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Pink slips are coming for Chippewa Falls schools, but no one knows just who will lose their jobs. Superintendent Jeff Holmes sent a letter to district employees this week explaining that a drop in enrollment will leave a one-and-a-half-million-dollar hole in the next budget. Holmes says there is no way to patch that hole without layoffs. The superintendent is not saying who or just how many people will lose their jobs. There is a meeting scheduled for tomorrow to talk

Fire investigators in Burlington aren’t sure what caused a fire that destroyed six school buses, but they don’t think it was a crime. Flames gutted a half dozen buses at the Thomas Bus Service lot in the Town of Burlington yesterday morning. Burlington schools canceled classes because of the fire. No one was hurt, but the buses are a total loss. Investigators are looking at some sort of electrical problem as the cause of the fire.

 The state’s Department of Natural Resources may soon have to explain to a judge why there isn’t a wolf hunt in Wisconsin this year. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty filed a lawsuit in Jefferson County yesterday challenging DNR’s lack of action. WILL says state law is clear, there will be a wolf hunt in Wisconsin if the gray wolf was ever delisted from the Endangered Species Act. That happened last month. WILL’s lawsuit says DNR is ignoring state law to uphold the unwritten political

Top Republicans at the Wisconsin Capitol are telling Governor Tony Evers what they don’t want to see in his next budget proposal. State Rep. Mark Born and state Senator Howard Marklein yesterday wrote a letter to the governor warning him about a ‘GroundhogDay’ budget. The two will write the budget for the legislature, and said the governor shouldn’t bother with new taxes or non-fiscal policy initiatives. Born and Marklein say Wisconsin is in pretty good financial shape thanks to Republican management, and they intend

Wisconsin’s rape shield law is about to be tested. The Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to a 2016 rape case out of River Falls. The rape shield law was created to make sure lawyers couldn’t tarnish a woman for her sexual past. The case before the court asks whether the law also bans evidence about a victim’s lack of sexual experience. That was one of the key points in convicting then 26-year-old Ryan Mulhern of one count of second-degree

It has taken nearly two years, but some former Shopko employees will soon see severance checks.  A lawsuit against the department store chain was settled for more than three-million-dollars.  That will be shared in the coming weeks by hundreds of workers after lawyers’ fees and expenses are paid.  The lawsuit was filed in May of 2019 on behalf of employees owed severance pay as the chain filed for bankruptcy and then ceased operations a month later.

Chippewa Falls Police are looking for your help in a hit and run case. Below is their message and information. We are looking for help in identifying the below photographed suspect. We want to speak with the suspect below for a hit and run accident. If you know the person’s identity please private message us, or contact Officer Steve McMahon at 715-726-2763. You may remain anonymous. Thank you for all the help!

Two people are hurt following an overnight house explosion in River Falls.  The incident happened in the 400 block of River Hills Road.  The victims were taken to the hospital.  One person is in critical condition and the other suffered minor burns.  The cause of the explosion is under investigation and preliminary findings show no foul play involved.

The CEO of Amazon is stepping aside.  Jeff Bezos will transition to become the online retail giant’s board executive chair.  Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy will take the helm for Bezos during the third quarter of this year.  In a letter to employees, Bezos said he will focus on new products and early initiatives.  He said Jassy has his full confidence in taking the CEO role.  It comes as Amazon reported Tuesday revenues of 125-billion dollars in the final

There are nearly eleven-hundred cases of the coronavirus confirmed statewide today.  That increases the total number of positive cases to over 544-thousand.  There were 40 additional deaths reported by health officials, which raises the death toll to over five-thousand-900.  There are nearly 18-thousand active cases. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS