme Court.  Trump made the announcement on his Truth Social page this past Friday night, telling voters that supporting Schimel will uphold the rule of law, protect police, and secure the Constitution.  In the post Trump also said Schimel’s opponent, Judge Susan Crawford was “handpicked by leftists” who want to destroy the state of Wisconsin and the country.  Showing you different sides so you can decide, Crawford responded

Wisconsin postal workers are speaking out against suggestions from President Trump that the post office should be privatized.  Members of the National Association of Letter Carriers held rallies in Madison, Milwaukee, Green Bay, and across the country yesterday, saying broad changes to the U.S. Postal Service would negatively impact mail delivery that essentially all Americans rely on.  Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has reportedly called for ten-thousand job cuts to the postal service and Trump has suggested moving U.S.P.S.

State lawmakers are considering a measure aimed at increasing the safety of parking garages across Wisconsin.  A bipartisan bill that has been introduced in Madison would require the structures to undergo inspections every five years.  The push comes after a garage at the Bayshore Mall in Glendale partially collapsed in 2023, stranding several cars.  Back in 2010, a section of concrete fell from a parking structure in Milwaukee County, killing a teenager and leaving two other people hurt.

The Wisconsin women’s hockey team is celebrating after winning their eighth national championship.  Kirsten Simms scored the game-tying penalty shot with seconds remaining in regulation before scoring the winning goal in overtime to lead the Badgers to a 4-3 victory over Ohio State in Minneapolis yesterday.  Wisconsin rallied to win its fourth NCAA title in the last seven years.  

On Saturday, March 22, 2025, at approximately 9:05 p.m., the Menomonie Police Department responded to an armed robbery at 1501 9th St. E. / Bob and Steve’s BP Amoco. The initial investigation showed a male subject entered the business and told the store clerk he had a handgun as he went behind the counter. The suspect then removed cash from a register and fled the scene on foot. The suspect is described as a Caucasian male in a brown jacket, grey